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VANITIES • GRACIE ABRAMS is ready for a not-so-cruel summer
Stay Awhile • The best hotels take sharp cues from local history, from a British behemoth to an escape in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Color CYCLE • If you can’t visit Puerto Rico, you can get a sense of the vibrance from its artists. Glorimar Marrero Sánchez’s moving new film, La Pecera (The Fishbowl), made waves at Sundance, while multimedia specialist Pepón Osorio and sculptor Daniel Lind-Ramos have museum shows up in NYC
RITZY Spritzing • New perfumes that bottle up the carefree feeling of summer make for transportive souvenirs
Homegrown
Precious TIME
Earthly PLEASURES • For Green Namibia, photographer Patricia Parinejad toured eco-resorts and spoke to local artisans and conservationists, creating a textured meditation on sustainable travel—and inspiring this mood board to match
Tote SWEET
Wandering EYES • Stateside and abroad, art shows are bringing fresh perspectives to familiar paths
Inside, OUTSIDE • Whimsy goes beyond the walls with interior designer to the stars
Hit PARADE
Bonne NUIT • Vanity Fair and Prada welcomed the bright lights of this year’s Cannes Film Festival to a swank evening at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc
The DEEP END • The best new books for the beach and beyond
Presidential TIMBRE • I watched Hillary Clinton get within steps of the White House. Gretchen Whitmer could go all the way
Déjà VIEW • As the 2024 race crashes into our midst, audiences are getting the feeling that we’ve been there, seen that
Phoebe Invincible
WAR OF THE Rosé • They came together in a blaze of passion, then split amid a storm of recriminations. In between, BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE established a hugely profitable wine label on an enchanting estate in the South of France. Now, as lawsuits continue to fly, MARK SEAL uncovers the truth about the battle for Miraval
THE GOLDEN DREAM • California knows it’s a state in crisis—its leaders know, its residents know, the rest of the country knows. But how it got here—and whether the way out is any kind of model to follow—nobody can agree on
KELCE LATELY • WITH TWO SUPER BOWL RINGS, A STAR TURN HOSTING SNL, AND CHARISMA FOR MILES, TR AVIS KELCE COULD WIND UP IN THE BROADCAST BOOTH—OR ON THE BIG SCREEN
IT’S LIKE THAT • Fifty years of HIP-HOP in a world that could not exist without it
THE GREAT PRETENDER • CAROLINE CALLOWAY’S first big “scam” was a lark. Her next, a matter of self-preservation. She’s about to debut her latest project—or so she says
AGAINST THE DARK • AS THE NATION FACES A SPIKE IN ANTISEMITIC HATE CRIMES, A LITTLE-KNOWN PRIVATE SECURITY TEAM IN NEW YORK CITY OFFERS A MODEL FOR HOW TO COMBAT VIOLENT THREATS AGAINST JEWISH TARGETS
COLSON WHITEHEAD • The Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the new novel Crook Manifesto on Star Wars, serial commas, and suffering fools