Survivors: can history repeat itself? Seven women with glittering pasts--in modeling or the arts-play the vamp once again.

W, January, 2003

Jo Wood owns London's exclusive Harrington Club with her husband of more than 25 years, Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood. She wears Calvin Klein's silk satin stretch dress, at Calvin Klein, New York. Prada shoes.

Marie Helvin was one of the hottest fashion models in the Seventies, photographed extensively by famed photographer--and former husband--David Bailey. She wears Fendi's silk velvet dress, by Karl Lagerfeld, at Fendi, New York. Fendi hosiery; necklace from Tessier, London.

Doreen Patricia Wells, Marchioness of Londonderry, was a celebrated ballerina with Britain's Royal Ballet in the Sixties and Seventies.

Here, she wears Prada's sequined silk net top, at Prada nationwide. Bulgari ring; shoes from Angels & Bermans, London. ...

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