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ANITIES • VANITAS VANITATUM
SHE’S All That • Musical heroine, dystopian warrior, Disney princess—what can’t RACHEL ZEGLER do?
Body WORK • A comprehensive new book of photographs showcases the coolly carnal vision of Steven Klein
Destiny, MANIFEST • From shimmering eye shadow to frosted accessories, return to a world where everything that glitters is likely diamanté—and the club is jumpin’, jumpin’
Made to MEASURE
A Rare TREAT • A Parisian den of delicacies, Caviar Kaspia, expands its purview to New York, and if it’s anything like the original, the rich and famous will follow
Be Here, NOW • Through 366 images, Patti Smith finds art in the everyday
SIX PACK Stories of siblings, star-crossed love, and more new fiction
Memory Palace • A writer recalls his formative relationship with Elizabeth Hardwick in 1970s New York.
Manual Reset • Soft Services, a solutions-minded body-care brand, designs a nightstand staple for the hands.
TAIL Spin • As the tabloids chart a supposed diminution in celebrity butts, a new book takes stock of a valued asset
The Lizzo Show • EVERYTHING’S coming up LIZZO, and it’s ABOUT DAMN TIME
THE RISE OF THE RONALD • Ron DeSantis is the polished, competent, Fox-loving, lib-owning successor-in-waiting to Donald Trump’s MAGA nation. Is it any wonder they’re locked in a 2024 cold war?
We Need to Talk About Ezra • EZRA MILLER rocketed from starring turns in indie hits to a budding superhero franchise with The Flash. But a recent spiral of guns, drugs, delusions of grandeur, and allegations of assault and grooming have thrown the promising actor’s career into question. Inside the alarming story of Hollywood’s most troubled young star
FORWARD VISION • ANNIE LEIBOVITZ TURNS HER LENS ON EIGHT OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FEMALE ARTISTS OF OUR TIME.
THE FIGHT A HEAD • The Supreme Court’s decision to end federal protections for abortion access didn’t just rewind the clock 50 years, it opened a Pandora’s box of confusing, potentially life-threatening legal complications. VF talks with five women on the front lines
The Past Is Present • Half a century ago—amid Supreme Court hearings on Roe v. Wade, racial reckonings, and political tension—a group of women launched Ms. magazine. Here, Gloria Steinem reflects on that first year
The QUEEN MOTHER • The question of reparations couldn’t be more urgent, as the health care crisis for black Americans worsens. In Queen Mother Audley Moore, we have a newly relevant template for change
THE AFTER MATH
JULIE TAYMOR • The visionary director on the 25th anniversary of The Lion King, the power of travel, and her fear of hippos