Innholdsfortegnelse for May 2023 i Vanity Fair

For the past five years, we have devoted our May issue to dynasties—monarchical, political, and metaphorical. This spring, with the coronation of King Charles in Great Britain; the Dominion lawsuit looming over media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Fox News, his crown jewel; and the final season of Succession in full swing, we are as obsessed as ever with the outsize role powerful families play in our culture. The last time London staged a coronation, the cutting-edge broadcast technology was television. This time around, as Erin Vanderhoof reports, the British royals contend with a media landscape that is far less monolithic, a cacophony of social platforms and tabloid sites. Whether the rite of passage that will officially make Charles Britain’s king can cut through the noise depends largely on the family’s…

At Bottega Veneta, the distinctive “intrecciato” style—woven strands of leather that have comprised many of its bags since 1975—is the devourable bread and butter of the brand’s heritage. This coming season, creative director Matthieu Blazy dissects the weave in these sculptural mules. Leather cords crisscross the shoe to create an illusion of both suspension and binding: molto spaghetti straps!…

■ Style File DAILY UNIFORM: Breeches and T-shirt! Or, on the rare occasion I’m not riding (12), I’m alternating between a leather jacket I took from my mom and an Acne Studios blazer (2) paired with AGOLDE jeans (7). EVERYDAY ACCESSORY: A baseball hat. Plain black ones are my favorite (5). EQUESTRIAN GEAR: Tommy Hilfiger (6, 14). WRIST CANDY: Rolex Datejust (8). GO-TO RIDING BOOT: Parlanti (11). ■ On Beauty SKIN CARE MUST-HAVE: Augustinus Bader the Rich Cream (3). SHOW-DAY MAKEUP: Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue tinted moisturizer (9). SUNBLOCK: Heliocare Antioxidant Supplements. POST-RIDE HAIR CARE: Moroccanoil dry shampoo. ■ Wellness Diary FAVORITE WORKOUT: Power yoga and running. MUSCLE RECOVERY: Lots of water. ACTIVEWEAR: Alo Yoga. ■ At Home RECENT ADDITION: The Peloton Tread. ON DISPLAY: Polaroids of loved ones. ■ For Pleasure READING: Slouching Towards…

“I STILL HAVE so much work to do,” says Aurora James. But the Toronto-born, New York–based 38-year-old is already doing a lot. The creative director and founder of the brand Brother Vellies, beloved for its artisanal accessories that maintain African design practices—Zendaya and Beyoncé have both walked red carpets in the brand’s footwear—is the one who came up with the Fifteen Percent Pledge, a nonprofit dedicated in part to encouraging retailers to stock Black-owned brands. She was responsible for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Tax the Rich” dress at the 2021 Met Gala. And this month, with the release of her memoir, she adds author to her list of credentials. Wildflower (Crown) details a tumultuous upbringing—after relocating to Jamaica as a child, she watched her mother, James’s earliest fashion inspiration, suffer domestic abuse—and the…

BY THE END of 2013, BuzzFeed was having it all. Our traffic hit 130 million unique visitors a month, riding Facebook’s relentless growth. Some of our competitors had begun to imitate everything we did, which mostly amounted to making lists. Others promised to do the same thing we were, but without the embarrassing memes. In Silicon Valley, an ambitious former Goldman Sachs banker named Carlos Watson persuaded an old friend, Laurene Powell Jobs, to finance a website called Ozy that would aim to be a smarter, slicker, more socially conscious BuzzFeed. And in that frothy moment, it seemed to make sense for America’s best media company, and its safest brand, to buy us. Disney, to the degree it had been aware of BuzzFeed at all, had noticed the rather generous…

STEPHANIE TISONE BEGAN pursuing new answers to her health concerns in 2013. She was 33 and had already molded her life around nutrition for years, traveling from her home in Newtown, Pennsylvania, to Hawaii and Southeast Asia to meet other raw vegans. Her family has a history of cancer, and after testing positive for two gene mutations correlating to an increased risk for breast cancer, she thought reconfiguring her diet could help. On the advice of the mother of a family for whom she had nannied, Tisone booked a consultation with Anthony William, known on social media and in his books as the Medical Medium. A 53-year-old former health food store owner from Connecticut, William claims that, at four years old, a spirit visited him and gave him the ability…

“I want to get a light phone,” says Stephanie Hsu. “It’s a phone that has no apps on it. I covet that simplicity.” Makes sense, given Hsu has been everything, everywhere all at once for months now: promoting her Oscar-nominated turn in A24’s best picture winner; filming her first action role in The Fall Guy opposite Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt; making a cameo in Rian Johnson’s Poker Face; and launching her R-rated summer comedy Joy Ride at SXSW. “I haven’t figured out a way to make the last year less intense.” BORN IN Southern California, Hsu found acting through photosynthesis: She made a video on the topic for a school science class. AT TISCH, Hsu’s mentor and professor Liz Swados introduced her to the downtown New York theater world.…

“I COULD GIVE everything up except for blush.” One might expect such a line—absolutist, romantic at heart—to come from the fictionalized Catherine II at the center of The Great, Hulu’s gleeful romp starring Elle Fanning, back May 12 for season three. But it is a pure sentiment from the actor herself, smiling beatifically from a suite at the Plaza Hotel. Fanning has a soft spot for powder formulas, she explains—easier to pile on, as is her off-camera wont. But The Great is where her blush comes fully into bloom. “Sometimes it is a bit overdone, but on purpose because it’s kind of a comedic beat,” says Erin Ayanian Monroe, Fanning’s makeup designer on the show. A naturalistic flush signals joy; extended down to the bust, it accompanies the campy sex…

ON THE AFTERNOON of July 2, 2022, Rupert Murdoch’s black Range Rover pulled up to a 12th-century stone church in Westwell, a storybook Cotswolds village 75 miles west of London. The then 91-year-old Fox Corporation chairman traveled to the Oxfordshire countryside to attend his 21-year-old granddaughter Charlotte Freud’s wedding. Invitations instructed the 70 guests to wear “formal theatrical” attire. Murdoch emerged from his SUV looking like Tom Wolfe in a white suit, red suede shoes, and red tie. Then he nearly collapsed. A day earlier, Murdoch was in a bed at Cromwell Hospital in London battling a serious case of COVID-19, two sources close to him said. Over the course of a week, doctors treated Murdoch’s symptoms—labored breathing and fatigue—with supplemental oxygen and antibodies, one of the sources said. His…

1993 Richard AVEDON “Of all his portraits and self-portraits, this is the most authentic,” says former colleague Kara Glynn. “Dick always invited his subjects into his world and then proceeded to capture their essence, the truth or his truth—or as he used to say (in jest), ‘Steal their soul.’ Dick invites us into his world in this photograph. Literally. I love this image for its truth.” 1972 Anjelica HUSTON “I was furious when Dick told me he had decided to publish this portrait—I thought it desperately unflattering! Now, of course, I see it for what it is—intimate and unapologetic—pure Avedon.” 2002 Tom FORD “I was photographed by Irving Penn that morning and then Avedon in the afternoon. The photographic styles of the two could not have been more different. Penn…