{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"September 19, 2026 – Air Mail","description":"Welcome to Air Mail Issue number 375.","favicon":"https://static.airmail.news/assets/icons/apple-touch-icon.png","home_page_url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19","feed_url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19.json","items":[{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/the-view-from-here","title":"The View from Here","content_text":"Several big-budget movies set for release before the end of the year portray real-life Silicon Valley titans, especially those at the forefront of the artificial-intelligence revolution, as villains whose products undermine society and now threaten—literally—to end the world.Artificial, opening Christmas Day, depicts OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman (Andrew Garfield) as something close to a sociopath whose A.I. research risks human extinction. Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, a fierce OpenAI competitor, is the bad guy of The Social Reckoning, opening October 9, which reconstructs the 2021 showdown between Zuckerberg (Jeremy Strong) and whistleblower Frances Haugen (Oscar-winner Mikey Madison). Elon Musk, another leading A.I. champion, is threatening to go to court to block next month’s release of a nearly four-hour documentary by filmmaker Alex Gibney that portrays him as a dangerous megalomaniac. ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/the-view-from-here","summary":"Several big-budget movies set for release before the end of the year portray real-life Silicon Valley titans, especially those at the forefront of the artificial-intelligence revolution, as villains whose products undermine society and now threaten—literally—to end the world.Artificial, opening Christmas...","tags":["The View from Here","But First ..."],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/kwaza8az36kbpp0zjqcvohnw28z2-7dc211d22cdb815fad6d1c8ecaf29226.jpg","author":{"name":"Philip Shenon"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/philip-shenon\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003ePhilip Shenon\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"A forgotten 1970s film predicted an A.I. dictatorship. Why is Elon Musk such a fan?","shorts":false,"banner":"But First ...","category":"The View from Here"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/barry-blitts-sketchbook","title":"Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook","content_text":null,"url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/barry-blitts-sketchbook","summary":null,"tags":["Sketchbook","Barry Blitt's Sketchbook"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/hlt8n2heqm5r7zhwgjqx95hql10c-a7749f810572b1476c6c531d3f495e58.jpg","author":{"name":"Barry Blitt"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/barry-blitt\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eBarry Blitt\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":null,"shorts":false,"banner":"Barry Blitt's Sketchbook","category":"Sketchbook"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/the-recipe-site-that-ate-itself","title":"The Recipe Site That Ate Itself","content_text":"Late last year, a week before Christmas, Erika Ayers Badan, the C.E.O. of recipe site Food52 and its home-furnishing and cookware brands, Schoolhouse and Dansk, called a virtual all-hands meeting for the entire company. Many on her staff assumed she’d be announcing some kind of lifeline, or perhaps new owners. “But no,” says Katie Elliott, the former creative director for all three brands. “It was ‘In five minutes, you’ll get a letter, whether you have a job or not.’” That day, 60 percent of the workforce was terminated. The day after Christmas, another 20 percent were out.It was an unexpected turn of events for Food52, which began in 2009 as a mom-and-pop recipe site founded by former ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/the-recipe-site-that-ate-itself","summary":"Late last year, a week before Christmas, Erika Ayers Badan, the C.E.O. of recipe site Food52 and its home-furnishing and cookware brands, Schoolhouse and Dansk, called a virtual all-hands meeting for the entire company. Many on her staff assumed she’d...","tags":["Crime and Scandal","too many cooks"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/g97g8aa9z327qeda0jevmj5f6uhm-6e89165e98ebdd20b3be12f548d5131e.jpg","author":{"name":"Jay Cheshes"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/jay-cheshes\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eJay Cheshes\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"How Food52 went from a wholesome home-cook community to a $300 million e-commerce empire—and ended up being sold for spare parts","shorts":false,"banner":"too many cooks","category":"Crime and Scandal"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/meghan-has-joined-the-chat","title":"Meghan Has Joined the Chat","content_text":"It’s not easy being Meghan. Seriously. Oh, come on! First there’s the fledgling jam brand, which won’t be usurping Bonne Maman anytime soon. And who among us hasn’t suffered through her attempts at media domination, which began with megabucks deals from Netflix and Spotify but have