VANITY FAIR

INT'L BEST-DRESSED POLL · TOM WOLFE: BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES 2009

The Style Issue

FEATURING THE ULTIMATE MAD MEN SUMMER-BREAK ALBUM

Photographs by ANNIE LEIBOVTTZ

Story by BRUCE HANDY P.268

WHAT'S RUTH MADOFF HIDING?

By MARK SEAL P. 216

Special Collectors' Edition

FAREWELL TO TWO TRAGIC ICONS

FALLEN KING

MICHAEL JACKSON

STUNNING OUTTAKES FROM THE HISTORIC ANNIE LEIBOVITZ DANCE SEQUENCE

Story by LISA ROBINSON P. 292

FALLEN ANGEL

FARRAH FAWCETT

THE INSIDE STORY OF HER LAST HEARTBREAKING YEARS

By LESLIE BENNETTS P. 302

"There is no great genius without some touch of madness" —SENECA

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