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THE CREATION REINTERPRETING BEAUTY

In 1968, Van Cleef & Arpels presented The incorporation of the guilloché gold aesthetic in
the first Alhambra long necklace, inspired 2018 and the introduction of the secret pendant watch
in 2021 are but two examples of how Alhambra has
luck cherished by the Maison. The design, continued to embrace creative renewal and attract
which features delicate gold beads new generations while drawing inspiration from the
and a harmonious motif, championed rich archives of Van Cleef & Arpels. Recent creations,
guilloché rose gold,
ease of wear and ushered in a new era carnelian, diamond.
such as the reversible ring introduced in 2023,
of natural sophistication. © Van Cleef & Arpels represent both versatility and breathtaking artistry.
 Van Cleef & Arpels’ Alhambra collection with Nicholas Foulkes,
celebrated journalist, historian, and author of the definitive book
on Alhambra, published in 2018 by Éditions Xavier Barral.

Few creations in the world of jewelry have captured

the imagination quite like the Alhambra collection by
Van Cleef & Arpels. Since its debut in the late 1960s, the
iconic design has transcended time, embodying luck,
sophistication, and meticulous craftsmanship. To uncover
the stories, inspirations, and artistry behind this enduring
masterpiece, we turn to Nicholas Foulkes, whose
exploration of Alhambra’s history and cultural resonance
provides a unique lens into this singular universe.
In our exclusive interview, Foulkes unravels Alhambra’s
rich narrative, from its roots in 1960s youth culture and
the free-spirited ethos of the era to its status as a symbol
of multigenerational and global appeal. Through his
insights, we’ll learn why this timeless talisman continues
to fascinate, and how its polychromatic beauty and
versatility, showcased in Van Cleef & Arpels boutiques Van Cleef & Arpels boutique, Place Vendôme.
worldwide, have won the hearts of collectors. © Van Cleef & Arpels
 In your book, you describe Alhambra as a ‘palimpsest of
history.’ How has it evolved while staying true to itself?
The Alhambra collection has remained true to itself while
continuously shaping how jewelry is worn, appreciated, and
Alhambra
experienced. It really is historically important. You’re wearing
by Nicholas Foulkes. something that has been part of jewelry history, a creation that
© Éditions Xavier Barral
made history. It’s not just about who has worn it, from royalty to
free spirits; it’s about how it has fundamentally transformed
Whether you’re a longtime admirer or a newcomer to jewelry-making and the way people engage with these pieces.
Alhambra’s allure, this conversation offers a glimpse into the What makes Alhambra remarkable is its uninterrupted
meticulous artistry, innovation, and universal magic that make production since 1968—more than 50 years of continuous crea-
the Van Cleef & Arpels Alhambra collection an icon that tion. That consistency is essential. Over the past two decades, it
transcends time. has become an even more prominent cultural motif, appearing in
new ways, and that has only reinforced its presence.
What makes a design truly timeless? I would like people to appreciate the depth that is there.
When one talks about a design enduring, it is a testament to the Alhambra is not just a stock-keeping unit—it is a design with
excellence of it. Not anybody but Van Cleef & Arpels can talk history and meaning and a legacy that continues to grow. I
about capturing a moment with a creation—time moves on, yet have observed its evolution. It was always known, but it wasn’t as
the creation remains anchored in that moment. It becomes a central to the Van Cleef & Arpels story as it has become. Today,
period piece, and if you’re lucky, a classic. Alhambra is a perfect it is a near-mythical symbol of craftsmanship and vision.
example of this.
Its beauty lies in its simplicity—often, great things are defined as How does the collection reflect the time it was created in? Do
much by what is left out as by what is put in. If you look at it, the you think it captured the spirit of the time or contrasted with it?
elements are simple, yet beautifully crafted. There is no intellectual Alhambra made its debut in the late 1960s, a period of immense
hurdle to be crossed. It is simply a great jewel, naturally elegant, cultural transformation, where old attitudes were being chal-
and immediately recognizable. lenged and new ideas were flourishing. The genius of
It is something very free, very open to interpretation. It has proved Van Cleef & Arpels was its ability to take elements of popular
its internationality, as it were. This universal quality, this simplicity culture and reflect them in its creations. Which is a true gift
and incredible versatility are what allows it to resonate across gen- because that is what remaining contemporary is about. The
erations and cultures, adapting seamlessly while remaining Maison was able to decode youth culture, the hippie movement
unchanged at its core. That is the essence of timeless design. and flower power, and find beauty in that moment while
also translating them into something that has lasted.
There is a geometric versatility
to Alhambra but also a richness
in texture, with its signature beaded
contour. The ’60s were very much
about texture, about freedom, and
Alhambra embodies that spirit.
It is a very free piece of jewelry, liber-
ating to wear, and in that sense, it truly
expresses its era of origin, one of
openness and self-expression.

Van Cleef & Arpels boutique,

Place Vendôme.
© Van Cleef & Arpels
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catalog, 1973.
© Van Cleef & Arpels

What gives the Alhambra creations their everyday allure?

The Alhambra collection also speaks to the excellence of
La Boutique Van Cleef & Arpels, which, in its time, was a remark-
ably daring concept. The idea that a grand jeweler would open
a boutique offering pieces designed for everyday wear—whether
a lighter, cuff links, or a delicate brooch—was revolutionary. It
introduced a new way of experiencing jewelry, one that empha-
sized both refinement and versatility.
What the Boutique approach did was take everyday gestures
and give them a sense of occasion. It dignifies these small
moments—when you put it on, you feel good about it. You may
even forget you’re wearing it,
yet you know it’s there, some-
thing with a real soul. The bou-
tique had this incredible way of
elevating the everyday.
At that time, there was also
a shift in the way jewelry was
purchased. More women were
buying pieces for themselves,
and there was a distinct empha- revealing how each creation
sis on yellow gold, which was was meticulously conceived and
immensely popular. The brought to life.
Boutique mirrored the evolution What struck me most was the
happening in couture, where sheer continuity of beauty. Day
prêt-à-porter was emerging after day, something exquisite
alongside traditional haute was being crafted, and not just
couture. It was a similarly avant-garde vision, and Alhambra was for grand occasions, but as pieces meant to be worn, cherished,
an essential part of it—it was something no one else was really and passed down. The archives don’t only hold records; they tell
doing. It became an emblem of this modern approach, embody- a story of lasting elegance and craftsmanship. That, for me, was
ing both elegance and contemporary ease. a big privilege and treat.

