Vanity Fair UK

Vanity Fair opens the door to Hollywood. With a unique mix of grit and glamour, we track the latest scandals, the greatest achievements and the newest stars. Vanity Fair is a cultural catalyst. A provocative mix of culture, politics and high finance that generates more monthly media coverage than any other glossy magazine.With an outstanding combination of iconic photography, groundbreaking stories, in-depth reportage, and social commentary, Vanity Fair is the biography of our age, one month at a time.

Vanity Fair UK

ACCESS IS EVERYTHING

Agenda • 100 gowns. 400 shoes. 2 motorcycles. 1 tractor. And a cast to die for

Contributors

Inside the Hive with Nick Bilton • A VANITY FAIR PODCAST

The Road to Hollywood

VF LONDON

VANITAS VANITATUM • Lashana Lynch, 32, says of her star spy turn in the new James Bond film

Opening Act

MIX MASTER • Interior designer Chiara de Rege, the aesthetic force behind The Wing and Carolina Herrera’s New York flagship, embraces the old and the new

SLEEP STUDY • A new edition of Federico Fellini’s The Book of Dreams offers a deep look into the director’s subconscious

SECRET SOCIETY • From no-photo enclaves to women-only workspaces, a new breed of exclusive clubs fuels L.A.’s social landscape, where celebrities and creatives powwow and party. In a town that touts privacy, which will stay famous?

STEP AND REPEAT

ELIZABETHAN ERA • A ruby suite draws inspiration from a Hollywood icon

THE LANGUAGE of Light • Unveiled at Art Basel Miami Beach, Pablo Valbuena’s latest piece, an immersive kinetic installation commissioned by La Prairie, transcends usual language

CITY SLICKERS • A town paved in red carpet knows how to go head to toe, from a star-favorite dentist to a new Ayurvedic spa

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM • At LACMA’s Art + Film Gala, a constellation of stars, many clad in Gucci, which presented the evening, coalesced to honor artist Betye Saar and filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón

A breath of Brazil • Michelle Jana Chan journeys into the wilds of the richly biodiverse regions of the Pantanal, the Amazon and the Cerrado

Editor’s Letter

ALL MODES LEAD TO ROME • The fashion houses of Italy step in to preserve the Eternal City

FANTASY HOTEL • Picture the perfect place to stay: a dreamlike patchwork of details from properties all over the world

Lisbon: reflections on an overloved city

THE VANITY FAIR CHANGING YOUR MIND TRAVEL AWARDS 2020 • A journey. A picture. A moment. Open your mind to have it changed: herein lies a new way of exploring the world. These individuals do things differently. Remember when you had your last slightly madcap idea and nobody supported you, but you did it anyway? That’s their M.O. They’re infinitely imaginative, mind-bogglingly original and endearingly unaware of their courage. Here is the 2020 line-up: of dreamers, but also doers.

So you can GEAR UP AND GO

The Edit • Sweet Spot A hotel doesn’t have to be new for us to love it

LAGOS ADDIS ABABA FREETOWN ABIDJAN • Four cities: uncontainable; moving and morphing; changing so fast, they’re sometimes described as if unfamiliar, at least unrecognisable, and yet they’re also birthing new memories for these four writers; cities loved so hard it can hurt to read about them. But it’s time we did.

Wish You Were Here • The world’s most perfect speck. Both volcanic and of coral, here are 10 astoundingly beautiful square miles, 10,000 people and a beach for every whim.

Empire Building • The Obamoguls Propelled by still-potent political hope, Barack and Michelle have gone multiplatform

Money Matters • Trading Places The frothy marriage between Hollywood and Wall Street may be too hot not to cool...