FIVE MINUTES before NBC called the 2020 election for Joe Biden, Kristen Welker was sprinting. After rising at 4 a.m. and coanchoring Weekend Today in New York, the White House correspondent darted into a car …
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Role Model: How Paloma Elsesser Is Changing Fashion for the Better
Cover Look Paloma Elsesser wears a Michael Kors Collection dress. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, January 2021 ON PAPER, THE IDEA of fashion insiders hitting up the local pumpkin patch seems utterly absurd, but on a …

Leading By Example: How Naomi Osaka Became the People’s Champion
Cover Look Tennis champion Naomi Osaka wears a Louis Vuitton dress.Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, January 2021 “I USED TO BE so embarrassed to say it,” Naomi Osaka recalls. We’ve been pondering the strange power …

The World According to Frances McDormand
Cover Look Frances McDormand, star of the new film Nomadland, wears a Fear of God suit and hoodie. Vela earring.Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, January 2021 To listen to Abby Aguirre read this profile, click …

Thinking About Pandemic-Era Plastic Surgery? You’re Not Alone
IT WAS A FEW MONTHS INTO THE PANDEMIC—post–Tiger King, pre–The Vow—when I decided to do something about my cyst. A small bump tucked into a nasolabial fold, my cyst was virtually invisible, but it bugged …

Power Lines: Kaia Gerber Shows Off Winter’s Sharpest Looks
In a home designed by Marcel Breuer, Kaia Gerber strikes a pose in a Peter Do cropped turtleneck ($1,290) and knife-pleated wool skirt ($2,200); modaoperandi.com. Jennifer Fisher earrings. Proenza Schouler shoes. Gerber—in an armchair by …

With Black Futures, Jenna Wortham and Kimberly Drew Reflect a Cultural Revolution
BLACK FUTURES BEGAN, like so many stories these days, with an exchange on Twitter. In early 2015, Jenna Wortham, 38—then mostly covering tech for the New York Times—had it in mind to create a zine …

In 2021’s West Side Story, Rachel Zegler Will Deliver a Maria for the Moment
TIMELINES tend to go askew for Rachel Zegler. “I remember sending an email to the head of admissions at Montclair State University saying, ‘I know this sounds like a lie, but this is what happened, …