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February 12, 2001 Issue
"I was expecting something out of The Wild Bunch. But it turned out to be more like a Euro version of the Hamptons."
-- Visitor at Casitas de las Flores, Costa Careyes, Mexico
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FEATURES Jean Therapy BY RENE CHUN His hip-hop constituency deserted him. His earnings plummeted. His stock crashed. His designer colleagues gossiped about his marriage. Even Spike Lee gave him a hard time. But Tommy Hilfiger -- and this is a large part of his gift -- managed to get out in front of his disastrous year. The exuberantly all-American designer talks about his short-lived flirtation with cutting-edge clothes and how he survived being a fashion victim -- by falling in love again with the mainstream.
Western Picture Twenty-six New York filmmakers made the pilgrimage to Park City this year, braving the screenings, parties, and agents of Sundance in the hopes of becoming the next Kevin (Clerks) Smith. Here's this year's class -- and what they came home with.
South-of-the-Border Patrol Time was when the phrases "Mexican travel" and "luxury vacation" seemed (save for Acapulco) mutually exclusive. But now, thanks to a crop of smashing spas, upscale resorts, virgin beaches, and, of course, Puerto Vallarta's new Four Seasons, you don't have to rough it -- unless you want to.
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DEPARTMENTS
This Media Life Why the host of Meet the Press isn't eager to meet the press
The City Politic Does Bill deserve a pardon for his shameful pardons?
MARKETPLACE
Smart City Offbeat solutions for the most stressfully romantic day of the year
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Sales & Bargains BY TARA PEPPER Inimitable undies for Valentine's Day
TechWatch High-tech tools to clean up your life
THE CRITICS In the Mood for Love is anything but erotic
Books A. S. Byatt's new abstract thriller: More abstract than thrilling
Theater Edward Albee's play about nothing
Architecture Fitting Clinton into a library
Classical Music Verdi at the Met disappoints
Dance Feld's Organon: Unmistakably awful
Pop Music More fluff from Puff Daddy
Restaurants Chef Gavin Citron's genius eludes the bar crowd at Aleutia
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