Ducati and Men’s Grooming Brand Atwater Collaborate on a Mission-Driven Soap
Chris Salgardo, as you might expect from a men’s grooming guru, wears his ink on his sleeves. “I have an anchor over here,” he says, lifting his right bicep, Popeye-style, into the Zoom window. That was his first tattoo, dating back some 15 years—not long after Salgardo signed on as president of Kiehl’s USA. (He […]
It has been nearly six decades since Truman Capote invited 540 pals to the Plaza Hotel for the Black and White Ball—a swanning crowd that included Frank Sinatra, Babe Paley, Gordon Parks, Andy Warhol, and the Italian princess Luciana Pignatelli gleaming in a 60-carat diamond (a Harry Winston loaner). But on a recent afternoon at […]
Rihanna Is Bringing Her Savage X Fenty Style to the Super Bowl 2023
If there’s one word to describe Rihanna, it’s game-changer. And this year, the countdown to the 2023 Super Bowl is on as the icon prepares to take center-field for the halftime show in what is sure to be a performance for the ages. When Rihana commits, she commits. Whether she’s producing an otherworldly Savage X […]
A Rookie’s Complete Guide to Getting a Brazilian Wax
It’s that time of the month again. No, not the dreaded (albeit, welcome?) visit from Aunt Flo. The time has come to remove the hair from your pube region, and the options are endless. You can opt for a razor but then comes the risk of ingrown hairs. Depilatory creams are an easier method, although […]
Remembering Fay Weldon: My Ordinary Friendship With an Extraordinary Writer
Growing up, I was one of those kids who was just a little too obsessed with other people’s families. I would linger just a little too long during playdates, stay a little after breakfast at sleepovers, peer into friends’ cupboards. I wanted to know how real families worked. Their mechanics fascinated me. Siblings seemed like […]
Leisure, Adornment, and Beauty Are Radical Acts in “Resting Our Eyes”
“Although each of us are making work informed by our unique experiences and perspectives, no one is making work in a vacuum. We have all been informed by a shared global experience, changing technology, a common awareness of art history, and our current political and social climate. It’s interesting to see how these commonalities become […]
The Book That Inspired Margo Price’s Strays
Margo Price’s fourth studio album, Strays, billows with pop sensibility, rock guitar, and country lyricism. Here, she shares some inspirations. Just Kids by Patti Smith“I’ve read a lot of music memoirs,” says Price; this one is “hands down my favorite. Patti has influenced my work as an author and a musician.” Price’s own memoir, Maybe […]
Lucinda Williams on Her Life, Her Lyrics, and Everything In Between
Well, there’s a tribe of people who live here; we like each other and hang together. I’ve had this same conversation with people here who are progressive and they all say, “We feel we live somewhere where we can join the fight and it’s going to make a difference.” How did you feel when Roe v. […]
All Sydney Sweeney Wants for Christmas Is a Charged Phone
Sydney Sweeney has had one hell of a year playing TV’s most intriguing characters. She portrays Cassie on Euphoria, as an intense, extremely emotional softie, or, in the words of her former best friend Maddy, “the most self-centered, idiotic person I’ve ever f*****g met.” In her second HBOMax show, White Lotus, she plays the judgmental […]