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Wake Up!
I HAVE LONG BEEN OF the belief that a low, sultry eyelid is a thing of beauty. Lauren Bacall made a career on it! Eyes down, then flicked up, two arrows through Humphrey Bogart’s heart. You know how to whistle, don’t you? Zendaya too. These days you can find the white-hot starlet in any number of high fashion advertisements, eyes elegantly lowered to half-mast, a modern master of the “smize”—a Tyra Banks–credited invention from America’s Next Top Model, employed as shorthand to entreat the aspiring Christys and Naomis and Kates to “smile with their eyes” in a sort of purposeful, unwrinkled microsquint, transforming an image from average to alluring.
BIG LIGHTS
This month, Hell’s Kitchen, a new musical based on Alicia Keys’s years growing up in that vibrant but rough Manhattan neighborhood, arrives at the Public Theater. It’s a New York story, for everyone.
Barn This Way
When a young Brooklyn family fell hard for rural Connecticut, an unprepossessing dairy farm turned into a busy, bustling home away from home.
Rebel Rebel
Angelina Jolie has always done things her way. Is it any surprise, then, as Chioma Nnadi discovers, that she's shaking up the world of fashion?
Melody Maker
Finding hidden music in a role has long been a theme of Carey Mulligan's astonishing career but never more so than in the symphonic new film Maestro.
Seed of Change
A line of outdoor textiles springs from a historic restoration.
Lights, Camera...Cashmere
Sofia Coppola's collaboration with Scottish heritage house Barrie is simple, sumptuous and utterly exquisite.
Rothko's Rooms
A sweeping retrospective of the work of Mark Rothko heads to the Foundation Louis Vuitton.
Pastoral Care
A fresh breed of British getaways Is redefining the rural wellness experience.
Out of the Past
Hermès's Collection Hors-Série, created from leftover fabrics and employing exquisite needlework, melds tradition with modernity.
The Second Year
War is a long story, with many chapters. Reporting from Ukraine, Wendell Steavenson sees dogged optimism, banished illusions, inspiring acts of generosity, and resilience in all its forms.
The Hot Seat
Karine Jean-Pierre has made history as President Biden's White House press secretary. She's also made waves.
In Her Shoes
The always-original Chloë Sevigny tries out the surprising new collaboration between Miu Miu and Church's.
The Art of Being Lee Miller
Lee Miller was a photographer, war correspondent, fashion model, art world muse, and an adventurer par excellence. For Kate Winslet, she’s the role of a lifetime.
The Long Run
Maryland's governor Wes Moore is a former Rhodes Scholar and paratrooper inspiring great expectations. His message? Service will save us.
Facing the World
Vogue's first-ever global open-casting initiative gathered 60,000 submissions, from everywhere on Earth. Here are eight finalists.
GOOD PRESS
Gutenberg! a musical about the inventor of the printing press might just be the unlikeliest thing to hit Broadway in years, and also the most delightful. Marley Marius meets its champions.
Balearic Boom
A new guard of hotels is quietly leveling up Mallorca's offerings.
Lost and Found
Recalling a beloved Chanel lipstick, Chloe Schama searches color databases, high-tech matching tools, and the complexities of memory.
The Italian Job
Ginori issues a line of home furnishings and fabrics.
Fine Lines
Drake Carr's provocative artwork imbues fashion illustration with a louche glamour.
Eternal Moments
A new exhibition and book plot out the Bloomsbury group’s influence on fashion.
Of the Farm
In the 1970s, Martha McPhee lived on a rambling property with siblings, half-siblings, and her frequently naked parents. The farm was named after a utopia—but for a sensitive young girl coming of age, life was far from it.
The Point of the Past
Early on, Zadie Smith became something of a reluctant poster child for multicultural Britain. Her new, historical novel excavates her country's history. Zing Tsjeng goes along for the journey.
Supersonic
In a colorful riot of '90s nostalgia, four Supers - Linda, Cindy, Christy, and Naomi talk about a new documentary on their (fabulous) lives and legacy. Sally Singer listens in.
Open and Shut Case
The iconic Rimowa carry-on has traveled the world over since the ’50s. But how would three coolly individualistic women pack it up now?
My Father, Myself
To come to terms with her father’s diagnosis, Tallulah Willis has had to reckon with health struggles of her own. As told to Rob Haskell.
Cloud Cover
Airy pastel eyes light a way beyond leaden makeup tutorials, and many of us are ready to brighten up
Paris, Texas
Daniel Roseberry, the creative director of the Surrealist-rooted Maison Schiaparelli, is the toast of the couture. Nathan Heller finds that his path from the Dallas suburbs to the Place Vendôme is equally out of the ordinary.
Mischief and Magic
Josh O'Connor In the torrid tennis romance Challengers, shows he's a leading man of a particular stripe: sensitive, mercurial, and dreamy to the hilt.