Art In Fashion

Downton has taken his model from the deep freeze where she was caught in the middle of a Tango routine and before she's had a chance to thaw out, he's rendered in two dimensions her statuesque pose. Her strapless and backless Valentino red dress reflect perfectly everyman's dream of sophisticated glamour and feminine allure.

You can buy this at Vogue

Masters of Style

Turning celebrity portraits into an art form, V.F.’s photographers have perfected the elusive fusion of style and subject. This portfolio of contemporary images, Laura Jacobs writes, is steeped in Hollywood’s history with haute couture, as Uma Thurman, Kate Winslet, Angelina Jolie, and others lend their star power to fashion (and vice versa), in photographs designed by Annie Leibovitz, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier, and David Seidner.



Annie Leibovitz
First Lady of France Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Vanity Fair, September 2008.


David Seidner
The Miller sisters, clockwise from left: Pia Getty, Alexandra von Fürstenberg, and Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece; Vanity Fair, June 1995.


Mario Testino
Gwyneth Paltrow, Vanity Fair, September 2000.


Mario Testino
Madonna as Eva Peron, Vanity Fair, November 1996.


Patrick Demarchelier
Angelina Jolie, Vanity Fair, July 2008.


Annie Leibovitz
Uma Thurman, Vanity Fair, January 1996.



Via Vanity Fair