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Face Value Inside South Korea’s booming plastic-surgery district, where hundreds of faces and bodies are tweaked every day

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Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a biography of artist LeRoy Neiman, a tour of New York’s hidden landmarks, a novel set in a Manhattan women’s hotel, and a new translation of Aesop’s fables

Books

The Original Walter White


Artistic License

A Class Act The producing artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater pays tribute to his friend James McMullan, a brilliant artist who has designed its posters for nearly four decades

Inside Story

The Write Stuff An inter-office memo highlighting Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s inherent racism reveals Toni Morrison to have been as fierce an editor as she was a writer

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Landing Gear

Join the Jet Set A private plane with its own parachute! A digital camera that will make your hair stand on end! Earphones designed to improve the sound quality around you! And more …

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Books

Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a new edition of John Gregory Dunne’s quasi-divorce memoir, an investigation into a Manhattan-art-gallery scandal, and a short-story collection capturing life in northern China

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Style

The Boat and Tote and Me I started ironically embroidering L. L. Bean tote bags as a joke. Then it went viral

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Honor Levy With My First Book, the very online It Girl is defining Gen Z fiction

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Lilli Elias With her homeware brand, Autumn Sonata, the 28-year-old is using her archival-studies degree to turn antique prints into new textiles

Small Talk

Henry Alford’s “This or That” A pop quiz of cultural phenomena


Social Studies

Into the Wilde In Milan, a new wave of members-only clubs is transforming the city’s social fabric

Inspector Gadget

Landing Gear A temperature-controlled mug for coffee-lovers; headphones without equal; the world’s sharpest, brightest portable projector; and more

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Knives Out!

Hello, Doctor? For just $100, a new online concierge service will connect the procedure-curious with some of the world’s top plastic surgeons and dermatologists

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The Restaurant World

The New Swampland? Since 2020, branches of restaurants from New York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, and elsewhere have opened in Miami. But the bubble may be ready to pop

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Elements of Style

The Uncommon Man There are many who believe Nicky Haslam is the last bastion of good taste. His tea towels can help you elevate yours

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Billionaires in Rut

Billion-Dollar Babies When a plush-toy tycoon with a real-estate fetish bumps up against Bill Gates, hospitality goes out the window

Online Special

Marta Has Left the Building In Death Valley Junction, a theater like no other


City Guides

Marcus Samuelsson and Andrew Chapman’s Guide to Harlem The duo behind Red Rooster share their go-to restaurants in the New York neighborhood

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Sophie Thatcher At just 21, the Yellowjackets star turns to the Force with a part in The Book of Boba Fett

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