Vogue

Michelle Obama, Carey Mulligan, Lady Gaga, and More: Vogue's 2010 Best Dressed List

Nov 17, 2010 10:05 AM CST

Vogue's 10 Best Dressed

Actresses, models, even the first lady makes the list

(Newser) - Vogue honors 10 ladies who are "rewriting the rules" of fashion in its 2010 Best Dressed list. The honorees:

Blake Lively
Marion Cotillard
Michelle Obama
Jessica Biel

Halle: I Love
Being Naked

the september issue

Aug 13, 2010 8:48 AM CDT

(Newser) - Though she hasn't done an interview in three years, Halle Berry graces the cover, and pages, of Vogue's September issue because "what that means for a woman of color and what that means in the fashion world, what that means to pop culture, there was no way I could...

Over-40 Stars
Dominate
September
Issues

Aug 10, 2010 11:00 AM CDT

Over-40 Stars Dominate September Issues

Take that, Ke$has of the world

(Newser) - The September issues—typically the biggest of the year for fashion magazines—are out soon, and many of them showcase a trend: Hot over-40 women. Vogue has Halle Berry, 44 on Saturday; Harper’s Bazaar features Jennifer Aniston, 41; and Elle has Julia Roberts, 42. “I love that they've...

Will She
Be the First
Aboriginal
Supermodel?

Will She Be the First Aboriginal Supermodel?

'Smoldering' Samantha Harris wows Aussies

(Newser) - A striking Aboriginal model has nailed the cover of Australian Vogue after Aussie Fashion Week fans were blown away by her "smoldering beauty"—and may be on her way to being the first Aboriginal supermodel. Samantha Harris, 19, showed off creations by 18 different designers at Australian Fashion...

Vogue Fawns
Over Post-Baby
Gisele Bundchen

celebrity interviews

Mar 16, 2010 12:00 PM CDT

Vogue Fawns Over Post-Baby Gisele Bundchen

She comes out looking pretty good in extensive interview

(Newser) - For the six weeks following her son’s birth, Gisele Bündchen stayed cocooned safely in her apartment, waiting out Boston’s cold weather with her baby, her mother, husband Tom Brady, her dogs—and her old figure, which she regained almost instantaneously. “I think a lot of people...

Geithner: 'I'm
Incredibly
Angry'

Interview

Feb 23, 2010 11:30 AM CST

Geithner: 'I'm Incredibly Angry'

Treasury secretary says he's sick of the criticism, mad at Wall Street

(Newser) - Timothy Geithner is often seen as the cool, calculating co-architect of various bailouts, and a friend to Wall Street, but that image is all wrong, he insists. “I am incredibly angry at what happened to our country,” he says. In an affable interview with Vogue —he begins...

Clinton: I Didn't Want The Job

Interview

Nov 17, 2009 3:48 PM CST

Clinton: I Didn't Want The Job

Obama gave his secretary of state the hard sell

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton accepted the Secretary of State job only because Barack Obama badgered her into it. In a glowing profile in Vogue , Clinton tells Jonathan Van Meter that she was “stunned” Obama wanted her. “I didn't want to do it. I just really had a lot of doubts,...

French Vogue
'Black Face'
Sparks Row

Oct 14, 2009 2:35 AM CDT

French Vogue 'Black Face' Sparks Row

October edition triggers debate on racism

(Newser) - A Dutch model painted black from face to toe in French Vogue has triggered angry charges of racism. The photos of model Lara Stone, taken by US photographer Steven Klein, are part of the magazine's October issue honoring models and photo shoots through history. What French Vogue and the photographer...

Photographer
Irving Penn
Dead at 92

obituary roundup

Oct 7, 2009 6:42 PM CDT

Photographer Irving Penn Dead at 92

(Newser) - Irving Penn, a giant in photography whose images can be found in fashion magazines—he started at Vogue in 1943—as well as museums, is dead at 92. A roundup of obituaries of the man who photographed everyone from Picasso to Gisele Bündchen:

New York Times: He's "one

...

We Love Justin, Not His Jeans

Sep 16, 2009 12:53 PM CDT

We Love Justin, Not His Jeans

For celeb designers like Timberlake, recession means hard times for fashion lines

(Newser) - The latest casualty of the economic crisis: celebrity clothing lines. “Every D-level celebrity who thought they could make a quick buck by designing a handbag or whatever is going to disappear,” Vogue editor Anna Wintour tells the Wall Street Journal. “And I think that's a good thing....