You often refer to Alhambra as a ‘polychromatic universe of How has the Alhambra collection reflected changing tastes
beauty.’ Can you elaborate on the role of materials in bring- and values across different generations and cultures?
ing this vision to life? Alhambra has great appeal because it has no set profile. That,
Color is a beautiful gift to Van Cleef & Arpels because you’re not I think, is one of its greatest strengths. You instantly recognize it as
creating a one-shot wonder; you’re crafting an entire world. That’s a Van Cleef & Arpels design, yet, like a true chameleon, it takes
what I mean by polychromatic universe. If you enter into the world on the character of the person wearing it. The way people
of Alhambra, you will never leave, because there will always be respond to it shifts depending on where you are, how you wear
something new around the corner. it. It’s a deeply personal piece, open to interpretation.
And that endless reinvention is made possible by materials. It has survived generations, carrying with it a subtle sense of
They are what truly set the Alhambra collection apart: woods, nostalgia. That longevity is what makes it such a remarkable
ornamental stones, textured gold. The capacity for variety is phenomenon; its appeal is truly ageless. It’s wonderful to see
amazing. For me, that is what’s important about Alhambra, its a grandmother wearing it, a mother, and perhaps even the
versatility. It goes with anything. Each piece has the ability to be daughter’s boyfriend incorporating it into his own style. I see a lot
both elevated and understated, adaptable to any occasion. of it on men these days—just the other day, I was speaking to
someone outside a café in Notting Hill, and I noticed he had a
What was it like to dive into the archives for your book? couple of Alhambra bracelets stacked on his wrist.
I love researching in the archives. I could spend all day immersed Alhambra wins because it is both quotidian and enduring.
in those ledgers; they are fantastic. They offer a fascinating I imagine it will still be with us long after many other things
glimpse into the artistry and heritage of Van Cleef & Arpels, have disappeared.
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Sweet Alhambra
guilloché yellow
blue agate,
quartz move
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ETAILS
Crafting Alhambra creations.
© Van Cleef & Arpels THAT
MAKE A
DIFFERENCE
An emblem of good luck since its creation in 1968,
Van Cleef & Arpels’ iconic Alhambra has charmed many.
Born from meticulous craftsmanship and the finest
materials, it is a keepsake whose magic lies in its making.
While precious, each Alhambra jewel is made to be worn; a
timeless creation that elevates the everyday, the result of
painstaking collaborative work by jewelers, stone-setters,
lapidaries, and polishers.
It’s a small treasure with a big history: Van Cleef & Arpels created
the original Alhambra motif in 1968. By then, symbols of luck and
refined sentiment had long been a hallmark of the jewelry Maison
established in 1906, with a boutique at 22 Place Vendôme. Early
creations included the Touch Wood collection, with jewelry carved
from wood and set with gemstones, naturally. Over the years,
golden zodiac medallions, ladybird motifs, and brooches in the
shape of benevolent winged fairies followed.
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quality are chosen for the collection, and the
finest sections cut into the clover-shaped
motifs, polished, inspected, and tested before
being paired to create harmonious ensem-
bles. The design integrates the beaded con-
tour directly into the mounting so that the motifs
and their frames achieve the necessary align-
ment for an even and balanced finish.
Introduced to the Alhambra collection in
2018, the guilloché aesthetic draws inspira-
tion from a traditional engraving technique
that has long been part of the Maison’s
heritage. Historically used to adorn watch
dials, minaudières, and other precious
objects, this radiant sunbeam-like pattern
brings a luminous, contemporary dimension
to the collection’s motifs.
Crafting
Alhambra creations.
The clasp is one of the details that distinguish Alhambra
© Van Cleef & Arpels pendants, necklaces, long necklaces, and bracelets. Forged from
gold, the clasp is sealed with the Maison’s hallmark, an
impression of the Vendôme Column. The chain design is also
noteworthy: Instead of a traditional round chain, Van Cleef & Arpels
uses a faceted one. The diamond-cut cable chain catches
and refracts light, adding a dazzling effect to every movement
the wearer makes.
The Alhambra collection by Van Cleef & Arpels continues to
The very first Alhambra design was a long necklace: a gold present new interpretations of an icon. Since its introduction in
chain with 20 motifs shaped like four-leaf clovers. Searched 1998, the Alhambra watch has been a favorite among feminine
for and picked in gardens and fields around the world, the clover daily-wear timepieces. Recent additions include the Sweet
has long been a sign of good luck. Jacques Arpels, a member of Alhambra watch, which features alternating guilloché yellow
the Maison’s founding family, was fond of picking the four-leaf gold and blue agate motifs, and the Alhambra secret pendant
clovers that grew near his home and then presenting them to the watch, named for its hidden dial. A reversible ring is among the
company’s employees. The original Alhambra design includes newest creations, combining distinctive design with versatile
the double-beaded contour, a detail pleasing both to behold wear. Building on its legacy of creativity, the collection
and to touch. It is also a marker of sophisticated jewelry crafts- reimagines classic motifs with modern flair, proving that true
manship: Artisans polish the beads with extra care to enhance the elegance, like good luck, evolves beautifully over time.
gold’s brilliance. The prongs are on the front of the pendant; the
back has beads precisely placed for the wearer’s comfort.
The Alhambra collection’s enduring success lies as much in its
design as in its expert craftsmanship. The collection’s easy-to-wear
appeal belies its intricate construction. Each step of the process,
from the selection and cutting of stones to assembling, stone-
setting, polishing, and rigorous quality controls, is carried out
with meticulous attention to detail. The collective savoir-faire
embodied in every creation reflects Van Cleef & Arpels’ tradition
of excellence and dedication to timeless elegance.
In the 1970s, Van Cleef & Arpels began introducing
vibrant colors, incorporating ornamental stones—malachite,
onyx, carnelian, tiger’s-eye, turquoise, midnight-blue lapis lazuli—
rock crystal, coral, and diamonds. Mother-of-pearl, in gray or
white, also made the cut, followed by patterned letterwood and
Sèvres porcelain.
Each ornamental stone and organic material is selected
a
according to the Maison’s stringent criteria. The intensity of color,
the luster of the surface, and the consistency and regularity of
mother of pearl,
striations, such as those found in malachite, are carefully assessed diamonds.
by in-house gemologists. Only roughs and shells of the highest © Van Cleef & Arpels
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the collection has long balanced tradition
and reinvention. It has also become a
To be lucky,
canvas for creativity, expressed through
a variety of materials—from fiery red
carnelian and deep black onyx to lush
you have to
green malachite and iridescent white
mother-of-pearl, to name just a few. believe in luck.”
— JACQUES ARPELS

A TOKEN OF LUCK
Alhambra remains more than a
jewel—it is a talisman of hope and
positivity. Luck has long been a value
dear to Van Cleef & Arpels. Jacques
Arpels often picked four-leaf clovers
in his garden at Germigny-l’Evêque to
give to his staff, along with a copy of
the poem “Don’t Quit” as an invitation
to always keep hope. This positive
vision of life continues to this day,
captured in precious jewelry.

Polishing a Vintage Alhambra motif.

© Van Cleef & Arpels

Poem and four-leaf clover

donated by Jacques Arpels.
© Van Cleef & Arpels

EXCELLENT
CRAFTSMANSHIP
From the careful selection and cutting of stones to
the meticulous assembling, stone-setting, polishing,
and quality control, each Alhambra creation is
the result of collective work. This collaboration of
expert hands and eyes results in wearable
masterpieces that reflect the Maison’s commitment
to the marriage of aesthetics and emotion.
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the beauty world. Check out our new video series, Tiny Talks,
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C OU RTESY OF THE DES I G NE R S.

The NECKLACE
Dezso designer Sara Beltrán’s Ocean Maharana necklace deftly combines diamonds,
Mediterranean red coral, and 18K rose gold for a showpiece worthy of a royal.
Necklace, DEZSO BY SARA BELTRÁN.

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 The BAG
This summer promises to be all about the “fisherman” aesthetic. Get in on the trend with
Prada’s winsome suede bag, complete with a recycled-nylon rope overlay.
Handbag, PRADA.

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OF THE DES I G NE R .

The SHOE
IT H E RE

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RTESY

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OUD
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KINGS
This season, artisanship takes center stage,
from Chanel’s Métiers d’art show in Hangzhou,
China, to Justine Menard’s handblown glass objets.
Chanel’s 2024/25 Métiers d’art collection.
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exquisite grouping that includes jewelry-inspired items for
the home, like this delicate mirror with a neck that mimics
stacked bangles. theinvisiblecollection.com.

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For her debut collaboration with home goods designer LES
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Handblown wine
for the dinner table. Her whimsical Selene set includes two decanter by
handblown wineglasses and a stunningly delicate decanter
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Justine Menard.
inspired by the female form. lescollection.com.
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←DAYDREAMS AWAIT
This summer, step inside the
wondrous world of French
post-Impressionist painter
Paul Cézanne. The Musée
Granet in Aix-en-Provence
will be staging a comprehen-
sive exhibition showcasing
over 130 pieces that depict
the painter’s life in the south
of France between 1859 and
1899, including landscapes,
still lifes, and self-portraits.
The show also coincides with
the gradual reopening of the
Cézanne family home in Aix,
the Jas de Bouffan mansion.
Through October 12, 2025,
museegranet-aixenprovence.fr.
The exterior of the Jas
de Bouffan mansion.

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Front Row Meruert Tolegen fall 2025.

the
FUTURE
of
FASHION
From a trio of bold,
female-fronted brands
to fiery slogan T-shirts
PH OTO G R APH E D BY J O RD IE HE NN IG AR.

and gender-upending
creations, fashion’s
current mood is one
of unabashed
statement-making.
 “[My muse is]
the girl who’s the
daydreamer at
the office.”
—JANE WADE

tails of officewear that might go

unnoticed in the daily hustle. Her
muse is “the girl who’s the day-
dreamer at the office,” Wade says.
Clockwise from above: Fall 2025 One moment that Wade fans
looks from Jane Wade, Meruert
Tolegen, and Nia Thomas.
of any persuasion could under-
stand? The finale of her fall 2025
show, where an ultra-bossed-up

NIA THOMAS
Some people spend their entire lives trying to
home in on their passions, but Nia Thomas’s
destiny was written from the start. Growing
up on New York’s Long Island, Thomas spent
own stamp on style. her evenings assisting her aunts in their alter-
NIA THO MAS M OD E L : PHOTO G R APH E D BY JP YIM ; R E MAI NIN G IMAGES : L AUN CH M ETRI CS/SP OTLIG HT.

ation shop, learning just as much about the

MERUERT TOLEGEN world through the lens of design as she did in
The Kazakh-born designer Meruert any classroom.
Tolegen was working as a scientific re- Years later, all these lessons manifested in
searcher when her career took a hard her eponymous resortwear brand. Motivated
pivot. With no formal training in fash- both by a desire to travel and the hope of seeing
ion, she founded her own brand, which more Black female designers rise to the main-
has now been named a semifinalist stream of fashion, Thomas channeled ease and
for the 2025 LVMH Prize. The career serenity in her early designs. “Honestly, at the
change was “very accidental,” Tolegen time I just wanted to feel like I was on vacation,”
says. After giving birth to her daughter, she jokingly confirms. Hand-crocheted dresses and
she started an online children’s store. “It bikinis quickly became staples and bestsellers for
was just a creative outlet for me,” she the young brand. From there, everything started to
says. She started to incorporate her fall into place.
own designs, and it wasn’t long For fall 2025, halter tops were hand-crocheted us-
before they developed a cult ing leather cording, while coats and boleros made of
following. Many of the moth- paper raffia swept the runway—letting us know that
ers shopping for their children resortwear is for everywhere and anytime. “When
asked for pieces they could wear people think of raffia, they automatically think of a straw
themselves, and the rest is history. bag you take to the beach,” Thomas says. “But I say, ‘No,
“I always wanted to do something like [fashion],” you can wear it in the fall as a coat,’ because I want to chal-
she says. “I just never had the courage to really try… lenge what people think these materials can be used for.”
and, well, here I am now.”—DALE ARDEN CHONG —TASHA NICOLE SMITH

