The Making of a Beauty Queen
She has the accent of a Red Sox fan and a long list of detractors. Still, Mikayla Nogueira is building what may become the next hot beauty brand
Stars and Stripes
For three decades, a zebra-patterned banquette at the El Morocco put you at the center of New York nightlife—as long as you were on the right side of the room
Re-Inventing Anna
Rachel DeLoache Williams was friends with Anna Sorokin when Sorokin was still “Anna Delvey,” living large on borrowed credit cards. Now she’s watching the fraudster become a star again
Trump’s Mini-Me
Paolo Zampolli, the former modeling agent who introduced Melania to Donald, has stayed in the Mar-a-Lago circle, anticipating and echoing the president’s foreign-policy views
Out of Sight
Binoculars that will tell you what you’re looking at! A screen to help you escape your phone! A microphone that you can take to outer space! And more …
Assignment: Sinatra Part III
Harold Hayes decides that Esquire will be proceeding with or without the cooperation of Sinatra—whom Talese trails to Las Vegas
How to Win at the Paris Flea Market
At the world’s largest antiques market, a new breed of personal shopper helps deep-pocketed visitors navigate the stalls, haggle with vendors, and ship their treasures home
New Noir
Diane Kruger discusses her feminist spin on the femme fatale in Marlowe, a Raymond Chandler adaptation in which she stars opposite Liam Neeson
Family Feud, Italian-Style
An inheritance dispute featuring Roman nobles and a former Playboy centerfold sends a $534 million palazzo to the auction block
How to Know if You’re Common
Decorator, bon vivant—and still enjoying cocaine at 85—Nicky Haslam releases his annual list of the tacky and unsophisticated
A Welcome Russian Invasion
The director and Putin critic Kirill Serebrennikov spent the last few years in detainment. Now he’s back at Cannes with a new film—and a lot more to say about his homeland
