Benjamin Disraeli: Dead Cool
Writer, fashion commentator and window-dresser, Simon Doonan, is known for his provocative "Simon Says" column in the New York Observer. He has written four books: Confessions of a Window Dresser, Wacky Chicks, a memoir entitled Nasty and a tongue-in-cheek style guide entitled Eccentric Glamour to be published in paperback in mid-April. Nasty is to be re-released as Beautiful People. A comedy TV series entitled Beautiful People, produced by Jon Plowman, will debut on LOGO in May.
From befriending Queen Victoria to appearing on Family Guy, British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli is a modern icon. In his new column, Simon Doonan explains why the long-dead leader is now wildly cool.
The Future of Fashion Week
Renata Espinosa is the New York editor of Fashion Wire Daily. She is also the co-founder of impressionistic fashion and art blog TheNuNu and a sometimes backup dancer for "The Anna Copa Cabanna Show."
After hundreds of shows, dozens of parties, and one epic night out, the biggest stars in the fashion business contemplate what comes next.
How the Other Half Still Lives
Sameer Reddy is a Special Correspondent for Newsweek International, to which he contributes two columns - Top Shelf, which deals with luxury, and Tendencies, a survey of trends in culture. He also contributes features on fashion, lifestyle and luxury to Newsweek, Departures, T, and Vogue India, among others. Based out of Berlin, he edits a recently launched blog about aesthetics, www.the-comment.com, while consuming large amounts of sausage and gluten-free pretzels.
Not everyone's cutting back these days. Now more than ever, the wealthy are springing for megayachts, private jets, and $30,000 designer gowns. Sameer Reddy reports.
The Luxury E-tail Boom
Sameer Reddy is a Special Correspondent for Newsweek International, to which he contributes two columns - Top Shelf, which deals with luxury, and Tendencies, a survey of trends in culture. He also contributes features on fashion, lifestyle and luxury to Newsweek, Departures, T, and Vogue India, among others. Based out of Berlin, he edits a recently launched blog about aesthetics, www.the-comment.com, while consuming large amounts of sausage and gluten-free pretzels.
Department stores may be hurting, but Sameer Reddy reports that high-end e-commerce sites such as the Outnet, Yoox, and Vente Privee are packed with customers looking for a steal.
Haggling Through the Apocalypse
Lee Eisenberg’s new book is Shoptimism: Why the American Consumer Will Keep on Buying No Matter What. Excerpts and the author’s blog can be found at LeeEisenberg.com.
In today's pushcart economy, every price is negotiable-from cars and electronics to cashmere sweaters and fine jewelry. Lee Eisenberg bargains his way up Michigan Avenue.
Proenza Schouler's Luxe Life
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
In a season when some designers are channeling the affluent 1980s-wishful thinking?-Proenza Schouler simply returned to what they do best: classic corset dresses, dark jewel tones, and perfectly tailored coats for the fall. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
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