August 29, 2026 – Air Mail

THE DEPORTED

ICE sent them “home” to a country they barely knew. Now America’s deportees are building a new life, finding one another—and fielding your customer-service calls—in a Mexico City neighborhood they’ve dubbed “Little L.A.” …

BREAKING POINT

The U.S. Open has long brought out the worst in players, umpires, and spectators. Is it the New York heat? Late-season exhaustion? The booze? Grab your $23 Honey Deuce and buckle up!

SKIN IN THE GAME

When a Beverly Hills facialist—whose clients included Gwyneth Paltrow and Cameron Diaz—promised to cure Victoria Nelson’s acne, she ended up with acid burns and PTSD. Why did she go back?

WHITE NOISE

The Rothschilds made their name in red Bordeaux. Now they’re betting on Chablis, the steely, saline white that a warming climate is making even better, reports our wine columnist Jay McInerney …

THE AFTERLIFE OF GENIUS

When Albert Einstein died in 1955, his estate was worth less than $100,000. Since then, his name and likeness have earned upward of $300 million. So who gets the money?

RETURN TO SENDER

Six years after Megxit, Harry and Meghan are returning to Britain. Is it homesickness? Charles’s health? Or one surprise visit from Oprah too many? AIR MAIL considers the possibilities …

A CUT ABOVE

AIR MAIL co-founder Graydon Carter reveals the secrets of his personal style—from Hermès handkerchiefs and Macy’s shorts to the 1963 Airstream trailer he bought after a few too many drinks …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

Emilio Pucci’s secret life as a World War II spy … tennis style aces Amanda Anisimova and Zizou Bergs serve up their on- and off-court essentials … our shopping expert’s foolproof guide to anniversary gifts …. and the indie designer behind Kendall Jenner and Zoë Kravitz’s perfect tees …

Issue No. 372

The View from Here What is the U.S. Open? The sport’s chaos magnet

By Owen Lewis

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Face Off Sharp objects, harsh chemicals, and blind trust are a dangerous combination, as one woman discovered when she put herself in the hands of a Beverly Hills facialist

By Linda Wells

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The Weekly Waffle

A positively addictive word game to go with your morning coffee

The New Gringos Deported by Trump after decades in the U.S., Mexican-born immigrants are being treated as foreigners back home. But in Mexico City’s Little L.A., they’re finding work—and one another

By John Beck

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Match Point

The courtside wardrobe and beyond: what to wear, carry, and bring along when tennis becomes less about the score and more about the scene

Shop

Photo: Walter Iooss Jr./Sports Illustrated/Getty Images (McEnroe)

For the Love of Chablis Crisp, bracing, and perfect with oysters—no wonder the Rothschilds are buying in

By Jay McInerney

Read On

Amanda Anisimova and Zizou Bergs’s Favorite Things Amanda Anisimova and Zizou Bergs are as interesting off the court as they are on it. Here, the two Lalo ambassadors share what they never travel without

Shop

Einstein’s Eternal Returns Seventy-one years after Albert Einstein’s death, his face earns millions annually—and a Beverly Hills lawyer makes sure no one uses it for free

By Jonathan Margolis

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look The Eames Houses Where would we be without Charles and Ray Eames? Their incredible partnership, both personal and professional, gave us…

hike Moncler x Hotel Jerome There’s a calming sweet spot between the time when beach clubs close and the year-end ski craze ramps up:…

listen The Exciting Wilson Pickett The third album from R&B and soul singer Wilson Pickett, The Exciting Wilson Pickett, from 1966, captures…

watch Body Heat This month, Body Heat celebrates its 45th anniversary with a sultry end to another hot summer. Lawrence Kasdan’s directorial debut…

read Stitched It would not be inaccurate to call Eli McCann the Mormon version of David Sedaris, since he writes hilariously about his Salt Lake City…

visit Glamour in New York: Photographs Rose Hartman used her trusty Olympus 35-mm. camera with black-and-white film one May night…

look The Eames Houses Where would we be without Charles and Ray Eames? Their incredible partnership, both personal and professional, gave us…

hike Moncler x Hotel Jerome There’s a calming sweet spot between the time when beach clubs close and the year-end ski craze ramps up:…

listen The Exciting Wilson Pickett The third album from R&B and soul singer Wilson Pickett, The Exciting Wilson Pickett, from 1966, captures…

watch Body Heat This month, Body Heat celebrates its 45th anniversary with a sultry end to another hot summer. Lawrence Kasdan’s directorial debut…

read Stitched It would not be inaccurate to call Eli McCann the Mormon version of David Sedaris, since he writes hilariously about his Salt Lake City…

visit Glamour in New York: Photographs Rose Hartman used her trusty Olympus 35-mm. camera with black-and-white film one May night…

From Megxit to Megret Harry and Meghan’s surprise return to the U.K. has left even veteran royal-watchers baffled. We have a few theories …

By John Ficarra

Photo Illustration by Chop Choppish Shop

Read On

The Wild Life of Peter Beard His 1965 book, The End of the Game, sounded an early warning about Kenya’s wildlife crisis. Six decades on, its haunting photographs look more prophetic than ever

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A page from Peter Beard’s journals, quoting Karen Blixen, the author of the 1937 memoir *Out of Africa,* whom Beard befriended late in her life.

*Roping Rhinos with Ken Randall in Hunting Block 29,* photographed by Beard, 1964.

*Top,* *Elephant Embryo, Uganda,* by Beard, 1966; *above,* *Masai Watotos near Loliondo,* 1964.

An archival photograph of Blixen, incorporated into one of Beard’s collages.

