July 5, 2024 – Air Mail Look

Featuring

Wellness

Investigating “Oatzempic”

This controversial new diet drink is the talk of TikTok, but does it actually work?

Travel

Better Off Med

Why do the freewheeling women of Italy, France, and Spain manage to do summer so much better than the rest of us? We sent a reporter to steal their secrets

Sex & Relationships

Cringe and Bear It

Why are first dates usually so awful? One brave soul calls in the experts—and tests out their advice in the field

By Linda Wells

Treasure Chest Looking better naked is going public, with men finding their own interpretation of “free the nipple”

By Brennan Kilbane

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Investigating “Oatzempic” This controversial new diet drink is the talk of TikTok, but does it actually work?

By Peta Bee

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Rise and Shine! Give your color-damaged hair a glossy new sheen

By India Knight

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Speak Easy Do you know your Sweetgreen girlies from your skibidi toilets? Our extremely insider translations of the latest slang

By Brennan Kilbane

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Cringe and Bear It Why are first dates usually so awful? One brave soul calls in the experts—and tests out their advice in the field

By Abbey Caldwell

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Better Off Med Why do the freewheeling women of Italy, France, and Spain manage to do summer so much better than the rest of us? We sent a reporter to steal their secrets

By Danielle Pergament

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Back to Black Honey Clinique’s angsty blackberry balm was the seminal shade of the 90s. Why did it ever go away?

By Ashley Baker

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Surf and Turf

Catch a wave, hang 10, or hang out safely onshore—the surfer look is enticing even if you never get wet

Shop

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Spritz Gamine Dream Is youth wasted on the young? Not for Celine creative director Hedi Slimane, who is endlessly fascinated by the gamine…

Book Glow-Up Girl If it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert, Teresa Tarmey is clearly a master. The London-based aesthetician estimates…

Read Food for Thought For those of us who find few things as fascinating as how, what, and why we eat, More, Please: On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing…

Apply Out, Damned Spot! Have you ever tried to cover up a Botox bruise? A zit? How about a splotch of rosacea? If so, you know the drill: tap, tap, tap…

Wield What a Tool! There’s no substitute for a professional blowout, but the Aire 360 ceramic air styler, T3’s latest invention, comes mighty close…

Capture Snap Happy This will not come as news to you if you’re a proud member of Gen Z or Alpha. For the rest of us, listen up: there’s this cool app called…

Spritz Gamine Dream Is youth wasted on the young? Not for Celine creative director Hedi Slimane, who is endlessly fascinated by the gamine…

Book Glow-Up Girl If it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert, Teresa Tarmey is clearly a master. The London-based aesthetician estimates…

Read Food for Thought For those of us who find few things as fascinating as how, what, and why we eat, More, Please: On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing…

Apply Out, Damned Spot! Have you ever tried to cover up a Botox bruise? A zit? How about a splotch of rosacea? If so, you know the drill: tap, tap, tap…

Wield What a Tool! There’s no substitute for a professional blowout, but the Aire 360 ceramic air styler, T3’s latest invention, comes mighty close…

Capture Snap Happy This will not come as news to you if you’re a proud member of Gen Z or Alpha. For the rest of us, listen up: there’s this cool app called…

Going Deutsch? Dr. Barbara Sturm and Augustinus Bader are only part of the story—now Germany is home to a boom in rising stars of skin care

By Aleksandra Crapanzano

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“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.” ―Dorothy Parker

Kara Swisher’s Feel-Good Approach The journalist and podcaster reveals the beauty-and-wellness habits that keep her ticking

By Holly Parmelee

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Nosing Around Infusing Google’s offices, flavoring dishes from superlative chefs, and concocting her own fragrances—Mandy Aftel takes us inside her “fragrance organ”

By Jane Larkworthy

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Save the Date! What do expiration dates on beauty products really mean? Our cosmetic chemist consults his calendar

By Javon Ford

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Getting into Bed with Elle Macpherson

The original Australian supermodel and WelleCo creator shares her nighttime routine

By Clara Molot

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Golden Girl

In 1969, sun lotion was just a moisturizer in a brown bottle and the word “tan” was usually preceded by “healthy.” Julie Newmar, the actress best known for playing Catwoman, models the bronze-goddess look in this ad for Coppertone. Despite the copy, this doesn’t give you or anyone else a better tan, a faster tan, or a richer tan, because those are fictions. It also doesn’t give you maximum protection. For that, you have to dress like the guy on the left. —*Linda Wells*

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Investigating “Oatzempic”

Better Off Med

Cringe and Bear It

Wishful Thinking

Treasure Chest Looking better naked is going public, with men finding their own interpretation of “free the nipple”

Investigating “Oatzempic” This controversial new diet drink is the talk of TikTok, but does it actually work?

Rise and Shine! Give your color-damaged hair a glossy new sheen

Speak Easy Do you know your Sweetgreen girlies from your skibidi toilets? Our extremely insider translations of the latest slang

Cringe and Bear It Why are first dates usually so awful? One brave soul calls in the experts—and tests out their advice in the field

Better Off Med Why do the freewheeling women of Italy, France, and Spain manage to do summer so much better than the rest of us? We sent a reporter to steal their secrets

Back to Black Honey Clinique’s angsty blackberry balm was the seminal shade of the 90s. Why did it ever go away?

Surf and Turf

Catch a wave, hang 10, or hang out safely onshore—the surfer look is enticing even if you never get wet

Going Deutsch? Dr. Barbara Sturm and Augustinus Bader are only part of the story—now Germany is home to a boom in rising stars of skin care

“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.” ―Dorothy Parker

Kara Swisher’s Feel-Good Approach The journalist and podcaster reveals the beauty-and-wellness habits that keep her ticking

Nosing Around Infusing Google’s offices, flavoring dishes from superlative chefs, and concocting her own fragrances—Mandy Aftel takes us inside her “fragrance organ”

Save the Date! What do expiration dates on beauty products really mean? Our cosmetic chemist consults his calendar

Getting into Bed with Elle Macpherson

The original Australian supermodel and WelleCo creator shares her nighttime routine

Golden Girl

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Editors at Large

OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER ARE

Shop General Manager and Brand Partnerships

Advertising Director

European Sales Director

Financial & Business Operations

Account Manager

Chief Strategy Adviser

Merchant

Editor

E-Commerce Manager

E-Commerce Associate