FASHION

Photos: Bedtime Stories

by W Magazine

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In our 40-year history, we’ve gone to bed with our fair share of fascinating people—and haven’t regretted it once. Witness the recline of western civilization.

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The three supes staged a lie-in for this Bruce Weber cover story.

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The legendary actress lounged atop a mink coat in a London hotel.

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High above Central Park in his duplex penthouse, the Bronx-born king of minimalism kicked back.

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File this one under TMI: “My butt is naturally hairless,” the designer told us.

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The fur-draped Napoleonic bed in the Rome apartment of Valentino’s right-hand man doubled as dinner seating.

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Strange bedfellows! The master of wit with his girlfriend Erin Fleming, neighbor Alice Cooper, and Bosco, a stuffed gorilla.

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History (of a sort) in the making: This was the infamous shoot where Madge met her Brazilian boyfriend Jesus Luz.

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The heiress and designer- jeans impresario told us that she wakes at 5 a.m. every day.

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The Mr. & Mrs. Smith costars played house in Palm Springs, California.

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“When I have trouble sleeping, I read adventure stories,” said the French actress.

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“He even takes his tea like that,” Betty said as the couple relaxed at home in Paris.

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The model and the actor in their New York apartment early on in their romance.

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The actor-rapper-comedian took on another role for us at a Santa Monica motel: model.

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Fresh off playing Edie Sedgwick in Factory Girl, the British actress of the year bent over backward in her Miu Miu heels.

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The model, muse, and designer relaxed in her Manhattan apartment.

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Warhol’s favorites (from top) enjoy life outside the Factory.

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Steven Klein captured the couple—shall we say “frolicking”?—while they were living in Madrid.

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“The first thing I do in the morning,” said the Italian actress, “is put on my music—Vivaldi!” It was the soundtrack in her home—a former convent in Milan.

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Jacobs, seated in the guest room of his Paris abode, was enjoying his independence: “I don’t feel the need to be with one person all the time.”

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The laid-back star lolled around the Pacific Palisades house she shared with then husband Chris Robinson.

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Having reading material close at hand was important to the designer. “I have a marvelous collection of old fashion magazines,” he told us.