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VANITIES • NICHOLAS GALITZINE kicks into high gear

Flash Dance • For photographer Tyler Mitchell, summer’s no vacation.

On the WINGS OF LOVE • In 1967, after years spent harnessing a rainbow of color, Valentino Garavani showed a collection in white, beige, and ivory. Today, as his namesake Italian fashion house prepares to evolve from the creative direction of the beloved Pierpaolo Piccioli to that of virtuoso Alessandro Michele, the palette remains. These refined leather slides are minimal and modern but still embrace feminine frivolity with butterfly embellishments taking flight. As the brand undergoes its own metamorphosis, they’re a chic reminder of just how beautiful change can be.

Role MODEL • NAOMI CAMPBELL and her 40-year career are immortalized in Naomi: In Fashion, which accompanies an exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum. On display: pieces from Campbell’s archive alongside highlights from her fight for diversity in the industry, and of her relationships with designers

Track RECORD • Julie Mehretu joins a select list of 20 artists who have made fine art out of fast cars

The LYRICIST • In her debut poetry collection, JOAN BAEZ contends with a life spent in the spotlight

SIX PACK • The lives of writers, time travel, and more page-turners

On a Limb • A photographer at a marital crossroads finds her muse in an injured ballerina in R.O. Kwon’s crackling, sensual Exhibit (Riverhead). Here, Kwon shares her inspirations.

Father LAND • Middle-aged men have never exactly been underserved by Hollywood, but TV has gone overboard this year—offering a smorgasbord of muscular historical fiction series tailor-made for dads

Wild CARD • From serpentine diamonds to a garden full of fresh blooms, creative director LAURA KIM has a penchant for the nature of things

Beyond a BOUNDARY • With sped-up matches and a bevy of big-money backers, cricket is pitching an American resurgence

JUSTICE Without Borders • Inside the effort to prosecute Russians for Ukraine war crimes—in Argentina

FUNNY GIRL • THE BEAR MADE AYO EDEBIRI A HOLLYWOOD DARLING. NOW SHE’S MAKING HOLLYWOOD WORTH OUR ATTENTION

Shots in the Dark • The Ozempic weight-loss miracle has a dark side: As desperate patients contend with shortages and skyhigh prices, a world of criminals and con artists are filling the void with life-threatening counterfeits. KATHERINE EBAN investigates our alarmingly active pharmaceutical underground

THE HIT MAN • Between Anyone but You and the upcoming Twisters, GLEN POWELL has seen all kinds of action on the way to becoming one of Hollywood’s hottest young stars

Magical Thinking • GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ ’s One Hundred Years of Solitude has never been faithfully adapted for the screen—partly because he wouldn’t allow it in his lifetime. With a Netflix series now in the works, VF tracks the long journey of a masterpiece

Bibbidi Bobbidi WHO? • Disney is on the hunt for a new CEO to replace the legendary Bob Iger when he retires (again) at the end of 2026. Inside a $200 billion kingdom looking for a new king—or, for the first time ever, a queen

BOB’S YOUR UNCLE • Sources say one of four key Disney executives will likely replace Bob Iger as CEO. Here’s the cast of characters.

TAKE NO PRISONERS • The State Department’s hostage point man, Roger Carstens,...