(*****) "The Sunday Times : The Cool 100"

"We asked a committee of seven design gurus to choose their pick of the century." (-- The List of Ilse Crawford, vice-president of Donna Karan and a former editor of Elle Decoration; Terence Conran, designer, retailer and restaurateur; Stephen Bayley, design consultant and author; Alexandra Shulman, editor of Vogue; Nicky Haslam, interior designer; Valerie Mendes, chief curator, textiles and dress at the Victoria and Albert museum; and Colin McDowell, author and fashion historian)

1. Marlene Dietrich
2. Black Ascot
3. Issey Miyake's clothes
   The ultimate in wearable art. TC
4. James Dean
   The best argument for dying young.
5. Coffee tables
6. The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
   One building that transformed a whole city. AS
7. Eames furniture
   The epitome of cool from this century's most important designers. TC
8. Viv Richards
9. L'Eau d'Issey bottle
10. Marcello Mastroianni in Fellini's La Dolce Vita, 1960
11. Leica M3
12. Verner Panton's Relaxer 2 rocking chair
13. Consuelo Vanderbilt (the Duchess of Marlborough)
14. David Bailey's Shots of Style V&A exhibition catalogue, 1985
15. Stilettos
16. Dior's New Look
17. Grace Kelly in High Society, 1955
18. The little black dress
19. Philippe Starck
    A superbly innovative and imaginative designer with a marvellous sense of humour. TC
20. The Gitanes packet
21. Kate Moss
22. Air conditioning
    It has made all the difference to late-20th-century living. NH
23. Dyson cleaners
24. The Ballets Russes
25. The i-Mac
26. Jean-Michel Frank
    The first and finest modern interior designer, and still the most influential. NH
27. Camouflage
28. Bryan Ferry
29. The wall-mounted light switch
30. Diana Vreeland
31. Painless dentistry
32. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Seagram building in Manhattan
    New York's greatest skyscraper. TC
33. Cashpoint cards
34. The trainer
35. Lucy Rie
36. Vogue
37. Ethel Merman
38. Vespa scooters
39. Nylon
40. The tango
41. Wallis Simpson
42. Cubism
43. Skin on skin
44. John Galliano's first collection for Christian Dior
45. Charlotte Perriaud
46. Audrey Hepburn
47. Beck's Tube map
48. Performance, the movie, 1970
49. Chanel costume jewellery
50. The suntan
51. Madonna
52. Elizabeth David
53. Biba
54. Prada bags
55. Ford F150 pickup with SuperCab
56. Yves Saint Laurent
57. Live Aid
58. Anglepoise lamp
59. Bendick's Bittermints
60. The cocktail
61. Japanese lacquerware
62. Herzog Demeuron
    Architects of the new Tate, with a great take on texture and transparency. IC
63. The Gap
64. Eurostar terminal
    An impressive gateway to London for train passengers from Europe. TC
65. Lloyd Loom chair
66. Jeans
67. Salvatore Ferragamo
68. Tom Dixon
69. Gregor Schumi haircut
70. Concorde
71. Michelin building
    A stunning piece of quirky architecture inspired by Mr Bibendum, and the first reinforced concrete structure in the UK. TC
72. J M Weston loafers
73. The paperclip
74. The Delphos gown
75. British Airways LondonEye
76. IWC Fliegeruhr Mk XII
77. Patrick Cox's Wannabe loafers
78. Princess Caroline of Monaco
    As photographed by Karl Lagerfeld for Harper's Bazaar.
79. Paul Poiret's A Thousand and One Nights fancy dress party, 1911
80. Miles Davis
81. American models
82. Brigitte Bardot
    In Roger Vadim's And God Created Woman, 1956
83. Pierre Konig's Stahl House, Hollywood
    The international Stahl seductively adapted for rich Americans. It is hard to imagine a laid-back standard of living higher than Konig's hard-edged hedonistic architectural fantasies. SB
84. Andy Warhol
85. Michelangelo Antonioni
86. Agent Provocateur lingerie
87. Berthold Lubetkin's architecture
    One of the first Russian modernists, best known for London's Highpoint and the Penguin Pool. IC
88. Pablo Picasso
    "Great artists," he once said, "don't borrow, they steal." His colleague, Georges Braque, said of him: "Picasso used to be a great artist. Now he's just a genius." SB
89. Thames Barrier
    Majestic, shining and functional - a beautiful, enormous piece of engineering. VM
90. Twiggy
91. Single espresso
92. Juliette Greco
93. White shirt
94. Knitted tie
95. The Beatles
96. Manolo Blahnik shoes
97. Peasant food
98. Tom Ford
99. StÈphane Grappelli and the Jazz Club de France
100. The Truman Capote Black and White Party

(*****) m o r e

• The New York Times : -- "1999 The Year in Review"
• Washington Post : -- "Turning Points Of A Century"
• Times Magazine : -- "The Best (And Worst) of 1999"
• "Royal Institute of British Architects -- Stirling Prize 1999"
• The Los Angeles Times -- "Outlook for '99"
• The New York Times -- "Year In Review (Herbert's List)"
• The Los Angeles Times -- "Year In Review (Nicolai's List)"
• "Montreal's 17th Annual Orange and Lemon Prizes"
• "Significant Properties '98"
• "Critic's Choice -- The New Season / Architecture"
• "(Millennium) Five Most Significant Buildings"
• -- etc etc

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