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Supermodel Beverly Johnson Is in Her Golden Era

Supermodel Beverly Johnson Is in Her Golden Era

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY PULEIO STYLING BY JEN HARDY OF LBLC THE LABEL HAIR BY JANIA KELLY MAKEUP BY UZOBeverly Johnson projected a photo of her all-Black swim team during her one-woman biographic off-Broadway show, Beverly Johnson: In Vogue. “Pick me out,” she encouraged...

Vintage Jewelry Nods to Modernism in Greater Palm Springs

Vintage Jewelry Nods to Modernism in Greater Palm Springs

PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRANDON HARMANSTYLING BY BRIAN PRIMEAUX19th-century teacups and saucers by KPM (Berlin’s oldest porcelain factory, founded in 1763), $500, Dragonette Limited in Palm Desert. Signed Van Cleef and Arpels brooch, $100,000, Mary Ann-Tiques.1980s Valentino...

Brian Tyree Henry Is Right Where He Belongs

Brian Tyree Henry Is Right Where He Belongs

Brian Tyree Henry smells like mulled vanilla cider. There’s an undertone of nag champa (the incense he often lights to stoke a vibe) and hits of patchouli, black pepper, and warm cedar. It’s approachable and not overbearing, but a rung up — put together in the kind of...

Heat Wave

Heat Wave

styling: RAFAEL LINARESHAIR:ANDRE GUNNMAKEUP:ELAYNA BACHMANMODEL:DARIA MATKOVALOCATION: INGLESIDE INN, MELVYN'S RESTAURANT, PALM SPRINGSSwimsuit by Louis Verdad, hat by The Millinery Guild, both from Biblioteq; earrings by Talita.Dress by Ganni from...

One Love

One Love

PHOTOGRAPHY BY PATRICK MAUSStyling: Marcus AllenHair: Andre GunnMakeup: Adrienne HerbertLocation: Johnny Mercer Estate, Palm Springs: courtesy of Jim Burba and Bob HayesChanel earrings from What Goes Around Comes Around, Beverly Hills; Cartier watch,...

Thoroughly Modern Billy

Thoroughly Modern Billy

There’s something to be said for striking while the iron is hot. Billy Porter has taken this old proverb to heart. Three decades into his career, he finds himself propelled into today’s headlines as ubiquitously as any controversial politician. It’s...

Hollywood’s Rising Stars

Hollywood’s Rising Stars

Behind closed doors at an unassuming photo studio in Cathedral City, a soundtrack of classic motion-picture scores sets the tone for sartorial thrill. Plumes of tulle, chiffon, and appliquéd organdy spill from a fleet of garment racks — these fashions date back to the...

Taking Flight

Taking Flight

While casting his new film, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, writer-director Fede Alvarez pored over a pile of indistinguishable audition tapes. He was looking for his Ed Needham, a tech wiz working for the National Security Agency and the latest to track...