Culture
good karma
Travis Kelce, the Guy on the Chiefs, Dishes on His Trip to Argentina with Taylor Swift
Comin’ straight home to her (and making her dad a Chiefs fan while he’s at it).
FROM THE MAGAZINE
8 of Our Favorite 2023 Authors Recommend Gifts for Readers
Sigrid Nunez, Abraham Verghese, Samantha Irby, and more share favorite books to wrap up this season.
books
The Best Books at Paris Photo Week
During the annual international art fair, one Vanity Fair editor discovers a batch of new photobooks from lauded and emerging artists alike.
minor chords
Paul McCartney Was “Shocked” John Lennon Worried About His Legacy Before Death
“I remember him saying to me, ‘Paul, I worry about how people are going to remember me when I die,’ and it kind of shocked me,” McCartney said.
the ascendant
Best-Selling Novelist Jesmyn Ward on Life in Mississippi, Love Through Grief, and Her New Novel
The author—who won National Book Awards for Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones—is out with Let Us Descend.
editor’s letter
Radhika Jones on Greta Gerwig and the Year of Barbie
The editor in chief on one director’s very good year, and how creativity should fuel a poststrike Hollywood.
VINTAGE ROYAL
How Cecil Beaton Helped Invent Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret
The bon vivant royal photographer made portraits of the Windsors for more than 50 years, helping establish their legacy in the public eye. A new book from the Victoria and Albert Museum offers an intimate view of his mythmaking work.
VF Gift Guide
Sweets for the Sweet! 22 Colorful Gifts for Candy Lovers
From a chocolatey lip balm to a Christopher John Rogers rainbow dress, these items, inspired by Wonka, are sure to surprise and delight.
falling asleep in vegas
Katy Perry Just Can’t Party Like She Used To
“Now I have a toddler who wakes me up at 6:30 whether I am hungover or not,” she said.
In Conversation
“I Just Kept Writing”: Sigrid Nunez on Crafting Her New Novel During “Extraordinary Upheaval”
In The Vulnerables, Nunez puts a twist on a hermetically sealed chronicle of introspection during the pandemic.
Rock & Roll
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Continues to Course Correct
Amid a reckoning at the Hall of Fame, Missy Elliott made history as the first-ever female rapper to be inducted.
odes
Megan Fox Reveals She Suffered a Miscarriage With Machine Gun Kelly
The actor penned about a poem about pregnancy loss in her debut poetry collection, Pretty Boys Are Poisonous.
excerpt
Inside the Frat-Boy Crime Ring That Swept the South
Mikey Schmidt wanted to be a Kappa Alpha at the College of Charleston. He also wanted to make millions… An exclusive excerpt from Among the Bros.
True Colors
Inside the 2023 LACMA Gala, Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Kim Kardashian, and More of Hollywood’s Art-Loving Royalty
The Los Angeles museum’s annual fundraiser has become an A-list must-hit and this year was no different. So how did it get here?
broadway
Harmony Comes to Broadway, Nearly 30 Years in the Making
“We never gave up,” Barry Manilow said of the show he cocreated with Bruce Sussman, because “we knew what we had.”
VF Gift Guide
21 Perfect Gold Gifts, From Luxurious Perfume to Covetable Jewelry
A guide for gold-lovers galore, whether buying a little something for your beloved or on the hunt for New Year’s glimmer.
VF Gift Guide
22 of the Best Gifts for Gourmands and Tomato Girls Alike
Exquisite cookware, pasta-shaped jewelry, elegant aprons, and more presents to spice up any kitchen.
Lawsuits
How Britney Spears’s Lawyer Mathew Rosengart Helped Regain Her Right to Risk
With the recent release of Britney Spears’s memoir, the pop star has been able to tell her side of the 13-year conservatorship that once ruled her life. Mathew Rosengart, the attorney who played a crucial part in ending it, reflects on his client’s plight then and now.
high notes
November? I Don’t Know Her: Mariah Carey Fast Forwards to Christmas
They don’t call her the Queen of Christmas for nothing.