Dana Brown
The Re-Discovery of Fire
At a $4,000-a-head, champagne-fueled dinner, Argentine chef Francis Mallmann prepared a feast that was so primal it was almost Paleolithic
The Discreet Charm of Raf’s
A restaurant that just wants to be a restaurant. What could be more refreshing?
Power-Lunch Like It’s 1989!
Michael’s is a restaurant frozen in time. A better time, for its aging, loyal (and forgiving) regulars
Waiting for Jolie
With her new downtown boutique, Angelina Jolie may have created the most sustainable clothing store ever—by making it virtually impossible to shop there
Inside Casa Cruz
Only the décor is loud at New York’s latest overpriced and occasionally underpopulated members’ club
How Hip-Hop Was Made
After photographing London’s nascent punk scene, Janette Beckman moved to New York to chronicle hip-hop’s early days and founding artists—A Tribe Called Quest, Run-DMC, and LL Cool J among them
Divine Intervention
Noma’s all-too-brief appearance in New York gave at least one diner a religious experience—and a new appreciation of ants
L.A. Confidential
From briefing Si Newhouse to smoking with Seth Rogen and Danny McBride, a former Vanity Fair editor looks back at the Oscar parties of yore
The Making of Caitlyn
A former Vanity Fair editor tells how one of the biggest magazine stories ever—on Bruce Jenner’s transition to Caitlyn—came to be
Donald Trump, Party Crasher
Dana Brown was plucked from his bartending post to work at Vanity Fair in its golden era. One of his jobs was manning the door at dinner parties—and keeping the uninvited out