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Front Row individuals pushing the envelope with their fashion,
the more it creates a conversation.”
This year, at shows like Tanner Fletcher, Jil Sander,
Palomo Spain, Willy Chavarria, and DSquared2,
that spirit stomped down the runway with a fluid
force. Prada mixed feminine bows with boxy
shapes, juxtaposing traditional femininity
with masculine silhouettes. However, other
heavy hitters embraced a more rigid binary.
It remains to be seen if this is a reaction to
the rollback of LGBTQ rights in the United
States under the second Trump administra-
tion. But one thing is certain: Fashion and gen-
der politics have never been more intertwined.
Even amid their worries about the state of
the world, many creatives remain committed
to genderless design—both as a profitable
pursuit and a moral imperative. For Tanner
Fletcher, it stands as a brand cornerstone. “It’s
like selling men’s shampoo versus women’s.
They have the same ingredients and the same
Clockwise from
above: Looks
price, yet we create barriers around who should
from Tanner purchase a product,” says codesigner Tanner
Fletcher, Richie. “I think it’s important for designers to
Palomo Spain,
and Jil Sander.
cross gendered barriers, because they are just
that, a barrier.”
Christian Siriano, who has recently expanded
into menswear, has also found profitability in
throwing gender out the door. “We’ve been sell-
ing a lot of the clothes that we showed on men
to women,” he says. “We wanted to see if people

from HERE would actually buy an iridescent red cropped

jacket and really fitted pants, and they did.”

TANN E R F L ETC HE R MO D E L : P HOTO GR APH E D BY L AWR E NC E DE L EON ; PALO MO S PAIN MO D EL : LAUN CHM ETRICS/SP OTLIG HT;
For fall 2025, some

By Samuel Maude THING IN FASHION

W IS VERY (very) OLD
A fresh generation of antique
collectors is bridging centuries
of style. By Kristen Bateman J IL SAN DE R M O DE L : PHOTO G R APH E D BY AL ES SAN DRO LUC I ON I/GO RU NWAY.

W hat happens when the vintage clothing craze

goes mainstream? Antique fashion becomes
the next frontier, it seems. The most devoted fashion
collectors are scouring antique malls, and their digital
dle finger to his bullies. “I love
to challenge and push peo-
ple,” says Reed, now creative
director of Nina Ricci and his
namesake brand. “Running

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 Influencer and designer María Bernad wears 19th- and
20th-century crochet and lace and incorporates antique tap-
estries and other textiles into her upcycled brand Les Fleurs
SAY IT with
Studio. She collects Victorian Gothic pieces and wears them
alongside her Vivienne Westwood corsets and early-2000s
your CHEST
Jean Paul Gaultier grails. “I always say that antique pieces A protest staple makes a
hold history, and the first thing is learning the story behind
it: what year it’s from, how it was made, and the period or comeback on the runway.
connection with the art movement at the time it was creat- By Véronique Hyland

“If I could pair every outfit

with a family heirloom,
I absolutely would.”
—CHLOË FELOPULOS

Lueder is working in a long-stand-

Dolce & Gabbana zebra-print miniskirt. ing fashion tradition. From Katharine
“Whether I’m on a weekend trip, visit- Hamnett’s antinuclear T-shirts to Dior’s

me,’
a family heirloom, I absolutely would.”
LUAR M OD E L : L AU NCH M ETR IC S /SP OTL IG HT; R E MAIN ING IMAG ES: C O URTESY O F THE D ESIG N ER AN D SUBJ ECT.

Steele, director and chief cu-

rator of the Museum at FIT.
“It comes out of a protest tra-

Center and above: Cora Violet

Walters in her antique finds.
personal—sentiments.

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Front Row
E
Emma Chamberlain in ven when I think my schedule is chill, it usually
Jean Paul Gaultier
by Ludovic de Saint
isn’t,” stylist Jared Ellner says from his home
Sernin and David base of Los Angeles, where he’s just returned after
Yurman jewelry. a stint in Europe. For the past few weeks, he’s been
juggling a slate of overlapping international proj-
ects, including the wardrobe for Sabrina Carpenter’s
Short n’ Sweet tour and the Oscars after-parties,
which five of his clients attended. Right now, Ellner
might be one of the busiest people in fashion. “But
that’s the beauty of this,” the 28-year-old says. “I’m
very grateful to ride this wave.”
A new class of young creatives is driving enter-
tainment forward: YouTube wunderkind–turned–
entrepreneur Emma Chamberlain, pop power-
house Carpenter, and Hollywood multi-hyphenates
like Molly Gordon and Rachel Sennott, who write

“He has a cutting honesty

that I trust 100 percent.”
—ELLNER CLIENT MOLLY GORDON

and star in today’s buzziest indie films. Along with

exceptional talent and sitting on the millennial/
Gen Z cusp, one key thing these women have in
common is Ellner, who styles all of them. “I still
don’t totally know how it happened,” he says of the
influential clientele he’s assembled. “L.A. is a very
tight-knit community; it’s a bunch of friends talking
to friends. The right people cling to you if you’re
lucky, and you cling to the right people if you can
find them, and it just kind of builds.”
A self-proclaimed fashion nerd who grew up in
suburban New Jersey, Ellner fed his obsession by
taking sewing lessons and studying both fashion
and art history. He enrolled at Parsons for fashion
design, where he built his stamina for sleepless
working nights. After college, he took an assistant
gig at the now-defunct Garage magazine. The first

The Stylist
shoot he styled solo featured Chamberlain; about a
year later, her publicist called to ask if he’d consider
working with her full time.

Outfitting (and Ellner has a track record of taking a client from

fashion newbie to front-row fixture. A prime ex-

Befriending)
ample is Chamberlain, who signed on as a Louis
Vuitton ambassador—a first for a YouTube–native
talent—in 2019. The two worked together on a

Young Hollywood’s handful of projects before her first Met Gala in

2021. “Things got much more serious after that,”
he recalls. (They are so close that Chamberlain

Coolest Girls modeled Ellner’s self-titled fashion line when it

launched this past fall.)
Sennott was his second client, a connection
At only 28, Jared Ellner has made by their mutual friend (and her Shiva Baby
amassed an enviable roster
C OU RTESY OF JAR E D E LL NE R .

costar) Gordon. He styled Sennott for the movie’s

premiere—her first time working with a stylist. “We
of clients. By Alyssa Vingan were so green, and now she’s a Balenciaga [cam-
paign star],” he says.
Ellner’s encyclopedic fashion knowledge in-
forms his work, and he’s unafraid to drop an archival
reference—a styling tactic that has sparked heated

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 fall 1994 show for New Year’s Eve.

honesty that I trust 100 percent.”

CAR PE NTE R: D IM ITR IO S K AM BO U RI S/GET TY I MAG ES ; GO R D ON : GUE L SE N E R/
TH O M B ROWNE ; SE N NOT T: G AR ETH CAT TE R M OL E /GET TY I MAG ES .

Clockwise from top left: Sabrina Carpenter in vintage Bob Mackie;

Molly Gordon in Thom Browne; Rachel Sennott.

freedom to experiment and be a different person for a day,

without feeling inconsistent with their personal brand,” he
explains. A recent moody turn he’s proud of is Chamberlain’s
Oscar after-party look, which might just be his favorite: a Jean
Paul Gaultier by Ludovic de Saint Sernin gown, set off by a
bleached-blonde pixie cut.
Another important through line for Ellner’s clients? While
they’re all serious talents, they don’t take themselves too seri-
ously. “There are a lot of people who would not be comfortable
taking a risk or doing anything even slightly off-kilter for a
major moment,” he says. “But all my girls—they’re fearless.”

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Travel
Peel back the city’s traditional exterior, and

KYOTO you’ll find modernity as well: a train station like

something out of Blade Runner, filled with immer-
sive digital installations; a thriving contemporary
art gallery scene; and, increasingly, a synergy of old

SEASON
Long known for its traditional festivals,
and new that inspires creatives and global brands.
Chanel presented its latest haute joaillerie collec-
tion, “Reach for the Stars,” there on June 2. And
Dior staged an elaborate prefall 2025 show in April
in the garden of Tō-ji Temple. The lavish affair was
inspired in part by creative director Maria Grazia
the Japanese city is now becoming a Chiuri’s visit to Kyoto last fall. Her collection drew
fashion destination. By Todd Plummer upon images of 15th- and 16th-century Japanese
designs, and she worked with the traditional
Japanese fabric company Tatsumura Textile Co.
Kyoto is a city of temples, shrines, and gardens,
ach spring in Kyoto, more than 500 people in traditional dress pro- where the annual cherry blossom season draws
E cess through the streets for Aoi Matsuri, a festival with roots dating
back to the 6th century. Some 1,500 years since it began, Aoi Matsuri
visitors from around the world and where it is still
possible to see geishas promenading through the
remains one of Kyoto’s most beloved annual events—and it’s just one of Gion district. You’ll find modern Japanese shop-
many festivals held in the city throughout the year. For Gion Matsuri, ping here, but plenty of traditional treasures, too.
which lasts for the entire month of July, locals are encouraged to wear According to Toshiyuki Matsubayashi, master
summer-weight yukata kimonos to indulge in beer and street food potter and 16th-generation leader of Asahiyaki,
and watch large-scale parades of colorful floats. Unlike the bustling, a revered pottery studio in Kyoto, what sets his
sometimes-claustrophobic streets of Tokyo, the world’s largest city, city apart is that its history has not merely been
Kyoto exudes a sense of serenity, a calmness that gives even greater preserved, but celebrated as an essential element
meaning to these special events. of daily life. The interplay of the past with more

Dior’s prefall 2025

show was held at
Tō-ji Temple.
 The Banyan Tree
Higashiyama Kyoto
highlights the
city’s mountains.

