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POP Chops

What does HAIR have to do with MUSIC? EVERYTHING. Here, architects of POP-STAR hair reveal how a DEFINING LOOK can INSPIRE fanatic DEVOTION.

PEAK Form

Head for the HILLS (or higher) for a slew of spots that deliver DRAMATIC SCENERY and COOLER CLIMES

SKIRTING the Issue

SHARP TROUSERS have ruled the runways recently, but FALL 2024 ushered in a full-on RETURN of the SKIRT. Could our fashion news director, an avowed pants person, be converted by its CHARMS?

JUDITH JAMISON and KYLE ABRAHAM on the LIFE and LEGACY of legendary choreographer ALVIN AILEY, the subject of a major new exhibition

When Alvin Ailey founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the age of 27, in 1958, he wanted to create a company dedicated to exploring and expressing the Black experience through dance.

A League of Their Own

Emma Corrin, breakout star of The Crown, is Marvel’s newest supervillain. But they are so much more than Deadpool’s latest adversary. They are utterly, completely themselves.

Musicians RHIANNON GIDDENS and BRITTNEY SPENCER on COUNTRY music's BLACK HISTORY and why the genre is at a TURNING POINT

Country music's popularity is at an all-time high in America, with the genre boasting a more diverse audience base than ever before.

BEAUTY

THE BEACH, BOTTLED

TRIBUTE

FAITH RINGGOLD'S ART of LIBERATION

I Love MESS!

In praise of DESIGN that more HONESTLY REFLECTS our COMPLICATED, CHAOTIC, VERY REAL LIVES

My FATHER the SUPERHERO

DASHA NAVALNAYA, the daughter of the late POLITICAL ACTIVIST ALEXEY NAVALNY, on how he dedicated his LIFE to ENDING INJUSTICE in his native RUSSIA—and still always made TIME for HER

Main SQUEEZE

CINCHED WAISTS are all over the runways, but the silhouette is less about cutting an HOURGLASS FIGURE (and appealing to the male gaze) than FEELING a sense of POWER and CONTROL

The DYSON Dynasty

How a British VACUUM CLEANER company has almost single-handedly TRANSFORMED the way we DRY our HAIR and become one of the BIGGEST, HOTTEST LUXURY BRANDS in beauty

WONDER Years

For four decades, MARC JACOBS has made fashion that is PERSONAL, URGENT, and ERA-DEFINING. \"Once I knew what I LOVED,\" he says, \"I just COULDN'T GET ENOUGH of IT.\"

AS TOLD TO JANE FONDA vs.Big OIL

The actress and activist on her MISSION to stop OIL COMPANIES from drilling near vulnerable California COMMUNITIES, with an unlikely pair of GOVERNORS-one current, one former-on her side

IN CONVERSATION

Artist LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER and activist DOLORES HUERTA on finding PURPOSE, the nature of POWER, and why AMERICA is worth FIGHTING for

CHRISTY TURLINGTON BURNS

The SUPERMODEL will ALWAYS be in FASHION. But her FOCUS is FIXED on a better FUTURE for MOMS EVERYWHERE.

ANOK YAI

She's one of the most IN-DEMAND FACES in FASHION. But for the South Sudanese American model, BEAUTY comes from a DEEPER, much more PERSONAL place.

ALL Aboard

LUXURY TRAINS offer a uniquely NOSTALGIC way to SLOW DOWN and ENJOY the RIDE

Keep It MOVING

COMMUTER-CORE has become more than a VIRAL TREND, as designers meet the NEEDS of our BACK-to-OFFICE lifestyles

MEMENTO Mori

JEWELRY can be deeply PERSONAL. LEAH CHERNIKOFF reflects on a NECKLACE that represents LIFE and LOSS.

IN CONVERSATION - JESSICA LANGE and PAULA VOGEL

Actor JESSICA LANGE and playwright PAULA VOGEL on their new BROADWAY PRODUCTION, MOTHER PLAY, creating and portraying COMPLICATED WOMEN, and the FUTURE of THEATER

What PADMA Wants

After almost two decades of TOP CHEF, the beloved HOST and cookbook AUTHOR is figuring out WHAT COMES NEXT

The AUDACITY of LORRAINE O'GRADY

At 89, the eternally PUNK-ROCK PERFORMANCE and CONCEPTUAL ARTIST still gets a kick out of CRASHING art-world parties. Only now she's the GUEST of HONOR.

REGINA'S Resolve

REGINA KING on LEARNING to LIVE with LOSS, the LEGACY of SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, and finding a WAY FORWARD

GUIDO Palau

Over the past three decades, GUIDO PALAU has SHAPED how the WORLD perceives HAIR, with his STYLES seen at Givenchy (1) and Valentino (4), among so many others. Now he's bringing ZARA HAIR to life. Here, the renowned artist lets us in on his CREATIVE PROCESS.

CAVE Dwelling

Accommodations nestled in natural or man-made GROTTOES provide an UNFORGETTABLE ESCAPE

What WOMEN Want

BEFORE THERE WAS \"quiet luxury,\" there was Donna Karan.

CRAFTING the FUTURE

SPEAKING BACKSTAGE just after he wrapped his Spring 2024 show in Milan this past September, Bottega Veneta creative director Matthieu Blazy waxed enthusiastically about craft. His collection was a showcase for the Italian house's tradition of handwork and tailoring, punctuated by pieces like a crochet dress decorated with raffia pom-poms individually knotted to its surface.

WORDS Matter

The LANGUAGE used to refer to NATIVE people in the U.S. is often rooted in the nation's fraught COLONIAL history which is why, TOMMY ORANGE writes, it must EVOLVE

Whatever HAPPENED to FUN?

So much of COMEDY TODAY is about making the AUDIENCE CRINGE. CAROL BURNETT still BELIEVES it should make you FEEL GOOD.