Sofia Coppola, Guest Editor
Sofia Coppola has edited a special edition of W to be sold with the magazine’s May issue. W’s editor in chief, Stefano Tonchi, tells WWD that Coppola was completely hands on– from the cover of Kirsten Dunst, to a “Q&A by Coppola with Marisa Berenson in Marrakech, a story from Cornelia Guest on her mother’s best entertaining tips and an item by Paul Fortune on his design process for Marc Jacobs’ media room”.
I’m a big fan of Sofia Coppola’s films, personal style, and desire to have a private life despite her famous family and career demands. The issue will be on newsstands Monday.
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ALAÏA
Belted leather biker jacket
Jil Sander
Gathered Knit Midi Dress
SAINT LAURENT
Cropped leather jacket
SOPHIE BUHAI
Triple Francois 18kt gold vermeil earrings
NILI LOTAN
Jimmy Leather Puffer Jacket
SAINT LAURENT
Le 57 quilted leather shoulder bag
DRIES VAN NOTEN
Belted wool blazer
SAINT LAURENT
Blade velvet slingback pumps
THE ROW
Silvia silk-twill scarf
SAINT LAURENT
Logo-embellished leather loafers
VALENTINO
Crocheted Cotton-Blend Midi Skirt
LOEWE
Braided leather bangle
JOSEPH
Delcie tie-detailed ramie midi dress
LOEWE
Gate knotted leather slippers
ZIMMERMANN
Postcard fringed crocheted straw bucket hat
CARTIER EYEWEAR
Santos de Cartier metal shield sunglasses
This is a great idea on the part of W, though I know guest editing has been done before. What sets Sofia apart is her talent and passion for visual imagery. I’ll go out of my way to get a copy of this issue.
Nothing wrong with a little refinement in my book!
Refinement, lady-likeness, all seem new and refreshing now. The explicit, overt, in your face, are frankly beginning to feel passé. Been there… saw that.
Sophia has a marvelous sense of what people will want tomorrow. W would be wise to do more with her!
I love the sub-title, ‘What’s wrong with a little refinement?’ No kidding! Vulgar and gauche have always been vulgar and gauche. It just became the mode of the day. How about, ‘What’s wrong with a little restraint?’ We used to call refinement and restraint ‘good manners!’
Well to be honest, if you really desired privacy you needn’t stick your face in a magazine or proceed to interview Lee Radziwill about privacy- sounds a bit hypocritical. Just saying
Ooh I’ll look out for this.
Karlie makes a good point. Gotta love interviews of ‘celebrities’ complaining about privacy. Like Gwyneth complaining that her job is so much harder than most women’s jobs, they unfortunately come off as clueless.