Plus-Sized Model Renn:
I Risked My Life To Be Thin

Sep 8, 2009 5:08 PM CDT

Plus-Sized Model Renn: I Risked My Life To Be Thin

She finds success by scrapping the diet

(Newser) - Crystal Renn’s success as a model didn’t come when she reached her ideal weight after a grueling regimen. It arrived when she came to her senses after that regimen and decided to be a plus-size model at age 18. She was never going to “meet the weight...

Rihanna Goes
Topless in
Italian Vogue

Sep 2, 2009 10:09 AM CDT

Rihanna Goes Topless in Italian Vogue

Pop star covers up for the cover, though, in a Valentino dress

(Newser) - Rihanna appears in the September issue of Italian Vogue wearing edgy, elaborate outfits—except in the photo where she's sporting only pasties and underwear. The pictorial was shot by Steven Klein, who has worked with celebs like Britney Spears and Madonna, MTV reports. On the mag's cover, Rihanna wears a...

The September Issue Delivers

movie review

Aug 28, 2009 11:43 AM CDT

The September Issue Delivers

Offers new look at notorious Vogue boss

(Newser) - The September Issue is a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Vogue’s September 2007 issue—and at the woman in charge of it all. RJ Cutler's film may change minds about editor in chief Anna Wintour and her brutal reputation:

Stephanie Zacharek of Salon calls the film “documentary

...

On Letterman, Wintour Does Her Best 'Hannibal Lecter'

Aug 24, 2009 8:00 PM CDT

On Letterman, Wintour Does Her Best 'Hannibal Lecter'

(Newser) - Sources at today’s taping of The Late Show With David Letterman tell Gawker that Anna Wintour—the Vogue editor portrayed by Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada—“was like Hannibal Lecter.” In her first-ever appearance on the show, Wintour ditched her trademark shades, the source adds,...

How Annie Leibovitz
Got Underwater

GLOSSIES

Aug 17, 2009 1:46 PM CDT

How Annie Leibovitz Got Underwater

(Newser) - Photographer to the stars Annie Leibovitz is in a widely reported financial pickle, but it really comes as no surprise to those close to her, New York reports. Leibovitz is now engaged in baroque legal wrangling over her catalog, but her troubles started earlier. Insiders say a suspected “contract...

Fall Fashion Mags
Shed a Few Pounds

Aug 17, 2009 10:50 AM CDT

Fall Fashion Mags Shed a Few Pounds

Advertisers slowly turn to the Internet

(Newser) - Fashion magazines’ typically beefy September issues are nearly a third skinnier this year as advertisers drift away from print, the Wall Street Journal reports. Vogue, for example, boasted 840 pages in September 2007; this year, it’s just 429 pages, a 36% drop from last year. Advertisers are trying out...

New Fashion
Mag Takes
Web by Storm

Jul 27, 2009 12:21 PM CDT

New Fashion Mag Takes Web by Storm

User-generated content brings visitors; next step: profit

(Newser) - The newest magazine to make a splash in the fashion world isn’t sold in stores, but it is a head-turner. Online-only Polyvore lets users act as fashion editors, putting together “sets” of clothing and accessories other users can then click to purchase. The site is growing in popularity...

'Size Nazi'
Designers
Lash Back
at Vogue

Jun 14, 2009 10:55 AM CDT

'Size Nazi' Designers Lash Back at Vogue

It's not all our fault, they say

(Newser) - Designers have lashed back at a Vogue editor who accuses them of forcing ultra-thin models on magazine covers by sending "minuscule" photo-shoot clothes no normal woman can wear. British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman complained in a letter to top designers that the clothing is so tiny magazines are forced...

French Vogue Editor Dismisses Labels

profile

May 20, 2009 2:39 PM CDT

French Vogue Editor Dismisses Labels

It's all about the look, says sexy, stylish Carine Roitfeld

(Newser) - Carine Roitfeld, editor of French Vogue, went through the worldwide gossip mill last year when she was rumored to be Anna Wintour's successor at the icon's US edition. But, Roitfeld tells the Guardian in a wide-ranging interview, she was never approached. And if she had been? “It’s really...

Vogue Editor
Tells Oprah:
Lose 20 Lbs!

May 18, 2009 7:45 PM CDT

Vogue Editor Tells Oprah: Lose 20 Lbs!

(Newser) - Vogue's editor-in-chief gave Oprah Winfrey some advice before she graced the mag's cover in 1998: Lose some weight, babe. Like 20 pounds. "It was a very gentle suggestion," said Anna Wintour in an unaired portion of her 60 Minutes segment last night, Us reports. "I said...