Out September 2010

24 CONTRIBUTORS & INFLUENCES
26 LETTERS
30 EDITOR'S LETTER
32 BY THE NUMBERS
FOREGROUND
35 MARK RONSON
The producer, DJ, and sibling of Sam sets the record straight.
40 ELEGANCE IS LEARNED
From pocket squares to monograms to dining out, a stylish guide to refinement
46 BERRY ME DEEP
Cozy seasonal cocktails
48 LIVE THE LIFE
Jackson Pollock's pretty mess
49 FITNESS
Stability secrets to core what ails you
50 KITCHEN 4-1-1
Go Nordic, young man.
54 HOMO PLUS
Parlez-vous Paris? Viktor & Rolf do.
56 DESTINATION
The Mayan Riviera: a gay couple's mecca?
60 GROOMING
Full-on fall fragrances
62 CLASS ACTION
Burberry's new sportswear line will make you break a sweat.
65 GENTLEMANLY PURSUITS
Out of left field: the pickup baseball game
SYMPOSIUM
Dispatches from the front lines of contemporary culture
67 PATTI LuPONE
Downing drinks with a Broadway legend
69 MAKING WAVES
A lesbian trash collector/radio personality has the frequency on gays in small-town America.
70 AMERICAN PSYCHO?
Dale Peck on how he really feels about the work of Bret Easton Ellis
80 PERFORMANCE STUDIES
Ab Fob's Joanna Lumley conquers the world; The Kids in the Hall make a comeback; Glee gears up for its sophomore season.
83 ZOOLOGY
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
84 SOCIOLOGY
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
86 AMERICAN LIT
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
88 WOMEN'S STUDIES
Nomi Ruiz of Jessica 6 sees the light; documentarian Nicole Opper blurs the lines. Plus, how many housewives can you handle?
FEATURES
90 ST. VINCENT'S REMEMBERED
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.
BY WALTER ARMSTRONG
PHOTOGRAPHY BY OFER WOLBERGER
98 W4M4M?
Teatime in the newest erotic fiction niche: Straight women who get off on man-on-man action.
BY CINTRA WILSON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JONATHON WILLIAMS
104 WHEN HARRY MET J
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
BY NOAH MICHELSON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TERRY RICHARDSON
FASHION
112 FREE STYLE
10 trends for the season: Take your pick.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY CAMERONE KRONE
122 RHAPSODY IN BLUE
Louis Vuitton revisits 19th-century Vienna.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY WALTER CHIN
130 TOMAS MAIER
The invisible man behind Bottega Veneta
BY TIM BLANKS
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICK KNIGHT
132 TEDDY TO WEAR
Bottega Veneta salutes the well-clad rebels of 1950's London.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TERRY TSIOLIS
DEPARTMENTS
143 SURVEILLANCE
Our guide to the finer things in life: little leather luxuries, art for the front hall, and a well-aged dog bed
149 STORE INFO
150 SCENE
152 MODEL CITIZEN
Pretty boy Shawn Tavares