JULY-2012

MAD ABOUT MADSTONE

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Kerri Halpern knew something was missing. Story and photograph by Zoë Zellers Jewelry images courtesy of MadStone The West Villager – by way of…

GOLDEN GIRL

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Olympic champ Donna de Varona champions others Every now and then nature produces a powerhouse athlete who is also a powerhouse human being. In…

UNDERCURRENTS

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Cosabella’s lingerie legacy continues Photographs courtesy of Cosabella Over the past few years, innerwear has firmly established its position as outerwear (again). Trims have…

DESIGNED TO GET WET

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Melinda Huff’s bathing suits take off Story and photograph by Zoë Zellers Swimwear images courtesy of Melinda Huff “I think I was always sort…

SPORTY SUMMERS

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With Bob Costas, Matt Lauer, Michael Phelps… If teacher Amy Bass were to answer the traditional back-to-school essay sparker, “How I Spent My Summer…

U.S.-U.K.:OK?

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Understanding America’s  ‘special relationship’ with England In the romantic comedy “Love Actually,” Hugh Grant plays an enchantingly dithering British prime minister who’s a cross…

GILT-Y PLEASURES

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Once viewers got past all the bullion, movie-star bangles and pirate booty in the American Museum of Natural History’s glittering 2006 “Gold” exhibit, they…