Several years ago a work colleague I admired for her effortless cool (think Zoe Kravitz), announced she was spending the holiday season in Paris. That made perfect sense to me. I immediately pictured her enjoying …
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For Years I Reported on Gender-Based Violence. Now My Life’s Work Is Fighting Against It
Gender-based violence has long cast a shadow over my work. As an anchor and correspondent for CNN International from 2005 to 2018, I covered the biggest stories from across the globe and bore witness to …

Why I’m Using Dr. From Here on out
Recently, on Instagram, I changed my identity—or rather, I reclaimed a part of my personal history that I’d kept, not exactly secret, but in a state of suspended animation for years. During the past few …

6 Ways I’m Navigating Holiday Loneliness This Year
I love the holiday season. I love decorating the Christmas tree, baking Christmas cookies with my mom, exchanging Secret Santa gifts with my coworkers, driving through a Christmas lights display with my grandmother with hot …

Why We Should Reconsider Louis Vuitton’s Underrated Epi Bag
Fernanda Tavares in Louis Vuitton’s Spring 1999 campaignPhoto: Raymond Meier Recently, during a late-night prowl through resale sites, I was on the hunt for wild, monogrammed bags. I was dreaming of a Dior Saddle Bag …

What Reading le Carré Taught Me About My Father
I read John le Carré to get to know my father, a Richmond, Virginia, stockbroker who wore a family signet ring instead of his wedding band, who secretly kept hundreds of thousands of dollars in …

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 …

Victoria Beckham’s Holiday Shoe Isn’t What You’d Expect
The closer we inch towards the holidays, the more festive celebrity fashions become. The urge to indulge in winter motifs is hard to resist, even when you’ve got access to every style option imaginable. Case …