March 4, 2023 – Air Mail

All the World’s a Stage

From Hollywood, Edward Zwick tells of the outrageous backroom maneuverings that got Shakespeare in Love to the screen, including the sexcapades of Daniel Day-Lewis and Julia Roberts …

Crazy Like A Fox

From the newsroom, Brian Stelter reveals how Fox News host Maria Bartiromo went from being a respected business journalist to a full-blown election conspiracist. Was she after higher ratings, or did she actually believe it? …

Philophilia Returns

From London, Vassi Chamberlain seeks out the enigmatic Phoebe Philo, the fashion darling and former creative director of Celine, as she returns to the spotlight …

Dark Horses

From Ukraine, Eleanore Kelly speaks to the woman who has devoted herself to saving the starving and injured horses left without homes by the war …

Cry Me A River

From Bel Air, Tarpley Hitt reports on the relentless rainstorms that have given residents of this ultra-tony neighborhood—home to Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Aniston—conniptions …

Acting Out

From the red carpet, Jim Kelly peppers Michael Schulman, author of a new book on the Oscars, with all the questions: Why didn’t Cary Grant ever win? Are they still worth watching? …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

Daniel Boulud answers 33 of life’s most pressing questions … getting deep with the Marquis de Sade … partying with AIR MAIL in Saint-Moritz … dodging land mines at the Iraq Ski Rally … Soviet math for the kindergarten set … Has Satan, Prince of Darkness, found an eternal soulmate? … Plus: the Attention-Whore Index demands your attention! …

Issue No. 190

The View from Here The war in Ukraine has not only killed and displaced millions of people but tens of thousands of horses, too

By Eleanore Kelly

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The Smear Heard Round the World In the weeks after the 2020 election, Maria Bartiromo’s Fox News talk show became an open mike for Trump’s self-serving conspiracy theories

By Brian Stelter

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Not to Be High art. Romantic intrigue. Monstrous villainy. The inside story of the original, star-studded—and star-crossed—production of Shakespeare in Love is the stuff of, well, Shakespeare

By Edward Zwick

Photo illustration by Chop Choppish Shop

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When It Rains, It Pours Relentless rainstorms have made a stretch of Los Angeles’s Bel Air neighborhood lose power—and its residents lose their cool

By Tarpley Hitt

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Bahama Breeze

Set your out-of-office message and ease into vacation mode with sunny delights worthy of any spring-break suitcase

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Photo: Popperfoto/Getty Images (beachgoers)

My Favorite Things Collagerie co-founder and former British Vogue fashion director Lucinda Chambers discusses her favorite discoveries, from stylish sneakers and vintage chairs to the coat she will keep for life

By Lucinda Chambers

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Photo: Sam Copeland (Chambers)

The Attention-Whore Index This week’s dross rising to the top includes some old familiar names causing all-new commotions. Who is the unworthiest? You decide!

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Gone Girl When fashion designer Phoebe Philo left Celine, in 2017, she mysteriously disappeared from the scene. Now, as she returns with her own brand, a look at what transpired

By Vassi Chamberlain

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What a Trip AIR MAIL and Marfa Stance team up on a jacket and vest for stylish travelers

By Zoe Ruffner

Photographs by Cathy Kasterine

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“It’s settled—we’ll eat the slowest and the weakest.”

Wear Chosenwoven “Wool underwear” does not sound especially appealing. But what about “merino underpinnings”? Such is the mission of Chosenwoven…

Wear Prada The Miuccia/Raf combination has proved irresistible, which is why we can’t rest until at least something from Prada’s painterly…

Apply Hermès Spring may be fast approaching, but should you wish to get a head start on your seasonal glow, turn to Hermès, which just debuted…

Listen The Songs of Bacharach & Costello It was a lovely curveball of a cover: sometimes, amid the glorious…

Look Sheila Isham The Washington Color School, formed in the 1950s, brought together artists such as Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland, and briefly gave…

Shop David Hicks Collection x Cabana Magazine In the 1950s, after David Hicks served in the British Army and drew…

Wear Chosenwoven “Wool underwear” does not sound especially appealing. But what about “merino underpinnings”? Such is the mission of Chosenwoven…

Wear Prada The Miuccia/Raf combination has proved irresistible, which is why we can’t rest until at least something from Prada’s painterly…

Apply Hermès Spring may be fast approaching, but should you wish to get a head start on your seasonal glow, turn to Hermès, which just debuted…

Listen The Songs of Bacharach & Costello It was a lovely curveball of a cover: sometimes, amid the glorious…

Look Sheila Isham The Washington Color School, formed in the 1950s, brought together artists such as Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland, and briefly gave…

Shop David Hicks Collection x Cabana Magazine In the 1950s, after David Hicks served in the British Army and drew…

The Gold Standard From the peak of Hollywood glamour to snafus, boycotts, and last year’s infamous Slap, the Oscars have seen it all. Are they still worth watching?

By Jim Kelly

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Satan Ties the Knot The bride will keep the name of her third husband, while the groom will now go by the Slavic pronunciation of his name, Shuh-TAN

By Bill Scheft

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A Night Celebrating NOMAD Rolf and Roya Sachs, Lola Schnabel, Tristan Hoare, and others gathered at the Dracula club, in Saint-Moritz, for a dinner party hosted by AIR MAIL in celebration of the NOMAD art fair

By Elena Clavarino

Photographs by Agostina Schenone

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The scene at the Dracula club, in Saint-Moritz.

