March 2, 2024 – Air Mail

TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS

In Rich Cohen’s latest on the Jennifer Dulos murder, which rocked Connecticut, the alleged killer’s mistress is found guilty for her role in the crime …

LAW AND ORDER

The U.N.’s special adviser on the prevention of genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, is under fire from pro-Palestinian groups who claim she favors Israel in the Hamas conflict. Johanna Berkman reports …

A TASTE OF THE PAST

The power lunch may have been one of the coronavirus’s many victims, but at Michael’s in New York City, the aging boomer media cohort is clinging to the tradition for dear life, says Dana Brown …

TRADING UP

In an exclusive excerpt from his memoir, Gary Stevenson reveals how he went from being a poor kid in East London to becoming the world’s most successful financial trader …

COPYCAT KILLER

Investigators believe the twisted murder docuseries *Don’t F**k with Cats* may have inspired a similar killing …

KINGPIN CAPITAL

Miami’s Mutiny nightclub inspired the cocaine-addled haunts in Scarface and Griselda for a reason—in the 70s and 80s, it was the hot spot for criminals and stars alike …

IT’S … ALIVE?

Does Hollywood’s current Frankenstein obsession have something to do with our deep-seated fears about the rise of A.I.? …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

Monaco’s infamous property developer sets his sights on California … Jeremy King’s Le Caprice is back in all but the name … scandal for Italy’s Kim Kardashian … a survey of Queen Elizabeth’s relationship with America’s presidents … Why is everybody talking about Coqodaq? … Vote now in this week’s Attention-Whore Index Poll! …

Issue No. 242

The View from Here For Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the U.N.’s special adviser on the prevention of genocide, the hot seat keeps getting hotter

By Johanna Berkman

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Murder in Fairfield County Jennifer Dulos is dead. Her husband and presumed murderer, Fotis Dulos, killed himself, leaving his mistress, Michelle Troconis, to face justice

By Rich Cohen

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Killer Instinct Released in 2019, Netflix’s *Don’t F**k with Cats* is one of the most disturbing documentaries ever made. Was it the inspiration for another real-life murder in Oxford?

By Alex Diggins

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Coastal Disturbances After laying claim to a lot of Monaco property, a billionaire developer has unleashed his checkbook on picturesque Carmel, California

By Keiran Southern

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Long Live the Night

Before daylight savings arrives, make the most of the season’s dark evenings—and perhaps even indulge in a touch of nighttime revelry—with these after-hours thrills

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Photo: De Laurentiis/Kobal/Shutterstock (Eastwood and Mangano)

My Favorite Things The Italian interior designer and former Oliver Peoples creative director shares the pieces that he keeps close—from small pleasures to future heirlooms—at home in L.A. and Milan

By Giampiero Tagliaferri

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Photo: Jack Juliar (Tagliaferri)

“Our manifesto must offer a measured but devastating critique of flying.”

Power-Lunch Like It’s 1989! Michael’s is a restaurant frozen in time. A better time, for its aging, loyal (and forgiving) regulars

By Dana Brown

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Eye of the Beholder Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth … to your doctor? Alcohol intake, exercise habits, smoking history—we’re lying, and they know it

By Linda Wells

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Keeping Up with the Ferragnez Chiara Ferragni had it all. Now she’s mired in a fraud scandal and rumored to be splitting from her rapper husband. Is this the end for Italy’s Kim Kardashian?

By Elena Clavarino

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The Attention-Whore Index Marjorie Taylor Greene demands that a judge take it all off, Mrs. Kanye West comes dangerously close to losing her “shirt,” and Clarence Thomas courts a strange bedfellow

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Electric Shock As the number of e-bikes and scooters on the road grows, so, too, does the feeling of lawlessness. Our car columnist offers advice on staying safe—and avoiding a war between riders, drivers, and pedestrians

By Jamie Kitman

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Suck Fisherman’s Friend The wonders of Fisherman’s Friend’s classic throat lozenge—a mixture of menthol, eucalyptus, and licorice that’s as deceptively tasty…

Read Deep Thoughts from a Shallow Grave Anthony Martignetti is a true jack-of-all-trades. He is the restaurateur behind the Palace in Tribeca…

Watch Simón In Diego Vicentini’s debut feature, Simón, a Venezuelan freedom fighter seeks political asylum in Miami after being persecuted…

Sparkle Van Cleef & Arpels March brings many splendid things—longer, warmer days, chirping birds on budding trees, and the annual Van Cleef & Arpels Frivole…

Listen Balenciaga x Angelo Badalamenti American composer Angelo Badalamenti is perhaps best known for his collaborations with director…

