Out # 203 - April 2011

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