since evolved into a guest appearance on MasterChef Australia? Now Meghan is back in Britain and surrounded by stony-faced adversaries. It’s not exactly happily (As Ever) after.But if you’re still unable to locate a soft spot for the Duchess of Sussex, just wait, because her situation has further deteriorated. After just ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/meghan-has-joined-the-chat","summary":"It’s not easy being Meghan. Seriously. Oh, come on! First there’s the fledgling jam brand, which won’t be usurping Bonne Maman anytime soon. And who among us hasn’t suffered through her attempts at media domination, which began with megabucks deals...","tags":["Modern Times","Royal Follies"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/xtnfzcgwxzqbcrjiafdmbkc7qfl4-2a1585a864d9e67627c6ae04c807a2c5.jpg","author":{"name":"Ashley Baker"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/ashley-baker\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eAshley Baker\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"Having pulled Archie and Lilibet out of their new English school after just two days, Meghan faces fresh peril—yet another parents’ WhatsApp group","shorts":false,"banner":"Royal Follies","category":"Modern Times"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/a-nepo-star-is-born","title":"A Nepo Star Is Born","content_text":"If you have ever been a regular at British music festivals, first, I hope the trench foot has started to clear up. Second, you will probably be intimately familiar with the BBC’s Introducing Stage.These stages, often tucked away from the noise of the headliners, tend to be a trove of delights, giving up-and-comers a chance to play to the biggest crowds of their careers. Selected and championed by regional BBC D.J.’s, acts who have benefited from Introducing over the years include Ed Sheeran, Florence + the Machine, Charli XCX, and the 1975.But times change, and this year ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/a-nepo-star-is-born","summary":"If you have ever been a regular at British music festivals, first, I hope the trench foot has started to clear up. Second, you will probably be intimately familiar with the BBC’s Introducing Stage.These stages, often tucked away from the...","tags":["Modern Times","heir guitar"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/fmr4pf3vtp9yxhiwl7y8icypeoia-ea66c06c1e1c05fa9f1aa39d98dc5bc1.jpg","author":{"name":"Stuart Heritage"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/stuart-heritage\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eStuart Heritage\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"First they came for our movies and catwalks. Now the offspring of rock royalty—Gallaghers! Martins! Grohls!—are taking over music festivals. And a Beckham shall lead them","shorts":false,"banner":"heir guitar","category":"Modern Times"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/shadow-before-the-flame","title":"Shadow Before the Flame","content_text":"If you have ever seen the newsreel footage—easily available on YouTube—of the massive Hindenburg airship ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/shadow-before-the-flame","summary":"If you have ever seen the newsreel footage—easily available on YouTube—of the massive Hindenburg airship ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/u565khun7f97hdutbu0ulfbphbhp-d013c7496d443690fdfc60d28217b02e.png","author":{"name":"Jim Kelly"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/jim-kelly\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eJim Kelly\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"read","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/clue","title":"Clue","content_text":"The board game Clue is full of intrigue, sleuthing, and, well, murder. But Jonathan Lynn’s 1985 film has something the popular detective ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/clue","summary":"The board game Clue is full of intrigue, sleuthing, and, well, murder. But Jonathan Lynn’s 1985 film has something the popular detective ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/vtwqs8c0ge8azvh9pbc9260z0n2i-2a1585a864d9e67627c6ae04c807a2c5.png","author":{"name":"Eve Eismann"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/eve-eismann\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eEve Eismann\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"watch","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/with-tea","title":"With Tea","content_text":"Who doesn’t like a cuppa tea? For those especially fond of the drink, a gift for you: With Tea, a book about all things tea, from Maria Geyman","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/with-tea","summary":"Who doesn’t like a cuppa tea? For those especially fond of the drink, a gift for you: With Tea, a book about all things tea, from Maria Geyman","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/mqwmmttp93tfglgl0ownnvzlgilp-206a03595f4413fadc87aaaa1d333ced.png","author":{"name":"Gracie Wiener"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/gracie-wiener\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eGracie Wiener\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"cook","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/runs-in-the-family","title":"Runs