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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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Rock of Ages

Check into Brice and Helen Marden’s bohemian hideaway on a scenic hilltop in Nevis

A Sandy Stretch of Heaven

At Vila Naiá, an off-the-radar retreat in Bahia, Brazil, natural beauty and unnaturally great service converge

Julian Taffel and Paolina Leccese

Nostalgia and newness gracefully coexist in these young designers’ re-invented classic

Cuixmala Confidential

The late Sir James Goldsmith’s idyllic hideaway on Mexico’s Pacific Coast is now welcoming (a few select) guests

Sundy Days

Natural wonders abound at Sundy Praia, a beachfront resort on the island of Príncipe

Elizabeth Woodward

The documentary filmmaker, whose latest project was short-listed for an Academy Award, on the importance of privacy in our data-crazed world

Fine Dining. And a Bed to Lie Down In

Francis Mallmann takes over a village in Uruguay, to delicious effect

Big in Japan

Masterpieces of art and architecture converge on Naoshima, a tiny island in the Seto Inland Sea

Let There Be Lights

In the Arctic Circle, igloos and the aurora borealis done right

Field Kallop

Math, science, and the mysteries of the cosmos all feature into the mesmerizing work of this emerging New York artist

Lucio Fontana

Unmasked Ball

Cocaine, ketamine, models, and music: New York City’s underground party scene carries on during the pandemic

Julie Jones

The British baker’s artistic confections are inspiring isolated amateurs around the world

That Side of Paradise

Why the world’s wealthiest sybarites fight to get into Tuscany’s humblest vacation spot

Next Gen

Ahead of a classical-music festival in Florence’s Boboli Gardens, an interview with its young founder, who aims to promote the genre to a new generation

House Envy

In Umbria, a collection of spectacular homes are now available to rent at Castello di Reschio

Patmos Dreaming

Monks roam, the water is crystalline, and the living is rustic on this bucolic Greek island with a rich—and star-filled—history

Party Like It’s 1929!

Americans are finagling their way around international-travel bans and decamping to Europe, where the living is (comparatively) easy

Arlo Parks

The London-based singer-songwriter captures the agony and ecstasy of Gen Z

Breathing Fire

Millennials are taking the coronavirus particularly badly. Is their discontent rooted in something deeper than not being able to party?

Luis Gerardo Mendez

The actor made it big in Mexico. Now he’s bringing diversity and humor to Hollywood

James Hirschfeld

He started Paperless Post as an undergrad at Harvard. Ahead of the company’s busiest time of year, the founder explains how he got here

Mob Rule

A new documentary tracks the rise and fall of Vincenzo Muccioli, a well-intentioned rehab founder turned cult leader, Italian-style

Dangerous Liaisons

The coronavirus is catching up with its runaways, dealing revenge in the form of arrests, forced quarantines, and decrepit jails