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Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe

Christopher Bollen
Judy Linn, Norman Seeff

They were New York before New York knew what to do with them. They were lovers, best friends, fellow survivors. Patti Smith & Robert Mapplethorpe both became art-world legends and ’70s icons of radical downtown bohemia. Now Smith finally opens up about their days together, living at the Chelsea Hotel, buying art supplies before food, mixing with Warhol superstars and future rock gods, and doing whatever they had to do just to stay together.

Vincent Van Duysen

Raf Simons Grant Delin

The Belgian architect is forging a new direction in contemporary Design that still values clean lines and pure forms but doesn’t fall prey to the endgame of the cold cube.

Who the hell is James Goldstein?

Derek Blasberg Mikael Jansson

Over the last two decades, James Goldstein has managed to transform his holy trinity of leisure-time interests—fashion, basketball, and architecture—into an entire lifestyle that’s a transcontinental blur of runway shows, playoff games, statuesque women, Dionysian after-after-parties, and celebrity photo ops. The big question is how he did it—and what he’s after

Twenty Most Beautiful People of the Decade

Fan Zhong

In a decade when it has become daily ritual to witness our most famous, talented, and beautiful people in their gym sweats and flip flops at Starbucks, unaware of the long-lensed sniper in the bushes capturing them in exactly the angle of light and time of day that is maximally unflattering, we thought it'd be fitting to end the '00s with a glorious, glamorous look back at the 20 most beautiful people that have graced the pages of our magazine in the past 10 years.

French It Girls

Mikael Jansson

There is no place sexier than Paris and perhaps nothing sexier than French girls. Here are six stunning ladies—actresses, singers, writers, and models—who are taking full possession of the city of lights.

Audrina Patridge

Michael Martin Sebastian Kim

Love her, hate her, or cancel your cable subscription because of her, she's not going away anytime soon.

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