Six Senses Kyoto is

in the Higashiyama
historic district.

contemporary domains of design, art, and hospi-

tality is what helps his family-owned, 400-year-
old business survive. His workshop now offers an
exclusive behind-the-scenes tour to guests of the
Park Hyatt Kyoto—an opening up of traditional
methods perhaps unthinkable 100 years ago.

“This living culture, rather

than a theme park–like
representation of history, is what
makes Kyoto so compelling.”
—TOSHIYUKI MATSUBAYASHI

“Around the world, there are many cities with

well-preserved historic districts,” Matsubayashi
says. “This living culture, rather than a theme
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park–like or museum-like representation of his-

Chef’s Table by Katsuhito Inoue is an intimate, eight-seat restaurant at Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto.
tory, is what makes Kyoto so compelling.”
Hotels are also experiencing a renaissance—
which helps explain why luxury travel adviser enhancing its impeccable five-star wellness concept with Japanese
network Virtuoso reports that its Kyoto bookings touches—its spa features an Alchemy Bar where guests can blend their
for 2024 spiked 115 percent over the prior year. own bespoke beauty scrubs with ingredients reflecting Japan’s 24 sek-
(Visitors to Japan overall grew 47 percent from ki, or micro-seasons. Last year also marked the opening of the nearby
2023 to 2024, and Japan was the most popular Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto, built to blend into the mountainous
country on social media, per a study by Titan landscape surrounding the city, and the first hotel in Kyoto to have an
Travel.) Kyoto was long known for the ryokan—a in-house Noh stage. This fall brings the arrival of the glittering Capella
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That all changed with the 2020 arrival of the Ace Perhaps most exciting of all, next year the Japanese hotel group
Hotel Kyoto—a complete reimagining of the Kyoto Imperial Hotel, Ltd. will unveil the extensively restored and renovated
Central Telephone Exchange building by star Imperial Hotel, Kyoto, in the landmarked Yasaka Kaikan, a former
architects Kengo Kuma & Associates, with Los theater where geishas and their maiko trainees once performed. The ar-
Angeles–based Commune Design doing the interi- chitectural firm Obayashi Corporation will oversee construction, while
ors. It’s part of a wave of international hotel brand interior design will be done by New Material Research Laboratory Co.,
openings that is just now reaching full steam. a Japanese design firm that specializes in the modern use of traditional
The Six Senses Kyoto opened last year in Japanese construction methods and natural materials. Their brief for
the preserved historic district of Higashiyama, the new Imperial? Old is new.

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Wellness
Is Tanning invasive melanoma cases diagnosed increased by
42 percent. “We see more young women with mel-
anoma because of this tanning trend,” says Mona

BACK?
Gohara, MD, a dermatologist in Connecticut.
Media personality Trisha Paytas once espoused
the viewpoint best: “I’d rather look good dead
and tanned, than pale and alive.” (Paytas has since
walked back her views.) Upper East Side Tan, a
A concerning trend is having a resurgence. tanning studio in New York, has grown from one
By Katie Berohn salon in 2023 to three locations. “Google Analytics
[show] that the biggest spike for tanning in the last
10 years was coming out of the pandemic,” owner
t’s 1983, and a disembodied voice is crooning: “In St. Tropez, almost Win Gruber says. For Gen Z, tanning may be a way
I all they wear is the deep, dark color of Bain de Soleil,” while Brooke
Shields wraps a record cover in tinfoil to reflect the sun’s rays. In 2025,
to rebel. “It’s a shift against the [previous] genera-
tion, which was super anti-tanning,” Gruber adds.
we know better than to tan, right? The return to tanning is also part of a larger anti-
Wrong. In recent years, tanning lost some of its luster. But like low- establishment cultural shift. For some, distrust in
rise jeans, tanning is back (or maybe it never really left). To many, it is sunscreen and trust in UV light may go hand in hand
a guilty pleasure. It’s a cheeky cigarette after two stiff martinis. It’s a with distrust in vaccines and trust in raw milk. In
shatteringly crisp McDonald’s French fry. It’s a 2 a.m. text message that the post-COVID era, “there’s been more pushback
you know you shouldn’t send. “I’m basically a solar panel, don’t tell the against some of the recommendations that come
others,” one beauty editor said. “I’m very naughty and tan all the time— from the medical and public health community,”
but not my face,” one celebrity makeup artist admitted. A survey by says Washington, DC, dermatologist Sara Hogan,
the Orlando Health Cancer Institute found that nearly a third of adults MD. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert
still think that having a tan makes you look healthier. The Skin Cancer F. Kennedy Jr. showed up to his confirmation hear-
Foundation reported that between 2015 and 2025, the number of new ing with a deep tan. According to former White
House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman’s 2018
memoir, President Trump’s vacation-like appear-
ance may come from daily tanning bed sessions.
In addition, some talking heads are voicing un-
proven doubt about sunscreen safety. The survey
by Orlando Health Cancer Institute found that one
in seven adults under 35 believes using sunscreen
daily is more harmful than sun exposure. Tech bro
whisperer Andrew Huberman has said on his pod-

“We see more young women

with melanoma because of
this tanning trend.”
cast that chemical sunscreens may be endocrine
disrupters. “There’s not enough evidence to show
that these ingredients cause harm,” says Marisa
Garshick, MD, a dermatologist in New York. “We
know that the sun causes skin cancer. Sunscreen
has not been found to cause skin cancer.”
As is the case with inoculation and pasteuri-
zation, we can look to the facts. For women un-
der 50, melanoma is already the third most com-
mon type of cancer, according to the Skin Cancer
Foundation. Gohara frequently sees women in
their 20s and 30s with melanoma. Even if you catch
J UL IA N ON I/TRU NK ARC HIVE

it early, a skin cancer diagnosis is like a dark cloud

that won’t go away. “Anyone who has skin cancer
at a young age has a higher risk of getting other
skin cancers throughout their life,” Gohara says.
If you still want to look bronze, there is one thing
that won’t follow you around for life—a spray tan.
Beauty
REGENERATE
YOURSELF PRF injections harness the healing power
of your own blood. By Katie Berohn

f you were to shrink yourself down to smaller than a sugar

I crystal and travel into someone’s veins like Ms. Frizzle and
her Magic School Bus, you’d see that blood isn’t the free-flow-
ing river depicted in your childhood storybooks. Rather, you’d
find an intricate ecosystem suspended in plasma: disc-like red
blood cells carrying oxygen through the body; bumpy white
blood cells warding off infection; and tiny platelets with oc-
topus-like tentacles directing healing. Rich in growth factors,
platelets are often considered the gold standard for regener-
ative medicine.
In platelet-rich plasma treatments, or PRP, doctors spin a
patient’s blood in a centrifuge to single out the platelets and
the plasma, creating a healing elixir that can be added back
into a patient’s body. PRP has long been used for promot-
ing hair growth, improving skin, and healing injuries. The
next generation of PRP is called PRF, which may offer more
sustained healing and collagen production over time. “PRF

If PRP is an iPhone, PRF

is the Pro version.
stands for ‘platelet-rich fibrin,’ ” says Lara Devgan, MD, a
plastic surgeon in New York. “It harnesses the body’s own
growth factors to stimulate collagen, improve skin texture,
and restore volume without fillers.” For patients, PRP and
PRF extractions for cosmetic or therapeutic use just involve
a simple blood draw. They’re much less expensive than a
hair transplant, and may produce a more natural result than
other skin injectables.
If PRP is an iPhone, PRF is the Pro version, leading to po-
tentially longer-lasting results. This may be because it contains
fibrin, which aids in blood clotting; a 2011 study in Annals of Still, both Devgan and Chiu agree that in some cases, PRP
Maxillofacial Surgery found that PRF may speed healing, since remains the better option. It’s an easier-to-disperse fluid,
it helps the body form new blood vessels. Thanks to fibrin, PRF so it’s better for larger treatment areas. PRP is best for hair
unleashes growth factors more slowly than PRP. Because it’s loss, since it can be micro-needled in, whereas PRF’s thicker
mixed at a higher speed, PRP expels a flood of growth factors— solution must be injected. But when it comes to targeted
which act like messengers between and within cells, pinging treatment for lines, wrinkles, and hollow undereyes, PRF may
information back and forth to ensure everything is in tip-top be the more potent remedy since it softens the face, according
shape—all at once. In contrast, PRF releases these healing to Chiu. He also uses PRF as a “glue” when he does a facelift.
agents over 7 to 10 days, which may enhance tissue regenera- It helps tissues adhere to each other, and may boost healing.
SYLVE R E A ZOU L AI /TRUNK ARC HIVE

tion, says Gabriel Chiu, DO, a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills. Though PRF can appear to “fill” undereye hollows by help-
PRF was developed to bypass some of PRP’s limits. PRP is ing skin quality and firmness, it won’t add volume, like filler.
often mixed with anticoagulants, which in some cases may A PRF treatment is akin to upping the thread count of your
cause allergic reactions and hinder the platelets’ regenerative sheets, Devgan says. Skin enhanced by PRF versus normal
power, according to a 2020 study published in Frontiers in skin is like the difference between sheets made from 350
Bioengineering and Biotechnology. PRF, which is spun more thread count Egyptian cotton and run-of-the mill 200 thread
slowly, is made without anticoagulants and so “has the least count sheets. “It’s not like making a bedsheet into a comfort-
risk for someone [with] sensitivity issues,” Chiu explains. er,” she says. But who doesn’t want an amazing set of sheets?

