New York Magazine: August 23, 2004 Issue

Instant Cover Girl

No actual models were used to make this fashion issue.

Donna Karan’s Vision Quest

Donna Karan sold her design company and lost her husband in the same year. Now there’s a new Donna being born. Portrait of a seeker in mid-voyage.

How to Be a Park Avenue Princess

Nan Kempner offers up her apartment, and her advice, to three bright young things

Human Shields

People think they know Brooke Shields. There’s a Truman Show-iness to the way she grew up with us all watching her represent American glamour.

The Graduates

How four Parsons class of 2004 designers spend one ambitious summer.

Extreme Brand Loyalty

Meet three fashion obsessives, including one with 85 Chanel suits

Sweathampton

Inside a Hamptons share house where the inhabitants care less about meeting the famous than about how much they tip.

Mister T

Dov Charney, American Apparel’s unusual CEO, stretches his knit empire.

Fashion Detective

Do designers share a collective brain? On some level, yes.

Men on the Street

Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, the duo behind the women’s line Proenza Schouler, dress six regular guys in variations on American classics

Coming Soon

Across a Crowded Room

A trip into the lives of four fabulous New Yorkers we spotted at a party, minus that awkward morning after.

Field Trip

A visit to the country with fashion-forward creations—and the art students who might actually wear them

Issue Contents

August 23, 2004

August 23, 2004

Everyone Is A Model

Features

Instant Cover Girl

Donna Karan’s Vision Quest

How to Be a Park Avenue Princess

Human Shields

The Graduates

Extreme Brand Loyalty

Sweathampton

Mister T

Fashion Detective

Men on the Street

Across a Crowded Room

Field Trip

Departments

Letters to the Editor

Columnists

The Bottom Line

Cityside

Beauty

Test Drive

Smart City

Floral Literacy

23 Best Bets

Skate Expectations

Dining Room

Critics

Don’t Look Now

Movies

Theater

Classical Music

Television

Restaurants

Intelligencer

Intelligencer Gossip

Raising the Barrier

Rooney Tunes

Summer Time

A Chef’s Taste Test

Party Lines

Liberal Arts

The Week

New on DVD

Restaurant Openings & Buzz

The Top Five Events at Downtown’s Howl! Festival

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