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Elena Clavarino

Elena Clavarino


Elena Clavarino is a Senior Editor for AIR MAIL. Born in Milan, Clavarino lives in New York, where she writes about culture, travel, fashion, and food.

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Fernando Casablancas

The model and artist makes his TV debut in a reality show about downtown Manhattan’s creative class

Is That Fungi?

The hottest luxury bags and shoes are now made from a high-tech derivative of mushrooms

When Menus Were the Main Event …

A delicious new book offers a visual history of menu design from 1800 to the present

Cynthia Addai-Robinson

To step into J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantastical world for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings prequel, the actress found common ground with her royal character

Revolutionary Roadsters

John G. Zimmerman’s photos of fantastical taillights, wraparound windshields, and spaceship-inspired fins, collected in a new volume, chronicle America’s fascination with cars from the 50s through the 70s

In Sifnos, Eating the Food of the Gods

Greece is known for many things, but food is not one of them. An unpretentious Cycladic island with ancient culinary roots is changing that

Floral Tribute

A dazzling new coffee-table book explores the flower in contemporary photography

Twenty-One Glimpses of London from Above

Jason Hawkes’s aerial photographs are an homage to his favorite city

Spring Breakers, Italian–Style

The young European upper class’s version of spring break in Florida? Panarea in August

The Draper Touch

The 20th-century decorator Dorothy Draper transformed the interiors of Manhattan’s Carlyle hotel, West Virginia’s Greenbrier, and more with her signature Hollywood Regency style

A History of Cool

Slick Rick, Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, LL Cool J … Janette Beckman photographed them all, chronicling New York’s creative set from the 80s to today

Out of This World

Ghana’s buzziest young artist talks finding inspiration for his supernatural paintings

A Pizza Their Hearts

In Italy, a flashy businessman selling exorbitantly priced pizzas is sparking a passionate nationwide debate

Making Banksy

A new book compiles graffiti by the elusive street artist, from the 1990s to today

Portrait Mode

Iké Udé’s carefully staged portraits set contemporary subjects in a world inspired by the drama of Dutch old masters

Charlie Siem

The violin virtuoso and Dior model making classical music cool

La Vie en Azur

A new book celebrates the sun-soaked and star-studded legacy of the French Riviera

Ibiza Tries a New Drug

Following years of hard partying, the Spanish island is not only going back to its bohemian roots—it’s taking them a step further

The Dior Allure

A new book tells the history of the couture house through its storied Paris headquarters

Never a Dull Moment

The French photographer Nicolas Rachline’s portraits evoke a colorful life on the move

Mariuka Corsini

The 27-year-old has become a Gen Z favorite with her 90s-inspired designs made of vintage garments

Better by Design

Two thousand exhibitors set up shop for Salone del Mobile, Milan’s furniture fair to the stars

Catch Them if You Can

With the news media and social media taking the “hot” out of hot spots, the new New York City nightlife has evolved to be constantly on the move

Practice Makos Perfect

Christopher Makos showed Andy Warhol how to use his first camera. He also cemented Warhol’s existence as the personification of the “American brand”