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The MOST
LUXURIOUS
FACELIFTS
in America
These doctors are doing some of the best,
most undetectable work. By Kathleen Hou
here’s a new face in town, and it’s gotten lifted, toned, and
T plumped in all the right places. The modern-day facelift is
expensive yet subtle, with shorter healing times, and results
that have people wondering, “What did they get done?” Not
to mention where: There is an upper echelon of surgeons with
special tools, tricks, and techniques. Below, some of the most
hard-to-get appointments.

TIMOTHY MARTEN, MD who are making a living with their face come in. They can’t
The discreet doctor with no social media even afford to have a few years of looking a little bit saggy,”
Wait list: 12 months. he says. In response, he created the Diamond 40, a mini deep
Special amenities: Erbium lasers; a makeup artist who cus- plane facelift. But “if you name a facelift technique, I do a
tom-blends a mineral foundation to help hide healing scars. version of it.” He’s performed surgery overseas in palaces
with operating rooms, and at every time of day for paparazzi-
Akin to a restaurant without its name on the door, the San fearing patients. “I always assure them, ‘Even if we do it in
Francisco clinic of Timothy Marten, MD, is hidden in a historic the morning, no one’s going to see you because of all of the
landmark building. Marten doesn’t use social media or even systems we have in place,’ ” he says. “Still, I have some people
show before-and-after photos on his website. “I’ve operated by who say, ‘No, I want it at night.’ ”
word of mouth, and I’d rather put the energy that some people
put into social media into better care of my patients,” he says. L. MIKE NAYAK, MD
Like the other surgeons in this story, Marten only operates a The Midwest sensation–turned–facelift superstar
few times a week, doing what he describes as “meticulous, Wait list: 18 months.
couture operations.” Surgeries can take up to eight hours and Special amenities: Siloed hallways for maximum privacy;
include anything from a face, neck, lip, or forehead lift to fat 24-hour nursing for the first day.
grafting. About 40 percent of his patients come from out of
town (minimum recovery time is nine days), and in rare cases, Ninety-five percent of patients seeing St. Louis–based L. Mike
he can travel out of the country to perform surgeries. High- Nayak, MD, come from out of town. “We’ve had plenty of
profile patients are given pseudonyms, and all patient photos internationally recognizable people, and nobody has known,”
are on a free-standing photo server, ensuring cybersecurity. he says. “Our whole practice model has evolved to make it
as easy as possible for patients to come in, spend their 10
JASON M. DIAMOND, MD days in St. Louis, and go home.” Patients connect with his
The surgeon your favorite actors seek out warm bedside manner and his bespoke, or “omakase,” ap-
ARTH UR E LG ORT/C O NDE NAST/G ET TY IMAG ES

Wait list: Six months to one year. proach to facial rejuvenation, which can include a facelift, fat
Special amenities: Hyperbaric oxygen chambers; a suggested grafting, rhinoplasty, or other refinements. On any given day,
pre-surgery nutrition plan (both available on request). there can be up to three doctors from other practices around
the world observing his techniques. More than one patient
As one would expect in Beverly Hills, the patients of Jason M. has told Nayak, “If you didn’t do it, I wouldn’t get a facelift.”
Diamond, MD, are often people you see onscreen. “I’ve had One of his most memorable patients was grieving the loss
many people back on camera in 10 days,” he says (he advises of her child. “I was wearing it on my face,” she told him five
them to wait at least six weeks, but they don’t listen). A few days after surgery. “I looked at myself in the mirror, and I
years ago, the age of Diamond’s facelift patients started trend- saw my old face, without all the heartbreak on it.” The entire
ing down into the mid-40s. “A lot of young actors or people Nayak office cried.

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Perspectives

JUST DESSERTS
A Russian woman on the run.
A Ukrainian salon worker. And a slice of poisoned cheesecake.
This is the wildest true crime tale you’ll read all year.
BY SARAH TRELEAVEN ILLUSTRATION BY ANNABEL BRIENS

W
hen a starry-eyed olga tsvyk immigrated to the By the summer of 2016, Tsvyk had her own good news: She
United States from Ukraine in January 2014, she was about to receive her formal work authorization. Nasyrova
was 33 years old and ready for something different. was thrilled for her—for both of them—that they’d earned the
She had a university degree, a job in Kyiv at a travel agency, right to stay and make a life in their new home.
and a tight-knit family she was reluctant to leave behind, but But, as prosecutors would later argue, Nasyrova wasn’t who
she wanted to try living in America. However, the reality of she said she was. Not only would she not be receiving a green
Tsvyk’s life in the U.S. didn’t exactly live up to her fantasy. card, she had been on the run in Russia for at least a year, and
She got a job as a babysitter in a bland town in upstate New her U.S. visa was set to expire. By the summer of 2016, she was
York. The exurban milieu left her wanting, and she hated the running out of road. She had one last scheme—and it involved
cold, despite (or perhaps because of ) growing up in Ukraine. an unsuspecting Tsvyk, the woman who so closely resembled
Soon, a Russian-speaking friend she met on Facebook named her. According to prosecutors, Nasyrova decided to kill her
Marina encouraged her to move to New York City. There doppelgänger and steal her life—or at least her immigration
was a lot more action, she said, a touch of glamour, and also status. Her weapon of choice: a slice of cheesecake.
a large community of Russian speakers, which was appealing
to Tsvyk, who was struggling to master English. on august 27, 2016, tsvyk’s landlord, Alik, called her to say
Before long, Tsvyk had rented a room in Marina’s uncle’s that he had found a friend of hers sitting in the front yard of
house in Forest Hills, Queens. She got a job doing eyelash their building. (This reporting is based on a number of inter-
extensions, a skill she had picked up back home. According to views conducted on the record and on background, as well as
prosecutors, in March 2016, a 40-something recent Russian court reports and other filings.) The friend told him that her
immigrant named Viktoria Nasyrova walked into her sa- phone battery was dead. When Alik handed over his phone,
lon. Nasyrova told Tsvyk that she was a masseuse and that Tsvyk recognized the voice immediately. It was Nasyrova.
she lived with her boyfriend in Brooklyn. She was open and She told Tsvyk she had an eyelash emergency.
friendly, and they talked easily and amiably when she came in Tsvyk rolled her eyes. She didn’t do work out of her apart-
for appointments every few weeks. They shared cultural ref- ment, and Nasyrova had been at the salon just three days be-
erences, enjoyed tastes of home, like beef rib dumplings and fore. Plus, Tsvyk found Nasyrova increasingly pushy; she
sour cherry jam, and had both endured the same journey to would drop by the salon to nag her to go partying with her
the U.S.—wrestling with legal issues and piles of paperwork. and her boyfriend, almost like she wanted something from
They also looked remarkably like each other: Both women her. But Nasyrova pleaded with Tsvyk. She was heading to
had long brown hair, full lips, manicured eyebrows, and a Mexico—how could she go on vacation with noticeable gaps
polished appearance, like an Instagram filter come to life. in her lashes? Tsvyk remembers having a bad feeling in her
Nasyrova was curious about Tsvyk’s immigration status, gut, but wanting to help Nasyrova. She told her she could see
telling her that her own green card would be arriving any day. her the next day.

