Brandon J. Dirden, Waiting for Godot: My mother helped out with the plays at my elementary school, and in my first show, I got to play Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk. I don't remember much, but I do remember that I got to rescue the goose that laid the...

Say what you will about the Victorian era, but no one can deny they mastered the art of pattern play. For the elite, “it wasn’t enough to use a single wallpaper in a room,” says Washington, D.C.-based interior designer and author Annie Elliott. Instead, Victorians “routinely installed one paper on...

In the bridal world, crochet is back in the spotlight—recasting the traditional wedding dress as something romantic, handcrafted, and surprisingly contemporary. Across the 2026 and 2027 bridal collections, there’s been a notable emphasis on intricate savoir-faire, with designers embracing the charm of handmade workmanship, including delicate weaves, openwork textures, and...

Summer is upon us, and with it the promise of tank tops, shorts, and sandals. Oh, and linen—so much linen. “Linen, for spring? Groundbreaking,” you may be saying to yourself. Which…fair! Don’t you fret, here at Vogue, we have many more ideas about what, exactly, we may be seeing this...

For the table settings, they chose green and blue Ginori plates, black Oaxacan chargers, Belgian linens, French flatware, and a mix of glass and wood tables anchored by three-foot-tall candles from Metre. For calligraphy, they worked with Gino Belassen, a friend of theirs and an artist and gallerist in Phoenix....

In a world obsessed with protein, be a fiber devotee. That’s what health experts now advise, because statistics reveal the sorry fact that 95% of people are deficient in this essential dietary food. “It’s the closest thing we have to a superfood,” says Emily Leeming, microbiome scientist, dietitian, and author...

As the city livens up for summer, there’s no neighborhood buzzier than SoHo. On Thursday, it was particularly jam-packed for the opening of Jacques Marie Mage’s highly anticipated ‘gallery’ on Wooster Street. For the evening, the brand offered friends, artists, and entertainers a glimpse inside its universe: a space where...

When the internet asks you to baste your face with a thick layer of zinc oxide, you can’t help but wonder why. Long considered skincare’s Hail Mary for everything from rashes to acne and sun protection, the thick white cream has never been glamorous—but it can be effective. In true...

The right skin-care ingredients can help with collagen loss. Our collagen production may naturally start to decrease in our mid-to-late 20s, explains Morgan Rabach, MD, board-certified dermatologist at Rabach Aesthetics. When you add in air pollution, sun exposure, inflammation, stress, poor sleep, and other external factors that we might face,...

Two days ago, on a quiet and unassuming Wednesday afternoon, Susan Boyle dropped an Instagram slideshow that sent shockwaves across the world.Okay, that’s dramatic, but the Scottish singer did instantly capture our attention. The star—who you may remember from Britain’s Got Talent, when she went viral in 2009 for her...