in the Family","content_text":"Here’s a treat for Roches fans, past, present, and future: the sui generis folk-rock trio’s just released boxed set, Runs in the Family","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/runs-in-the-family","summary":"Here’s a treat for Roches fans, past, present, and future: the sui generis folk-rock trio’s just released boxed set, Runs in the Family","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/9hsgisael6tt9t7o4ocn0tecl7jm-27a72faf9d8c6e5278840d8b20b6c615.png","author":{"name":"George Kalogerakis"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/george-kalogerakis\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eGeorge Kalogerakis\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"listen","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/sushi-you","title":"Sushi You","content_text":"It’s impossible to know, with total certainty, where to take a cool friend for dinner in New York. What you find elegant they may find stuffy. ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/sushi-you","summary":"It’s impossible to know, with total certainty, where to take a cool friend for dinner in New York. What you find elegant they may find stuffy. ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/ke0jfx89xevzhzco5jtukd2idz4g-0d825ac820460bc0f91f4c9950e1e608.png","author":{"name":"Victoria Herman"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/victoria-herman\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eVictoria Herman\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"dine","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/very-bergdorf","title":"Very Bergdorf","content_text":"New York City is home to many cultural institutions. The department store on Fifth Avenue wedged between 57th and 58th Streets ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/very-bergdorf","summary":"New York City is home to many cultural institutions. The department store on Fifth Avenue wedged between 57th and 58th Streets ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/k5wueqyw1tc5zrhvjlifbrc8ln9u-18246cc55800750d0e3e7f7bfa6551dc.png","author":{"name":"Gabriella Maestri"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/gabriella-maestri\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eGabriella Maestri\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"look","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/letters-from-scamelot","title":"Letters from Scamelot","content_text":"The first time I stepped aboard the Wavertree, or “the largest surviving wrought-iron sailing vessel afloat in the world,” was in 2025, for the Tyler McGillivary Mermaiden fashion show. I was seated front-row next to Rachel Antonoff, which made me feel way more culturally important than I am, and all the models were dressed like Sirens and the sailors who have sex with them. The second time I got on the boat was for the Dream Baby Press “I Heart NYC” reading at the end of August. And I was pissed.Matt Starr, the founder and face of Dream ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/letters-from-scamelot","summary":"The first time I stepped aboard the Wavertree, or “the largest surviving wrought-iron sailing vessel afloat in the world,” was in 2025, for the Tyler McGillivary Mermaiden fashion show. I was seated front-row next to Rachel Antonoff, which made me...","tags":["Style","After Hours"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/jhzr8k681ywzi04zugo9m1doh24e-8e8b86bd8c353eceffefd33fda9f30b5.jpg","author":{"name":"Caroline Calloway"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/caroline-calloway\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eCaroline Calloway\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"In her latest party report, Caroline Calloway gets snubbed, dashes to Italy, and holds court at the launch of a literary dating app","shorts":false,"banner":"After Hours","category":"Style"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/schmuck-you","title":"Schmuck You","content_text":"The Hollywood agent turned mogul Ari Emanuel has written his memoir, so now we have—what, exactly? A tale of a terribly neglected child, and the rage he doesn’t want to lose and doesn’t want to keep? The story of WME?The part of my heart reserved for late-20th-century corporatized Hollywood agents with a story they want to tell (or book they want to sell) goes out to him. I’m serious. It’s so hard for anyone, reviewing his own life, to reveal, let alone discover, the truth, but it’s so much harder for agents who are, by their own code, ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/schmuck-you","summary":"The Hollywood agent turned mogul Ari Emanuel has written his memoir, so now we have—what, exactly? A tale of a terribly neglected child, and the rage he doesn’t want to lose and doesn’t want to keep? The story of WME?The...","tags":["Books"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/13ucauppgvapu0pd99q6ax0h77yx-f9aac44c2f7a105bbe610dfde23c9bad.jpg","author":{"name":"Sam Wasson"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/sam-wasson\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eSam