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Nasyrova was more than two hours late, but when she ar- testified—that she could barely move. Tsvyk needed assis-
rived, she seemed eager to make amends, bringing cheesecake tance to get to the bathroom and to eat. She couldn’t sleep.
from what she described as a famous Brooklyn bakery. There While nursing her sister back to health, Iryna discovered a
were three pieces in a square plastic box meant to hold four. scatter of small white pills around her bed. She couldn’t find
Nasyrova explained that the cheesecake was so good, she had Tsvyk’s Ukrainian passport, U.S. paperwork, or her purse. As
eaten a slice on her way over. She asked Tsvyk to make her she searched, she realized Tsvyk was also missing a red bag,
tea, and while she was preparing it, she ate two more pieces. some clothes, a gold ring, and perfume, plus $3,000 in cash.
The last slice, Nasyrova insisted—pushing the package toward She opened Tsvyk’s wallet: There was just $17 left.
Tsvyk—was for her. She absolutely had to try it. It was an enormous loss for Tsvyk, who already felt like she
Within minutes of tasting the cheesecake, Tsvyk knew had to hold her breath every month until she made the rent.
something was terribly wrong. She stumbled toward her bed- She had barely recovered, and now she had to get out of bed
room and vomited. Nasyrova seemed unfazed, telling Tsvyk and drag herself back to work. She was shaky and afraid; she
that she would clean it up as she went to fetch paper towels. didn’t understand why Nasyrova had targeted her.
It was the last thing Tsvyk remembers before she blacked out. Tsvyk knew something sinister had happened, and she
The following afternoon, Alik found Tsvyk passed out on reported what she could remember to the police. They re-
her bed dressed in racy lingerie. Alik’s daughter Svetlana called covered the plastic container that had held the cheesecake.
the police and Marina, who rushed over to find the paramedics When the tests came back from the lab, it was found to have
taking her friend’s vitals. Her normally olive-toned skin was traces of a sedative called phenazepam. While illegal in the
so pale that Marina thought she was dead. When she knelt by U.S., phenazepam is prevalent and available with a prescrip-
her bedside, she couldn’t get Tsvyk to open her eyes. There tion in Russia—and in high doses it can cause nausea, memory
were sounds coming out of her mouth, but no words. After she loss, loss of consciousness, and even death.
was loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital, Marina Two days after she returned home from the hospital,
was praying for her friend when Nasyrova called. An unsus- Tsvyk’s phone buzzed. It was Nasyrova, just calling to see
pecting Marina filled her in on the unfolding disaster. “Oh my what was up, like it was no big deal. “Olga, I haven’t been able
God,” Nasyrova said, sounding shocked. “I cannot believe it!” to reach you, what happened?” Nasyrova said. Tsvyk figured
she was testing her, pretending to care
about her while trying to find out what
she knew.
Tsvyk was furious and bluntly ac-
cused Nasyrova of poisoning her and
stealing from her, and trying to make it
look like a suicide by dressing her up in
fancy lingerie and scattering the pills by
her bed as if she was some jilted lover.
“Fine,” said Nasyrova, suddenly turning
cold. “Then go to the police.”

tsvyk had already gone to the police,

of course. She kept waiting nervously
every day for Nasyrova to be arrested.

R IKE RS I SL AN D : TAMARA BEC K WITH/ NY P O ST/M EG A ; BRO O KLYN: GR EG O RY P. MAN GO/ P O LARIS.
About six months passed before the
case took a turn, when a New York City
private investigator named Herman
Weisberg got a call from a client. She
was a wealthy older woman, who of-
ten asked Weisberg to do jobs for other
women she knew. Maybe the women
were having trouble finalizing a divorce
or getting shared custody—his client
Viktoria Nasyrova awaiting trial at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex in April 2017. On the would pay the bill, like a fairy godmoth-
eve of National Look-Alike Day, she was convicted of attempted murder and other charges. er. “We called her ‘the mitzvah lady,’ ”
Weisberg says. This time, the mitzvah
When Tsvyk regained consciousness in the hospital, she lady introduced Weisberg to Nadezda Ford, a Russian wom-
told Marina about Nasyrova and the cheesecake. She didn’t an who lived in Brooklyn. Ford said she was looking for a
understand why she was found wearing lingerie; she had been dangerous woman who had lived next door to her mother
wearing sweatpants when Nasyrova arrived. Had Nasyrova back in Russia.
changed her clothes? Marina tried to call her, only to find A tearful Ford explained that her mother, Alla Alekseenko,
she’d been blocked or Nasyrova’s number was disconnected. had first disappeared and had later been found dead, her body
When Tsvyk’s sister, Iryna, heard about what happened, charred beyond recognition. Her apartment had been stripped
she hopped on a flight from Ukraine. She arrived on Septem- of cash and valuables, including gold, handbags, perfume, her
ber 1, and found Tsvyk so lethargic—“like a vegetable,” Iryna passport, and even her toothbrush, according to Ford.

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Russian authorities had identified
Nasyrova as a person of interest in the
Alekseenko investigation, but she had
left Russia sometime in 2014 or 2015.
Interpol even put out a “Red Notice,” a
worldwide alert, seeking her apprehen-
sion, in the summer of 2015. Nasyrova
had a motive to assume Tsvyk’s iden-
tity, prosecutors later argued, because
her visa status was set to expire and
she needed a plan to avoid capture by
Russian authorities.
Weisberg got to work, first scanning
Nasyrova’s social media. She might
have been laying low in Brooklyn, but
on Facebook, she was selling a life of
luxury, wearing fur coats and swan-
ning around casinos in Atlantic City. She
was also highly active on Russian dating
sites. Weisberg found an address where
she appeared to be living in Sheepshead
Bay, and put her under surveillance, get-
ting his team to stake out her house at
night and in the early morning. Nasyrova under arrest in Brooklyn on March 19, 2017. Weisberg said she seemed defiant, even cocky.
He called Homeland Security and When Tsvyk later identified her in a police lineup, she remembers that Nasyrova was smiling.
Interpol, without much success, so
Weisberg tapped some contacts at his local police pre- hospital Tsvyk would be admitted to three months later. He
cinct. They met early one March 2017 morning in front of was missing his watch, and he soon discovered fraudulent
Nasyrova’s home. When the officers knocked on her door, credit card activity. Ruben would later testify that “Anna”
Nasyrova appeared. “It was very early in the morning, and was in fact Nasyrova.
she didn’t look as confused or irate as I would be if some- On April 19, 2023, on the eve of National Look-Alike Day,
body dragged me out at 6:30 in the morning and put me in the jury handed down a verdict. Queens District Attorney
Melinda Katz called Nasyrova a ruthless and calculating con
artist who tried to “murder her way to personal profit and
The last slice of cheesecake, gain.” In a victim impact statement read aloud to the court, a
trembling Tsvyk recounted her ongoing fear that Nasyrova
Nasyrova insisted—pushing the “would come back and finish what she started.”
package toward Tsvyk—was “It was [an] easy thing [for her] to gain the trust of another
person, and then take everything from that person,” Tsvyk
for her. She absolutely had to try it. said. “It was easy for her to steal. It was easy for her to kill.”
Nasyrova was convicted of attempted murder, attempted
assault, assault, unlawful imprisonment, and petit larceny. She
handcuffs,” Weisberg says. In fact, to Weisberg, she seemed was sentenced to 21 years, followed by five years of post-release
defiant, even cocky, walking to the squad car in jeans and supervision. After her sentence was read, Nasyrova showed
a green parka with a strut in her step, like she was making her displeasure by yelling “Fuck you” at the judge.
her way down a catwalk. When Tsvyk later identified her in
a police lineup, she remembers that Nasyrova was smiling. when tsvyk and i meet almost two years later, on a per-
During the jury trial, prosecutors argued to the jury that fect sunny day in December in West Palm Beach, Florida, she’s
Nasyrova had a pattern of predation and brought up anoth- wearing bright pink lipstick and an oat-colored cashmere
er allegation of how Nasyrova cultivated closeness with an T-shirt and sipping on a cappuccino in the shade of a palm
unsuspecting victim and then attacked, mostly for financial tree. She was polite, if a bit wary, when I reached out to her.
gain. In June 2016, prosecutors said, a New York dry cleaner Since her ordeal, Tsvyk has created an entirely new life
named Ruben had met a woman named Anna on a Russian for herself, running her own day spa, Posh Boutique, in West
dating site. She was nice, he said, and extremely attentive. Palm Beach, where she administers lymphatic drainage mas-
She invited him over to her apartment, telling him that she sages. She shows me her technique, running her knuckles
wanted to make him dinner. Ruben brought Anna flowers, down her own cheeks, and then pulls out a small album of
wine, and chocolates; she prepared fish and salad for them photos with before-and-after photos of her clients.
to eat. Ruben had only a few bites before he passed out. He Tsvyk and I chat for over an hour. She tells me it had tak-
awoke three days later, with no memory of what happened to en her a long time to start feeling like herself again. In the
him, in NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital in Queens—the same years following Nasyrova’s attack, Tsvyk CONTINUED ON PAGE 122

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Making
MAGIC
R. F. Kuang returns to
her fantasy roots for
her much-awaited
novel Katabasis.

want to write everything,” says R. F.

