Inside Simone Bellotti’s Punk-Chic Transformation of Bally
It’s summer in Italy, which means the trains are delayed and the air-conditioning is broken. I arrive in Milan from Rome, disheveled and an hour and a half late, to …
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Inside Nicolas Ghesquière’s Triumphant First Decade at Louis Vuitton
The cyclical nature of life—and the forward movement it entails—has been much on Ghesquière’s mind this year, in part because his father died in April. “He was not well for …
How Annabelle Selldorf Became the Architect of Our Moment
Annabelle Selldorf, the architect of the Frick Collection’s renovation and expansion, is leading me on a hard-hat tour of the site on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a few months ahead …
The United States of Pizza
It happened the way Hemingway described bankruptcy: gradually and then suddenly. I was a young Brooklyn-based food writer cataloging differences between crusts at Saraghina and Motorino while nibbling a slice …
Quitting Xanax: One Writer’s Story
In 2006, I started taking Xanax and continued, more rather than less, for the next 17 years. The drug was first prescribed to me after I experienced a panic attack. …
My Life in Smocks and Politics
It was the summer of 1984. Republican Ronald Reagan was running for reelection against Democrat Walter Mondale, who had picked a woman, Geraldine Ferraro, for his running mate. I was …
Facelift Forward: Why Women Holding Off On Intervention Until “The Big One”
Because we both know the limits of even the most diligent retinol routine, an actor famous for her kittenish smile and tailored separates levels with me. For a woman on …
Team Players: Athletes From Around the World Share Their Olympic Dreams
Lo Chia-ling was only 19 when she made her Olympics debut, winning a bronze medal in the women’s 57-kilogram class at the Tokyo Games. Now 22, she is going for …
I Got the $1800 “Sandwich” Facial—On My Body
In a Carlyle Hotel suite larger than my Manhattan apartment, I’m horizontal on a treatment bed wearing nothing more than my underwear, one arm drenched in ultrasound gel from armpit …
Bohemian Rhapsody: The Summer of Boho-Chic Is Upon Us
The year is 2004, and Sienna Miller is stomping the streets of Notting Hill in slouchy boots and a frilly white dress—it could be circa 1960 vintage, or something from …