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A longtime collaborator recalls Milton Glaser, a giant of midcentury graphic design
Leading Lady
Olivia de Havilland’s soft power on-screen blew away even the likes of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh
La Chanteuse des Rues
Inspired by Edith Piaf, Lily Lian sang for the pedestrians of Paris
A Writer’s Editor
A longtime editor for Time magazine, Ray Cave brought ambition, wisdom, and wit to the job
The World’s Most Amusing Naughty Person
As Sotheby’s prepares to auction the treasures of John Richardson, his friend remembers the art historian’s intense, inspiring, high-low life
She Changed the Rhythm of American Life
Part of an all-female, mixed-race swing band in 1940s America, Helen Jones Woods dodged the Klan to make a joyful—and powerful—noise
The Way We Live Now
How Sir Terence Conran Turned Bauhaus into Your House
The Woman in Black
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s unanswerable power of argument
“The Best Eyes in the Business”
During the Swinging 60s, Valerie Askew ran the largest modeling agency in Europe and partied with the Beatles
California Girl
Ann Getty was a stunning bi-coastal socialite who rescued Grove Press, the radically chic publisher of D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, and Samuel Beckett, because she loved to read
Into Thin Air
Buddhist and bon vivant Ang Rita Sherpa—known as “the Snow Leopard”—led first-class expeditions (and an elusive life)
The Southern Heroine
Charismatic, witty, and determined, Marguerite Littman was a moving force in the early fight against AIDS and counted David Hockney, Bianca Jagger, and Princess Diana among her closest friends
“A Bit of a Clever Dick”
Scottish actor-comedian John Sessions voiced Laurence Olivier, acted with Meryl Streep, and channeled Keith Richards
Mademoiselle’s Literary Glam Girl
Edie Locke encouraged Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan while publishing Truman Capote and John Updike
Isa Stoppi
She was Italy’s first great model. Richard Avedon called her “the most beautiful woman in the world”
The High-Society Inventor
Peter Florjancic’s life may have been his best creation
A Friend Among Spies
For 60 years, real-life spy turned author John le Carré wrote elegant best-sellers that used the world of espionage to expose the complexities of human nature
The Girl Who Outsmarted the Nazis
Janine de Greef spirited Allied airmen out of German territory
Dyslexia’s Dynamic Champion
Patience Thomson was a pioneer for misunderstood children