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.

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Editor’s Letter • Later this year, at a time and date yet to be announced, millions of people will stop what they are doing and park themselves in front of the nearest available screen to binge the final season of Stranger Things.

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Masks OFF • He spent his teen years concealing his sexuality. Now BENITO SKINNER is mining that awkward time for art

Endless SUMMER • Season is a state of mind in Wayne Thiebaud: Summer Days, in which the late artist eternalizes life’s sunniest fleeting indulgences, like colorful ice cream cones, hot dogs, and bikinis

Dressed to THRILL • Celebrity stylist and the Period Company cofounder KARLA WELCH stays on the pulse, with assists from Pilates and Postmates

Gold RUSH • Loulou de la Falaise—one of Yves Saint Laurent’s closest friends, muses, and collaborators—was known for her exuberant wardrobe and zest for vibrant accessories. And these slick slingbacks, with extended gold-pointed toes flaunting colorful hunks of resin designed to look like gemstones, are an eccentric magpie’s dream. Be it with long beaded necklaces, arms stacked with cuffs, or these sculptural heels, she and her opulent and outlandish influence live on at the French fashion house.

No WONDER • RUPERT EVERETT reveals what’s behind his new collection of short stories, a meditation on rejection

Six Pack • Uncanny novels, hyperreal nonfiction, and more fresh reads

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Picture THIS • From gripping portraiture to striking landscapes, eight new books offer a feast for the eyes

Baggage CLAIM • From somewhere in his bag of wondrous magic tricks, Nicolas Ghesquière, of Louis Vuitton, rustled up this illusion of three steamer trunks—which is actually just one spectacular handbag. While this may look like an optical illusion, it’s all the more a major fashion moment among an enchanting scene of miniature wares, complete with a tiny maroon sweater hanging on the corner of the wardrobe. Spellbinding!

WHERE DEI Went to D-I-E • Many people of color in Hollywood suspected it was mostly window dressing—and they’ve been proven right

Gastronomic IMMUNITY • Washington, DC’s ascendant dining scene prepares to seat a second Trump administration

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE • AS THE SENSATIONAL HIT SERIES THAT LAUNCHED HER CAREER COMES TO AN END, MILLIE BOBBY BROWN HAS A PLAN TO SUSTAIN THE MOMENTUM—ALL WHILE SAYING NO AS MUCH AS SHE NEEDS TO AND LIVING ON A FARM IN GEORGIA. WHY NOT? STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED

NYPD CONFIDENTIAL • Along with a contingent of detectives and undercover operatives, the NYPD’s counterterror czar, Rebecca Weiner, defends New York City and the nation against enemies foreign and domestic. ADAM CIRALSKY reports from inside the country’s most elite local law enforcement agency

THE POWER & THE GLAMOUR • THE POWER PORTRAITS OF THE ARTISTS AND VISIONARIES PUSHING HOLLYWOOD FORWARD IN TIMES BOTH DARK AND BRIGHT

VIBE CHECK • WITH 2024 IN THE REARVIEW, HIGH-RANKING DEMOCRATS ARE FINALLY ARRIVING AT THE HARD TRUTH THAT THEIR PARTY IS UNWELL. “DISARRAY” DOESN’T QUITE COVER IT. AS FOR WHAT THEY’RE DOING ABOUT IT—AND WHETHER THEY CAN EVER WREST THE COUNTRY BACK FROM TRUMP AND TRUMPISM—IT DEPENDS ON WHOM YOU ASK

SPLASH PAD • FOR MORE THAN 170 YEARS, THE CRAFTSMEN OF THE BAGLIETTO SHIPYARDS IN LA SPEZIA, ITALY, HAVE BUILT SOME OF THE WORLD’S...