June 25, 2022 – Air Mail

Flight Disruptions

Tarpley Hitt reveals the latest woe of high-flying .1-percenters—Gulfstream’s new fleet of private jets has serious landing issues …

Modern Diplomacy

As Jim Kelly notes, for a man who once claimed that power was “the ultimate aphrodisiac,” it’s now clear that Henry Kissinger’s ultimate pleasure is the art of sucking up …

Island Hopping

Elena Clavarino reports from Ibiza, where its MDMA-and-champagne-fueled party scene is being disrupted by upscale hippies who favor peyote-laced chocolate mousse from $68,000-per-week estates …

Food Fight

From the Hudson River Valley, Jay Cheshes details why some very wealthy (and prominent) New York City expats have circled the wagons against the designs of a former Eleven Madison Park partner …

A Woman with a Spine

Harry Mount catches up with Carmen Callil, the feisty grande dame of London’s literary and feminist scenes …

Issue No. 154

The View from Here Did Henry Kissinger, now 99, ever meet a powerful world leader he didn’t like?

By Jim Kelly

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Flier’s Remorse Gulfstream’s new G500 and G600 private planes offer every luxury—marble counters, living rooms, multiple sleeping areas—except the ability to land in wind

By Tarpley Hitt

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Meltdown in Millbrook After leaving Eleven Madison Park, restaurateur Will Guidara set out to open a five-star hotel in New York’s Hudson Valley. The town has other plans …

By Jay Cheshes

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The Monroe Doctrine A new film about Marilyn Monroe starring Ana de Armas follows the release of two documentaries (and Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala wardrobe malfunction), confirming our 60-year obsession with the star

By Rosamund Urwin

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Big Little Lives

The kids are alright, or at least they will be, thanks to AIR SUPPLY’s charming selection of the world’s top toys, children’s clothing, baby miscellany, and more

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My Favorite Things Interiors stylist Colin King is tapped by top design publications and brands for his ability to imbue spaces with difficult-to-pinpoint dynamism. Herewith, he shares his favorite items for both home and body

By Colin King

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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

By Elena Clavarino

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“I prefer ‘prostitute.’ ‘Media whore’ implies that I’m not getting paid.”

Arrivederci, San Lorenzo Princess Diana played out her love life at the London institution, but after 40 years of being the center of the scene, it’s closing

By Simon Mills

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Shop BonBon Regardless of your age, at BonBon, a Swedish candy store on the Lower East Side and in Brooklyn, you’ll feel like a kid. The shop was…

Shop Bezel The phrase “watch person” should be reserved for someone who stands guard, not for a person who likes timepieces. However, for those…

Wear Bamford We have officially arrived at that moment in summer when anything too constricting or complicated is non grata. Stylist and fashion director…

Decorate Miwa Neishi In 2013, Miwa Neishi, who was born in Tokyo and learned to make ceramics in Japan, moved to Ohio to study sculpture. In Japan, “the art…

Watch Amsterdam After dating for several years, two aspiring artists—Nadia, an actress who only books commercials, and Martín, a musician stuck recording cover…

Wear Natalie Martin It has arrived: the season in which we are only truly comfortable in a gigantic Fiore dress from Natalie Martin…

Shop BonBon Regardless of your age, at BonBon, a Swedish candy store on the Lower East Side and in Brooklyn, you’ll feel like a kid. The shop was…

Shop Bezel The phrase “watch person” should be reserved for someone who stands guard, not for a person who likes timepieces. However, for those…

Wear Bamford We have officially arrived at that moment in summer when anything too constricting or complicated is non grata. Stylist and fashion director…

Decorate Miwa Neishi In 2013, Miwa Neishi, who was born in Tokyo and learned to make ceramics in Japan, moved to Ohio to study sculpture. In Japan, “the art…

Watch Amsterdam After dating for several years, two aspiring artists—Nadia, an actress who only books commercials, and Martín, a musician stuck recording cover…

Wear Natalie Martin It has arrived: the season in which we are only truly comfortable in a gigantic Fiore dress from Natalie Martin…

Going Seoul-O Boy band BTS has generated billions for the South Korean economy, but after nine nonstop years, its members are “exhausted” and ready to pursue separate careers

By Richard Lloyd Parry

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I’ve simply gotta march—my heart’s a drummer. Happy Pride!