Victoria von Faber-Castell, Philipp Sachs, and Astrid de Maismont

*Top,* von Faber-Castell and Rolf Sachs; above, Sachs, the author, Yves Scherer, and Lola Schnabel.

*Top,* Eliane Fattal, Mafalda von Hessen, and Isabelle Harvie-Watt; above, Tristan Hoare.

*Top,* Christian Layolle; *above,* Louis Kahane and Harvie-Watt.

Dinner guests received an AIR MAIL x Chez Dede scarf, illustrated by Andrea Ferolla.

*Top,* Scherer; *above,* guests seated at dinner.

Philip Wolff, Dagmar von Taube, Rolf Sachs, and the author

*Top,* Mafalda Kahane; *above,* Philipp Sachs and Hoare.

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Double Black Diamond in the Rough For those brave souls willing to make the journey, the Iraq Ski Rally offers untouched slopes and striking vistas. Just look out for land mines

By Adrian Brune

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Avedon, Associated A new book explores the relationships, both in front of and behind the lens, that were most formative for the groundbreaking photographer Richard Avedon

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Malcolm X, photographed by Richard Avedon in New York, 1963.

Penelope Tree in a mask by Emanuel Ungaro, Paris, 1968.

Dovima in an evening dress by Dior, flanked by elephants in Paris’s Cirque d’Hiver, 1955.

A Perugia shoe in Paris’s Place du Trocadéro, 1948.

Jean Shrimpton in a Cardin evening dress, Paris, 1970.

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Brian Stelter Discusses the Woman Who Could Sink Fox News Maria Bartiromo was a hero to a generation of reporters. Then she went full MAGA—and now has Fox News facing a billion-dollar lawsuit

Read On

Camila Morrone The young starlet discusses her path from modeling to acting and playing a groupie on Amazon’s Daisy Jones & the Six

By Clara Molot

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Twice-Told Tales The Song Poet, Kao Kalia Yang’s prizewinning memoir of her Hmong father, finds its way to the opera

By Matthew Gurewitsch

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Ned Martel On

The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History

by Joel Warner

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Jonathan Darman On

Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson

by Rebecca Boggs Roberts

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“Oh, this is just a QR code to my Etsy shop.”

Walter Mirisch Raised in the era of silent movies, the Some Like It Hot producer, whose films won 28 Oscars, started out as an usher in a New Jersey theater

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Daniel Boulud

The restaurateur and cookbook author answers 33 of life’s most pressing questions

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Migration formations for the graphic designer.

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The View from Here The war in Ukraine has not only killed and displaced millions of people but tens of thousands of horses, too

The Smear Heard Round the World In the weeks after the 2020 election, Maria Bartiromo’s Fox News talk show became an open mike for Trump’s self-serving conspiracy theories

Not to Be High art. Romantic intrigue. Monstrous villainy. The inside story of the original, star-studded—and star-crossed—production of Shakespeare in Love is the stuff of, well, Shakespeare

When It Rains, It Pours Relentless rainstorms have made a stretch of Los Angeles’s Bel Air neighborhood lose power—and its residents lose their cool

Set your out-of-office message and ease into vacation mode with sunny delights worthy of any spring-break suitcase

My Favorite Things Collagerie co-founder and former British Vogue fashion director Lucinda Chambers discusses her favorite discoveries, from stylish sneakers and vintage chairs to the coat she will keep for life

The Attention-Whore Index This week’s dross rising to the top includes some old familiar names causing all-new commotions. Who is the unworthiest? You decide!

Gone Girl When fashion designer Phoebe Philo left Celine, in 2017, she mysteriously disappeared from the scene. Now, as she returns with her own brand, a look at what transpired

What a Trip AIR MAIL and Marfa Stance team up on a jacket and vest for stylish travelers

The Gold Standard From the peak of Hollywood glamour to snafus, boycotts, and last year’s infamous Slap, the Oscars have seen it all. Are they still worth watching?

Satan Ties the Knot The bride will keep the name of her third husband, while the groom will now go by the Slavic pronunciation of his name, Shuh-TAN

A Night Celebrating NOMAD Rolf and Roya Sachs, Lola Schnabel, Tristan Hoare, and others gathered at the Dracula club, in Saint-Moritz, for a dinner party hosted by AIR MAIL in celebration of the NOMAD art fair

Double Black Diamond in the Rough For those brave souls willing to make the journey, the Iraq Ski Rally offers untouched slopes and striking vistas. Just look out for land mines

Avedon, Associated A new book explores the relationships, both in front of and behind the lens, that were most formative for the groundbreaking photographer Richard Avedon

Brian Stelter Discusses the Woman Who Could Sink Fox News Maria Bartiromo was a hero to a generation of reporters. Then she went full MAGA—and now has Fox News facing a billion-dollar lawsuit

Camila Morrone The young starlet discusses her path from modeling to acting and playing a groupie on Amazon’s Daisy Jones & the Six

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A whale of a time: following its premiere at the Venice Biennale, Massachusetts-based artist Wu Tsang’s installation Of Whales, inspired by Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, travels to the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza …

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When the nightingale sings: David Rothenberg takes his clarinet into Berlin’s green spaces to jam with the birds …

Twice-Told Tales The Song Poet, Kao Kalia Yang’s prizewinning memoir of her Hmong father, finds its way to the opera

Walter Mirisch Raised in the era of silent movies, the Some Like It Hot producer, whose films won 28 Oscars, started out as an usher in a New Jersey theater

The restaurateur and cookbook author answers 33 of life’s most pressing questions

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