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It Can HAPPEN HERE In Haiti, EDWIDGE DANTICAT saw America as a BEACON of FREEDOM. But in recent LEGISLATION in her home state of Florida, she hears ECHOES of the OPPRESSIVE REGIMES her FAMILY FLED.

Earlier this year, my 2010 essay collection, Create Dangerously, was adapted for the stage and performed in Miami, where I live. Like the book, the play honors artists, particularly writers who have risked their lives to write their books—as well as the readers who have risked their lives to read them.

Where I FOUND MYSELF GROWING UP in a small town in Mississippi, JESMYN WARD LEARNED about EMPATHY-and IDENTITY–through the BOOKS in her elementary-school LIBRARY

In my memory, my elementary school was small and standard for a poorer, rural Mississippi town. The brick was the color of an old scab. There were three buildings: an auditorium with classrooms, a newer structure with squat ceilings and cinder-block walls, and an ancient cafeteria that had been there since my mother’s time.

The REBIRTH of COOL FERRAGAMO designer MAXIMILIAN DAVIS is reinvigorating the ITALIAN HOUSE by drawing on the EXPERIMENTAL SPIRIT of LONDON CLUB CULTURE, his own CARIBBEAN HERITAGE, and a bold NEW PERSPECTIVE on ELEGANCE

Maximilian Davis was in a music video. I learned this while talking to the singer Kelela, a friend of his, about the period when they first met several years ago outside of an East London club night called PDA, which was a gathering place for kids from fashion and art school looking to let loose in a sea of their own.

PAUL MESCAL was CATAPULTED to the TOP of HOLLYWOOD'S A-LIST and became an INTERNET OBSESSION along the way. But he's still figuring out WHAT HE WANTS from all of it.

Paul Mescal is showing me his short shorts. From his hotel room in Morocco, where he’s currently filming Gladiator 2, Ridley Scott’s highly anticipated sequel to his 2000 Oscar-winning film, the 27- year-old Irish actor indulges me when I ask if he’s got a favorite pair.

KENDALL JENNER is a member of one of the most documented SISTERHOODS on the planet.But she has carved out a place for herself in FASHIONand away from it all that's very much her OWN.

Kendall Jenner is a Scorpio. And it’s with typical Scorpio reserve that Jenner and I don’t discuss that fact until nearly the end of our time together. But the qualities ascribed to the sign weave throughout our conversation.

DOJA CAT is reimagining POP STARDOM in her own fearlessly PROVOCATIVE and occasionally trippy IMAGE-and the REWARD is in the long, strange JOURNEY

There’s a case to be made that it was during the pandemic that the internet finally subsumed us— which is precisely when Amala Dlamini, a.k.a. Doja Cat, became a global pop star.

50 Years of Hip-Hop

Five decades ago this month, Hip-Hop was born, launching a musical revolution that became a cultural one, transforming the way we think about art, activism, creativity, success, and style. Here, we look back on its legendary legacy.

Rhyme & REASON

With her BRASH LYRICS and GENRE-BENDING SOUND, Atlanta rapper LATTO is one to BET ON. Here, she reflects on her HARD-EARNED RISE and how a NEW GUARD of FEMALE ARTISTS is pushing HIP-HOP to NEW HEIGHTS.

The Quiet STORM

Fashion's obsession with a SOFTER and more UNDERSTATED-but no less LOFTY-brand of luxury is in FULL FORCE for FALL

LIFE IS DRAG

Around the country, DRAG PERFORMERS are under THREAT, thrust to the center of a CULTURE WAR. But for PRACTITIONERS of the ART, it's NOT just about PUTTING on a SHOW; it's about finding TRUTH, COMMUNITY, and FREEDOM.

Reese at PEACE The ACTRESS, PRODUCER, and MEDIA MOGUL is finally taking A (BRIEF) MOMENT for HERSELF

Reese Witherspoon has described herself as having the energy of \"a squirrel who drank coffee.\" But just a cursory glance at her laundry list of achievements would seem to indicate that caffeinated-squirrel energy is, well, necessary. At 47, Witherspoon has amassed upwards of 60 acting credits over the past three-plus decades, among them culture-defining roles like Elle Woods in Legally Blonde and Tracy Flick in Election, as well as her Academy Award-winning portrayal of June Carter Cash in 2005's Walk the Line. She has also racked up more than three dozen producing credits, most of them under the banner of Hello Sunshine, the sprawling media and production company she cofounded in 2016. Among them: HBO's binge-worthy Big Little Lies, which took home eight Emmys. She runs an influential book club, with 61 picks becoming New York Times bestsellers, plus a Southern-inflected lifestyle brand, Draper James, which includes clothing and home lines. She is also a mother of three.

