Town & Country

Town & Country features the latest in luxury, from beautiful homes, sumptuous dining to exotic locations. In 11 gorgeous annual issues, Town & Country covers the arts, fashion and culture, bringing the best of everything to America's trendsetters

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Here’s the PLAN • Drinks at Joe Allen, then a long-awaited stage reunion.

WAR OF THE WORDLDS • Letter puzzles have taken over social media. Is it an innocent pastime or revenge of the nerds?

PECKING ORDER • Judge people by the game they play? Some clues.

His Kingdom for a Classic • Just when you think you know a play, here comes Jamie Lloyd.

HEAR THEM ROAR • Leopard still rules—and a new jewel box boîte proves it.

Friends of EDITH • After watching The Gilded Age, you may find TV’s most interesting characters a bit familiar. Thank Mrs. Wharton.

WHARTON, HERE’S A WHO • We rate the most Whartonian characters in contemporary pop culture on the Edith Scale.

It’s Time • Europe’s most storied hotel is kicking off its 150th season this month. What’s the secret to its success?

The Creative QUESTIONNAIRE PATTI SMITH

How to Build a TYCOON • Architect Julia Morgan helped define the look of great American power. Was she the one who had it all along?

You, Here, Pixelated • Does your Birkin match your avatar? Let the virtual shopping arms race begin.

THE ABCs OF NFTs

Slouching Toward SEQUINS • Libertine designer Johnson Hartig, the technicolor Joan Didion of L.A. fashion, sums up the secret to his success: “No rules! No rules!”

This Way to PARADISE • Fashion’s real stations of the cross are the flea markets of Paris. A true believer’s step-by-step guide to reaching nirvana.

The T&C Investment Portfolio • Sartorial prep for antiques roadshowing à la française.

Here’s a RADICAL IDEA • Can diamonds change history? They did once. Let’s try again.

The Jewels, Your MAJESTY • A behind-the-scenes dispatch from the Bridgerton jewelry set. Tiara spoilers ahead!

Let Down Your HAIR! • Suddenly everyone wants Cher hair—the longer the better. Here’s how grown-ups grow it out.

GROWTH STRATEGY • Conditioning oils, scalp stimulating elixirs, and more to maximize your mane.

A SOAP Opera • Plot twist! The most mundane item on your vanity has become the star of the show.

RAISING THE BAR • Your soap dish has never looked better.

THE QUEEN • An EGOT. Two West Side Storys. Seventy years in show business. At 90, Rita Moreno is just getting started. The Ritaissance is comin’, and it’s gonna be great.

THE MORENO LIBRARY • Seven decades, five essential performances, one Rita Moreno.

THE O.G.150 • They’re everywhere: on the runways, on our screens, in our collective consciousness. And if not them literally, we see their indelible imprints on all we deem cool and captivating right now. To create this inaugural (and admittedly subjective) list, we surveyed the living style and arts figures whose gritty dedication to their own originality and point of view has made them into our cultural touchstones.

ROYAL ON TRIAL • No, not that one. A new book takes us inside the courtroom of the 18th-century case that rocked the British aristocracy.

How to Live Forever • With regard for history and an impeccable eye for modernity, icons evolve. In fact, it is the key to their legend.

FLIGHT of the GASTRONAUTS • A private jet full of East Coast epicures visits seven of Europe’s finest restaurants in seven nights. A celebration of the modern culinary arts? Or just good old-fashioned over-the-top fun? T&C’s own Jules Verne (or perhaps Henry VIII?) reports from the...