Wasson\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":null,"shorts":false,"banner":"Books","category":"Books"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/let-there-be-light","title":"Let There Be Light!","content_text":"Sunday LightThe Californian sun in your living roomA few years ago, Nat Martin, who studied innovation-design engineering at London’s Royal College of Art, left for a stint in Los Angeles. When he got back, he found the gloomy grayness of London dispiriting compared with the Californian perma-sun. So, with a friend who is a mechanical engineer, he built a ceiling light to simulate sunlight indoors. Now his $6,900 Sunday Light is selling in impressive numbers to tech entrepreneurs and film executives in—and this is the bizarre bit—sun-kissed California.This extreme case of coals to Newcastle may defy logic, ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/let-there-be-light","summary":"Sunday LightThe Californian sun in your living roomA few years ago, Nat Martin, who studied innovation-design engineering at London’s Royal College of Art, left for a stint in Los Angeles. When he got back, he found the gloomy grayness of...","tags":["Tech and Gadgets","Landing Gear"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/dzwsjy2y1rrmshgljfkkpc336vmi-8a572965a591318a4f5e399e5b118b7e.png","author":{"name":"Jonathan Margolis"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/jonathan-margolis\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eJonathan Margolis\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"Sneakers that massage your feet! An app that rates your groceries! And headphones well worth waiting for …","shorts":false,"banner":"Landing Gear","category":"Tech and Gadgets"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/a-heros-journey","title":"A Hero’s Journey","content_text":"In telling the story of George Lucas, the filmmaker and titan of 20th-century pop culture, we often leave out the part where, following the terrible car crash that upended his life of racing, the untested hero went to Modesto Junior College, a two-year program. There, he read Joseph Campbell’s seminal work of comparative mythology, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, for the first time, and fell in love with the social sciences. He decided to apply to San Francisco State and study anthropology or English or sociology. But he also considered the possibility of studying illustration down in Los Angeles—a direction his very practical-minded father surely would have opposed. ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/a-heros-journey","summary":"In telling the story of George Lucas, the filmmaker and titan of 20th-century pop culture, we often leave out the part where, following the terrible car crash that upended his life of racing, the untested hero went to Modesto Junior...","tags":["Culture","inner space"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/oxu4zp9lk1dvh7nvxitfwbiof7bo-54bcd0f3ab31f7254841d81daa17af51.jpg","author":{"name":"Sam Wasson"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/sam-wasson\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eSam Wasson\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"Even as it encompasses different cultures, and galaxies far, far away, George Lucas’s new museum of narrative art is deeply personal","shorts":false,"banner":"inner space","category":"Culture"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/the-renaissances-forgotten-master","title":"The Renaissance’s Forgotten Master","content_text":"In his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, a book that established the canon for Italian artists, the 16th-century painter Giorgio Vasari, inventor of the term “Renaissance,” accorded Antonio da Correggio, “the first modern painter of Lombardy,” a sort of second-class status. If only Correggio, who lived from 1489 to 1534, had gone to Rome and studied antiquity, Vasari posits, he would have rivaled “the great artists.” Vasari is provocative about Correggio’s shortcomings. “Timid and overanxious, he subjected himself to severe and continuous labor for the support of his family. While he bore this oppressive burden, he afflicted himself further by resisting the temptations common to all mankind.” ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/the-renaissances-forgotten-master","summary":"In his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, a book that established the canon for Italian artists, the 16th-century painter Giorgio Vasari, inventor of the term “Renaissance,” accorded Antonio da Correggio, “the first modern painter of Lombardy,”...","tags":["Culture","Highlight"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/qivzkpbswp9zpolg37i1zjesse5h-5f2757914ef643d7921a5007ec3cc74f.jpg","author":{"name":"Nicholas Fox Weber"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/nicholas-fox-weber\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eNicholas Fox Weber\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"Long undervalued among 16th-century painters, Antonio da Correggio is now being celebrated with his first major exhibition outside of Italy","shorts":false,"banner":"Highlight","category":"Culture"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/dress-code/fashion/2026/9/bob-mackie","title":"Bob