Interview

She was discovered by Richard Avedon at the age of 11, scored her first magazine cover by the time she was 12, became a world-famous model, took up acting, fronted a band, played Joan of Arc, launched a clothing line, had a kid, and emerged as a 21st-century action heroine with the world-beating Resident Evil franchise. Now, Milla Jovovich prepares for Chapter Two.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 03/02/09

Sam Hayes guards the Waverly Inn's door, but he really wants to direct.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/27/09

Haute couture is fashion’s fine art, and Vogue’s Hamish Bowles, self-made historian, has a sort of private museum in a warehouse in Queens. Here’s how youthful obsession built a world-class collection  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/26/09

After reading Alicia Drake's The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in1970s Paris, I decided I just had to go the Bergé auction.  BLOG POSTED: 02/26/09

All fashion is about what’s new. or at least about what we haven’t seen in a while. It’s about novelty. New clothes are how we show on our bodies what’s happening now in the culture. It’s how we belong to history and signify change. Novelty makes us feel new, even if we’re getting on a bit. At least our ideas look fresh. Now, these six designers aren’t the new kids on the block. They’ve been around it already. But they’re all doing things that are truly new. No recession here. This gang is still exploding  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/26/09

Perched in his fortress of solitude high above the streets of Manhattan, Lucas Samaras has created a remarkable new body of work—and, in fact, an entire lifestyle—in self-imposed seclusion, driven in large part by the endless exploration of the one thing he can never escape: himself. As he prepares to represent his native Greece in this year’s Venice Biennale, the notoriously reclusive artist opens up about his new work, old ways, and why, despite the clamor of the critics, he’s still master of his domain.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/26/09

James Jebbia built a fiercely independent, internationally obsessed-over, street-fashion cult and skating-goods empire as a purveyor of clothes you can wear, art you can ride, and sneakers you can’t find. So what’s his prescription for surviving these sallow economic times? To make like the president and keep it cool.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/26/09

Ian Szydlowski is an artist-turned-water entrepreneur, who will soon share a bit of his family's Patagonia property with the world. First, there's a limited release at Colette.  BLOG POSTED: 02/24/09