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When Stars Collide • Sam Mendes’s return to London’s National Theatre promises a thrilling showdown between Old Hollywood legends. Hayley Maitland meets the cast.

Smooth Operator • Can retinol pack the wrinkle-reducing power without the irritation? Chloe Malle test-drives a new generation of kinder formulas rebooting the superstar skin care ingredient.

Flemish Masters • The virtuoso tailoring of Belgium’s great designers was a major influence for spring. Longtime acolyte Sarah Harris tries on the look for size.

Book It • Make a date with the best new books.

Looking Both Ways • A major exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi mines treasures from Condé Nast’s rich photographic archive.

Lip Service • Makeup artist Fara Homidi lends her gestural sensibility to a debut product line.

Begin Again • At 30, Cara Delevingne is reckoning with a life lived close to the edge. She opens up to Chioma Nnadi about slowing down, taking care of herself, and where she goes from here.

Practically Perfect • Top to toe, the most hardworking pieces in your wardrobe have never looked quite so good—or been quite so fun to wear.

Frida’s World • No institution is better positioned than The Metropolitan Museum of Art to show the art of our time in the context of the past. And yet, modern work has been sorely neglected. Architect Frida Escobedo has a plan to change that.

Truth and Consequences • The Broadway revival of Parade—starring Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond—couldn’t come at a more timely moment. Leslie Camhi explores the urgent new production.

Demna on the Record • The Balenciaga artistic director addresses the brand’s ad campaign controversy and charts his way forward.

Show of Strength • Kendall Jenner lays bare her biceps beneath tops and dresses built to move—while Ada Calhoun contemplates what her own arms have held.

Eternal Sunshine • Care to take a trip? Spring’s best looks—all coruscating colorways and sylphlike silhouettes—head off the beaten path in Port Antonio, Jamaica.

Just One Thing • The très chic common denominator of the moment? Gucci’s pinstripe, double-breasted, long-line blazer. Model Irina Shayk takes it everywhere—from off-duty to black-tie and back.

High Gear • From stompy boots and weatherproof jackets to dashing (and durable!) day bags: Utilitarian separates find elevation.

In This Issue

BottegaVeneta shoe • If these gleaming metallic wedged pumps—seemingly formed more by mercury than by calfskin leather—happen to give off an architectural flare, that’s precisely the point: They had a star turn in BottegaVeneta’s spring 2023 collection, which was largely inspired by Gaetano Pesce, the Italian visionary and, yes, architect. Sharp like an arrow at the front and smooth and curvaceous elsewhere, they make for a mesmerizing foundation to build upon.