LIFE After Gun Violence

A uniquely AMERICAN epidemic, GUN VIOLENCE can feel like an inextricable part of our LIVES. Do we have to ACCEPT that this is just the way things are? Here, 10 PEOPLE who have been DIRECTLY IMPACTED by it SHARE their STORIES-and why they REFUSE to do so.

GIRL From RIO

Brazilian POP SENSATION ANITTA has topped CHARTS, set RECORDS, swayed ELECTIONS, and ACHIEVED a new kind of GLOBAL STARDOM by letting her LEGIONS of DEVOTED FANS into her LIFE with seemingly NO FILTER

Fabulous FRIZZ

The WAR on FRIZZ is over. Here, how LEARNING to EMBRACE your HALO of FUZZ is the secret to SEXIER SUMMER HAIR.

THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL : FURTHER Afield

REMOTE RETREATS PROVIDE a much-needed BREAK from the CHURN

The 501 at 150

UNPACKING the mythic appeal of LEVI’S most ICONIC JEANS as they CELEBRATE a milestone ANNIVERSARY

Rise ABOVE

“I have to REMIND myself why I’m here, why it’s IMPORTANT to CONTINUE to be a VOICE for every single PERSON who has put their HOPES and DREAMS in my REPRESENTATION.”

IN CONVERSATION: MAYA MOORE IRONS AND JONATHAN IRONS

Former WNBA STAR MAYA MOORE IRONS and her HUSBAND, JONATHAN IRONS, on how her SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN for his RELEASE from PRISON after 23 years of WRONGFUL INCARCERATION led them both to a NEW LIFE

When Dick Met Jimmy

Before Richard Avedon became one the most celebrated photographers of all time, he was coeditor of his high school literary journal with James Baldwin

VOICES THE PEOPLE AND IDEAS SHAPING THE CULTURE

DIOR CREATIVE DIRECTOR MARIA GRAZIA CHIURI and ARTISTS CARRIE MAE WEEMS and MICKALENE THOMAS on finding INSPIRATION, the JOYS of COLLABORATION, and what happens when ART meets COMMERCE

CRAZY About TIFFANY'S

With a REIMAGINED FLAGSHIP and a new SETTING for the TIFFANY DIAMOND, the New York jeweler SHOWS OFF its LIMITLESS capacity for REINVENTION

FASHION AND CULTURE CHANEL in SENEGAL

The FRENCH BRAND made HISTORY by staging a FASHION SHOW as a thoughtful long-term CULTURAL EXCHANGE in one of AFRICA's most CREATIVE CITIES

THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL Beyond TOKYO

VISITORS are FLOCKING to JAPAN'S off-the-beaten-path ARTISTIC and CULTURAL HUBS

KETAMINE'S WOO-WOO Rebrand

Once known as a DANGEROUS PARTY DRUG, KETAMINE is now being RESEARCHED as a TREATMENT for DEPRESSION. But what's at STAKE when it's MARKETED as WELLNESS?

Devyn GARCIA

CUBAN AMERICAN MODEL DEVYN GARCIA on when she feels MOST COMFORTABLE in her OWN SKIN: when there's NOTHING ON IT

Julia NOBIS

CATWALK and CAMPAIGN VETERAN JULIA NOBIS on DEFINING BEAUTY on her OWN TERMS

Irina SHAYK

MODEL, STYLE STAR, and MOM IRINA SHAYK LEARNING to LOVE on her IMPERFECTIONS for the SAKE of her DAUGHTER

Rising RUNWAY star AKON CHANGKOU on just HOW FAR seeing the BEAUTY IN YOURSELF can take you

I'm one of eight. I have six sisters and one brother, and I thought I was the ugly one in my family for so long.

Truth in BEAUTY

In a FILTERED and DIGITIZED WORLD, how do and AI-ENHANCED you find BEAUTY that ENDURES?

KATE MOSS - MARCH 2001

HARPER'S BAZAAR'S MARCH 2001 issue arrived at a moment that is now, in some ways, lost in history: The culture was finally ready to declare the 1990s over, but there was an uncertainty about what the future might look like.