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156 THE RIDDLE OF KATE MOSS BY JAMES FOX.

Over an unparalleled 25-year career, Kate Moss has bared her body but rarely her soul. Now the elusive fashion icon, wife, and mother opens up about her controversial images, her romance with Johnny Depp, and her talent for hell-raising, while friends analyze the power she exerts. Photographs by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott.

169 HALL OF FAME

V.F. nominates Picasso biographer Sir John Richardson, for knocking the stuffy out of art history. By Mark Stevens. Photograph by Todd Eberle.

170 THE MOST HAPPY FELLOWES BY DAVID KAMP.

As it begins its third season, Downton Abbey has captivated U.K. and American audiences—who owe it all to Julian Fellowes. How did a middling actor become the creator, producer, and writer of a transatlantic hit? And what's next for the Crawleys and company? Photograph by Simon Upton.

177 HOWDO THEY DUET?

Spotlight on Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo, classical music's clown princes. By Sir Roger Moore. Photograph by Mark Seliger.

178 V.F. PORTRAIT: AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Free after 15 years of imprisonment, Burma's national heroine and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, stands with Gandhi, King, and Mandela as a symbol of moral courage. By Tom Freston. Photograph by Annie Feibovitz.

190 FIRESTORM ON FIFTH AVENUE BY PADL GOLDBERGER.

The uproar over a plan to update the iconic main building of the New York Public Library—a $300 million architectural renovation—caught the institution's new leadership by surprise. Academics and authors howled that the 101-year-old cultural palace was under siege, but the result is a win for that silent constituency: the books. Photographs by Todd Eberle.

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189 DRY, WITH A TWIST

Spotlight on Olivia Munn, whose beauty has proved to be just part of the package. By James Wolcott. Photographs by Ben Hassett.

192 TORY BURCH'S EX PCTOR BY NAESS GRIGORIASIS

The divorce of Tory Burch from her husband and business partner, Chris Burch, was a delicate truce, until he launched C. Wonder, producing what Tory's friends see as less expensive versions of her retail hits. The he-says-she-says battle over who built the Tory Burch brand is heating up, as fashion's golden girl tries to free herself from the man who helped launch her. Photograph by Jonathan Becker.

199 RHINESTONE MAIDEN

Spotlight on the very decorative Lana Del Rey, whose image belies the simple impetus for her new album. By Edward Helmore. Photograph by Solve Sundsbo.

200 CAPOTE'S SWAN DIVE BY SAM KASHNER.

In the first installment of his novel in progress, Answered Prayers, excerpted in Esquire in 1975, Truman Capote turned his biting pen on New York society, which promptly bit back. He never recovered from the scandal, and the complete manuscript he saw as his masterpiece has never been found. Now, a presumed draft chapter, "Yachts and Things," appears for the first time, here.

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95 JESSIE'S GIRL

Out to Lunch: Ian McKellen. Impossible Interview: Lena Dunham versus Paul Ryan.

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101 31 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. Graham Fuller's cinematic salute to Hyde Park on Hudson; Maureen Callahan uncovers Fleur du Mai's intimate new collection; DJ Cassidy teaches Edward Helmore to spin. Bob Colacello on 30 years behind the lens with Jonathan Becker. Gary Clark Jr. rocks out with Lisa Robinson. Gifts galore: our annual holiday roundup. Hot Type. My Stuff—Taylor Swift. Beauty's seasonal bounty.

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COLUMNS

130 THE PARENTING TRAP BY A. A. GILL.

Parents are told that they—the providers of all the right classes, tutors, and activities—must ensure their kids' success. Ha!, writes a father of four, who has figured out his children's biggest obstacle: the education industry.

134 PALACE INTRIGUE BY EVGENIA PERETZ.

Since French president Francois Hollande swept into the Elysee Palace as "Monsieur Normal," a combustible triangle—among Hollande, the beautiful mother of his children (and political rival), and the glamorous journalist who is his current partner—has exploded, baring a twisted tale of betrayal, blackmail, and revenge. The fuse was a single tweet.

142 THE EXPENDABLES BY WILLIAM LANGEWIESCHE.

The French Foreign Legion has long been legendary for its ruthless fighting force: men with nothing to lose, who have found purpose in the grueling life of a legionnaire. Deep in the jungles of French Guiana, where the war is against illegal gold miners, their code is tested to its limits Photographs by Frederic Lagrange.

154 "MY FELLOW AMERICANS..."

Spotlight on Douglas McGrath's new play, Checkers, about Nixon's trail-blazing speech. By James Fallows. Photograph by Eric Ogden.

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