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JESSICA IREDALE
The fall of Ralph Rucci—who lost control of
his own brand in 2014—captivated the fashion
world almost as much as his clothes have. In
“FRIENDS WITH MONEY” (page 122) Iredale, a for-
mer fashion critic at WWD, considers Rucci’s
legacy ahead of his return to Paris couture.
“His work was well respected, but I sense he
thinks he never fully got his due.”BEN WIDDICOMBE
“Is it comforting or alarming that the world’s
most powerful families are as messed up as
any?” asks Widdicombe, a veteran gossip and
entertainment reporter who chronicles the
latest in familial dysfunction in “THE DYNASTIC
SHRINK IS IN” (page 68). “It seems that so many
billionaires are just one squabble away from
becoming the Simpsons.”MARYKATE BOYL AN
As Town & Country’s fashion market editor,
Boylan has traveled to many enticing corners
of the earth. Her most recent assignment: a
fashion shoot in Bermuda for “THE VISIT” (page
114). “It’s only a few hours from New York,
but it feels so wonderfully far away.“WENDY GOODMAN
Though she has written about some of the
world’s most interesting dwellings, design
expert Goodman was bowled over by jazz
legend Dave Brubeck’s Midcentury Modern
Connecticut home, featured in “HOUSE MUSIC”
(page 130). “It’s not often that you are privy to
such originality and beauty.”MAGGIE BULLOCK
One month after getting her first John Bar-
rett cut-and-color for “DO WE HAVE HAIR IN OUR
FACES?” (page 91), Bullock found herself in a
mild panic. “What will I do when it grows
out? Can I ever go back to plebeian haircuts?”
It was a pang, she realized with some com-
fort, that had been felt by many before her.
“I mean, he’s done everybody.”MAX MONTGOMERY
The British-born photographer traveled to
Bermuda to shoot the fashion story “THE VISIT”
(page 114) and then back home to New York to
take a portrait of Lady Kitty Spencer, Princess
Diana’s niece, for this month’s cover. “Spen-
cer’s eyes sparkle when you photograph her.”CAROLINE WEBER
For Weber, a professor of French and Com-
parative Literature at Barnard, the return of
“bourgeois” style to runways this year is wel-
come. “My dream wardrobe has always been
what Catherine Deneuve wore in Belle de Jour,”
she says. But the current revival of buttoned-up
fashions, she reports in “BOURGEOIS? MOI?”
(page 102), is anything but basic.