I Kuang, who, at 29, has already pub-
lished five novels. “I just have too many
ideas, and I can only get to them one by
one.” Her sixth novel, Katabasis, out in
August, is a return to fantasy—the genre
in which she made her 2018 debut with
The Poppy War, the first of a trilogy.
The Georgetown, Cambridge, and
Oxford graduate—who is pursuing a
PhD at Yale—critiqued the schools she
loves with 2022’s Babel, set in a fic-
tionalized version of Oxford. Then she
aimed a satirical eye at the publishing
industry with 2023’s Yellowface.
Now she’s back on campus with
Katabasis. Set in the 1980s at Cambridge
University, it follows two students of
magic as they descend to hell to rescue
their professor. “I’ve still got more fan- elle: You’ve called this book your rfk: I used to be interested in “bad fem-
tasy books in the bag,” Kuang teases. strangest yet. Why is that so? inists”—characters who do not think of
“Now I feel like I have the freedom to r. f. kuang: Maybe strange is not so themselves as advocating for their own
experiment with whatever I want.” apt as indulgent. With previous fanta- gender. In Katabasis, my main charac-
—lauren puckett-pope sy works, I tried to create a secondary ter, Alice, is fun because she was born
world with clear historical references into this generation who come of age in
and rules. The ground beneath your feet the ’80s and are skeptical of what they’d
is pretty stable. But Katabasis is really a perceive as the “tantrums” of the ’70s:
world of ideas, and I liked the freedom the bra-burning and women’s marches.
to chase a logical paradox or a philo- Alice’s response is, “I’m not like other
sophical puzzle. girls.” Of course, that doesn’t work. It’s
KUAN G: CARO L IN E TO M PKIN S; BO O KS : I SABE L LE VO N AR X .

a trap that she can’t run her way out of.

elle: What got you fascinated by hell?
rfk: As a child, my worst fear was being elle: How do you stay grounded with
trapped in a room with no windows and so much attention on this new book?
no doors, really being trapped inside rfk: I had to step back and increase all
your own mind for infinity. I thought my content blockers. If I don’t have the
nothing could possibly get worse than willpower not to peek and freak out over
that. So I wanted to explore why that perception, then my devices have to do
frightened me so much. it for me. Attention is a trap. If I’m so
wrapped up in “How are people going to
elle: What draws you to female pro- read this?,” then that doesn’t let me get
tagonists whose motivations aren’t al- to the stage of “What do I want to say?
ways, and in fact rarely are, altruistic? What do I want to create?”
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In this whimsical beach read
The titular walk into a bar ends from Ashley Poston, who is known
badly. The unnamed narrator’s for her magical love stories,
husband is leaving her for a woman songwriter Joni Lark is suffering
named Maggie. Only weeks later, from a bout of writer’s block. She
she gets a diagnosis of breast heads home to North Carolina,
cancer. The two heartbreaks are where her parents want to close
so linked that she names her tumor the family-owned music venue.
Maggie. Katie Yee’s debut is filled But then Joni realizes she has a
with eerily real accounts of the telepathic connection with a has-
crazy things we obsess on after a been musician. Can they use their
breakup, humor in disaster, and the link to write the perfect song—and
salvation found in true friendships. save the summer?

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without giving too much away, there’s a scene
in Freakier Friday, out August 8, where Lindsay
Lohan, as her character Anna Coleman, rocks out
onstage with her band, Pink Slip. Seeing Lohan
lot. It felt really special, because I was 10 [when
I auditioned for The Parent Trap]; now I’m 38. And
to be back there at this time and have a full life and
be able to share it with my husband and my son, it
definitely feels unique in a lot of ways, and it’s nice.
cf: There’s truly something for everybody in this
movie, and I just feel like you’re bringing so much
joy into the world. I got to see little bits of it, and
I was like, “This is exactly what we all want right
nail her guitar solo (yes, that’s actually her singing now.” It’s not cynical. It’s…
and playing), in a red lip, her signature-hued hair ll: It’s easygoing. I feel like everything felt at ease
looking luscious and head-bang-worthy, her skin when we were making it, and I feel that’s the best
glowing as much as her sequined minidress, hap- way to describe how I felt when I watched it. It felt
piness washed over me. “She’s so back,” I thought,
and thank God for that. There isn’t much else that
feels the same as it did 22 years ago, when Freaky “When you bring a character
Friday came out, but Lindsay Lohan has returned
to the big screen, and it feels really good. back to life, in a sense, it’s
Lohan was just 12 years old when she made
her film debut in the 1998 remake of The Parent
exciting. There’s a comfort with it.…
Trap. Five years later came Freaky Friday, followed What are they like now?”
by Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen; Mean
Girls; Herbie: Fully Loaded; and Just My Luck. But
as we know now and should have known then, easy and fun, and fresh at the same time. There’s
Hollywood is a tough place for child stars, and the not a lot bringing me to the movie theaters per-
abuse Lohan suffered in the tabloids left few sur- sonally right now. [Freakier Friday] is a feel-good
prised when she took time away from the industry. movie, which is what I want to give people. And it’s
In the years that followed, Lohan would pop up fun. When I saw the second cut, I wanted to get up
in the press every now and then, seemingly living and dance at the end. I was like, “Oh, this is cool.
a fabulous, if understandably private, life largely I like this song. I want people to do that.”
abroad—she went viral dancing at a beach club in cf: Well, you sing in this again. How was that?
Mykonos; she married a finance executive and had ll: It was good. Well, it was kind of nerve-racking
a son, and they all made a home together in Dubai. at first, because I’m not singing as me. When I was
Then, like she never left, Netflix brought doing [Freaky Friday], I was also recording an al-
her back into our lives with a trio of rom-coms. bum, so it was part of my life at the time. In this
And now, with her first feature film since 2007, and movie, I was singing it as [my character] Anna,
her first-ever starring role in a television series on whereas before felt more like Lindsay singing.
the way—the Hulu adaptation of Sophie Stava’s cf: And the band’s back together for it?
page-turner Count My Lies—she’s not just back, ll: Yes. The whole band came back. And it’s so fun-
but thriving. In a wide-ranging conversation below ny, because Christina Vidal [who plays Maddie]
with Saturday Night Live’s Chloe Fineman (who had just had a baby, and we were like, “How weird
has a hilarious cameo in Freakier Friday as a kooky is this? Are we still cool?”
dance instructor), Lohan talks about relishing life cf: No, you’re cooler than cool. It’s somehow more
as a mom, developing a skin care line (of course we iconic; you guys look even better.
made her share her secrets!), and how she mani- ll: I feel like we live in a different world now,
fested her return. where women make it such a point, especially in
motherhood, to make time for ourselves. We make
chloe fineman: Are you excited to be giving the it important. But also, once you have one kid, you’re
people exactly what they want? like, “Oh, my kid needs a kid to play with.”
lindsay lohan: I’m excited. It feels surreal. I’ve cf: Is that where you are right now?
never thought I would do a movie where there ll: I’m like, “He needs a friend.”
would be a sequel. It’s something you don’t really cf: You grew up with a bunch of siblings, so you’re
think about. And then when you get to do it, and like, “Oh. I get it.”
bring a character that you knew so well back to life, ll: Yeah, there’s nothing like that. Also, I don’t
in a sense, it’s exciting. There’s a comfort with it know if it’s selfish—but I’m like, “I need more than
that you don’t find in a new character. It’s evolved. one kid to take care of me when I’m older.”
What are they like now? How can we shoot it? So it cf: Aside from doing a few things here and there,
felt really special, and so did doing my first feature you got back into acting in what, the last four or five
back with Disney again after not doing features for years? What has that transition been like?
such a long time. It’s a really nice thing. ll: It was really Netflix. And I was manifesting it.
Jacket, pants, boots,
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it. And then that’s what happened. I was like, “Oh, bothers us. Everyone has their own thing going on.
it’d be nice to do three films with them, and then There’s a different kind of energy in New York. I’d
see where that goes. And then I definitely want to rather have downtime in New York than I would
do my first feature back with Disney.” So I mani- in L.A. But the nice thing about L.A. is, I like space
fested that, and I’m manifesting this movie now. [and you get that here]. But I’m thinking as I’m
cf: Wow! So you write stuff down. I literally have saying this, the funny thing is, in Dubai I get all of
a journal next to me right now. those things. I get the privacy, I get the peace, I get
ll: Mine’s in my bedroom. Every morning, I write the space. I don’t have to worry there; I feel safe.
in it. Sometimes at night, to check in. cf: That’s everything. So you’re there half the year?
cf: Do you say it out loud? ll: We’re based there, but last year, we were there
ll: That’s more for the morning. I do it in the show- less than half the year. I want to spend more time
er because that’s my space. there. It is nice to have a balance. But my husband
cf: Yeah, you’re like, [Flashing jazz hands] “Netflix. and I are always like, “Okay, we have until he’s five.”
Netflix. Netflix.” [Laughs] I remember when I saw cf: And then?
your movies on Netflix—first of all, it’s nostalgic ll: Everything. Well, we have to figure out where
and we’re all rooting for you.…But you are just so he’s going to go to school. That’s the main thing.
magnetic, and the movies are so watchable. cf: Has that been such a change, having to take care
ll: I always want to make movies like that—things of another person?
that make people happy and bring people together. ll: Yeah, because, I mean, it’s the most important
I love making movies for that reason—for people thing—my husband, my son, and me. It’s all about
to escape and find something that they can take balance and, as I said, routine. Especially when you
into their own life and realize everything’s going have a kid, routine is the most important thing. And
to be okay. But with Netflix, I was like, “Okay, now whatever their routine is, I’ve got to live by that.
we need to be thinking about other stuff.” I can’t cf: What does he think about you being an actress?
do movies like these forever. ll: I don’t think he really knows yet. In my trailer,

