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PIERCING THE VEIL

The over-the-top weddings that appear in Vogue often seem too good to be true—and, as AIR MAIL’s investigation into what happens after the honeymoon phase reveals, they often are …

50 WAYS TO KILL YOUR LOVER

When Sergio Pino’s wife filed for divorce, the developer tried everything to kill her, from fentanyl to poisoning the brussels sprouts she made for “Friendsgiving” …

FRANKLY WRONG

Instead of turning the only Frank Lloyd Wright–designed skyscraper into the epicenter of “Silicon Ranch,” the crypto-currency tycoons who bought the historic building have all but destroyed it …

CHE BELLO!

To kick off New York Fashion Week, AIR MAIL and Bloomingdale’s threw an Italy-inspired festa replete with Doric cake columns, opera singers, and not a few Negronis …

RETAIL ROYALTY

Betty Halbreich was so much more than a personal shopper. As Lena Dunham remembers, she was a confidante, friend, and force of nature on whom all manner of New York women relied …

VOX POPULAR

Scottish-born actor Jack Lowden is no stranger to switching accents, and the English one he adopts on Slow Horses—Bill Gates is a fan—has proved to be a winner …

CYNICAL PSYCHOLOGY

After descending into senility, Joy Behar’s therapist turned her weekly group sessions into no-holds-barred forums where it was her turn to tell patients how she really felt …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

The $800 YouTube horror movie that’s doing blockbuster numbers … Ralph Steadman’s life after Hunter S. Thompson … silk scarves you won’t be able to live without … the Adolf Hitler sitcom that survived only a single episode … the London Underground’s secret history … Cast your vote in this week’s Attention-Whore Index Poll!

But First …
Issue No. 269

The View from Here The latest victim of crypto hype? Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper

By Paul Goldberger
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Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook
Miami Vice

Pino Noir Miami businessman Sergio Pino was successful at nearly everything—except for his numerous bumbling attempts to kill his wife of 32 years

By Mark Seal
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The Love Bug

Till Vogue Do Us Part For decades, brides have fought to get their weddings covered in the magazine. Considering how quickly many of those marriages fail, it might be a curse, not a blessing

By Paulina Prosnitz and Carolina de Armas
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHOP CHOPPISH SHOP
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Air Supply

Fall Flâneur

The weather is perfect for an aimless autumnal stroll, taking in the sights, the sounds, the behaviors of your fellow man. AIR SUPPLY has everything you need to look like you use the word flâneur
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Photo: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images (Kelly)
Guest Edit

Beth Buccini’s Favorite Things The owner of Kirna Zabête is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her original SoHo store. Here, Buccini shares her picks for standout style, including Gianvito Rossi booties, Westman Atelier lipstick, and Ruth Reichl’s The Paris Novel

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After Hours

La Dolce Vita! AIR MAIL and Bloomingdale’s kick off Fashion Week in high Italian style

By Elena Clavarino
Photographs by Daniel Paik
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Top, co-hosts Graydon Carter, Isabella Rossellini, Olivier Bron, Christine Baranski, and Morgan Spector; above, Tiffany Haddish.
Top, Wé Ani and a guest; above, Louise Grunwald and Bette Midler.
Top, Rossellini and Carter; above, Andrea Ferolla and Daria Reina.
Top, Angelica Hicks and Amy Fine Collins; above, Fern Mallis and Baranski.
Top, Monica Ahanonu; above, Pilar Guzman, Laila Gohar, and Chris Mitchell.
The entrance to the Academy Mansion, featuring a flag illustrated by Ferolla.
Top, Peter Som, Rafe Totengco, and a guest; above, Nicky Hilton Rothschild.
Top, Jordan Rand; above, Sarah Hoover, Brock Colyar, and Risa Heller.
Top, opera star Erin Morley and tenor Jamez McCorkle; above, Sophia Hammons.
Top, DJ Stretch Armstrong on the decks; above, Davide Riccardo and Alec Knight.
Guests mingle in the courtyard.
Top, Stacey Bendet; above, Dylan Penn.
Top, Bijou Phillips, Nicholas Jarecki, and Andrew Jarecki; above; Nick Smith and Matteo Lane.
Top, Emanuele Della Valle; above, Frédéric Fekkai and Shirin von Wulffen.
Top, Spector and Victor Garber; above, Sai de Silva samples Gohar’s Doric colonnade-shaped cake.
Ubah Hassan.
Top, Charles Harbison and Sophie Elgort; above, Elena Clavarino and Natalie Rucellai.
Top, Magdala Joseph and Sharon Brando; above, Alessandro Francalanci.
Top, Dylan Hoffman; above, Tanner Richie and Fletcher Kasell.
Top, Naomi Watanabe and friends; above, Travis D. Harrison and a guest.
Marina Ingvarsson.
Top, Mina Le; above, Matt Ullian, Mark Guiducci, and Andrew Lee Taylor.
Top, Laolu Senbanjo; above, Mahfuza Ahmedin.
Top, Dara Khosrowshahi and friend; above, Ubah Hassan and Jill Kargman.
Top, Tommy DeVito; above, Carl Swanson and Kendall Werts.
Clelia Montali.
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Small Talk
Momsplaining.
Momsplaining.
Oral History

Furor over the Führer Jerry Lewis’s unfinished film, The Day the Clown Cried, was long considered the last word in Holocaust-related bad taste. And then along came Heil Honey I’m Home!, an I Love Lucy–like sitcom about Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun

By Bruce Handy
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Great Lives

One-Stop Shopper Betty Halbreich, the personal shopper at Bergdorf Goodman, offered guidance to the doyennes of New York. Lena Dunham, her friend and client, pays homage to the legend, who recently died at 96

By Lena Dunham
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Small Talk

Group Therapy Gone Bad What happens when your shrink is the one who needs help?