*Bongo (or Ndongoro), Mount Kenya Forest,* 1966.

*Berserk Rhino on Lariak After Killing Four Cows and Herdboy.*

*Jomo Kenyatta, Who Has Pledged Respect for the Animal Heritage of His Country,* 1962.

*Top,* *Karen Blixen’s African Farmhouse and the Ngong Hills—Scenery from* Out of Africa; *above,* *Spitting Cobra, Mortally Wounded, Ever Vengeful, Tsavo Before the Die-off,* 1972.

*Boran Woman at Marsabit Hospital,* 1968.

*Top,* *Kilima Kirinyaga, “Ke-nyaa,” with Its Twin Peaks Mbatian and Nelion, Named by Sir Halford Mackinder, the Diamond Glacier, Bed of Ngai, Lies Between;* *above, Lion kill; a Zebra That Ran to the End,* 1960.

*Tereri, Larsili, Bryan Coleman, and Cow Buffalo, Minutes after Bryan Was Run Over by a Wounded Bull.*

*Game Control: Zebra Carpet at Ol Morani, Lariak Estate Owned by Gilbert Colville, Laikipia, Kenya NFD, August 1960. The Spoils of Game Control—Domestic Stock Still Taking Precedence over Wild Game.*

*Larsili, the Wandorobo-Masai Hunting Genius.*

Read On

Marriage Material A thoroughly unsentimental guide to the anniversary gifts you’ll actually want

By Jennifer Noyes

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Celia McGee On

Emilio Pucci: The Astonishing Odyssey of a Fashion Icon

by Terrence Ward and Idanna Pucci

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Cleo Camp Four years after sewing her first silver bag from scrap leather, the 28-year-old designer counts Lena Dunham, Zoë Kravitz, and Gracie Abrams among her fans

By Carolina de Armas

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On AMC+

A three-part documentary examines how organized crime infiltrated and shaped the American film business in the 20th century…

In New York

Veteran S.N.L. writer Julio Torres returns with an experimental new play, co-conceived with the artist Martine Gutierrez…

In Theaters

Dakota Fanning stars in a film about a woman whose relationship hits a rough patch as an ex-boyfriend reappears in her life…

On PBS

A documentary on the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Mary Oliver features interviews with John Waters and Oprah Winfrey…

In Chicago

An exhibition brings together more than 200 photographs by Lee Miller, the Surrealist, war correspondent, and muse of Man Ray…

In Theaters

Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, and Margaret Qualley lead The Dog Stars, Ridley Scott’s adaptation of Peter Heller’s dystopian novel…

Wish You Were Here! Love, Stephen Stephen Hough’s Piano Postcards mirrors a classical star’s life on the road

By Matthew Gurewitsch

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Graydon Carter The AIR MAIL co-founder and editor emeritus of Vanity Fair answers 43 questions on fashion sense and other sensibilities, including his penchant for Macy’s shorts and a Lacoste tennis shirt

Read On

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In Memoriam

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The View from Here What is the U.S. Open? The sport’s chaos magnet

Face Off Sharp objects, harsh chemicals, and blind trust are a dangerous combination, as one woman discovered when she put herself in the hands of a Beverly Hills facialist

The Weekly Waffle

A positively addictive word game to go with your morning coffee

The New Gringos Deported by Trump after decades in the U.S., Mexican-born immigrants are being treated as foreigners back home. But in Mexico City’s Little L.A., they’re finding work—and one another

The courtside wardrobe and beyond: what to wear, carry, and bring along when tennis becomes less about the score and more about the scene

For the Love of Chablis Crisp, bracing, and perfect with oysters—no wonder the Rothschilds are buying in

Amanda Anisimova and Zizou Bergs’s Favorite Things Amanda Anisimova and Zizou Bergs are as interesting off the court as they are on it. Here, the two Lalo ambassadors share what they never travel without

Einstein’s Eternal Returns Seventy-one years after Albert Einstein’s death, his face earns millions annually—and a Beverly Hills lawyer makes sure no one uses it for free

From Megxit to Megret Harry and Meghan’s surprise return to the U.K. has left even veteran royal-watchers baffled. We have a few theories …

The Wild Life of Peter Beard His 1965 book, The End of the Game, sounded an early warning about Kenya’s wildlife crisis. Six decades on, its haunting photographs look more prophetic than ever

Marriage Material A thoroughly unsentimental guide to the anniversary gifts you’ll actually want

Cleo Camp Four years after sewing her first silver bag from scrap leather, the 28-year-old designer counts Lena Dunham, Zoë Kravitz, and Gracie Abrams among her fans

Wish You Were Here! Love, Stephen Stephen Hough’s Piano Postcards mirrors a classical star’s life on the road

Graydon Carter The AIR MAIL co-founder and editor emeritus of Vanity Fair answers 43 questions on fashion sense and other sensibilities, including his penchant for Macy’s shorts and a Lacoste tennis shirt

Was Founded By

And Is Edited By

Chief Technology Officer

Senior Editors

Photo Director

Art Director

Books Editor

Arts Intel Report Editor

Copy Editor

Legal Editor

Production Editor

Associate Editors

Senior Photo Editor

Designer

Photo Editor

Editor, Air Mail LOOK

Editor, Air Mail Dress Code

Columnists

Writers at Large

Contributing Artists

Contributing Photographers

Architectural Consultant

Social Media Manager

Head of Audience Development

Cartoon Editor

Music Editor

Technology

Editor, Commerce, and Chief Merchandiser

E-Commerce Manager

Business Development Director

European Sales Director

Account Manager

In Memoriam