Mackie","content_text":"Before there was underboob, sideboob, and, I’m sorry to say, butt cleavage; before there was Rihanna in a fishnet gown and a prayer; before there was Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Emily Ratajkowski—there was Bob Mackie, the designer who made naked dressing an art and a game.Mackie was a master of sheer mesh and the well-placed sequin, and he demonstrated that mastery on Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Cher, Goldie Hawn, and, most recently, Miley Cyrus, Zendaya, and Taylor Swift. If you ever watched an award show and gasped, there’s a good chance Bob Mackie was involved.Mackie died on Monday at 87 after a long and joyful career dressing ...","url":"https://airmail.news/dress-code/fashion/2026/9/bob-mackie","summary":"Before there was underboob, sideboob, and, I’m sorry to say, butt cleavage; before there was Rihanna in a fishnet gown and a prayer; before there was Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Emily Ratajkowski—there was Bob Mackie, the designer who made naked...","tags":["Fashion","Great Lives"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/yb7ss0jcpkw02yfehnmdp4hb88nt-d3184ed9b02980c50d1aad0e8a0bd5a7.jpg","author":{"name":"Linda Wells"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/linda-wells\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eLinda Wells\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"He made naked dressing tasteful and just this side of risqué. Cher, Goldie, Madonna, and Miley all wore his designs. Remembering the man who loved women","shorts":false,"banner":"Great Lives","category":"Fashion"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/sleep/2026/9/getting-into-bed-with-hannah-neeleman","title":"Getting Into Bed with Hannah Neeleman","content_text":"A donkey actually brayed in the background of my call with Hannah Neeleman, better known as Ballerina Farm to her 10.3 million Instagram followers. It seemed like a joke until I realized that the Neeleman farm is home to cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, dogs, and, yes, donkeys. Although the term “tradwife” isn’t her favorite, Hannah is the movement’s reigning queen. Originally from Utah, she met her husband, Daniel Neeleman—son of JetBlue founder David Neeleman—while studying dance at the Juilliard School in New York. They got married only three months after their first date, when she was 21. Fifteen years later, ...","url":"https://airmail.news/sleep/2026/9/getting-into-bed-with-hannah-neeleman","summary":"A donkey actually brayed in the background of my call with Hannah Neeleman, better known as Ballerina Farm to her 10.3 million Instagram followers. It seemed like a joke until I realized that the Neeleman farm is home to cows,...","tags":["Sleep","Lights Out!"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/xdx5fbz4sjeagjjf7hqns8wi9uxj-86f73582c13ee6bc95d70bccacbfc3ab.png","author":{"name":"Jeanne Malle"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/jeanne-malle\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eJeanne Malle\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"The rancher, mother of nine, and social-media figure behind Ballerina Farm shares her nighttime routine","shorts":false,"banner":"Lights Out!","category":"Sleep"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/water-works","title":"Water Works","content_text":"At the far eastern edge of Greece, nearly close enough to touch Turkey, lies Kastellorizo. The tiny Dodecanese island is reached by ferry or propeller plane from Rhodes. From the tarmac, it’s a five-minute drive to the harbor, where rows of brightly painted neoclassical houses curve around water of an almost implausible turquoise.There are only about 500 year-round residents and barely any cars, yet Kastellorizo has long drawn outsiders. Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour named an instrumental “Castellorizon” after visiting the island, while the 1991 film Mediterraneo, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, was shot here. It is easy to see why: sea and sky cast everything in a dazzling shade of blue—especially in September, when the Aegean winds subside and the port quiets. ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19/water-works","summary":"At the far eastern edge of Greece, nearly close enough to touch Turkey, lies Kastellorizo. The tiny Dodecanese island is reached by ferry or propeller plane from Rhodes. From the tarmac, it’s a five-minute drive to the harbor, where rows...","tags":["Travel","View With a Room"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/q92x1fdssbv5ogl90j97k04hl1si-e2b55898481c675f34d19b7468a54ac6.jpg","author":{"name":"Elena Clavarino"},"date_published":"2026-09-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"September 19, 2026","date":"2026-09-19","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-9-19"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/elena-clavarino\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eElena Clavarino\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"On Kastellorizo, a tiny island at the easternmost edge of Greece, a seven-room hotel opens directly onto the Aegean","shorts":false,"banner":"View With a Room","category":"Travel"}}]}