Issue
No. 83
February 13, 2021
Leg Candy
Her legs were, according to a friend, “the prettiest that ever stepped into a punt or danced a foxtrot”, and her beauty is said to have enraptured Sir Winston Churchill. Now it has been discovered that a portrait of Lady Castlerosse, great-aunt of the models Cara and Poppy Delevingne, features those celebrated limbs twice. Sir John Lavery’s 1938 oil painting The Viscountess Castlerosse, Palm Springs, depicts the socialite dangling them over a diving board, with another figure seated at the side with legs crossed. READ ON
The Bag
Balenciaga Neo Classic
We’ve tried to resist Balenciaga’s Neo Classic collection for months—after all, lockdown hasn’t exactly required us…
The Jacket
Acne Studios
Lately, window-shopping in New York is not terrifically exciting—unless one passes by the Acne Studios flagship store on Madison…
The Ring
Hotscripts
While Solange Azagury-Partridge, a British jewelry designer, once dealt mostly in high-value gemstones…
The Robe
Skin
In the mood to stay in bed a bit longer than usual? These days, who can blame you? But getting ready is much more pleasant with…
The Bag
Balenciaga Neo Classic
We’ve tried to resist Balenciaga’s Neo Classic collection for months—after all, lockdown hasn’t exactly required us…
The Jacket
Acne Studios
Lately, window-shopping in New York is not terrifically exciting—unless one passes by the Acne Studios flagship store on Madison…
The Ring
Hotscripts
While Solange Azagury-Partridge, a British jewelry designer, once dealt mostly in high-value gemstones…
The Robe
Skin
In the mood to stay in bed a bit longer than usual? These days, who can blame you? But getting ready is much more pleasant with…
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Unwrapped
The personal collection of artists Jeanne-Claude and Christo goes on sale this week at Sotheby’s in Paris. Here is a fleeting glimpse into the private life of the couple who won renown making monumental, yet momentary, works of public art. The offerings in this sale once covered the walls of Jeanne-Claude and Christo’s New York home of 56 years, at 48 Howard Street. READ ON
Watch
Vera
The British have an endless appetite for good police procedurals—Broadchurch, Line of Duty, Whitechapel, and Grantchester,…
Drink
Gemini Espresso-Maker
The perfect last-minute Valentine’s Day gift for coffee-lovers everywhere? Espresso pour deux.…
Read
The Fence
As a maxim often attributed to Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean goes: “Dying is easy, comedy is hard.” That’s part…
Charge
Jump Starter
A dead car battery ranks among the world’s most annoying inconveniences. What’s worse, getting it up and running again…
Watch
Vera
The British have an endless appetite for good police procedurals—Broadchurch, Line of Duty, Whitechapel, and Grantchester,…
Drink
Gemini Espresso-Maker
The perfect last-minute Valentine’s Day gift for coffee-lovers everywhere? Espresso pour deux.…
Read
The Fence
As a maxim often attributed to Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean goes: “Dying is easy, comedy is hard.” That’s part…
Charge
Jump Starter
A dead car battery ranks among the world’s most annoying inconveniences. What’s worse, getting it up and running again…
Sounds of Silence A collection of photographs captures the calm that has given Venice room to breathe and its treasures a chance to shine during the coronavirus pandemic
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