Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2021 i Vanity Fair

I am reading a novel called The Enchanted April, as literal an act of wish fulfillment as one could ask for in the spring of 2021. Written by Elizabeth von Arnim and published 99 years ago, this story of four Englishwomen who rent a dilapidated castle on the Italian Riviera for a month and are transfigured by it (to borrow an operative word from E.M. Forster’s A Room with a View) opens on a dreary February day in London and ends—one hopes; I’m not there yet—in Mediterranean sunshine. It was an instant best seller in 1922, which is perhaps not surprising given the post-pandemic parallels between that decade and ours. If the 1920s roared—if our ’20s roar—surely it was a riposte to the deprivation that came before. I have not read…

It was only a couple of years ago that Olivia Cooke learned how to really scream: a primal, guttural roar set loose from the body, the kind of sound that turns the soul inside out. For her recent role as the withdrawn, hard-driven front woman Lou in Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal, she had six weeks to learn how to play the guitar, operate a loop pedal, and perform the searing noise-rock track that cements the acoustic texture of the film’s opening. On top of all that, she had to tear open a sonic aperture in her petite frame through which she could channel Lou’s raw, dynamic power, the character’s hidden strength. “I think we all in the shower imagine that we’re performing to 3,000 people, rocking out with a…

“Impossible,” SAID DAVID WARD. The London Metropolitan Police constable looked up. Some 50 feet above him, he saw that someone had carved a gaping hole through a skylight. Standing in the Frontier Forwarding warehouse in Feltham, West London, he could hear the howl of jets from neighboring Heathrow Airport as they roared overhead. At Ward’s feet lay three open trunks, heavy-duty steel cases. They were empty. A few books lay strewn about. Those trunks had previously been full of books. Not just any books. The missing ones, 240 in all, included early versions of some of the most significant printed works of European history. Gone was Albert Einstein’s own 1621 copy of astronomer Johannes Kepler’s The Cosmic Mystery, in which he lays out his theory of planetary motion. Also missing…

Alexandra KLEEMAN “GOTHIC REVIVAL,” P. 28 Kleeman says talking to actor Olivia Cooke was like making friends with the cool girl in the drink line at a show. “She’s undeniably glamorous,” says Kleeman, “but also has a grounded, very matter-of-fact attitude and so many thoughtful observations on how costume and makeup serve as an aid.” Ryan McGINLEY “OPENING MOVES,” P. 40 “She’s a super trouper,” says McGinley of Anya Taylor-Joy, whom he photographed in Malibu, California, amid rain and hail for this issue. “As you know, after the rain comes the sun,” says McGinley. “We got the most electric sunset, followed by a deep blue dusky sky to capture the cover shot.” Kennedi CARTER “THE VELVET HAMMER,” P. 60 While vibing to Beyoncé’s “Homecoming” with Ziwe on set, Carter says,…

At Louis Vuitton’s spring/summer 2021 show, innovation met history when in-person attendees filed into the freshly remodeled department store La Samaritaine, a study in Second Empire design, and took their seats next to 360-degree cameras that captured the experience for at-home viewers. In keeping with the collection’s focus—and womenswear creative director Nicolas Ghesquière’s lifelong preoccupation—of playing with time, the iridescent leather Coussin bag is embossed with Vuitton’s 125-year-old fleur-de-lis logo and features two interchangeable straps (the silver chain shown here and one in branded canvas), offering styling options for now or later.…