Kat Norton The spreadsheet influencer has earned nearly 2 million likes on TikTok for her Microsoft Excel tutorials

By Bridget Arsenault

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Has the Queen Buried Meghan? And other strange news about these curious days …

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“Do you want to order in or wither and die?”

The Summer of Discontent for the .1 Percent Their fancy private jets can’t land; they’re angry at an Eleven Madison Park co-founder … Life is very, very hard

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

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Models of the Christian Dior *cabine* wear designs from the spring-summer 1957 haute couture collection.

The Bar cashmere coat in Rouge Dior red, by Raf Simons for Christian Dior, for the autumn-winter 2012 haute couture collection.

The staircase at 30 Avenue Montaigne, circa 1951. Marlene Dietrich is second from right.

The Miss Dior perfume, conceived by the decorator Victor Grandpierre for Christian Dior, circa 1950.

A model wears the Tableau Final gala ball gown, from the spring-summer 1951 haute couture collection.

Models cover up to prevent their outfits from the autumn-winter 1953 haute couture collection from being copied.

The Cléo de Mérode evening gown, by John Galliano for Christian Dior, from the autumn-winter 1997 haute couture collection.

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George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Textbook (1975) is the centerpiece of the first large-scale retrospective of Robert Colescott’s work since his death.

When Lowery Stokes Sims was a young curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a painting she loved was offered on loan to the museum. During a test run in the galleries, she gazed up at Eat Dem Taters (1975), Robert Colescott’s keen, bitter twist on Van Gogh’s The Potato Eaters. In Colescott’s work, Van Gogh’s glum diners are Black, grinning ear to ear with goggly eyes, and seemingly grateful for table scraps. Sims’s colleague, she recalls, said, “You can either hang this or you can have a quiet summer.” The year was 1979. Sims opted for quiet and took it down. But what will happen this summer? READ ON

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Callil Confidential For many years, Carmen Callil dominated London’s literary and feminist scenes. In a memoir, the outspoken Melbourne native travels back in time

By Harry Mount

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Pico Iyer On

Imagine a City: A Pilot’s Journey Across the Urban World

by Mark Vanhoenacker

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“You couldn’t ask for a more honest friend.”

Catherine Martin

The film, stage, and interior designer answers 33 of life’s most pressing questions

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The View from Here Did Henry Kissinger, now 99, ever meet a powerful world leader he didn’t like?

Flier’s Remorse Gulfstream’s new G500 and G600 private planes offer every luxury—marble counters, living rooms, multiple sleeping areas—except the ability to land in wind

Meltdown in Millbrook After leaving Eleven Madison Park, restaurateur Will Guidara set out to open a five-star hotel in New York’s Hudson Valley. The town has other plans …

The Monroe Doctrine A new film about Marilyn Monroe starring Ana de Armas follows the release of two documentaries (and Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala wardrobe malfunction), confirming our 60-year obsession with the star

The kids are alright, or at least they will be, thanks to AIR SUPPLY’s charming selection of the world’s top toys, children’s clothing, baby miscellany, and more

My Favorite Things Interiors stylist Colin King is tapped by top design publications and brands for his ability to imbue spaces with difficult-to-pinpoint dynamism. Herewith, he shares his favorite items for both home and body

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

Arrivederci, San Lorenzo Princess Diana played out her love life at the London institution, but after 40 years of being the center of the scene, it’s closing

Going Seoul-O Boy band BTS has generated billions for the South Korean economy, but after nine nonstop years, its members are “exhausted” and ready to pursue separate careers

Kat Norton The spreadsheet influencer has earned nearly 2 million likes on TikTok for her Microsoft Excel tutorials

Has the Queen Buried Meghan? And other strange news about these curious days …

The Summer of Discontent for the .1 Percent Their fancy private jets can’t land; they’re angry at an Eleven Madison Park co-founder … Life is very, very hard

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

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Callil Confidential For many years, Carmen Callil dominated London’s literary and feminist scenes. In a memoir, the outspoken Melbourne native travels back in time

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Music is like wine: the more there is to go around, the better. Herewith, songs from long-playing records for long-lasting summer days, from Gene McDaniels, the O’Jays, Prince, and more

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