March 26, 2022 – Air Mail

Ivy Grows on Putin’s Cronies

From New Haven, Clara Molot reveals the shocking and tangled financial connections between Yale and some of Russia’s most reviled oligarchs …

Drama Department

From the Great White Way, John Mauceri recounts the dramatic moment in 1958 when The Music Man and West Side Story went head-to-head for the Tony …

Not Your Mother’s Laundromat

Scott Galloway explains how kleptocrats turn dirty money into 57th Street penthouses …

London Calling

Howard Stringer on the BBC’s first 100 years and why it’s built to last …

So Much Depends on It

Alexander Lobrano visits the Red Wheelbarrow, where the pleasure of book browsing is alive and well and living in Paris …

Through the Headset, Crack’d

From an alternate reality, Sebastien Theroux contemplates the already swampy metaverse …

The Hollywood Issues

Smoking a joint with Seth Rogen? Trying to explain which star was which to Si Newhouse? Former Vanity Fair editor Dana Brown dishes on what really happened inside the magazine’s legendary Hollywood parties …

Issue No. 141

The View from Here For one distinguished Ukrainian couple currently under siege in Kharkiv, escape isn’t an option

By David A. Andelman

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Yale for Sale? Hungry for money, Yale University took millions from Russian kleptocrats, and its management school cut deals with a shady, Kremlin-tied institute

By Clara Molot

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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

By Dana Brown

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Londongrad’s Laundromat Kensington mansions and Premier League football clubs—how did London become the money-washing capital of the world?

By Scott Galloway

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Wash Act + Acre Training my hair to be washed only once a week? Easy. Finding products I actually like when I do wash it? Impossible. I tried dozens…

Re-Watch Radio On Being “on the road” in U.S. literature and cinema is synonymous with living free, which is why the road movie is such a uniquely American…

Read Street Legal It’s 2012, and weed is about to be legalized. That seems like good news for a weed dealer. Well, it’s not. The time between almost legal…

Carry Sacai A picnic is always a good idea—in theory. In practice, it can be a messy, cumbersome affair, especially if you don’t have the right…

Wear Remain Birger Christensen Knit dresses are a spring ’22 trend—but is this good news? Most of them, especially the silk ones…

Washington, DC, USA. 11th Oct, 1996. The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt displayed on the National Mall October 11, 1996 in Washington, DC. The full quilt, which stretches nearly a mile from the Washington Monument to the US Capitol.

Listen Fiasco With his first podcast, Slow Burn: Watergate, the journalist Leon Neyfakh showed that no matter how much you thought you knew…

Wash Act + Acre Training my hair to be washed only once a week? Easy. Finding products I actually like when I do wash it? Impossible. I tried dozens…

Re-Watch Radio On Being “on the road” in U.S. literature and cinema is synonymous with living free, which is why the road movie is such a uniquely American…

Read Street Legal It’s 2012, and weed is about to be legalized. That seems like good news for a weed dealer. Well, it’s not. The time between almost legal…

Carry Sacai A picnic is always a good idea—in theory. In practice, it can be a messy, cumbersome affair, especially if you don’t have the right…

Wear Remain Birger Christensen Knit dresses are a spring ’22 trend—but is this good news? Most of them, especially the silk ones…

Listen Fiasco With his first podcast, Slow Burn: Watergate, the journalist Leon Neyfakh showed that no matter how much you thought you knew…

Fairest of Them All It’s time to call a moratorium on coyness. Shout it, ladies … You’re hot!

By Caitlin Moran

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“Well, team, we’ve been officially disqualified. You can come out of there, Tyler.”

Tying the Knot

This week, AIR SUPPLY raises a glass to the happy couple with a pitch-perfect pairing of presents for every union. Take heart: these thoughtful offerings are destined to be cherished throughout the years—and generations—to come

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My Favorite Things For Jenni Kayne, the art of living well is always top of mind. The Los Angeles–based designer first became known for her fashion collection, but her home goods have made her a household name. Here, she shares a taste of her signature California lifestyle

By Jenni Kayne

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Photo: Adrian Martin (Kayne)

A Day in the Metaverse Life No commuting, no garbage, no awkward run-ins … Welcome to the other side

By Sebastien Theroux

Illustrations by Fernanda Amis

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Time to Get Dressed! After a coronavirus-imposed hiatus, Ralph Lauren returns with a splashy runway show in New York

