New York

The Smell Test

Starry Nights Monroe, Bogart, Jackie Kennedy, and Elizabeth Taylor occupied its stylish banquettes. Now five perfumes aim to bottle El Morocco’s frothy spirit

By Celia Ellenberg

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Dante x Claridge’s

By Ashley Baker

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Upstairs Inspired by Bemelmans Bar

By Ashley Baker

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Introducing …

A Study in Scarlett Learn the source of Scarlett Johansson’s dirty mind, how she ended up marrying someone from the outer boroughs, and much more, in our new podcast, Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi

Publishing

Harper Lee, Lost and Found Eight short stories by the To Kill a Mockingbird author, discovered after her death in 2016, are being published for the first time

By Will Pavia

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Open Book

Rodney Everlasting With the magic of Wes Anderson, the imagination of René Magritte, and the mystery of Alfred Hitchcock, Rodney Smith’s photographs—collected in a new coffee-table book—create a fantastical world untouched by time

By Carolina de Armas

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My Signature

Oui, Madame! For the past 40 years, Le Bernardin’s Maguy Le Coze has been the most stylish presence on the food scene. As she celebrates her 80th birthday, she reveals the key components of her signature look

By Maguy Le Coze

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Filson

By Ashley Baker

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Fouquet’s x Michael Avedon

By Gracie Wiener

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Listen

Re-Inventing Anna? House arrest be damned! Notorious fraudster Anna Delvey joins the podcast to share her side of her incredible story

By Ashley Baker and Michael Hainey

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When Uptown Met Downtown Fred Brathwaite—better known as Fab 5 Freddy—bridged the worlds of punk and hip-hop, graffiti and high art

By Mark Rozzo

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Close-up

Isabella Bowie With her shoe company, Izie, the young designer has her sights set on reviving the high heel

By Elena Clavarino

The Imperfect Ending

Michael Stuhlbarg The Boardwalk Empire actor, who stars in Peter Morgan’s new Broadway play, Patriots, reveals his least favorite things

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Open Book

“Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies,” Revisited New York’s favorite, “100% overheard” comic strip, which ran from the mid-70s to the mid-90s in The Village Voice, is brought back to life in a new book

By George Kalogerakis

The Perfect Ending

Wes Gordon The creative director of Carolina Herrera answers 36 of life’s most pressing questions

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There’s the Rub

The World’s Most Expensive Massage Spoon-fed honey, a thwacking with oak leaves, and an oxygen mask are all part of the fun

By Alice B-B

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Bolola

By Rachel Lesage

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The Music of Butterfly

By Spike Carter

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Open Book

William Klein’s World A new coffee-table book pays tribute to the photographer whose unconventional style helped revive a staid industry

By Elena Clavarino

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Girlfriends

By Maggie Turner

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Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a new edition of Wilfrid Sheed’s 1966 masterpiece, the retelling of a 1980s hostage crisis, and Bernard-Henri Lévy on Israel

By Jim Kelly

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Highlight

Jack of All Trades The Museum of Modern Art, in New York, presents its first Jack Whitten retrospective, celebrating the late artist’s lasting mark on everything from abstraction to sculpture and drawings

By Tobias Grey

Beauty and Wellness

Eye of the Beholder Hotels are so rich with scent memories that, sometimes, a spritz is enough to really take you places. Isn’t it about time you tried puttin’ on the Ritz, too?

By Linda Wells

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Ron Yan With Tolo, his first solo restaurant, the New York City chef brings together several Chinese cuisines in one menu

By Nina Friend

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Nick Pinkerton A fixture of New York’s downtown film scene discusses writing the script for The Sweet East, starring Euphoria heartthrob Jacob Elordi, which premieres at the Cannes Film Festival

By Nicolas Rapold

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