A Solo Sojourn Inspired by Edith Wharton’s ‘In Morocco’
The author’s classic travelogue unfolds in golden Marrakesh, and takes shape here in adventure-ready khakis, creams and camels.
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CreditPhotograph by Colin Dodgson. Styled by Suzanne Koller A Real-Life Enchanted Forest
Finding echoes of Japan’s ancient past, and of the woodlands of Hayao Miyazaki’s animated masterpiece “Princess Mononoke,” deep among the trees of Yakushima island.
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CreditChrystel Lebas On the Unsettling Allure of ‘Watership Down’
On submerging oneself in the language, the place and the unsettling allure of ‘Watership Down.’
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CreditPhotograph by Richard Barnes. Set Design by Jill Nicholls A Veritable No Man’s Land, Off the Coast of Scotland
Michael Powell’s 1937 film “The Edge of the World” tells of the desertion of St. Kilda in the Outer Hebrides. Today, the islands’ beauty remains, as do signs of what once was.
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Beautiful People in European Villas: a Film Genre of Its Own
How the European villa movie — well stocked with beautiful people, good food, wine, sparkling views of the Mediterranean and a frisson of danger — came to define languor for generations of earnest, industrious Americans.
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Credit© Philippe Halsman/Magnum Photos InspirationsThe Strange, Enduring Appeal of Biarritz
Éric Rohmer’s small masterpiece ‘The Green Ray’ is a hymn to youth — and to the beach town’s indefinable allure.
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CreditNick Ballon The Sunlit Studio a Son Built for His Photographer-Mother
The architect Mauricio Rocha dreamed up a stark space for the artist Graciela Iturbide in Mexico City.
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CreditBen Sklar Home and WorkRead Any Antisocial Novels Lately?
After a decade of introspective, self-consciously autobiographical fiction, a new crop of novels and stories — many by women — seethes with the anger of our current era.
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CreditAndrea Modica Arts and LettersThe Female Couples Remaking the Restaurant Industry
As restaurants helmed by queer female couples thrive in American cities, so too does a new paradigm for less brutal, more collaborative, professional cooking.
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The Ancient Art of Jaipur Block Printing, and What It Means to India
There are some traditions that are universal. Here, we highlight a single craft — and how it’s being adapted, rethought and remade for the 21st century.
By Deborah Needleman
Letter from the EditorT’s Spring Travel Issue: To See It for Myself
Unlike other things we come to crave, we first dream of places we’d like to visit through another’s eyes, another’s ears.
By Hanya Yanagihara
Up in the Tower
Like her photographs, Graciela Iturbide’s studio in Mexico City plays with light and dark.
A Guide to the Otherworldly Island of Yakushima
Where to stay, eat, and explore on the remote subtropical island off Japan's southern coast.
By John Wogan
Of A KindGaia Repossi’s Japanese Bud Vases, Illustrated
The jewelry designer first went to Japan as a teenager and became enamored; now, Eastern design has suffused her home in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris.
By John Wogan and Illustrations by Aurore de La Morinerie
I Dreamed of Africa
Adventure-ready clothes that reflect the golden sands of Marrakesh — and recall Edith Wharton’s classic travelogue “In Morocco.”
In StudioThe Secret Atelier Behind a Roman Boutique
The owners of the Roman design boutique Chez Dédé create a private space where creativity can run wild.
By Chiara Barzini
ObjectsLarge, but Surprisingly Comfortable, Watches
Timepieces so good you’ll want to sleep in them.
T IntroducesOtherworldly Sculptures, Inspired by Crystals
The 29-year-old Zuza Mengham has become known for confection-colored, craggy tabletop pieces.
By Natalia Rachlin
Notes on the CultureWelcome to the Age of the Twink
As discussions about how a man should behave continue, visual culture has already provided a solution to what a man might look like.
By Nick Haramis
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