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Lattice REJOICE • Following a year of renewed zeal for handicrafts and cozy distractions, find a reason to celebrate in a retro chic palette of umber, gold, and mauve
Sweet DREAMS
Gothic REVIVAL • Set against a slate of emotional film roles, British actor OLIVIA COOKE slips into makeup for a moody spring
New WAVE
Island HOPPING • Hawaii-born EVAN MOCK takes Manhattan by storm
Novel IDEAS • Greet springtime with hot-off-the-press page-turners and pretty new bags
Cooling Their WHEELS • Theaters are closed, and tentpoles have been delayed years. How can studios keep hype alive?
Mystics and CLOWNS • The Capitol riot brimmed with fascist symbols—sound and fury signifying everything
Hack the SYSTEM • Tony Hsieh’s tragic death reveals the dark side of Silicon Valley’s biohacking obsession
Opening Moves • Already a breakout star thanks to The Witch and Emma, ANYA TAYLOR-JOY gave such a captivating performance as a drug-addicted chess prodigy in The Queen’s Gambit that it became a global obsession. She’s now working with everyone you’ve ever heard of
The Rise and Fall of a Bitcoin Billionaire • ARTHUR HAYES created a cryptocurrency exchange that has traded trillions. Now he’s wanted by U.S. authorities, and insiders wonder whether he and his partners are villains—or victims of a two-tiered justice system that favors big banks over brash outsiders
THE VELVET HAMMER • Writer-performer ZIWE has perfected the art of putting people on the spot in her web series, Baited. Now she’s bringing that same fearless energy to television. She tells Yohana Desta how she plans to upend late night
INTELLIGENT DESIGN • FOR DECADES, YVES BÉHAR HAS BLENDED SWISS AESTHETICS WITH CALIFORNIA TECHNOLOGY IN HIS HUMANIST DESIGNS. NOW, HE’S DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS MISSION TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE
ON POINT • With bold taste, stylists on demand, and millions watching their game-day tunnel walks, NBA players are serving some of the best—and some of the only—style for sore eyes
STATE of the UNION • KELLYANNE CONWAY and her husband, GEORGE, have spent the past several years very publicly divided. Now that America is recovering from Trump, can they?
THE CASE OF THE PURLOINED BOOKS • For two and a half years, a gang of acrobatic thieves pulled off a string of daring heists across Britain, lifting millions of dollars in rare books, artwork, and cash on a spree that stumped detectives from Scotland Yard to Romania. Marc Wortman cracks the so-called Mission: Impossible case
NAOMI CAMPBELL • The super-est of supermodels talks going on safari and the one piece of jewelry she’s worn for 25 years
Rebel, REBEL • Cartier’s platinum-haired perfumer MATHILDE LAURENT brings a punk sophistication to the finer things