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John Kerry and John Edwards scarcely miss an opportunity to skewer President Bush for his handling of Iraq, but when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the challengers give the administration a free pass. Teed up in the vice-presidential debate by moderator Gwen Ifill, who suggested the U.S. had been largely absent from the peace process under President Bush and asked what a Kerry administration would do differently, John Edwards half agreed with the idea that the Bush team had been on the sidelines but then restricted his own comments to an endorsement of Israel's security wall...
Animal prints are making their mark everywhere, from living-room rugs to haute couture runways. Barbara Coulon, vice president of trends at Youth Intelligence, says the prints are popular because they "connote being an individual who is sexy and bold." Trendsetters like Kate Moss and Gwen Stefani have been spotted in leopard looks. "[Animal prints] are timeless and fun," says Reed Krakoff, Coach's executive creative director. "People are looking for things like that these days." --By Rebecca Isenberg
...Luxembourg (March 31-July 25), in which 150 artists and photographers take a good look at themselves in dozens of different ways: unsparing closeup (the aging Degas); in duplicate (Dubuffet, with bowler hat); in triplicate (Norman Rockwell, Jacque Henri Lartigue); or, most popular, nude (Suzanne Valadon, Gwen John, Cindy Sherman). Some pose with palettes, others focus on the essence of their art: Henry Moore sketched his strong sculptor's hands. And James Montgomery Flagg used his own face for the famous World War I "I Want You" poster of Uncle Sam. The exhibit is only a small excerpt from...
...moment, vintage offers a more personalized--and often more affordable--alternative to what's coming off the runway or stocking the shelves at Banana Republic. Its popularity has also been boosted by celebrity endorsements: legions of stars regularly don vintage to walk the red carpet. Jennifer Aniston, Gwen Stefani, Kim Cattrall, Christina Ricci were among the luminaries who showed up at the Golden Globes in January in vintage gowns. Others wore clothes that loudly sampled the past (Nicole Kidman's dress from Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche's spring 2004 line was utterly, though many said unsightly, Art Deco...
...this television appearance. That exercise in poor syntax was recently covered by the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, another band in the growing crowd of NYC art-punks, whose flamboyant lead singer Karen O dates the flamboyant lead singer of The Liars, Angus Andrew—perhaps the Gwen and Gavin for a hipper generation? The Liars have a relentless experimentation that is their claim to uniqueness in this current crop, and in the material they debuted to Boston at TT’s, they demonstrated that they have not yet begun to enact their breakdown on conventional structures...