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Perfectly Imperfect and the Growing Currency of the Personal Recommendation
In an era when micro-targeting and algorithms dominate personal tastes, the upstart newsletter’s real-time catalog of New York cool-kid sensibility is a terrifically unserious delight.
True Colors
True Colors: Jimmy Iovine and More on That Pseudo-Controversial Interscope Show at LACMA
“When something happens like this, yeah, there’s a push—but there has to be a pull,” the legendary music executive said of the collection of works inspired by the label’s artists. That plus the latest on Kanye and Julia and more in this week’s column.
From the Magazine
Snoop Dogg Answers the Proust Questionnaire
The rapper and business mogul on smoking weed, coaching peewee football, and performing at this year’s Super Bowl.
Anything Good
8 Books We Couldn’t Put Down This Month
A ghost-story adventure, an art world thriller, and more recommendations from the staff of Vanity Fair.
From the Magazine
Parisian Luxury Hits New Heights
In the city that has launched a thousand fantasies, a hotel nonpareil.
Music
Italian Composer Ludovico Einaudi Was in a “Different Dimension” While Creating New Album
Underwater follows Seven Days Walking, Einaudi’s monumental six-hour, 80-track 2019 release he described as a meditative travelogue of daily walks.
It’s All Happening on Twitter
Taylor Swift Was in a One-Hour Feud With Damon Albarn
In a recent interview, the Blur and Gorillaz frontman claimed Swift “doesn’t write her own songs,” and the pop star took offense on Twitter.
TRUE COLORS
True Colors: The San Francisco Billionaire (Would-Be) Art Bonanza
True Colors is back for 2022 and on the ground in San Francisco, where Fog art fair asks the eternal question: You can bring a cash-flush tech denizen to the art market, but can you make them buy? Plus Julia Fox’s party planning, the Olsens’ new favorite haunt, and more in this week’s column.
From the Magazine
Everyone’s Swooning for Giveon
The Grammy nominee on his SoundCloud beginnings, his dream collaborator, and working at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company.
From the Magazine
On Becoming Lucy Sante
For the first time, the renowned writer, culture critic, and scholar of the demimonde discusses her transition—and finding herself.
Remembrances
André Leon Talley in the Front Row, at the Met Gala, and on the Scene
Remembering the fashion titan, who died this week at age 73, by following his journey through the industry, one runway, society ball, and cocktail party at a time.
In Memoriam
André Leon Talley, “One of the Last Great Fashion Editors,” Has Died at 73
The longtime Vogue creative director and fashion icon helped shape a diverse and globalized fashion landscape during his decades in the industry.
Editor’s Letter
Radhika Jones on Returning to Theaters—And How This Awards Season Is Different
Vanity Fair’s editor in chief introduces a new special issue, and February cover star Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
From the Magazine
Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster Open Up About The Music Man’s Broadway Return
V.F. goes behind the curtain to reveal how the industry’s next big hope survived charges of obsolescence, Scott Rudin’s downfall, and COVID-19.
From the Magazine
XXX-Files: Who Torched the Pornhub Palace?
When the CEO of Pornhub’s mega-mansion mysteriously burned to the ground, there was no shortage of possible suspects. Now, for the first time, the site’s shadowy founders tell their story.
FIXATIONS
Turns Out We Missed Having Some Good, Old-Fashioned Editor Mythology to Dish About
The collective headspace devoted to Hanya Yanagihara’s book release this week sparked a kind of throwback fascination once held with iconized editors of yore.
Style
Gen Z, Meet Jenny Lewis and Her Signature Style
Fresh off Harry Styles’s Love on Tour, the singer-songwriter introduces a whole new generation to her colorful aesthetic.
In Memoriam
Ronnie Spector, Lead Ronette and “Be My Baby” Singer, Dies at 78
Her family announced on Wednesday that Spector had died from cancer.
From the Magazine
What Lies Beneath
In 1708, the Spanish galleon San José sank in a deadly battle against English warships, taking with it billions in treasure. Centuries passed until a secretive archaeologist found the wreck, but now nations are again warring over who may claim the gold and glory.
Positive Thinking
The Pitfalls of the Positivity Movement
A generation’s relationship to dating, sex, their bodies, and their selves has been fed to the flames of dating apps and online discourse. Time to log off?
A New Year’s Poem
“My Readers Are Always My Muse”: Amanda Gorman Debuts New Year’s Poem in Partnership With Instagram
In an interview with Vanity Fair ahead of the release of her new poem, “A New Day’s Lyric,” Gorman says “love” is the driving force keeping her inspired and motivated.