Creative Journeys

Level up your pandemic hobby with a trip designed to nurture your crafty side

Martha Graham & Merce Cunningham - April 1941

Martha Graham stood barely above five foot two, but in the world of dance she was a giant.

Tessa Thompson Takes Her Time

Tessa Thompson has never been obsessed with chasing megastardom. But with her hands in multiple Hollywood franchises, a thriving production company, and a determination to make space for stories that aren't being told, she's achieving it-on her own terms.

Winona Ryder is Still Processing

The Stranger Things star on coming to terms with the past, making sense of the present, and what to do when you find yourself in the Hollywood version of the upside down

As Told to - The Play's the Thing

Shakespeare's Hamlet has been endlessly adapted. Playwright James Ijames's fat ham turns the chilling tragedy into a riotous exploration of queerness.

FASHION AND CULTURE

On view at Saatchi Gallery through August 19, the London edition of Tiffany & Co.'s touring exhibit features more than 400 objects from its archives, including Jean Schlumberger's 1965 Bird on a Rock brooches and the script for the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's

SMOOTH Operators -HAIR CARE

A summer crop of NOURISHING HAIR and SCALP OILS BOOSTS SHINE, TAMES FRIZZ, and BALANCES SKIN. Here, our favorite SLICK PICKS-and how to use them.

On the CATWALK, Yeah!

The SECRET behind a good RUNWAY STRUT? The MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, an increasingly ESSENTIAL component to CREATING a viral FASHION SHOW.

On With THE SHOW

The RETURN this year of LIVE PERFORMANCES wasn't just welcome, it was TRANSFORMATIVE, as ACTORS, DRAMATISTS, DANCERS, MUSICIANS, COMEDIANS, and ARTISTS of all stripes RETURNED to the STAGE and the INTIMACY of IN-PERSON AUDIENCES with a NEW URGENCY

THE PERFORMANCE ISSUE

A great PERFORMANCE can be TRANSFORMATIVE; the greatest are TRANSCENDENT. But they are often also EXPRESSIONS of something DEEPER: an intense PASSION, a dedicated PRACTICE, an inner STRENGTH, a SENSE of SELF and SPACE. They can MOVE us, INSPIRE us, CHALLENGE us, and fill us with ANGER or JOY. This issue explores the POWER of PERFORMANCE from all those vantage points, as a beacon of CONSCIOUSNESS and CONNECTEDNESS in an age of UNCERTAINTY, of shared BEAUTY, HUMOR, HUMANITY, and GRACE.

VOICES AS TOLD TO The PLAY'S the THING

Shakespeare's HAMLET has been endlessly ADAPTED. Playwright JAMES IJAMES'S FAT HAM turns the chilling TRAGEDY into a RIOTOUS exploration of QUEERNESS.

The POLITICS of DANCING

For members of the KYIV CITY BALLET, who were STRANDED in PARIS by the Russian INVASION of UKRAINE, continuing to PERFORM has been a matter of SURVIVAL— but also an ACT OF RESISTANCE

Go Your Own Way – Lola Leon, Devon Lee Carlson, Lori Harvey, Ella Richards, Dixie D'amelio

A versatile talisman, Burberry's Lola bag takes on different expressions on the arms of these five next-gen, multihyphenate talents.It's all in how you carry it.

The House Built for the Day Roe Falls

Abortion providers and advocates have been sounding the alarm for years that Roe v. Wade is in danger. Now, with an impending scotus decision that could leave swaths of the country without access, a group operating in the middle of red America is bracing for impact.

California Road Trip

Santa Barbara and the surrounding towns of the Santa Ynez Valley are the new Weekend Destination

Dr. Jill Biden – A First Lady Undeterred

A pandemic. A war. A country at its breaking point. Dr. Jill Biden has faced it all with the grace and conviction that has guided her all her life showing up for her students, her friends and family, the american people, her husband, and herself.

The Great Makeup Update

A growing audience-on Gen Z's beloved TikTok, of all places-is demanding that makeup be more age-inclusive

Sora Choi -On Coming Into Your Own

It took more than a decade for her to finally find a way to feel at home in the fashion world: by building a life away from it

At All Costs

A chronic disorder drove Fariha Róisín to seek out the traditional healing practices of her South Asian heritage. What she discovered was a wellness industry that made them nearly impossible to access.

Artist Marilyn Minter and Creative Polymath Michèle Lamy on Sex, Aging, and the Power of Nonconformity

Through their respective creative practices, artist Marilyn Minter and designer, performer, and curator Michèle Lamy have each challenged and redefined traditional notions of beauty.

What to Buy and How to Wear It

Rele Gallery founder Adenrele Sonariwo on her well-traveled tote

PARIS When It SIZZLES

The lights are BACK ON, and the French capital shines BRIGHTER than EVER, with a revived ARTS and CULINARY scene

On BEAUTY

It can often feel like beauty is in short supply. But for FOUR MODELS who've helped RESHAPE FASHION, it's in a childhood MEMORY, a loved one's SCENT, a movie star's GLAMOUR, and a GLIMPSE of HOME.

Jill KORTLEVE - On SHIFTING THE PARADIGM

In the beginning, she TRIED-and STRUGGLED-to play fashion's ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL GAME. Instead, she has HELPED CHANGE IT.

Lauren HUTTON - On GOING YOUR OWN WAY

SIX DECADES into her SINGULAR she's still an ADVENTURER-one NAVIGATED her winding path through FASHION by BEING THOROUGHLY and UNAPOLOGETICALLY HERSELF

L.A. Story

LOUIS VUITTON distills the MAGIC of TINSELTOWN at DUSK into the ULTIMATE SUMMER SCENT

How MERCURY RETROGRADE Went VIRAL

The SURPRISING CULTURAL HISTORY of a LITTLE PLANET with a BIG REPUTATION

Voices

Musician and composer Jon Batiste and Juilliard dance director Alicia Graf Mack on reinventing spaces and institutions in the arts

Wellness Rebooted

In the before times, a trip to a spa or retreat might have seemed indulgent or woo-woo. These days, it feels like a mind-clearing necessity.

The HERMES PRINCIPLE

For artistic director NADÈGE VANHÉE-CYBULSKI, creating CLOTHES that are at once as CLASSIC as a Birkin and as MODERN as a crop top is much more than a BALANCING ACT. It's a raison d'être.