By Bridget Foley

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Clash of the Titans In 1958, two Broadway hits, West Side Story and The Music Man, had a fateful showdown, and only one came out on top. This year, we are finally getting a rematch

By John Mauceri

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But First, for Your Consideration Forget billboards! In L.A., Oscar-mania has production studios advertising their films on everything, even the coffee-cup sleeves at a local hot spot

By Tarpley Hitt

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That 70s Movie Largely improvised by an unruly teenage cast, the 1970 black-and-white film Bronco Bullfrog gets a shiny new restoration

By Graham Fuller

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What Really Happened Inside Hollywood’s Hottest Party Confessions of (and dirt-dishing from) a Vanity Fair dilettante

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Simon Rex The former MTV V.J. went from a botched Good Will Hunting audition to a failed rap career. His new film, Red Rocket, is something of a comeback

By Clementine Ford

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Natalie Portman Takes to the Pitch And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

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Speaking Volumes In Paris, the beloved Red Wheelbarrow bookshop is growing—along with readers’ appetites for the printed page

By Alexander Lobrano

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Boeuf Neanderthal! In an excerpt from Martin Walker’s new “Bruno” story collection, the quintessential Frenchman experiments with prehistoric food and wine

By Martin Walker

Illustration by Eric Hanson

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Howard Stringer On

Collector’s Edition In a posthumous essay and drawings, the illustrator Pierre Le-Tan reflects on the art—and sport—of collecting

By Pierre Le-Tan

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The High and Low By day, Miriam Leslie was a titan of publishing and the perfect model of the Victorian lady. By night, she was the seductress behind a memorable ménage à trois

By Betsy Prioleau

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Cirencester Estate, in the Cotswolds Where the Downton Abbey vibe meets 21st-century service

By Ashley Baker

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Ala Isham

The Ala von Auersperg designer answers 39 of life’s most pressing questions

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“The Ballad of Daisy Mae”

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The View from Here For one distinguished Ukrainian couple currently under siege in Kharkiv, escape isn’t an option

Yale for Sale? Hungry for money, Yale University took millions from Russian kleptocrats, and its management school cut deals with a shady, Kremlin-tied institute

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

Londongrad’s Laundromat Kensington mansions and Premier League football clubs—how did London become the money-washing capital of the world?

Fairest of Them All It’s time to call a moratorium on coyness. Shout it, ladies … You’re hot!

This week, AIR SUPPLY raises a glass to the happy couple with a pitch-perfect pairing of presents for every union. Take heart: these thoughtful offerings are destined to be cherished throughout the years—and generations—to come

My Favorite Things For Jenni Kayne, the art of living well is always top of mind. The Los Angeles–based designer first became known for her fashion collection, but her home goods have made her a household name. Here, she shares a taste of her signature California lifestyle

A Day in the Metaverse Life No commuting, no garbage, no awkward run-ins … Welcome to the other side

Time to Get Dressed! After a coronavirus-imposed hiatus, Ralph Lauren returns with a splashy runway show in New York

Clash of the Titans In 1958, two Broadway hits, West Side Story and The Music Man, had a fateful showdown, and only one came out on top. This year, we are finally getting a rematch

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But First, for Your Consideration Forget billboards! In L.A., Oscar-mania has production studios advertising their films on everything, even the coffee-cup sleeves at a local hot spot

That 70s Movie Largely improvised by an unruly teenage cast, the 1970 black-and-white film Bronco Bullfrog gets a shiny new restoration

What Really Happened Inside Hollywood’s Hottest Party Confessions of (and dirt-dishing from) a Vanity Fair dilettante

Simon Rex The former MTV V.J. went from a botched Good Will Hunting audition to a failed rap career. His new film, Red Rocket, is something of a comeback

Natalie Portman Takes to the Pitch And other strange news about these curious days …

Speaking Volumes In Paris, the beloved Red Wheelbarrow bookshop is growing—along with readers’ appetites for the printed page

Boeuf Neanderthal! In an excerpt from Martin Walker’s new “Bruno” story collection, the quintessential Frenchman experiments with prehistoric food and wine

Collector’s Edition In a posthumous essay and drawings, the illustrator Pierre Le-Tan reflects on the art—and sport—of collecting

The High and Low By day, Miriam Leslie was a titan of publishing and the perfect model of the Victorian lady. By night, she was the seductress behind a memorable ménage à trois

Cirencester Estate, in the Cotswolds Where the Downton Abbey vibe meets 21st-century service

The Ala von Auersperg designer answers 39 of life’s most pressing questions

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