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Breaking Waves
Vanities • VANITAS VANITATUM
The List • DIRECTORY 2020
Opening Act • Maude Apatow speaks with V.F.’s Britt Hennemuth.
Crime Culture • Rachel Monroe, author of the true crime investigation Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession, recommends three superlative examples of the genre
THROWING SHADE
A Fond Farewell
BETTER HALVES • * A deep dive on a shallow subject. This month …
INTO THE Blue • Dramatic landscapes, mysterious ruins, historic cities and secluded shores, all surrounded by hypnotic sea that appears endless: Turkey’s southwestern “Turquoise Coast” is an exquisite sight to behold—and explore—by sea and on sand
DISCO TECH • Louis Vuitton’s exultant new collection revels in 1980s Paris. But the here and now still pushes through
IDOL WORSHIP • When Grace Jones hit Zendaya’s Tommy Hilfiger spring runway, the power pairing foretold an amped-up summer look: nightclub excess meets millennial verve
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BEYOND THE SEA • From the famed cliffside perch at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Vanity Fair and Chopard celebrated the stars of Cannes
Hollywood and Divine • Searching for salvation—and “the authentic”—in L.A.’s booming Hipster Ministries
Unreasonable Doubt • Social media loves a good spat. The weapon of choice? Receipts.
The Idris Experience • From prestige TV to tentpole franchises to the Coachella DJ tent, the British actor is a poster boy for 21st-century fame: multidisciplinary, omnipresent, engaging. K. Austin Collins tracks down the international man of (maybe) mystery to consider what we want from Idris Elba, and how he delivers
Windsors OF Change • NEWLYWED TRAVELS! BIG PLANS! LIFE WITH Master Archie! VANITY FAIR ROYAL CORRESPONDENT KATIE NICHOLL DISHES ON A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF THE SUSSEXES
LOOK HOMEWARD, HEDGIE • CHIP SKOWRON FOUND OUT YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN, IF YOU’VE SERVED TIME FOR SECURITIES FRAUD. YOU JUST CAN’T LUNCH AT MEDITERRANEO ANYMORE
The Coast of Ut opia • From the looks of Instagram, Courtney Adamo and the surfing mamas of Byron Bay are living the dream. Can it be real?
Bitter Pill • Opioids have claimed more than 400,000 lives since 1996. David Sackler, in his first interview about America’s deadliest drug epidemic, insists his family is not to blame
GRETA Expectations
SISTERS OF SWING • For a century, the closed world of the jazz musician was a men’s club. ABIGAIL JONES spotlights the new guard of women virtuosi who are reshaping this most American of art forms
Walk The Line…
Poolside Pin-Ups…
Works Like A Charm…
The It List…
Malala Yousafzai
THE Goodness ISSUE
VANITY FAIR On Jewellery
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Showcase • ON JEWELLERY 2019
NOBLE SALVAGE • From recycling to re-use, fairmining to ethical sourcing, Sarah Royce-Greensill celebrates sustainability in all its forms
ROCK STARS • Ethical stones are the new jewellery heroes
GROWTH FACTOR • Meet the new breed of eco jewels shaking up the fine jewellery scene
MAMMOTH TASKS • Dinosaur fossils, pebbles, ancient artefacts and...