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Posing Nude for Vanity Fair is the Best Way to Deal with a Nasty Divorce

coutorture — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:19:39 -0800

Mario Testino photographs a naked Stephanie Seymour for the December issue of Vanity Fair, proving beauty (and looking this good at 41) is the best revenge. [Vanity Fair]

Source: Mario Testino/Vanity Fair

News: Ingrid Sischy And Sandra Brant Named International Editors Of German And Russian Vogues

coutorture — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:04:20 -0700

Looks like Ingrid Sischy and Sandra Brant are going to be busy in 2009. Just over a year ago it was announced that Sischy, editor of Interview, and her girlfriend, Sandra Brant of Brant Publications (which published Interview), were soon to become International Editors for the Italian and Spanish editions of Vanity Fair. Today, in a press release sent out by Conde Nast, it was announced that the pair will also take helm as International Editors of German and Russian Vogues. The two will work closely, it was stated in the press release, with the editors of the magazines. Jonathan Newhouse, Chairman of Conde Nast International said, "Ingrid and Sandy are a unique journalistic team, full of ideas and with strong ties to the worlds of Hollywood, fashion and the arts.".

Cartier, Vanity Fair, And The Museum Of Contemporary Art Host A Private Dinner In Honor Of Artist Anri Sala

coutorture — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:06:35 -0800

12/02/08. Photos courtesy of A. Tamargo/Wireimage

City Watch: London's Vanity Fair Photo Exhibition

coutorture — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:33:34 -0800

If you happen to be in London (perhaps on your way back from Milan) this exhibition is worth a peek. The National Portrait Gallery is a far stretching museum with low ceilings, red carpeted hallways, and old wooden banisters. It's quiet but not in the static manner of large museums with cafes and viewing towers. It's the perfect place, actually, for the Vanity Fair Photo Exhibition (pictures even a twelve year old would find interesting) as the space will likely bring some contemplative calm to the collection. From LeCool, a London-based city mailer,

"This is a show of two halves. Vanity Fair launched in 1913 to major in celebrity photography, even before thespians took to film, but closed in 1936. The portraits were often contemplative, but caught flashes of the Jazz Age’s exuberance and toyed with the avant-garde – Man Ray left a surrealistic mark. Condé Nast revived the mag in 1983, and the big, bold, colour shots have been top of the game ever since and dominated by Annie Leibovitz compositions. The subjects are not just Hollywood, but also artists, writers, and musicians - check out Buckminster Fuller and his Dymaxion design, a perfect mad-scientist shot. There’s sexuality in many shoots (see Helen Mirren © Snowden 1995), yet Helmut Newton himself captures gravity in Margaret Thatcher. This is a feast of fame and photography, insight and glamour - simply gorgeous."

Article by Herbert Write for LeCool London