▪ Style File ALWAYS WEARING: Tank Divan watch, Juste un Clou bracelet, military jacket. SHOE: Converse. FAVORITE BAG: Comme des Garçons gold bag (3). RECENT ADDITION: Cactus de Cartier ring (5). STYLE INSPIRATION: Linda Rodin and Stella Tennant (6). ▪ On Beauty FACE WASH: Decléor (9). SHOWER STAPLE: Eucerin AtopiControl unscented bath oil. SKIN SAVER: Imiza oil serum. MAKEUP: Erborian BB cream. PERFUME: No! I can’t wear any perfume while I am working. I need a neutral environment. COLORIST: David Lucas. WORKOUT: Kundalini yoga with Lili Barbery. WIND-DOWN: Meditation by Martin Aylward on the Mind app. ▪ Sweet Home FAVORITE CHAIR: Lucas Maassen. LAMP: Studio Drift Dandelight. DREAM ARTWORK: Wood bench by Giuseppe Penone. ITEM YOU COLLECT: “Fragile” stickers (4). PLANT: Eucalyptus (7). CANDLE: Forêts by Christian Tortu. TABLETOP ESSENTIAL: Chemistry…

AS NEWS BROKE that Tony Hsieh, the founder of Zappos, had died in a fire the day after Thanksgiving, it was almost incomprehensible. Near-billionaires don’t die in fires, and they particularly don’t die alone in a 300-square-foot shed, surrounded by some old gym equipment, a pinkand-white-striped beach chair, bottles of Fernet Branca liqueur, and nitrous oxide chargers. Over the past decade, the Silicon Valley tech rich have come to be seen almost as deities. They make up almost half of the 20 richest people on the planet, according to Forbes, and are quoted, lauded, and defended by legions of fans as if they were some sort of doctrinal beings: saints with iPhones. When they go on silent retreats and meditate for days on end, it’s seen as proof they are…

Smiles are on the up and these indoor-outdoor slippers, a collaboration between Dior and Kenny Scharf, give new meaning to the idea of happy feet. The New York artist’s signature figures—the jolly likes of which have graced a Rockaway Beach motel, Danish bikes, and the walls of MoMA—marry Pop art and science fiction to giddy effect, so that whether sleepwalking or sidewalk striding, these psychedelic slip-ons are game for the ride.…

Evan Mock may be one of the world’s most sought-after male models, landing campaigns with Calvin Klein and shows for Louis Vuitton, but the Oahu-born skater and surfer was still navigating sports endorsements when he stumbled into a very 21st-century industry meet-cute: At a North Shore kickback in 2019, contemporary artist Tom Sachs clocked Mock’s pink hair and asked him to say hi to his friend in a skate video. The friend turned out to be Frank Ocean, and the video went viral. Now the 23-year-old has traveled with Travis Scott on tour, and not only does he have his own clothing brand, Sorry in Advance, he worked with Justin Bieber on a line too. Later this year, Mock makes his acting debut in the Gossip Girl reboot on HBO…

ONE SUNNY AFTERNOON 14 YEARS AGO, I WENT UP TO VISIT THE PRODUCT DESIGNER YVES BÉHAR AT HIS WEEKEND PLACE ON THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. The house, which Béhar still owns, sits atop a bluff; from a patch of lawn you can watch the Pacific surf coming in below, as we did that day, one perfect set after another. Béhar, who turned 40 that year, kept one eye on the waves as we sipped beers and talked about his latest projects. He is a guy who in many ways seems most comfortable in a wetsuit—a Swiss-born adopter of California’s national pastime, which he has taken up with a convert’s zeal. In conversation, Béhar melds European formality with Golden State cool, a duality mirrored in his elegantly exuberant work, which has…

ONCE UPON A TIME, THE RELATIONSHIP HAD THE MAKINGS OF A GOP BELTWAY FAIRY TALE. IT WAS 1999. George Conway—then a partner at the powerhouse firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz—was riding on the now defunct Metroliner between New York and Washington. He picked up a free copy of Capital Style magazine on board, and there she was: Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, the bubbly Republican pollster he’d seen on CNN & Company and a Washington 10. He did something that was so out of step with his shy nature: He asked his friend Ann Coulter, who was featured in the same article, to introduce them. They talked and talked that summer night. Kellyanne, it turned out, had grit too. Raised by a casino-worker single mother, she had established her own polling company in…