Vanity Fair

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VANITIES • The stars are aligning for GERALDINE VISWANATHAN

Charm SCHOOL

Rule of LAW • Whether indulging in delicacies or archival delights, LAW ROACH, the self-described image architect who has achieved his own celebrity, defines high style

BODY of Work • Alvin Ailey’s legacy continues to inspire, with “Edges of Ailey” at New York City’s Whitney Museum capturing the dance visionary’s exceptional impact on- and offstage

Viva MEXICO • From woodcuts to lithographs, traditional Mexican printmaking has played an important role in addressing social and political concerns. The Met’s “Mexican Prints at the Vanguard” deftly explores the medium. Here, worlds upon worlds of pattern and texture

Smooth SAILING

Novel IDEA • A book start-up wants sexy reading to be guilt-free (no dragons, either)

Six Pack • Fall heralds a bumper crop from titans of literary fiction

FAULT Lines • With tensions still running high over the war in Gaza, many of the Upper East Side’s Jewish denizens are circling the wagons

Another COUNTRY • Searching for James Baldwin in the South of France

Playing It STRAIGHT • Dynamic young stars have broken out in queer roles. Should their own sexuality matter?

JENNA ORTEGA’S YEAR OF WONDER • THE BREAKOUT STAR OF WEDNESDAY SETTLES INTO FAME AND—WITH A BEETLEJUICE SEQUEL ON THE HORIZON—GETS READY FOR MORE OF IT

Paris When It Sizzled • IN 1973, FIVE AMERICAN DESIGNERS AND 36 MODELS DESCENDED ON THE CITY OF LIGHT FOR WHAT WOULD BECOME AN ERA-DEFINING FASHION SHOW—AND WITH THEM WAS PHOTOGRAPHER BILL CUNNINGHAM. HERE, AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT HIS TREASURE TROVE OF LARGELY UNSEEN PHOTOS, PUBLISHED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME

CONSIDER THE END • NO ONE KNOWS CANDIDATE ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.’S PROBLEMATIC HISTORY BETTER THAN HIS FAMILY. JOE HAGAN TALKS TO THAT RELUCTANT INNER CIRCLE ABOUT KENNEDY’S PAST AND THE STAKES FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE

THE TWISTED LOVE STORY OF JOSÉ AND LADY BETTY • A 95-year-old diamond heiress and her much younger genderfluid spouse became social media stars. Was theirs a feel-good romance for the ages—or something far darker?

FULL-COURT PRESS • Microsoft made him one of the richest men alive. Now STEVE BALLMER is chasing one of the few prizes money (alone) can’t buy: an NBA championship for his team, the Los Angeles Clippers, whose staggeringly expensive state-of-the-art arena opens this summer

The Natural • Comedy, singing, scandal, attempted murder: Meghann Fahy, the breakout star of The White Lotus and now The Perfect Couple, can do it all

HOPE AND CHANGE? • As the threat of another Trump presidency looms, AMERICA TURNS ITS EYES TO THE OBAMAS, who remain two of the most important politicians in the world—whether they like it or not

SETTING THE STAGE • Before they conquered Hollywood, George Segal, Peter Falk, Roy Scheider, and Wayne Rogers were some of the finest—though perhaps not the finest—stage actors in New York. WAYNE LAWSON, who knew them when, revisits a golden era that revolutionized American theater

PATTI LUPONE • The theater legend and star of both Broadway’s The Roommate and Marvel’s Agatha All Along on vitriolic critics and real estate regrets