The Revolution Will Not Be Belted: A Verdict on the Low-Hanging-Pants Debate
| From NYSenate.gov.A New York City judge has ruled in favor of low-hanging pants today in a Bronx court, dismissing the disorderly-conduct charge against a man whose trousers hung conspicuously close to his ankles. “The Constitution still leaves some opportunity for people to be foolish if they so desire,” Judge Ruben Franco said, adding, “The issuance of this summons appears to be an attempt by one police officer to show his displeasure with a particular style of dress.” The sagging-pants debate has been splitting the seams of civil sartorial discourse since as early as May 2004, when Louisiana and Virginia lawmakers attempted to outlaw excessively slouching slacks. “I don’t see any way that something constitutional could be crafted when the intention is to single out and label one style of dress that originated with the black youth culture, as an unacceptable form of expression,” an A.C.L.U. official said in 2007, when the issue again became the subject of mass discussion. |
The Shooting at the Gare du Nord
| Read an excerpt from Paul Spicer’s new novel about a scandalous American abroad. |
Carrie Bradshaw, Meet Mildred Pierce
| Reviving the chick flick will require producers, directors, and screenwriters to do something radical: take an interest in real women. |
Soccer Through an Artist’s Lens
| Ahead of Sunday’s World Cup final, Dutch photographer Hans van der Meer shows some of his European fields of dreams. |
He’s Funny That Way
| Bruce Handy and Peggy Sirota spotlight Michael Cera, whose next role gives him a bit less to be modest about. |
Swift Current
| Mark Summers traces the sketchy path from a peerless wit to a “Fearless” starlet. |
The Vanities Openers
| Every month, the first page of the magazine’s Vanities section features an up-and-coming actor with a hotly anticipated project in the pipeline. Catch up with the latest crop of Vanities “openers.” |
Marja’s Hearts and Minds
| Traveling to the site of a recent U.S.-led offensive, Micah Garen photographs the soldiers, elders, farmers, and, yes, robots whose actions will decide the outcome in Afghanistan. |
My Desk: Matthew Weiner
| The Mad Men creator and executive producer invites Vanity Fair into his office. |
Ten Cars That Look Like Adorable Animals
| Key among a vehicle’s affection-inducing features is its appearance. Particularly if it resembles a winsome, bewitching, and/or cuddly little (or enormous) critter, as the cars in this slide show decidedly do. |
Mad Men’s Spurious Comic-Strip Origins Revealed!
| Thumbing through funny-page archives, Bruce Handy stumbles on an obscure 1960s serial by the legendary Frank Thorne, featuring a prototypical Don and Betty. |
Arden Wohl and Family Adopt Another Cause
| Feeling the family love: Leelee Sobieski, Waris Ahluwalia, and Arden Wohl. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Last night at the cozy Wooly lounge, in New York City, the Party to Save the Pelican was held to benefit the Endangered Species Coalition. Despite the significant cool-person presence—the event's hosts included society fixture Arden Wohl, artist Tom Sachs, jewelry designer Waris Ahluwalia, and actress Leelee Sobieski—there was a palpable warmth in the room. It didn't hurt that the snugly Wooly, nestled below the Woolworth building, feels like a well-curated version of a heartland family's basement, complete with mismatched furniture, wood-beam ceilings, and some pastoral woolly-mammoth oil paintings. Original works of art and luxury services were up for silent auction, proceeds going to the coalition. One got the impression this was a labor of love from close-as-family friends who want to raise awareness and money for the endangered species that are suffering as a result of the B.P. oil spill. “Keep bidding," Wohl said. "We all know why we’re here. We’re all family.” Like in any family, everyone pitched in. Earlier in the evening Wohl and writer Julia Nasser were gamely writing up labels for the auction pieces, while Carlton DeWoody, who created his own work for the auction, hung the pieces on the Wooly walls. (His contribution, Daytona Beach, used a pyrographic technique to burn images into a wood surface. Shading was done with essential oils.) Outside the gallery over a cigarette, DeWoody and fellow artist Sebastian Errazuriz, who was auctioning off a piece called We're Really Fucking Angry (a golden spray can filled with oil with a rubber band pushing down to create constant pressure and a pin plugging the spout) showed each other a little brotherly love. “It’s the perfect expression of unrealized frustration [over the oil spill],” said DeWoody of Errazuriz’s work. Errazuriz’s paid back the compliment. “It’s a printed grain over natural-wood grain. The idea of these layered facades speaks to how fake B.P. is,” he said. “With everything they say, we’re always rubbing away one story to get to another.” |
Barack Obama and 50 Cent Conspire to Inconvenience New York Society
| Chace Crawford and 50 Cent. From PatrickMcMullan.com.Society mavens approaching the Landmark Cinema on New York City's Lower East Side last night for the Cinema Society and 2(x)ist screening of Twelve faced some unusual obstacles: all of East Houston Street was on lockdown as President Obama made his way to Sullivan Street for a party at Vogue editor Anna Wintour’s house. Filmgoers waited patiently. Pushing past Secret Service is a no-go—even when a besuited Chace Crawford awaits you inside. When the roadblocks eventually eased up, a well-heeled group made its way inside from the sticky heat and praised the blowout-preserving central air. Models and magazine editors found their seats alongside the film’s very youthful cast, as Crawford claimed a spot with Gossip Girl–ers Blake Lively and Penn Badgley. Congratulating their co-star on his starring role, Lively and Badgley joined Crawford in a genuine three-way hug. All seemed well in the world of Gossip Girl until Jessica Szohr was spotted across the theater, fueling rumors of a cast feud. |
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