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Editor’s Letter • In April I announced that I would be stepping down from my role at Vanity Fair, and by the time this issue is in your hands, I’ll have handed over the reins to our acting editor, Daniel Kile.

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Dwell a MINUTE • After conquering the sea and the sky, Rolex is making a land grab. The Swiss watchmaker, famed for its waterproof Oyster design, debuted the Land-Dweller this spring, with versions in Oystersteel and white gold, Everose gold, and platinum. Recalling two vintage models from the ’60s and ’70s, the Land-Dweller features technology that was more than seven years in the making. With its integrated bracelet with flat links, transparent back showcasing the interior mechanics, and honeycomb dial, its wearer will be ready to hit the ground running.

Greek REVIVAL • Along the Aegean, a cadre of major art players has been steadily setting up shop. Here’s what to see—and where to be seen—this season

Draw STRAWS • Gary Shteyngart by the seashore, Kate Broad at the club. It’s a pool party in your beach bag with some of the summer’s best books

No Place Like HOME • New homewares from Louis Vuitton fuse function and fashion

A Modern PROMETHEUS • From ushering in Citizens United to granting vast immunity powers, John Roberts paved the way for Donald Trump’s destructive second term

BRAVE HEART • PEDRO PASCAL’S emotional depth onscreen and his exuberance everywhere else have skyrocketed him to the top of the A-list and made him a sex symbol in middle age. A funny, sad, wildly honest talk with a star unlike any other

The Godfather Presidency • Forget the comparisons to fascists and autocrats. The most accurate model for understanding Donald Trump is the Mob-adjacent, politically connected underbelly of 1970s and ’80s New York real estate

STAR WITNESS • NEARLY A DECADE AFTER KIM KARDASHIAN WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT, HER EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY IN A PARIS COURTROOM HELPED CONVICT HER ATTACKERS

The Whole Truth • MARISKA HARGITAY was just three years old when her mother, Jayne Mansfield, was killed in a car accident. In a new documentary, the Law & Order star examines her mother’s sex symbol status—and reveals a long-held family secret

Out of the Park • Mistaken identities, separated twins, catfishing, cross-dressing: After an $80 million renovation, Central Park’s Delacorte Theater returns this summer with a star-studded Twelfth Night

WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED • While many Los Angeles residents began putting their lives back together in the weeks immediately following January’s devastating fires, the men and women who sometimes spent days at a time battling the blazes were right back at work. LA fire stations receive up to 60 calls a day, on average, and are expected to execute 60-second turnout times from call to response, a fact Matthew Brookes became acutely aware of as he photographed a small subsection of the more than 7,000 first responders on the front lines of the Palisades and Eaton fires to document, and commemorate, their work.

Estate of Mind • A sprawling palazzo in the Eternal City has been both home and offce to Giancarlo Giammetti for decades, during and after his romance to his lifelong business partner, Valentino Garavani. The business half of the iconic house opens his doors to VF

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