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Actress/filmmaker Sofia Coppola attends the after party following the 'Monuments Men' premiere at The Metropolitain Club on February 4, 2014 in New York City.
Filmmaker Sofia Coppola prepares backstage at the Marc Jacobs fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014 at Lexington Avenue Armory on February 13, 2014 in New York City.
Sofia Coppola attends the Anna Sui fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014 at The Theatre at Lincoln Center on February 12, 2014 in New York City.
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W editor-in-chief Stefano Tonchi tapped Sofia Coppola as guest editor for a special issue that will accompany the title's May edition, which was unveiled yesterday with an arresting image of Rosamund Pike on the cover. Coppola, unsurprisingly, tapped Juergen Teller to photograph her close friend and muse Kirsten Dunst for the cover of her special issue, and inside, there are contributions from high-profile friends like Cornelia Guest and Marisa Berenson. According to Tonchi, the director was very hands-on, even commandeering his desk at times. (Then again, this isn't her first time at the rodeo — Coppola has previously served as a guest editor for French Vogue.)
“I never realized how much work goes into a magazine. It’s kind of similar to doing a movie,” Coppola told WWD. “I’m surprised how they do it every month.” She said her favorite part of the magazine was the beauty closet.
“No one has made a good movie about making magazines," Tonchi hinted broadly to Coppola. “I’d be a big supporter of that. There have been some good ones, but they are only about the tears that go into it.” But what about the joy? What about that?
wmagazineA Dream Job
I remember looking at W as a kid and getting a glimpse into the lives of these glamorous, adult women. There were hostesses and socialites, toile and place cards, movie stars’ wives with crimped hair in well-dressed Manhattan apartments, debs of the year, and exotic vacation homes. The stories in W let you dream about the kind of life that women stabbed well-coiffed backs to achieve. Here are some of my favorite things in that mood, and in the spirit of indulging in beauty and style.
- April 17, 2014 11:44 AM | by Sofia Coppola
- Photography by Andrew Durham
Growing up loving photography and fashion, I always wanted to be a magazine editor. I styled my first fashion shoot at age 10: My friends and I wore white linen blazers and French braids and held cognac glasses as we stood next to a globe.
Now, thanks to Stefano Tonchi and Lynn Hirschberg, I got to do my own issue of W! My take on the magazine is an homage to that world it represented when I was young, and to the idea of glamorous living—not to promote something, but just for the sake of it.
And with all the fast, flashy culture today, how about a little refinement? Here’s to beauty and living well, and taking the time to enjoy it.