Out September 2010

24 CONTRIBUTORS & INFLUENCES<br>
26 LETTERS<br>
30 EDITOR'S LETTER<br>
32 BY THE NUMBERS<br>
<b>FOREGROUND</b><br>
35 MARK RONSON<br>
The producer, DJ, and sibling of Sam sets the record straight.<br>
40 ELEGANCE IS LEARNED<br>
From pocket squares to monograms to dining out, a stylish guide to refinement<br>
46 BERRY ME DEEP<br>
Cozy seasonal cocktails<br>
48 LIVE THE LIFE<br>
Jackson Pollock's pretty mess<br>
49 FITNESS<br>
Stability secrets to core what ails you<br>
50 KITCHEN 4-1-1<br>
Go Nordic, young man.<br>
54 HOMO PLUS<br>
Parlez-vous Paris? Viktor & Rolf do.<br>
56 DESTINATION<br>
The Mayan Riviera: a gay couple's mecca?<br>
60 GROOMING<br>
Full-on fall fragrances<br>
62 CLASS ACTION<br>
Burberry's new sportswear line will make you break a sweat.<br>
65 GENTLEMANLY PURSUITS<br>
Out of left field: the pickup baseball game<br>
<b>SYMPOSIUM</b><br>
Dispatches from the front lines of contemporary culture<br>
67 PATTI LuPONE<br>
Downing drinks with a Broadway legend<br>
69 MAKING WAVES<br>
A lesbian trash collector/radio personality has the frequency on gays in small-town
America.<br>
70 AMERICAN PSYCHO?<br>
Dale Peck on how he really feels about the work of Bret Easton Ellis<br>
80 PERFORMANCE STUDIES<br>
Ab Fob's Joanna Lumley conquers the world; The Kids in the Hall make a comeback;
Glee gears up for its sophomore season.<br>
83 ZOOLOGY<br>
Matthew Bourne's all-male Swan Lake gets a dark update; the Killers' Brandon Flowers
goes solo; new releases from David Sedaris and Antony and the Johnsons<br>
84 SOCIOLOGY<br>
The brotherly love of Edward Albee's Me, Myself & I; Kieran Culkin on sharing
his bed with boys; what's in store for the gays of ABC's Brother's & Sisters<br>
86 AMERICAN LIT<br>
Howl's Jon Prescott on spooning James Franco; T.R. Knight readies for his return
to Broadway; fall must-reads from Michael Cunningham and James Baldwin<br>
88 WOMEN'S STUDIES<br>
Nomi Ruiz of Jessica 6 sees the light; documentarian Nicole Opper blurs the lines.
Plus, how many housewives can you handle?<br>
<b>FEATURES</b><br>
90 ST. VINCENT'S REMEMBERED<br>
The Catholic hospital that was ground zero for AIDS in the '8os has closed its
doors for good—but the people who were there won't soon forget it.<br>
BY WALTER ARMSTRONG<br>
PHOTOGRAPHY BY OFER WOLBERGER<br>
98 W4M4M?<br>
Teatime in the newest erotic fiction niche: Straight women who get off on man-on-man
action.<br>
BY CINTRA WILSON<br>
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JONATHON WILLIAMS<br>
104 WHEN HARRY MET J<br>
Some megafamous 21-year-old straight boys would balk at being linked with a transgender
darling in the tabloids. Not Daniel Radcliffe. Our Lady J gets the dirt<br>
BY NOAH MICHELSON<br>
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TERRY RICHARDSON<br>
<b>FASHION</b><br>
112 FREE STYLE<br>
10 trends for the season: Take your pick.<br>
PHOTOGRAPHY BY CAMERONE KRONE<br>
122 RHAPSODY IN BLUE<br>
Louis Vuitton revisits 19th-century Vienna.<br>
PHOTOGRAPHY BY WALTER CHIN<br>
130 TOMAS MAIER<br>
The invisible man behind Bottega Veneta<br>
BY TIM BLANKS<br>
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICK KNIGHT<br>
132 TEDDY TO WEAR<br>
Bottega Veneta salutes the well-clad rebels of 1950's London.<br>
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TERRY TSIOLIS<br>
<b>DEPARTMENTS</b><br>
143 SURVEILLANCE<br>
Our guide to the finer things in life: little leather luxuries, art for the front
hall, and a well-aged dog bed<br>
149 STORE INFO<br>
150 SCENE<br>
152 MODEL CITIZEN<br>
Pretty boy Shawn Tavares