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Change AGENT • Designer MARIA CORNEJO’s Manhattan office is a hothouse of ethical fashion
Rise to the OCCASION • Awards season kicked off in style in the capital at Vanity Fair’s annual pre-BAFTA EE Rising Star Party, hosted at The Standard, London
Pale FIRE • In 2018, the Guggenheim brought Hilma af Klint’s sorbet swirls to America. Now, devotees can visit a new exhibition of the Swedish painter’s oeuvre on her home soil, at Moderna Museet’s Malmö outpost
2020 VISION • Pioneers from the world of sustainable travel gathered at the Kimpton Fitzroy London for the Vanity Fair Changing Your Mind Travel Awards 2020
True BRIT • GEORGE MACKAY helped lead 1917 on a path to glory. Now he’s conquering new territory
Tastemakers • America’s youngest-ever certified sommelier, Victoria James, chronicles her experiences in her new memoir, Wine Girl (Ecco). Here, she deploys her palette to suss out three delicious sustainable wines
Life ELECTRIC • At Audi, executive HILDEGARD WORTMANN advocates for sustainable SUVs—and conscious consumption of all kinds
New World ORDER
Back to BLONDE • Twenty years ago, JOYCE CAROL OATES published her epic fictional account of Marilyn Monroe’s life—now, the story makes a comeback in the #MeToo era
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Fields of Gold
THE HIVE REPORT • Herewith, a dream cast of dramatic attendees at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this April
State’s RED PILL • For years, State Department official Matthew Gebert’s white nationalism was a secret. Then, he was outed
The Night FANTASTIC • At V.F.’s Oscar bash, in a custom-designed space in Beverly Hills, stars dazzled in the portrait studio and on the dance floor, letting loose after the big show
the BOOK of REESE • Reese Witherspoon talks to ANN PATCHETT about stardom, career paths, the pursuit of happiness and—what else?—reading
The PRINCE the FLASH and the FORGER • Prince Charles was thrilled when a fast-talking hustler named James Stunt loaned 17 masterpieces to his celebrated art collection. But what happens when a Picasso isn’t a Picasso?
LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN • MEGASTAR DJs are a new kind of GLOBAL ELITE
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Publish or Perish • The magazine Kinfolk helped to define the upwardly mobile, Instagram-perfect millennial aesthetic. Off the page, its creators’ lives have been somewhat messier
WEST SIDE Glory • Who would have thought Steven Spielberg’s passion project would be WEST SIDE STORY? A first look at how he’s reimagining an all-time classic for our time
CYNDI LAUPER • On chastity, greed, and the joy of the perfect cannoli