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...runway at Helmut Lang's show, models looked like surfers emerging from the sea in gold-lined scuba suits. "Gold is becoming everyone's favorite earth tone," says John Loring, design director of Tiffany. "The warmth always looks good on your skin." Beyond fashion, the precious stuff is turning up in decadent housewares like Gucci's gold-plated cat-food dish and on sweets like those at Manhattan chocolatier MarieBelle. Even the iPod has upgraded to gold.--By Melia Marden
Since taking over the Conde Nast publication in 1988, Wintour has guarded the magazine's No. 1 status among fashion publications--in both circulation and prestige. But she has brought the magazine's tone down from its Olympian heights, acknowledging that trends are as likely to start from the ground as be decreed from on high and offering tips on how to get runway looks for real-wage prices. Part of this is out of necessity: to maintain a high circulation, she must appeal to as broad an audience as possible. But she has proved herself committed to discovering...
...cosmetics. When she stepped off the runway for good in 1989 Iman realized that other women of color were having the same problems with makeup that she had confronted before photo shoots. "As a model, I had to play chemist and mix and match foundations to find a skin tone suitable for me," she says...
...defenseless undergarment, alas, could not speak up for itself. The league said, however, that it had concerns about the tone of the show, and Timberlake's song, that MTV never addressed. "MTV did not live up to their end of the deal," said NFL executive vice president Joe Browne. "They told us, 'We'll address your concerns,' and then things never changed." But MTV Networks chairman and CEO Tom Freston said the league and the networks together reviewed the songs, costumes and choreography. He noted that MTV also produced the halftime show three years ago. "If you go back...
That's the thing about obscenity: you can't find it on an anatomical chart. It's about context and tone, a subtle and very subjective judgment. Arguably, Jackson's lightning flash was no more offensive than several ads that ran during the Super Bowl and focused on humiliation, especially sexual humiliation, especially of women. In spots for Bud Light, a woman on a date was farted on by a horse; another was hit on by a horny monkey...