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Alexandra Marshall


Alexandra Marshall is a Writer at Large for AIR MAIL. She is a contributor to W, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, and Travel+Leisure. Marshall lives in Paris.

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The Jeffrey Epstein of Paris

Why did the Café de Flore set protect the pedophile who was abusing their children?

Estate of Affairs

Tax fraud, an absent accountant, and squabbling male models are threatening to undermine Karl Lagerfeld’s legacy

Death Becomes Him

Stéphane Bourgoin enjoyed a dazzling career as France’s top expert on serial killers. There was only one little problem …

Affairs of State

A new book goes deep into the hot-blooded hypocrisy at the heart of the French presidency

Tress Test

As Paris tiptoes toward reopening, hundreds of its best-coiffed women are still suffering on the waiting list at David Mallett’s salon. Welcome to the new normal…

Nu in Town

Eli Rosen, Hollywood’s Yiddish consultant, on the set of Unorthodox in Berlin

Ménage à Trop

We broke up in June, but our house still hasn’t sold. Now we can’t even go outside …

Yeezus Saves

Even the most cynical fashion insiders couldn’t help but feel the spirit at Kanye West’s Sunday Service, Paris Fashion Week edition

Yeezus Saves

Even the most cynical fashion insiders couldn’t help but feel the spirit at Kanye’s West’s Sunday Service, Paris Fashion Week edition

A French Kiss-Off

Coronavirus be damned—at Paris Fashion Week, the shows must go on

Battle of the Bulge

The mayoral race in Paris has been scandalized by a barrage of dick pics, Twitter meltdowns, and unhinged lawyers. The Americanization of French politics continues apace …

Goopelgänger

Inside Gwyneth’s No. 2 (not that!)

The Jeffrey Epstein of Paris

Why did the Café de Flore set protect the pedophile who was abusing their children?

#MeToo-sur-Seine

Filmmaker Luc Besson is facing legal woes from le cinq-à-sept and, worse, le neuf-à-cinq

A Very Ruthie Rogers Holiday

For the impresario of London’s River Café, Christmas requires bollito misto, ample margaritas, and as many friends and family members as possible

What’s Michelin Got to Do with It?

In the kitchen at Comice, one of the most ambitious new restaurants in Paris, at the height of inspection season

The Polanski Affair

Will American audiences ever see An Officer and a Spy after the exiled director likened his rape case to the anti-Semitic false charges leveled against Alfred Dreyfus?

Dirndl Power

Behind the beer-soaked scenes at the corporate-networking extravaganza known as Oktoberfest

It’s Not the Wurst

Vegan chef and zero-waste activist Sophia Hoffmann is reimagining German cuisine for a new generation

No Skin in the Game

Topless tanning, one of Europe’s most cherished summer traditions, has gone missing. What gives?

Play With It Again, Sam

We went to Paris for an exclusive look at the Woody Allen movie that Amazon dumped and no one wants Americans to see