Clooney, Anderson Cooper, Sofia Coppola, and Jemima Khan Named to Hall of Fame
HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today AFP) 7/30/07 -Nicolas Sarkozy, the newly elected president of France, is now rubbing well-tailored shoulders with Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney, at least among this year’s Vanity Fair best-dressed list.
“Nicolas Sarkozy is a world-class dresser. He’s dashing, manly and romantic, with a very appealing sense of humor and ease,” the magazine’s special correspondent, Amy Fine-Collins, says in the September issue.
“We like the Prada suit he wore to his inauguration, and we wouldn’t change a thing about his wardrobe — not even his jogging attire.”
The magazine’s 68th annual list also sees retired star Japanese midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata, American rocker Lenny Kravitz and filmmaker Sofia Coppola honored for their sartorial elegance.
Among the couples on the 2007 International Best-Dressed List were Hollywood leading couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who featured along with former England captain David Beckham and his pop star wife Victoria, aka Posh Spice.
While Beckham has appeared on the list before, it was the first time the pair had appeared as a couple.
“Beckham, like his wife, has a body made for clothes, and of course looks wonderful even dressed in nothing but his tattoos. Posh and Becks are each other’s best accessories,” Fine-Collins said.
Other notables include actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, Michelle Obama, the wife of Democratic Party presidential hopeful Barack Obama, and Bee Shaffer, daughter of Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
Another second-generation celebrity — Ivanka Trump, daughter of real-estate mogul Donald Trump — made the list along with US actress Renee Zellweger and British actor Richard Grant.
Vanity Fair’s 68th annual International Best-Dressed Lists are below in full:
INTERNATIONAL BEST-DRESSED LIST: WOMEN
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG, actress
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF GREECE
MARJORIE GUBELMANN, founder, Vie Luxe Home Fragrances
PRINCESS MAFALDA OF HESSE
FRAN LEBOWITZ, writer
MICHELLE OBAMA, vice-president of community and external affairs, University of Chicago
Hospitals
BEE SHAFFER, student, Columbia University
TILDA SWINTON, actress
IVANKA TRUMP, real-estate developer
RENÉE ZELLWEGER, actress
INTERNATIONAL BEST-DRESSED LIST: MEN
TIKI BARBER, broadcaster, NBC, former New York Giants running back
JONATHAN BECKER, photographer
COUNT MANFREDI DELLA GHERARDESCA, art adviser and exhibition curator
LAPO ELKANN, “creative entrepreneur”
RICHARD E. GRANT, actor
LENNY KRAVITZ, “artist”
LUIS MEDINA, real-estate broker, and RAFAEL MEDINA, founder and owner, Scalpers, a
men’s-wear manufacturer, Duke of Feria
HIDETOSHI NAKATA, “world traveler,” former soccer star
NICOLAS SARKOZY, president of the Republic of France
GAY TALESE, writer
HALL OF FAME
ALBA CLEMENTE, “artist’s wife, mother of four, and performer in my spare time”
GEORGE CLOONEY, actor, director, writer, producer
MARINA RUST CONNOR, writer, Vogue contributing editor
ANDERSON COOPER, anchor, Anderson Cooper 360˚
SOFIA COPPOLA, filmmaker
JEMIMA KHAN, “fashion designer and charity worker”
ANNA PIAGGI, fashion journalist
COUPLES
DAVID BECKHAM, central midfielder, Los Angeles Galaxy, and VICTORIA BECKHAM,
creative director, dVb
EARL COLIN and COUNTESS ISABELLA OF CAWDOR
DAMON DASH, C.E.O., Damon Dash Enterprises, and RACHEL ROY, fashion designer
FRÉDÉRIC FEKKAI, president, Frédéric Fekkai, and SHIRIN VON WULFFEN, director of
communications, Tom Ford North America
MITCH GLAZER, screenwriter and film producer, and KELLY LYNCH, actress
ASHTON KUTCHER, actor, and DEMI MOORE, actress
DAVID LAUREN, senior vice president of advertising, marketing, and corporate
communications, Polo Ralph Lauren, and LAUREN BUSH, founder and director, Feed Projects
VISCOUNT DAVID LINLEY, chairman, Linley, and chairman, Christie’s UK, and
VISCOUNTESS SERENA LINLEY, sculptor
BRAD PITT, actor and film producer, and ANGELINA JOLIE, actress and U.N. goodwill
ambassador
RUBEN TOLEDO, artist and cartoonist, and ISABEL TOLEDO, fashion designer
FASHION PROFESSIONALS
AMY ASTLEY, editor in chief, Teen Vogue
TORY BURCH, fashion designer
JEFFERSON HACK, editorial director, Dazed Group, and co-founder of Dazed & Confused
magazine and Another Magazine
LIYA KEBEDE, “model-actress-humanitarian”
ALEXANDRA KOTUR, style director, Vogue
MARGHERITA MISSONI, actress, and ambassador for Missoni fragrance and fashion
STEFANO PILATI, fashion designer, Yves Saint Laurent
MICHAEL ROBERTS, fashion and style director, Vanity Fair
KATHERINE ROSS, senior vice president of communications, LVMH North America
HEDI SLIMANE, fashion designer
FASHION ORIGINALS
PETER BEARD, photographer
CARLYNE CERF DE DUDZEELE, fashion editor and photographer
LISA EISNER, publisher and photographer