PORTFOLIO
Say, “Cheese,” Mr. President
American politicians have always used imagery to burnish their reputations, but with the arrival of photography, in the mid-19th century, U.S. presidents gained an unprecedented aura of celebrity. Here are indelible portraits, taken from the pages of Vanity Fair, of every president since Woodrow Wilson.
BEAUTY
The World’s 22 Most Relaxing Spas
FAREWELL TO ALL THAT
An Oral History of the Bush White House
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
FEBRUARY COVER STORY
JAMES WOLCOTT
The Good, the Bad, and Joe Lieberman
BETHANY McLEAN
LEGACY: The Bush-Dynasty Bull’s-eye
JAMIE JOHNSON: Caddyshack’s Spaulding Lives On in Wasp Enclaves
MOVING OUT: George W. Bush Begins to Clear Out His Desk
FAREWELL TO ALL THAT
An Oral History of the Bush White House
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
MICHAEL WOLFF
BETHANY McLEAN
JAMES WOLCOTT
The Good, the Bad, and Joe Lieberman
EDITOR’S LETTER
MUG SHOTS
Vanity Fair’s Hall of Infamy, 2008
William LangeWiesche
DAVID ROSE
Letter from Saigon
Dave HICKEY
ConspiracieS
SATIRE
A Russian Trophy Wife’s Lament
anatomy of a fight
The Oscar De La Hoya Chronicles
MICHAEL WOLFF
Billionaires Who Buy Newspapers
Philippe Sands
AIDAN HARTLEY
BEAUTY
THE BEST-DRESSED LIST
JANUARY 2009
DECEMBER 2008
NOVEMBER 2008
OCTOBER 2008
SEPTEMBER 2008
OUR TANGLED WEB
AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET
DAVID KAMP
Annie Leibovitz
Neil Young
Bruce Feirstein
How to Apply for Your Own Bailout
CITY GIRL
London’s Lost Generation of Bankers
Niall Ferguson
JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ
APOCALYPSE DOW
The Stock Market’s Biggest Losers
POWER
Frank DiGiacomo
Cadillac Records: The True Story
SHOW BUSINESS
Is the Recession Hitting Hollywood?
SLIDE SHOW
Annie Leibovitz’s Hollywood Covers
Bruce Handy
FEMINISM
Can Michelle Obama End the Mommy Wars?
SLIDE SHOW
STYLE
Cindy McCain’s $300,000 Outfit
HOLLYWOOD
Motown At 50
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
CELEBRITY
Behind the Scenes with Amy Adams
ROYALTY
Kate Middleton’s British Conquest
Michael Wolff
The Secrets of Rupert Murdoch’s Succession
News Blues
James Wolcott on the New Dystopia
DIARY
The Trials and Tribulations of Dominick Dunne
ARCHIVE
