Carey Mulligan photographed by Mario Testino for Vogue, May 2013.

“As I hug her goodbye on the corner of Oxford Circus, and she heads off into the headlights and horns of London traffic, I am reminded of something she told me of Daisy: ‘The Gatsby thing is a wonderful escapade, but it is an escapade. It’s not real life. She’s smart enough to know when to come home.’”

—Tom Shone for Vogue

“Though retirement from Vogue may be within her sights, Ms. Coddington deferred any characterization of herself as a genius to the designers whose creations she has devoted the better part of her life promoting. She named the stalwarts Marc Jacobs and Miuccia Prada as favorites and mourned the many others currently out of commission, for whatever reason. ‘John Galliano, whom I adored — gone; Helmut Lang, major talent — gone,’ she said. ‘Hopefully Nicolas won’t just give up and walk away. He’s too good, too strong, too brilliant, too passionate.’

And what of the up-and-comers? ‘I think they need time, and I think too many of the young designers really think that they can step right out of school and be a best seller, and that’s a mistake,’ Ms. Coddington said. ‘I mean, you know, Nicolas took forever to get where he was. Marc got fired 10 times before he made it.’

Anyway, it wouldn’t hurt young designers, or anyone for that matter, to have ‘a few things going wrong in their life,’ she said. ‘I mean, I hate to say it, but it teaches you a hell of a lot, you know.’”

—Alexandra Jacobs for NYT

“Keep the look loose, easy—the sensuality not of bared skin but of long, unconfining sleeves on skin, maybe shades or a hat.”

—Vogue Oct. 2012, “Lost Highway: Kati Nescher and Garrett Hedlund Go On the Road”

Vogue Daily: From the Archives: September Issue Covers

Above: Vogue, 1964.

Vogue’s blast from the past: June 1946 cover

Photo courtesy of Marko MacPherson for Vogue

I am currently living in the West Village apartment of a longtime Vogue contributor who, upon moving to England, left behind her vast collection of archival Vogues and beautiful books on fashion and art. The library has turned out to be an invaluable resource for me.

Vogue’s Accessories Editor Selby Drummond

I appreciate her affinity to real vintage possessions, admire her fearlessness of bold colors, and seek to emulate her effortless style.

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APT with LSD: Erin Fetherston

Visit Vogue.com for a look inside the designer’s apartment.

A to-die-for apartment in Tribeca, featuring essentially all the elements of my dream NYC apartment, with impeccable design as would be expected from such an amazing designer.

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Reese Witherspoon Photographed for the May Issue of Vogue by Peter Lindbergh

LRD…casually chilling with an elephant…exotic.