Read Alfred Dreyfus So many famous names are associated with the Dreyfus affair—Émile Zola, Léon Blum, Marcel Proust—that the man who gave…

Suck Fisherman’s Friend The wonders of Fisherman’s Friend’s classic throat lozenge—a mixture of menthol, eucalyptus, and licorice that’s as deceptively tasty…

Read Deep Thoughts from a Shallow Grave Anthony Martignetti is a true jack-of-all-trades. He is the restaurateur behind the Palace in Tribeca…

Watch Simón In Diego Vicentini’s debut feature, Simón, a Venezuelan freedom fighter seeks political asylum in Miami after being persecuted…

Sparkle Van Cleef & Arpels March brings many splendid things—longer, warmer days, chirping birds on budding trees, and the annual Van Cleef & Arpels Frivole…

Listen Balenciaga x Angelo Badalamenti American composer Angelo Badalamenti is perhaps best known for his collaborations with director…

Read Alfred Dreyfus So many famous names are associated with the Dreyfus affair—Émile Zola, Léon Blum, Marcel Proust—that the man who gave…

“This locksmith bill is outrageous. People, please—when you lock ’em up, don’t throw away the key.”

Liar’s Poker, London–Style How I went from the mean streets of East London to becoming the most profitable trader in the world

By Gary Stevenson

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Richard Lacayo On

Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring

by Brad Gooch

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Joanne Kaufman On

Royal Audience: 70 Years, 13 Presidents—One Queen’s Special Relationship with America

by David Charter

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Sister Act How the McLaughlin twins broke the glass ceiling of the male-dominated photography industry during the golden age of magazines

By Carol Kino

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His Name Is “Dr. Zee” Mark Zuckerberg: from entitled nerd in flip-flops to … Bond villain?

By Henry Alford

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Nightclub of the Narcos The Mutiny was the center of Miami’s cocaine trade, a dazzling disco ball of danger and champagne

By Natalie Stoclet

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Playing God On the eve of the Oscars, reiterations of Frankenstein are taking over Hollywood. Why now?

By Lynn Q. Yu

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Back in Fashion Serena Bute’s road to style stardom has been interrupted by drama and grief—but at last she’s found her niche

By Vassi Chamberlain

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You’ll Never Power-Lunch in This Town Again On this week’s podcast, Dana Brown discusses what has happened to this Manhattan ritual

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What’s in a Name? Arlington is not named Le Caprice, but Jeremy King’s hot new London restaurant is an exact replica of the original Le Caprice that shone in the heyday of Princess Diana and Mick Jagger

By Ashley Baker

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(Mid-)20th-Century Women Ruth Orkin’s postwar photographs, collected in a new book, offer a snapshot of the modern woman navigating life in the big city

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*Top,* New Yorkers, photographed by Ruth Orkin in 1948; *above,* Orkin snapping a shot of an El Al stewardess in Tel Aviv, 1951.

Julie Adams, photographed by Orkin in Los Angeles, 1952.

*Top,* Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer on the set of *Main Street to Broadway,* in New York, 1953; *above,* from Orkin’s “Who Works Harder?” series: hanging up the negligées, 1949.

Taking a walk on the beach in East Hampton, 1949.

A rainy day in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, circa 1947.

*Top,* Nanette Fabray on the set of *The Band Wagon,* in Los Angeles, 1952; *above,* from the “Beauty Parlor” series: women waiting for their hair to dry, 1949.

A model posing on a rooftop in New York, 1947.

*Top,* a rare image of Orkin in front of the camera; *above,* a phone-booth chat in New York City, 1949.

Jane Russell during a recording-studio session in New York, 1950.

A mother and daughter in matching outfits, circa 1950s.

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Confessions of a Literalist I don’t do simile. Metaphor is out of the question

By Simon Webster

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Feeding the Hypebeasts At New York’s Coqodaq, the fried chicken and champagne sound like a gimmick—but they deliver

By Christine Muhlke

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Not many could begin their career as a White Russian hussar astride a horse, serving in Romania, and finish as the very first art director of Harper’s Bazaar, in New York City. But Alexey Brodovitch, born in 1898, never wanted for imagination. Opening tomorrow at the Barnes Foundation, in Philadelphia, “Alexey Brodovitch: Astonish Me” revisits this pioneer of graphic design and photography, whose avant-garde vision is immortalized in the 1957 film Funny Face (with the character of Dovitch). The exhibition aims to introduce his groundbreaking achievements to a wider audience. READ ON

The January 1936 cover of Harper’s Bazaar, where Alexey Brodovitch was art director from 1934 to 1958. Read On

“Jerry, you can’t keep coming back from the dead every time I have coffee with someone.”

