Interview

In his portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama, Kurt Kauper lowers the podium just ever so slightly.  BLOG POSTED: 10/02/09

Designer Ruthie Davis remembers her first trip to humdrum department store Lord & Taylor with her mother, at the age of two. She left with a pair of patent leather Mary Janes, and she hasn't changed a bit—to the delight of one Ms. Knowles.  BLOG POSTED: 09/09/09

Since she made her film debut at 12 in the professional, we’ve watched her evolve into one of the most successful, serious-minded actresses of her generation. But beneath the pristine exterior lurks a woman few have ever seen—until now. Behold Natalie Portman: unpackaged, uncensored, and unbound.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 08/27/09

Paris boutique Colette introduces a new collaboration with Barbie on the occasion of the grande dame's 50th birthday, Barbie foosball.  BLOG POSTED: 08/06/09

All the real girls want a Jason Wu Barbie.  BLOG POSTED: 07/10/09

Cartier celebrates 100 years in America this year. pierre rainero, its director of heritage, talks about how the Paris company invented modern luxury, and how that idea spread around the world.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/08/09

Barbara Hulanicki, who opened the historic retailer BIBA with his husband, knows a family business.  BLOG POSTED: 05/27/09

Channing Tatum might have danced his way into the hearts of teenage girls in Step Up, but he has spent the last year bare-knuckle boxing, running out of burning buildings, and tussling with     bad guys—all in the name of transforming the big-budget blood sport of acting in action movies into    a kind of soulful, physical art. Will he succeed? Or will the forces of darkness prevail?  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 04/23/09