Parties Designer Adam Kimmel brings New York to Florence; Louis Vuitton celebrates jewelry in Paris; Calvin Klein throws one for the boys in Milan Heroes Writer and composer Ned Rorem led a charmed life flitting between Paris’s salons and the bedrooms of New York’s glitterati. Thankfully, he kept a diary; French design legend Yonel Lebovici made it cool to blur the line between art and function Life’s a beach Only a loving couple could make pop songs this romantic, right? Oh, Dolores At home, Argentine beauty Dolores Fonzi is a well-loved starlet. Now she’s ready to cross the equator They Shoot Models, Don’t They? Fashion photographer William Klein made daring satirical films that eviscerated marriage, fashion, and even the American superhero Work in Progress Jason Schmidt photographs nine artists raising their battle cries at the 2008 Whitney Biennial Rock Diary Hedi Slimane and Alex Needham continue their tour through the U.K. underground scene with Late of the Pier Valley of the Dolls Dreams are the inspiration behind doll maker Kristin Victoria Barron’s trippy creations Rough Diamond Comfortable or not, British actress and new Bond girl Gemma Arterton’s star is rising fast American Informer The Informers is the latest of Bret Easton Ellis’s dark works to hit the big screen. The novelist is no stranger to Hollywood Road to Ruin/Juicy Couture In Carter Smith’s first feature film, The Ruins, man-eating plants attack; a ball gown made of recycled juice cartons may just change the (sartorial) world Hurts to Think Keith Gessen mixes brains and sorrow in his first book of fiction Land of De Land Late gallerist Colin de Land introduced the weird and wonderful of the downtown New York scene to the art establishment Artists of the Canyon A pack of musicians, writers, filmmakers, and assorted other hippie-rific artists is having a psychedelic time in their cabin in the hills Tokyo Time Tokyo is a trend-lover’s dream. Now there are six more reasons never to wake up All the Wright Moves L.A. actor Trevor Wright plays an alienated gay surfer, but in real life he’s right in the center of things Extra Spring brings a downpour of new, bizarre, and utterly sublime things that you must have immediately Style Council The bags, dresses, shoes, and other high fashion gear that defines the spring season. Ignore these styles at your own peril Portfolio V always has its eye on new photographers. Meet the four next big stars 188 V-BAY With May’s flowers just around the corner, this season is all about color. Wear it until you burst Gwenopolis Her status as a superstar now firmly entrenched, Gwen Stefani is heading back to the studio with a little band called No Doubt. She may be world famous, but she’s still the sweet Cali girl we’ve always loved V-MAIL Slow things down to a Mediterranean pace, and say hello to the sultry boys and girls of Barcelona
V FASHION SPRING 2008
Spell-Check by Marcus Gaab WildFlowers by Nick Knight In Your Face by Mario Testino Built for Speed by David Sims Eyes of Linda by Sebastian Faena Rock Steady by Mario Sorrenti Girl Next Door by Alasdair McLellan Bag Ladies by KT Auleta YouthQuake by Benjamin Alexander Huseby
