Out # 203, April 2011

<b>LADIES WE LOVE</b><br>
As Oscar Wilde once said, &quot;Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood,&quot;
words we&#39;ve taken to heart for our first-ever issue dedicated to the fine gals
who inspire us.<br>
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROGER ERICKSON &amp; TIMOTHY GREENFIELD-SANDERS<br>
46 WENDY WILLIAMS<br>
49 JULIA CHILD<br>
50 PHYLLIS DILLER<br>
56 HEATHER MORRIS<br>
58 STOCKARD CHANNING<br>
60 LA ROUX&#39;S ELLY JACKSON<br>
62 JANE FONDA<br>
64 TIPPI HEDREN<br>
66 PENNY ARCADE<br>
69 ELIZABETH BISHOP<br>
70 CHITA RIVERA<br>
52 MADONNA<br>
In the summer of 1982 photographer Richard Corman shot a then-unknown singer
who was one year away from changing the world.<br>
BY RICHARD CORMAN<br>
72 BRITNEY SPEARS<br>
She single-handedly revived teen pop in the late&#39;gos&#8212;and we&#39;ve been smitten
ever since. Now, the prodigal Princess of Pop returns, with a frothy new album
and some valuable lessons learned.<br>
BY NOAH MICHELSON<br>
PHOTOGRAPHY BY RUVEN AFANADOR<br>
16 CONTRIBUTORS &amp; INFLUENCES<br>
18 BY THE NUMBERS<br>
<b>FOREGROUND</b><br>
23 FRIENDS AND LOVERS<br>
With two upcoming projects together, including the lead roles in a gay update
of Romeo and Juliet, actors Matt Doyle and Seth Numrich can&#39;t seem to escape
each other.<br>
26 WORLDLY POSSESSIONS<br>
Designers look to foreign lands for this season&#39;s most daring prints.<br>
28 SOUTHERN EXPOSURE: AUSTIN<br>
These days it may be best known for South by Southwest, but the Lone Star city
caters to an independent spirit year-round.<br>
30 ORIGINAL SIN<br>
Las Vegas, as only our favorite leading ladies would have it<br>
32 GENTLEMANLY PURSUITS<br>
With spring awakening, nature calls.<br>
34 OLDIES BUT BADDIES<br>
Gay singer Seth Bogart reveals his perverse twist on the &#39;60s girl group revival.<br>
36 BEAUTY AND THE STREET<br>
A new documentary chronicles photographer Bill Cunningham&#39;s 50-year obsession
with pedestrian fashion. Plus: five things you didn&#39;t know about The Boys in
the Bond.<br>
38 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK<br>
Four emerging labels you need to wear<br>
<b>SYMPOSIUM</b><br>
Dispatches from the front lines of contemporary culture<br>
41 TALKING SCENTS<br>
Perfume genius Serge Lutens keeps some secrets up his sleeve.<br>
43 MOTHER&#39;S INTUITION<br>
Novelist Jodi Picoult discovered that her latest novel, dealing with gay rights,
suddenly paralleled her own life.<br>
<b>FASHION</b><br>
78 NOCTURNAL ADMISSIONS<br>
Spring&#39;s best new looks may not be apropos for the office&#8212;unless you work
the graveyard shift.<br>
<b>DEPARTMENTS</b><br>
86 SURVEILLANCE<br>
Our guide to the finer things in life.<br>
87 STORE INFO<br>
88 MODEL CITIZEN<br>
Sander Kok shows us some scruff<br>
<b>THIS MONTH ON OUT.COM</b><br>
LADIES WE LOVE<br>
Exclusive extras from our first-ever Ladies We Love issue including Rob Marshall
on Ina Garten, Lisa Lampanelli on Pam Anderson, Fred Schneider on Charo, &quot;The
ioo Greatest Women in Music Videos,&quot; and more<br>
I WANT MY OUT TV<br>
Catch intimate soundcheck performances and video interviews with Charo, Eliza
Doolittle, wedding expert David Tutera, Food Network&#39;s Ted Allen and Alex Guarnaschelli,
and more.