Pied-à-Terror!
A new annual surcharge on New York’s luxury pieds-à-terre has the 1 percent crying robbery. But when has a tax ever actually driven the rich from Park Avenue?
I Post, Therefore I Am
From Substack “think pieces” to A.I.-optimized captions, Camille Charrière examines our new obsession with looking brainy while our brains go offline in her debut column for AIR MAIL
Once upon a Time in Gala-Land
How a midnight dinner for fashion insiders became a multi-million-dollar media spectacle, culminating with this year’s sponsorship by none other than the Bezoses
Pod Save the King!
King Charles III’s recent visit to the United States brought a new ritual to high-society gatherings and, with it, a fresh status anxiety
Strictly Personal
As the dating world succumbs to the algorithm, a new generation of romantics is returning to the high-effort, low-tech holy grail of 1977: the personal ad
The Filthy Rich Love to Fish
Once a gentlemanly pastime, fly-fishing has become the latest luxury arms race, with billionaires paying ever more for access to far-flung rivers and that rarest commodity of all—solitude
The Influencers Are Coming!
Hollywood is embracing content creators in a shaky bid to win back Gen Z viewership
The Real Housewives of Rikers Island
On the heels of Taylor Frankie Paul’s Bachelorette blowup and Summer House’s own Scandoval, one writer goes inside the reality-TV franchise that puts them all to shame
The British Are Coming!
Sunday roasts, sticky toffee pudding, and porn-star martinis hinted at Anglomania’s return to New York nightlife. Now the pubs are arriving in force
Bye-Bye, Billionaires’ Row
#floorplanporn hashtags are flooding social media and Rosario Candela books are stacking up on coffee tables as Manhattan buyers turn from super-sleek new builds to historic co-ops. Is the age of condos coming to an end?
The Gentlemen’s Hour
Trendy new members’ clubs are taking over Manhattan, but some young men are opting for the city’s Gilded Age mainstays instead—trading flashy perks for old-school allure
The Bonvoy Problem
Points programs are destroying the luxury-hotel experience. Can anything stop the freeloaders?
A Very English Revolutionary
Meet the marginal but persistent anti-royal activist behind the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Invasion of the Sororities!
The Greek-life craze that has dominated campuses in the South is creeping northward, with the Ivies and small liberal-arts colleges buying in—and specialized “consultants” cashing in
The Polo-Pony Clone Wars
Cloning ponies promised perfection on the polo field. But the business has been beset by economic puzzles, ethical gray areas—and a suicide
Snap, Crackle, and “Bop”
Upper East Side parents are up in arms over their daughters’ obsession with OnlyFans creators
The Cult of Morgan
The 117-year-old British car-maker, whose pint-size but punchy roadsters have made them a household name in the U.K., hand-builds wood-framed sports cars that will make you reconsider that Porsche
Ski Girlies Just Want to Have Fun
Sporting skintight Skims ski suits and camera-ready blowouts, a new kind of snow bunny has arrived on the slopes of Aspen and Courchevel
Skiing and the Art of the Public Apology
The Norwegian biathlete who confessed to cheating on his girlfriend during his Olympic bronze-medal speech follows in the footsteps of Bill Clinton, Jude Law, and countless others
Golden State Worriers
With gold prices reaching record highs, independent jewelry designers are having to get creative
The Billionaire vs. the Beckhams
David and Victoria Beckham thought they could win the public-relations war with their son Brooklyn—but they didn’t reckon on the sharp practices and bullying personality of his father-in-law, Nelson Peltz
A Beckxit Bombshell
From his L.A. mansion, prodigal son Brooklyn Beckham has leveled a laundry list of accusations against his parents, Becks and Posh Spice. Is anyone else having déjà vu?
Looking for Mr. Far-Right
Incel provocateur Nick Fuentes hates women. So why does he have so many female fans? Welcome to the world of the “groypette”
No Fun in the Sun
Inside the allegations of skin rashes and chlamydia outbreaks rocking tony St. Barth’s
