Spiegel Stuff: Diana vs. Fergie; the Wrong Side of the Runway; a Murder by a Millionaire?

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When it comes to light weekend reading, look elsewhere. This week's VF Archive digest brings you murder, royal feuds, and a legal drama that will have you biting your nails.

The High Price of Being Babe

When Babe Cushing—the most captivating of "the fabulous Cushing sisters"—married CBS chairman Bill Paley, her glamour and his power made them the golden couple. But Babe became her husband's most precious possession, and her aura of perfection belied a deepening pain and resentment.

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Somebody Knows

A young girl is killed by the scion of a wealthy East Coast, Irish Catholic family. In an excerpt from his novel A Season in Purgatory, Dominick Dunne explores crime, cover-up, and guilt in the world of power and privilege.

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Did Fergie's Fizz Leave Di Flat?

In the year after her wedding, the rambunctious redheaded Duchess of York charmed the queen, captivated Prince Philip, and romped away with the hearts of the British public. All the while, her angst-free antics highlighted the mounting pressures on the Princess of Wales.

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Roast the Runway

Diet Prada turned its relatively unknown founders into two of fashion's most powerful voices—ethicists keeping tabs on industry wrongs. But the front row's most feared Instagram account soon faced mounting scrutiny from their peers and a $700 million lawsuit from a luxury titan.

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Lady Gaga's Cultural Revolution

When the 24-year-old realized she had become the planet's biggest pop phenomenon, Lisa Robinson was there. Robinson documents the crazy beat of Gaga's world—a candid stream of consciousness about the drugs, the men, the sex, the celibacy, the tabloid scandals, and the total identification with the millions of "Little Monsters" who feed her hunger with their own.

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Saturday, January 27, 2024

Diana vs. Fergie; the Wrong Side of the Runway; a Murder by a Millionaire?

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