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Spring FORWARD • This month brings new cult products, a world-first destination, and jewellery fit for the most glamorous beach trip
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Game ON • From runways to hit dramas, HOYEON doesn’t miss
THE MUSIC MAN • A record-industry titan melds art and education
LINER Notes • The return of statement eyeliner pays tribute to a music legend and shines a winking way forward By Laura Regensdorf
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A Stylish MARRIAGE • There are plenty of adages lauding the little black dress—the versatility, the simplicity, the foundational qualities one provides to a wardrobe, and on. Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons have applied all that and more to Prada shoes: a lace-up derby and a slingback heel. Classic silhouettes bloom with possibilities—quite literally, with rubber flowers taking root in sleek leather. A stark spring awakening but joyful all the same. —the aptly named Daisy Shaw-Ellis
Heady STYLE • Two monographs blend fashion with art and literature
SIX PACK Art-world thrills, a lonely vampire, and more new novels
First Person • New memoirs plumb art, love, and politics.
Autobiography OF RED
Space ODDITIES • Embrace extraterrestrial whimsy and stay light-years ahead of the curve in capes, specs, and sky-high stilettos that shimmer like the Milky Way
A Good YARN • Menswear designer EMILY ADAMS BODE AUJLA, whose collections feature deadstock and vintage-inspired fabrics, loves items that stand the test of time
Hedging THEIR BETS • Joe Biden’s sinking approval ratings and rising age have Democrats casting about for plan B
The MILDEWED AGE • Excessive displays of wealth are the new guiltless gilt of our times
PLANET GRIMES • SHE WAS A FIERCELY INDEPENDENT ELECTRO-POP STAR—THEN SHE FELL FOR ELON MUSK. GRIMES TALKS ABOUT THE BLOWBACK AND REVEALS THE SURPRISING TRUTH ABOUT HER AND MUSK’S GROWING FAMILY, THEIR RIDE-OR-DIE INTERPLANETARY MISSION, AND HER THRILLING NEW ALBUM, BOOK 1
THE PRINCE AND THE PREDATOR • Stripped of his titles and forced to settle a sexual abuse case, PRINCE ANDREW is officially a royal disgrace. But the fallout from his friendship with JEFFREY EPSTEIN might have stayed contained if not for two pivotal photos—and one catastrophic TV interview
ALL THAT BREATHE • LAST MARCH, THE ATLANTA SPA SHOOTINGS LEFT EIGHT PEOPLE DEAD AND THEIR COMMUNITIES STEEPED IN GRIEF. BUT IT IS THE VICTIMS’ LIVES—THEIR STORIES, THEIR LOVE—THAT TELL A PARABLE FOR A COUNTRY
DRIVERS WANTED • FORMULA ONE RACING IS OUR LATEST REALITY TV OBSESSION—AND THE MEN BEHIND THE WHEEL ARE SHIFTING INTO NEW LEVELS OF GLOBAL CELEBRITY
IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME • FIVE DECADES AFTER PAUL NEWMAN’S ROLEX INSPIRED A GENERATION TO HUNT DOWN VINTAGE WATCHES, JULIAN SANCTON GOES INSIDE THE FRENZIED ELITE MARKET FOR THE RAREST TIMEPIECES IN THE WORLD
THE BIG RED FLAG • WHEN THE CEO OF SCHOLASTIC DIED SUDDENLY LAST YEAR, HE LEFT CONTROL OF THE FAMILY EMPIRE TO A FORMER COLLEAGUE—HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND. NOW THERE MAY BE A SHOWDOWN BREWING OVER BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN KIDS’ FARE, FROM HARRY POTTER TO CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG
ISAAC MIZRAHI • The designer and author on loyalty,...