c1999 Streetmedia-

Fall Fashion 1999 = Gwyneth Paltrow. How "fitting"!

That at the end of 20th Century we should look to a classical
actress as the premier fashion icon. Vogue Magazine September
1999 is a huge issue, with over 500 pages of amazing fashion
images. Including some dazzling shots of Gwyneth doing 1940s,
1980s, and even Elizabethan looks.

And how fitting that the story is about a shopping spree with
Gwyneth, racing through Manhattan on a solo haute coutre
mission from hell. Gwyneth sets the tone for an entire issue
that is packed with celebrities, advertisements of all types
(including a fold-out poster for Stuart Weitzman accessories).
Truly a fabulous (in the classic sense) magazine production.

Here are some highlights: (1) a cardstock insert for Ralph
Lauren Collection featuring (pure) red wool gloves against a
white wool turtleneck jacket, a red purse with silver handle,
red-zip boots, and a red head-to-toe blouse/pants/cape
combination (p.58), cardstock for Saks Fifth Avenue featuring
photographs by Gilles Bensimon of adventurous cloak-and-daggar
outfits foreshadowing the upcoming Bond movie (p. 130), (3)
Generation Y fashion from Studio Viaspago with a gaggle of 6
teens in varsity-to-private liberal college wears (p. 212),
(4) a cool article on the new "shy" star fashion designers
(p. 347), (5) a lively, two-color XOXO cardstock spread of
skirts, handbags, boots, etc. with a smashing unknown model
(who we will hunt down!), and (6) some intense "Party Girls"
peices starring ball gowns that would easily pass for cocktail
dresses 20 years ago (not to mention Stella Tennant looking
intense.) (p. 549). Arguably the trump card in the Fall 1999
fashion mag poker game.