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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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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

No Skin in the Game

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

It’s Not the Wurst

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

Dirndl Power

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

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?

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

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

#MeToo-sur-Seine

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

The Jeffrey Epstein of Paris

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

Goopelgänger

Inside Gwyneth’s No. 2 (not that!)

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 …

A French Kiss-Off

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

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

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

Ménage à Trop

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

Nu in Town

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

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…

Affairs of State

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

Death Becomes Him

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

Estate of Affairs

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

Affairs of State

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

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

The Jeffrey Epstein of Paris

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

Death Becomes Him

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