By Joy Behar
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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index J. D. Vance wants women to be segregated, the Sussexes want to be rehabilitated, and the Ramones need to be separated

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Best
SHOP MG&CO. Hardware Housewares designer Matilda Goad understands how changing a doorknob can transform a room. Now she is doubling down on… READ A Steinway on the Beach Roger Rosenblatt has long been one of America’s finest essayists, and in A Steinway on the Beach,… WEAR Petit Sézane Parents of young children, it might be time to take on a second job: Petit Sézane has arrived in stores, and it’s coming for your wallet… WATCH Goodbye, Dragon Inn Any fan of Chantal Akerman, Jacques Tati, or Wong Kar-wai’s directorial work will adore… DINE Flora Gardiner House, the waterfront boutique hotel by co-owner Howard Cushing, has one of the best sunset views in Rhode Island. Through the… READ Hey Kids, Watch This! It’s hard to believe that, in the age of streaming, children have as much trouble finding movies to watch… SHOP MG&CO. Hardware Housewares designer Matilda Goad understands how changing a doorknob can transform a room. Now she is doubling down on… READ A Steinway on the Beach Roger Rosenblatt has long been one of America’s finest essayists, and in A Steinway on the Beach,… WEAR Petit Sézane Parents of young children, it might be time to take on a second job: Petit Sézane has arrived in stores, and it’s coming for your wallet… WATCH Goodbye, Dragon Inn Any fan of Chantal Akerman, Jacques Tati, or Wong Kar-wai’s directorial work will adore… DINE Flora Gardiner House, the waterfront boutique hotel by co-owner Howard Cushing, has one of the best sunset views in Rhode Island. Through the… READ Hey Kids, Watch This! It’s hard to believe that, in the age of streaming, children have as much trouble finding movies to watch…
Style

When Not in Rome Italy-based Chez Dede and AIR SUPPLY team up on a new collection of illustrated silk scarves

By Jessica Iredale
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Television

Jack-of-All-Trades With his starring role in the darkly funny espionage thriller Slow Horses, critically acclaimed theatrical performances, and recent marriage to Saoirse Ronan, Jack Lowden is riding high

By Dominic Maxwell
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The Indiest Indie Ever

Cheap Screams The YouTube horror movie Milk & Serial has become a viral sensation—and it cost only $800 to make

By Stuart Heritage
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Small Talk
“Here’s the thermostat. Like all hotel thermostats, it’s just for show.”
“Here’s the thermostat. Like all hotel thermostats, it’s just for show.”
Listen

Lunch with Minnie Driver On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the Good Will Hunting actress discusses surfing, how you can live in Malibu without spending $100 million, and more

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Death in Paradise

Depraved New World In the 1930s, two German families and a baroness moved to Floreana, a barely populated island in the Galápagos. Ron Howard’s new film, Eden, revisits the dramatic deaths that ensued

By Robin Catalano
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Design for Living

The Picasso of Point A to Point B Harry Beck never got recognition for designing the celebrated London Underground’s 1930s-era map. A new play seeks to boost his profile

By Richard Brooks
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Books
Tim Bouverie On

Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany

by Harald Jähner
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Small Talk
“Stop arguing—I’ll walk myself.”
“Stop arguing—I’ll walk myself.”
Listen

Inside the Vogue Wedding Curse On this week’s podcast, Paulina Prosnitz and Carolina de Armas reveal how weddings featured in Vogue seem destined for failure

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Open Book

Something Wild A new book collects the provocative and experimental advertisements Guy Bourdin photographed for the shoe brand Charles Jourdan from 1967 to 1983

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A 1972 Charles Jourdan campaign, photographed by Guy Bourdin.
Campaigns from 1975, top, and 1976.
A 1972 campaign.
Campaigns from 1976, top, and 1978.
The original layout of five transparency-film images used for a 1973 campaign.
Campaigns from 1980, top, and 1976.
A 1974 campaign.
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Close-up

Grace Van Patten The star of Tell Me Lies reveals her hesitance about joining Hollywood and how she handles filming her dark Hulu series

By Clara Molot
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Highlight
His 1991 illustration Fear and Loathing in Elko for Rolling Stone Magazine.

What Happens in Vegas?

Throughout most of Hunter S. Thompson’s career, illustrator Ralph Steadman rode shotgun on the bending antennae of the author’s ragtop ’70s Caddy. Whenever fresh perdition ensued, he transmitted it to ink on paper.

Now admirers and initiates can see 149 of his works in a retrospective that spans 60 years. After a run at the American University Museum, in Washington, D.C., which begins today, it will travel to other institutions around the country. READ ON

His 1991 illustration Fear and Loathing in Elko for Rolling Stone Magazine. Read On
The Perfect Ending

Tony Danza

The boxer, actor, and now cabaret star answers 72 of life’s most pressing questions
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Ruby Wright’s Sketchbook
Late afternoon in Locquirec, France. The boats rest on the sand while holiday-makers warm their backs on the harbor wall, basking in the last of the summer sun.
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