Vanity Fair

From entertainment to world affairs, business to style, design to society, Vanity Fair is a cultural catalyst, inspiring and driving the national conversation. Now the magazine has redefined storytelling for the Digital Age, bringing its high-profile interviews, stunning photography, and thought-provoking features to your device in a whole new way.

Vanity Fair

Editor’s Letter

Contributors

VANITIES VANITAS VANITATUM • ALTON MASON walks the walk

Best for Last • Spring’s cookbooks skew sweet, with a side of personal history.

Secret GARDEN • To make the most of vernal pleasures, don your midiskirts and Wellies, drape yourself in delicate woven accessories, and take a romp—literal or otherwise—in the Scottish Highlands

Circle ROUND

New York DOLL • A chameleonic presence on the runway and stage—and in this summer’s Barbie—HARI NEF embodies a subversive glamour that is wholly her own

Staying Power • La Bouche Rouge, known for its keepsake leather-clad lipsticks, brings a sustainability mindset to perfume.

Lens FLARE • Lush coffee-table books invite the reader to revel in the details

SIX-PACK Three love stories, a Western, and two more to enjoy

Splash! • Mermaids are having a moment in the cultural slipstream.

Electric BOOGALOO • A market is springing up for tricked-out conversions of vintage vehicles as the motor industry shifts gears

Writer’s BLOCK • Journalists see artificial intelligence bots like ChatGPT as a potential threat—and an opportunity

It’s a BARBIE WORLD • In the age of TikTok and Instagram, the original lifestyle influencer fulfills her true calling

WILD AT HEART • AFTER THE SPLIT THAT ROCKED THE WORLD, SUPERMODEL GISELE BÜNDCHEN IS SUPERREADY FOR WHAT COMES NEXT—AND SHE’S GOT SOME BIG IDEAS FOR WHAT THAT WILL BE

CURTA IN CALL • CATCHING UP WITH THE SEASON’S BRIGHTEST STARS AS BROADWAY ROARS BACK TO LIFE

ECHOES IN THE DARK • After the shocking murder of four Idaho college kids last fall, a media frenzy exploded into their quiet town, boosting the image of upstart news reporters—but bringing along a new breed of web sleuth, conspiracy-minded, vindictive, and often dead wrong

CHAT PERSON • Muckraker of the moment KARA SWISHER has seemingly every power player in Hollywood, media, and tech on speed dial. Now, as she tangles with Elon Musk and churns out podcasts, the ultimate insider is running her own show

THE KINGD OM OF PREP • Before there was Olympia Gayot, before there was Jenna Lyons, there was EMILY CINADER, the enigmatic J.Crew cofounder whose own idea of rumpled cool made the fledgling fashion brand—and its catalog—take off

BOB MACKIE • The fashion designer famous for besequining the stars from Marilyn to Cher on the importance of investing in a full-length mirror