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David Downton

David Downton


All That, and More

A celebration of Leslie Caron, just in time for her 90th birthday

David Downton’s Sketchbook

So Very Valentino

Flower Power

Drag diva, fashion model, and budding beauty impresario Violet Chachki specializes in her own brand of feminine mystique

Gods Among Men

At Hermès, designer Véronique Nichanian elevates classic men’s wear into the stuff of legend

Luck of the Draw

At a dinner with a trio of muses, lively conversation and impromptu sketching are both on the menu

Beyond the White Bikini

Ursula Andress, no Hollywood careerist, found fame and has enjoyed a “very lucky” life regardless

Blonde Venus

The Swedish bombshell who blew up Italian movies