February 17, 2003 Issue
Cover Story
Uptown Swank
Hilary Swank was never into fashion -- at least, not until she became a regular on the red carpet. But she's made up for lost time, cultivating an elegance and glamour that are classic Hollywood (even if she is a subway-riding New Yorker)
Features
All in the Details
From cuffs to clutches, sneakers to sandals, the season's most covetable accessories.
More Spring Fashion 2003
Twelve traffic-stopping trends.... sexy, slinky dresses.... and the city's first Balenciaga boutique.
Queens for a Day
Pablo Picasso was the first celebrity artist, a Spanish prodigy who charged onto the art scene to instant acclaim; Henri Matisse was his lesser-known (but arguably as influential) color-loving counterpart. Beginning this week, their legendary rivalry will be on view -- in Long Island City, no less -- as MoMA opens an exhibit one Picasso scholar calls "the show of all time for the art world." And Queens is set for the onslaught of art lovers descending the stairs from the 7 train.
An Afternoon in Queens
What else to see and do while you're there.
Departments
Intelligencer
Heidi Klum, Paul Hogan, Renee Zellweger, Jennifer Connelly, and more.
Marketplace
Sales & Bargains
I’ve got you on top of my skin: alluring unmentionables for Valentine’s Day.
Gotham
Site Unseen
The two final plans for rebuilding ground zero may seem like a triumph of design, but in fact they're a triumph for developers.
Queen vs. Queen
Leona's layers miscalculated by going for the gay-sex ick factor -- turns out Helmsley's own ickiness was harder for the jury to take.
Toe Job
Toes to long? Too stubby? A real Dr. Scholl will make them beautiful.
Columns
The Bottom Line
It’s not the war, it’s the waiting that’s screwing up the market now.
The City Politic
Bloomberg’s new schools plan risks alienating the people the system needs most—the middle class.
Critics
Children of the Corn
All the Real Girls promises indie grit but ends up recycling Hollywood clichés.
War Was Hell
Lanford Wilson’s disillusioned radicals return in the appealing Fifth of July.
The Walls Have Eyes
At the Met, photographer Thomas Struth forces the viewer to become part of the picture.
A Bronx Tale
Arthur Aviles reinvents Cinderella; Crutchmaster soars on sticks.
Pop Music
Painfully uncompelling Poe-try from Lou Reed on The Raven.
TV Notes
Cold Comfort
Coming in from the cold with cozy dinners at O Mai and Voyage.
Naked City
The Other Woman
What to do when your boyfriend’s best bud is a leggy ex-model.
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