Culture
la vie en rose
It Was the Year of Barbie Pink, But Whose Color Is It Anyway?
As large segments of the planet donned their figurative rose-colored lenses this year, artist and occasional troll Stuart Semple used the moment to make a statement about color.
snakes and stones
Taylor Swift Opens Up About How Kanye West and Scooter Braun Feuds Transformed Her Career
“I’ve been given a tiara, then had it taken away,” Swift said in a new profile.
Royals
Kate Middleton Shares One of Her Childhood Hobbies with Princess Charlotte
The princess’ middle child is musical like her mother.
TRUE COLORS
Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 Preview: An Unprecedented Spree of Brand Activations and Picture Buying…Just Like Every Year.
Your guide to achieving synergistic nirvana when the annual art fair and marketing bonanza kicks off in South Florida next week.
the swift-space continuum
Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s Breakup Timeline May Have Just Been Dismantled By Jack Antonoff
Wait, did you say…2021??
taylurking
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Appear to Be Engaging In the Time-Honored Tradition of Flirting on Social Media
First comes dating, then comes social media PDA.
Royals
Taylor Swift Reportedly Turned Down Performing at King Charles III’s Coronation
The Queen of Pop declined to perform for the King of Britain, according to a new book.
for the record
Beyoncé’s Mom Responds to “Ignorant” and “Racist” Comments About Singer’s Renaissance Premiere Look
“She does a film, called the renaissance, where the whole theme is silver with silver hair, a silver carpet, and suggested silver attire and you bozos decide that she’s trying to be a white woman and is bleaching her skin?” Tina Knowles wrote on Instagram.
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Brigette Romanek Loves Smoky Scents and Vintage Seating
The interior designer to Gwyneth Paltrow, Beyoncé, and more, on items that evoke bliss and the best gifts of the season.
from the magazine
Stylish Art Books to Gift This Season
Celebrations of French art house cinema, ballet and couture, and more aesthetic pleasures to linger on.
Books
Alessandra Sanguinetti’s On the Sixth Day Captures Life on an Argentinian Farm
“The images I added [to the book] had always been swirling in my head as missing,” Sanguinetti tells Vanity Fair of the newly released expanded edition of her photobook.
Books
Winona Revisits 20 Years of Friendship With Winona Ryder
Robert Rich’s new photography book features intimate portraits of Ryder through the lens of one of her best friends.
the guy on the chiefs
Travis Kelce’s Secret to Dating Taylor Swift: “Make Sure I Don’t Say Anything That Would Push Taylor Away”
“I can tell you this, he’s happier than I’ve seen him in a long time…. God bless him, he shot for the stars!” Donna Kelce said of her son's relationship with Swift.?
Evanescence’s Amy Lee on 20 Years Since Fallen, One of Best-Selling Albums of the 21st Century?
“I know what it means to be known in a song and to feel like you're clinging to that music with your soul. I know that feeling, the fact that we could be that for anybody is so moving to me still,” she told Vanity Fair.
In Conversation
Miranda July on Writing a Book That Takes On the Adventure of Aging
The director and author spoke to Vanity Fair about her upcoming second novel, All Fours, and the important realizations about fiction and menopause that helped her write it.
good karma
Travis Kelce, the Guy on the Chiefs, Dishes on His Trip to Argentina with Taylor Swift
Comin’ straight home to her (and making her dad a Chiefs fan while he’s at it).
FROM THE MAGAZINE
8 of Our Favorite 2023 Authors Recommend Gifts for Readers
Sigrid Nunez, Abraham Verghese, Samantha Irby, and more share favorite books to wrap up this season.
books
The Best Books at Paris Photo Week
During the annual international art fair, one Vanity Fair editor discovers a batch of new photobooks from lauded and emerging artists alike.
minor chords
Paul McCartney Was “Shocked” John Lennon Worried About His Legacy Before Death
“I remember him saying to me, ‘Paul, I worry about how people are going to remember me when I die,’ and it kind of shocked me,” McCartney said.
the ascendant
Best-Selling Novelist Jesmyn Ward on Life in Mississippi, Love Through Grief, and Her New Novel
The author—who won National Book Awards for Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones—is out with Let Us Descend.