Interview

The woman behind the uber-fabulous shoe brand Jimmy Choo bares all on building a fashion empire, the media scrutiny surrounding her very public private life, and what it’s like to walk a mile in her stilettos.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 03/01/10

Mid-’90s alt rock was not ­particularly renowned for ­producing rock stars with ­transcendent career trajectories, but Melissa Auf der Maur has proven that artistic life can outlive the era of the babydoll dress.  BLOG POSTED: 02/08/10

No ties, no belts, lots of hoods and, of course, those gold thorn necklaces—Ave Maria, it's time to convert.  BLOG POSTED: 01/25/10

The man responsible for some of cinema’s eeriest and most hauntingly beautiful films takes us down the rabbit hole.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/22/10

Since he began designing for Calvin Klein in 2004, Italo Zucchelli has lent the label a strict new vision for the future of menswear, while staying true to Calvin’s American dream. Always reinventing, always surprising—simplicity and sexuality, seen through a futuristic eye. Ahead of his forthcoming New York show, he previews his new collection—Modernista . . .  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/22/10

Now that we’re out of the double 0’s, and the 80s-inflected Balmania potentially behind us, we can finally move forward, back to the grungier glory days of the 1990’s. Marios Scwhab has his eys on the prize.  BLOG POSTED: 01/21/10

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.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/20/10

The singer-songwriter-composer formerly known as Final Fantasy talks about his new album and the decade's greatest vocalist.  BLOG POSTED: 01/12/10