[ad_1] When the vampires are played by Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie—chiseled features, haute froideur—it’s hard not to side with the bloodthirsty. The Hunger, Tony Scott’s 1983 directorial debut, opens in a New York nightclub, as Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy sings the propulsive “Bela Lugosi’s Dead.” The lovers select their […]
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Summer’s New Fragrances Bottle Up Vacation Mode | Vanity Fair
[ad_1] Is it the coolest time ever in New York—late ’70s, early ’80s, the punk scene? It’s got to be top three,” says David Moltz, the ebullient perfumer of Brooklyn’s D.S. & Durga, when discussing his salt-sprayed ode to Rockaway Beach. The fragrance shares its name with the sandy stretch […]
Michael S. Smith on How to Live an Entertaining Life
[ad_1] Whimsy goes beyond the walls with Michael S. Smith, whose portfolio of interiors includes America’s arguably most important home: the White House. Appointed decorator by the Obama administration for the 2009 White House redesign, Smith—who studied at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Otis College of […]
Furcy Botanik Taps Haitian Tradition for a Grounded Approach to Skin Care
[ad_1] “Everybody in Haiti believes in ancient wisdom, ancestral medicine,” says Harvey Gedeon, a silver-haired beauty industry veteran who spent his childhood there. Whenever he was sick growing up, his family would summon his godmother’s mother—a traditional healer known as a doktè feuille. (The phrase translates to “leaf doctor,” owing […]
Jennifer Fisher’s Favorite Things | Vanity Fair
[ad_1] Jennifer Fisher built an empire on bijoux, but before she was a jewelry designer, she collected watches. “My two favorites that I rotate most often are my Large Men’s Yellow Gold Cartier Chrono and my Men’s Yellow Gold Rolex Daytona with a mother-of-pearl face,” she says. Still, an ever-present […]
Rabanne Beauty Brings a Pop-Futurist Spirit to Makeup
[ad_1] The fashion press was not prepared for Paco Rabanne’s first runway show in 1966. The title alone was a provocation: “Twelve Unwearable Dresses in Contemporary Materials.” Models strode through Paris’s Hotel George V wearing jangly constructions made of Rhodoid or metal tiles, each pieced together with rings using needle-nose […]
The Best Floral Clothing, From Cottagecore to Dutch Still Life
[ad_1] Artists have long taken flowers as their muse: Piet Mondrian’s primary-hued Amaryllis; Kehinde Wiley’s weighted backdrops; Vincent van Gogh’s sunflowers, irises, and poppies; a hundred Dutch still lifes. Now floral designer Lindsey Taylor translates some of the world’s most notable pieces of art into stunning bouquets. Sprouting from the […]
Hari Nef Is This Moment’s New York Doll—Next Stop, ‘Barbie’
[ad_1] The pantheon of It girls isn’t driven by the mere spectacle of dressing up. “They simply do because they must,” Hari Nef says on a crisp Sunday in Lower Manhattan. “Whether it’s Edie or Parker or Chloë,” meaning Sedgwick, Posey, and Sevigny, “or Dianne Brill or RuPaul.” Eternal icons […]
A New Suite of Fragrances Puts a Waste-Not Ethos to the Test
[ad_1] “The idea is to create not just beauty, but the beauty of the 21st century,” says Nicolas Gerlier, the charismatic Frenchman behind La Bouche Rouge. The maison de haute beauté debuted its first lipsticks in 2017, pairing considered formulas with hand-stitched leather cases—instant heirlooms in pale blue and camel […]