VANITY FAIR

SEPTEMBER 2011 NO. 613 | VANITYFAIR.COM

FEATURES

JENNY BACK ON THE BLOCK | 296

Movies, albums, American Idol, perfumes, twin toddlers— Jennifer Lopez's life was complicated even before her recent split from Marc Anthony. Lisa Robinson gets J.Lo's take on her exes, her diva reputation, and her real talent. Photographs by Mario Testino.

NEXT STOP, MANHATTAN | 303

Kurt Andersen and Roberto Frankenberg spotlight architect Santiago Calatrava, master of white steel.

IT'S THE ECONOMY, DUMMKOPF! | 304

The fate of Europe in its hands, Germany wants other countries to be more, well, German, That, Michael Lewis discovers, means a disdain for money (and bankers), a legacy of evil, and a curious obsession with filth. Photographs by Jonas Fredwall Karlsson.

RETURN TO CATFISH ROW | 311

Leslie Bennetts and Mark Seliger spotlight the reimagination of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.

WINDSOR DRESSING | 312

Krista Smith reports on W.E., Madonna's featurelength directorial debut, while Tom Munro snaps its stylish evocation of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

GREAT INSPIRATIONS | 316

As Norman Jean Roy photographs nine New Wave designers with the women who inspire them, Amy Fine Collins ponders the role of the muse.

V.F.PORTRAIT: JOHN CURRIN | 324

The provocative painter tells A. M. Homes what his nudes are really all about. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

THE AGE OF ELEGANCE | 326

Modeling, mentoring designers, or simply living, the late Countess Consuelo Crespi was style incarnate. With her twin, Gloria Schiff, Bob Colacello looks back at Crespi's five-decade fashion reign.

"I WASN'T in touch with who I was, what I wanted, what I deserved."

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PICKING HER BATTLES | 333

Rich Cohen and Jonas Fredwall Karlsson spotlight first-time director Angelina Jolie, with her decidedly un-Hollywood cast.

ALL HAVANA BROKE LOOSE | 334

In 1950s Cuba, for the likes of Hemingway, Brando, and Jack Kennedy, the Tropicana club was the place to be. Jean Stein's oral history—with William Eggleston's photos—captures its dazzling decadence, before Castro's rebels cut in.

FANFAIR

30 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE | 151

Celebrating New York in Color. Hot Type; Elissa Schappell on Girls in White Dresses. The big book of bikes; David Kamp dishes Le Bernardin's new look. My Stuff: L'Wren Scott. Laura Jacobs and photographer Jason Bell salute the film adaptation of War Horse. Emilia Wickstead dresses up London; Plumen lights up; Missoni for Target's pattern play. Lisa Robinson applauds Pearl Jam with Cameron Crowe. Anderson & Sheppard's bespoke style; Coach's men's-wear game; the razor-sharp L.S.C. Barber. Hot Reels: Warrior, Drive, and Restless. Spot on—the polka-dot trend. Great-looking gadgets galore. Diane von Furstenberg, YSL's seductive fall scents, and Donna Karan; Hot Looks.

COLUMNS

THE ACCIDENTAL INSTITUTION | 182

After 50 years of skewering Britain's sacred cows, Private Eye is being honored at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Christopher Hitchens savors the irony.

HALL OF FAME | 187

Davis Guggenheim nominates Blake Mycoskie, whose Toms shoes feel good all over. Photograph by Brantley Gutierrez.

LAST TUXEDO STANDING | 188

This Labor Day will be Jerry Lewis's final Muscular Dystrophy Telethon—which gets James Wolcott thinking about the comic's oddly enduring power. Illustration by Andre Carrilho.

9/11: THE TAPPING POINT | 194

U.S. intelligence could have been monitoring every al-Qaeda or Taliban call and e-mail, starting in 1999. David Rose reveals how the government bungled its best chance to prevent 9/11. Illustration by Barry Blitt.

REQUIEM FOR RESCORLA | 202

Matthew Guerrieri and Jason Bell spotlight the San Francisco Opera's paean to a 9/11 hero.

"TROPICANA was the place to be seen bit like Rick's Cafe in Casablanca."

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LIBERTE, EGALITE, AGNES B. | 204

Tracing the roots of Agnes B.'s fashion empire, Laura Jacobs learns the ethos behind her simple but subversive designs. Photographs by Brigitte Lacombe.

ENTER THE CYBER-DRAGON | 220

Neither Washington nor corporate America wants to admit it, but Chinese hackers have compromised everything from industrial secrets to the defense secretary's computer system. Michael Joseph Gross has an exclusive expose of a national-security nightmare. Illustration by Brad Holland.

THE 2011 INTERNATIONAL BEST-DRESSED LIST | 236

Put the emphasis on international, as 201 l's sartorial hot spots include the racetracks of Geneva, the kingdom of Bhutan, and a Harlem kitchen.

MASTERS OF STYLE 272

Laura Jacobs pays tribute to V.F. virtuosos—Annie Leibovitz, David Seidner, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier, and Steven Meisel—who've rifled on Hollywood's romance with couture.

VANITIES

REBEL YELCHIN | 286

James Mauro on political hyperbole; Howard Schatz captures Bobby Cannavale in character. Bruce Feirstein's guidelines for cable-news pundits. George Wayne turns the tables on Bravo's Andy Cohen.

ET CETERA

EDITOR'S LETTER Fleet Street's Arab Spring | 108

60 MINUTES POLL | 116

CONTRIBUTORS | 118

OUT TO LUNCH Ralph Rucci | 133

LETTERS Hamptons Gothic | 136

FAIRGROUND | 175

PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE Jill Abramson | 360

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