Condition: Mint
Cover: Sophie Dahl
Featuring: Tom Ford's controversial ad for Gucci that shows a model pulling down her underwear to show off a G shaved into her pubic hair (which escaped a ban by the Advertising Standards Authority on the basis of Gucci's argument that it was intended to be the ultimate ironic pun for a sexy brand in a logo-led age), the issue holds up satin as the trend to take a real shine to.
Meanwhile big, sexy, just-got-out-of-bed hair is back and Sophie Dahl returns to the fashion scene having recently published her first book. Justine Picardie also pays homage to Manolo Blahnik: the man who makes the sexiest shoes in the world.