Naughty by Nature In London’s Soho, alluring new hotels and restaurants are bringing new life to this once tawdry neighborhood

By Emily FitzRoy

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Paapa Essiedu The Ghanaian-British actor is bringing his role in the critically acclaimed revival of The Effect from London to New York City

By Jeanne Malle

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Ira von Fürstenberg A princess by birth, the Italian socialite, who modeled and acted, sashayed between aristocratic, jet-set, and show-business worlds

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Sarah Andelman

The curator and editor answers 52 of life’s most pressing questions

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In Memoriam

Peter Bogdanovich Duncan Hannah Douglas McGrath Richard David Story André Leon Talley

The View from Here For Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the U.N.’s special adviser on the prevention of genocide, the hot seat keeps getting hotter

Murder in Fairfield County Jennifer Dulos is dead. Her husband and presumed murderer, Fotis Dulos, killed himself, leaving his mistress, Michelle Troconis, to face justice

Killer Instinct Released in 2019, Netflix’s Don’t F**k with Cats is one of the most disturbing documentaries ever made. Was it the inspiration for another real-life murder in Oxford?

Coastal Disturbances After laying claim to a lot of Monaco property, a billionaire developer has unleashed his checkbook on picturesque Carmel, California

Before daylight savings arrives, make the most of the season’s dark evenings—and perhaps even indulge in a touch of nighttime revelry—with these after-hours thrills

My Favorite Things The Italian interior designer and former Oliver Peoples creative director shares the pieces that he keeps close—from small pleasures to future heirlooms—at home in L.A. and Milan

Power-Lunch Like It’s 1989! Michael’s is a restaurant frozen in time. A better time, for its aging, loyal (and forgiving) regulars

Eye of the Beholder Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth … to your doctor? Alcohol intake, exercise habits, smoking history—we’re lying, and they know it

Keeping Up with the Ferragnez Chiara Ferragni had it all. Now she’s mired in a fraud scandal and rumored to be splitting from her rapper husband. Is this the end for Italy’s Kim Kardashian?

The Attention-Whore Index Marjorie Taylor Greene demands that a judge take it all off, Mrs. Kanye West comes dangerously close to losing her “shirt,” and Clarence Thomas courts a strange bedfellow

Electric Shock As the number of e-bikes and scooters on the road grows, so, too, does the feeling of lawlessness. Our car columnist offers advice on staying safe—and avoiding a war between riders, drivers, and pedestrians

Liar’s Poker, London–Style How I went from the mean streets of East London to becoming the most profitable trader in the world

Sister Act How the McLaughlin twins broke the glass ceiling of the male-dominated photography industry during the golden age of magazines

His Name Is “Dr. Zee” Mark Zuckerberg: from entitled nerd in flip-flops to … Bond villain?

Nightclub of the Narcos The Mutiny was the center of Miami’s cocaine trade, a dazzling disco ball of danger and champagne

Playing God On the eve of the Oscars, reiterations of Frankenstein are taking over Hollywood. Why now?

Back in Fashion Serena Bute’s road to style stardom has been interrupted by drama and grief—but at last she’s found her niche

You’ll Never Power-Lunch in This Town Again On this week’s podcast, Dana Brown discusses what has happened to this Manhattan ritual

What’s in a Name? Arlington is not named Le Caprice, but Jeremy King’s hot new London restaurant is an exact replica of the original Le Caprice that shone in the heyday of Princess Diana and Mick Jagger

(Mid-)20th-Century Women Ruth Orkin’s postwar photographs, collected in a new book, offer a snapshot of the modern woman navigating life in the big city

Confessions of a Literalist I don’t do simile. Metaphor is out of the question

Feeding the Hypebeasts At New York’s Coqodaq, the fried chicken and champagne sound like a gimmick—but they deliver

Naughty by Nature In London’s Soho, alluring new hotels and restaurants are bringing new life to this once tawdry neighborhood

Paapa Essiedu The Ghanaian-British actor is bringing his role in the critically acclaimed revival of The Effect from London to New York City

Ira von Fürstenberg A princess by birth, the Italian socialite, who modeled and acted, sashayed between aristocratic, jet-set, and show-business worlds

The curator and editor answers 52 of life’s most pressing questions

Is Edited By

Creative Director

Deputy Editors

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Editor at Large

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Intern

OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER ARE

Air Supply General Manager and Brand Partnerships

Advertising Director

European Sales Director

Financial & Business Operations

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Chief Strategy Adviser

Chief Merchant

Shop Editor

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In Memoriam

Killer Instinct Released in 2019, Netflix’s *Don’t F**k with Cats* is one of the most disturbing documentaries ever made. Was it the inspiration for another real-life murder in Oxford?