“I always want to make movies like that—things that make

people happy and bring people together.”
cf: It was so special for me to get to shoot a movie one day I was watching the original guitar scene

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ll: Yeah. For the crew, they’re so excited to be he was like, “Mama,” pointing at the screen.
working here, where they go back home to their cf: Are you excited to get to do more dramatic
families. That’s the difference you feel here. It’s work with your TV series, Count My Lies?
nice. I made it home every night, except for one, ll: Yeah, I am. I love the book. But when I was
to tuck my son in. And it shows in the film—when reading it, I had to put it down for a day because
you’re happy behind the scenes, that comes I was like, “I’m stressed now.” But I liked that. It’s
through. And now, the film is such an homage to going to be nice to do something different. I was
California after the fires, because we shot a lot in talking to the writers and showrunners yesterday
the Palisades and in Malibu. Even the house—the and told them, “I don’t know if you realize, but this
original Freaky Friday house—unfortunately, is is the first time where I don’t have to have a roman-
gone. So I think it’ll be a really nice love letter. tic interest, where I don’t have to kiss someone at
cf: You and Jamie Lee Curtis have such magical the end of the movie.” Which is so refreshing—to
chemistry. When she found out you were going to not have to be that girl for once.
be a mom, did she give you any advice? cf: Any other acting projects you’d like to take on?
ll: We’re both very family-oriented people. We ll: I would love to find a dark comedy like Mean
always talk about that, and one of the other big Girls. That kind of meaty, good, funny movie—
things [she’s taught me] is to always take care of a smart comedy. Not a rom-com, just a straight-
yourself first. Because without that, how can you forward funny movie. I’m excited to be doing this
do everything for everyone else? drama. I’d love to work with some dream directors.
cf: What does that look like for you? cf: Like who? Let’s start manifesting this.
ll: I love having a routine, and I like schedules. ll: Maybe Quentin Tarantino. Also, I’d love to work
So, my morning routine: Waking up, writing in with Julianne Moore—I don’t know why I’ve never
my journal, sipping my green tea, breakfast with my played her daughter. Maybe now I’d be her young-
son. And then Pilates, making sure I go. er sister. I’d also love to work with Robert De Niro
cf: When you’re in Dubai versus New York or L.A., and Al Pacino. Maybe something Sopranos-y, since
do you try to keep that same routine? I am Italian.
ll: I try. It’s hard in L.A. Even taking my son to cf: Anything other than acting in your future?
the park in L.A., I get stressed. I’m like, “Are there ll: I am developing my own line.
cameras?” In New York, there’s no worry; no one cf: Fashion? CONTINUED ON PAGE 122

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Esther MCGREGOR
It was one of the most significant moments of her Kidman, Halina Reijn, Julianne Moore, and Tilda
career, and Esther McGregor was experiencing it Swinton. She also recently booked a role in the film
on her phone. When two major projects, Babygirl Clean Hands as Zach Braff’s daughter.
and The Room Next Door, premiered at the Venice McGregor sees some of her own passion in
Film Festival, she was an ocean away, filming her Mirren, her teenage character in We Were Liars,
new series We Were Liars in Nova Scotia. “I felt the a Prime Video adaptation of the ultra-popular 2014
excitement through my iPhone,” she recalls. book by E. Lockhart. She was thrilled at the chance
We Were Liars is McGregor’s first costarring to play a younger character who reminded her of
role, and while she’s tried a lot of things (model- herself. “I tried to conquer the world the same way
ing, music, and tattoo artistry), she knows now that that she did at that age. I was poisoned with em-
there’s one central thing she’s meant to be doing. pathy, and I found it really hard to be deceiving,
“I live and breathe acting,” she says. She’s doing a or to be untruthful and messy and not perfect,” she
lot of it. In the past 18 months, she’s been able to says. “It’s something that I have to work on daily.”
work with legends like Pedro Almodóvar, Nicole —ADRIENNE GAFFNEY

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Young MAZINO
After breaking out in Netflix’s Beef, Young Mazino nomination, hordes of thirsty fans, and even more
says his next role is a nice departure from the lov- opportunities. Many of the roles that came his way
able himbo Paul Cho. Perhaps going from playing were similar to Paul, but Jesse from The Last of Us
a catfished crypto bro to a zombie-fighting hero was something different.
in The Last of Us is a little unexpected, but that’s In Season 2 of the wildly popular HBO series,
exactly what Mazino wants: roles that don’t put Jesse is introduced as a dependable local leader in
him in a box. “I know as an Asian American actor, Jackson, Wyoming. Mazino didn’t have to look far to
there’s only so much opportunity,” he says. “Not to find inspiration. In the script, Jesse came across as
say that there’s a glass ceiling, but I am definitely selfless and sacrificial. Mazino knew someone like
limit-testing, and I don’t want to settle for whatever that: his father, a Korean immigrant who had come
Hollywood perceives me as right now.” to the U.S. when he was 16 and became a computer
Earlier in his career, he landed small roles on engineer. “My dad has a deep sense of community,
shows like New Amsterdam and Blue Bloods. Then and he’s so reliable—he’s just a rock,” Mazino says.
Beef happened. With it came his first-ever Emmy “Jesse embodies that.”—ERICA GONZALES
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Sarah PIDGEON
Right before our interview, Sarah Pidgeon headed
to her home pour-over setup and hastily threw to-
gether some caffeinated sustenance. The results
were grainier than she’d prefer: “It has more…tex-
ture than you want a cup of coffee to have,” she
says, grimacing a little over her mug.
This might mark the first and only time Pidgeon
has rushed through something. Her Broadway
debut , in the Tony Awards–sweeping play
Stereophonic (for which she was nominated for
Best Featured Actress), was a slow and steady as-
cent—she auditioned just before the pandemic,
after which the show understandably was paused,
and then, in 2023, her chance came again. In the
ensuing years, she had grown up a lot, and brought
a hard-won depth and maturity to the character of
Diana, a member of a ’70s band on the rise. “Every
character I’ve played, I’m always ‘Team Fill-in-the-
Blank,’ ” Pidgeon says. “Even if they’re extremely
flawed, there’s a way to justify what they did.”
Pidgeon has always been a theater kid. She
studied at Interlochen, the famed arts camp and
academy in Michigan, then headed to Carnegie
Mellon before landing roles on The Wilds and
Tiny Beautiful Things. Next up for her is a trifecta
of big- and small-screen roles: This summer, you
can catch her in the sequel to I Know What You Did
Last Summer, followed by the motorcycle movie
Born to Lose. She also recently landed the coveted
role of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in Ryan Murphy’s
American Love Story series for FX.
But her heart still resides in the glow of the
footlights. She’d love to do a Chekhov play or a
one-woman show. And as far as movies go, “I’d
also be down to do a real period piece,” she says,
adding jokingly, “I think it’d be fun to, I don’t know,
carry buckets of milk around a pasture.” Knowing
Pidgeon, she’d find a way to make that utterly com-
pelling.—VÉRONIQUE HYLAND

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LIGHTFOOT-LEON
Saura Lightfoot-Leon isn’t a professional dancer— actress role in the 2023 film Hoard, for which she
she has, in fact, made a conscious effort not to be- won a Special Jury Mention at the Venice Inter-
come a professional dancer—but she knows she national Film Festival. Her breakthrough secured,
moves like one. She’s the daughter of Paul Lightfoot she then appeared in the Apple TV+ drama Masters
and Sol León, both dancers and choreographers of the Air, Netflix’s American Primeval, and the
in the Netherlands. By the time a teenage Lightfoot- Paramount+ spy saga The Agency.
Leon considered her own aspirations, dance didn’t With her booming acting career, Lightfoot-Leon
factor in. “It felt like I’d already lived that life,” she doesn’t spend as much time in dance studios as
says. Like most teenagers, she wanted “to grow up she once did. But neither is she as inclined to ig-
and make myself independent,” and to operate in nore dance’s impact in her life. “My past is me, and
a circle “that didn’t feel part of my parents’ world.” I don’t try to separate that from my work anymore,”
Lightfoot-Leon made her television debut in the she says. “It lives within me. It gives me a richer
BBC One series Life After Life, then scored a lead body language.”—LAUREN PUCKETT-POPE

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Benito SKINNER
Benito Skinner is ready to get canceled. It’s the log- Prime Video series Overcompensating, which he
ical next step in the celebrity formula: Rise from created, wrote, produced, and stars in.
nowhere, gain recognition, star in and create a tele- The show makes fun of the “gay best friend”
vision show, and then go down in flames. “I can’t stereotype, while exploring the complexities of a
wait,” Skinner says jokingly. “I’ve been waiting.” girl-gay relationship. Through every element of the
With the Instagram handle of @bennydrama7, show, Skinner’s message is clear: He just wants
it’s remarkable that Skinner has thus far sur- people to feel loved, welcomed, and, when mistakes
vived the internet unscathed. He got his start on happen, forgiven, while celebrating the relation-
Instagram, creating sketches and videos in which ships that made him. “All of these people are hurt-
he impersonated celebrities, your hairstylist, and ing and really want to be loved so badly,” he says.
even the Starbucks logo. The social media follow- “That’s the whole point of the show—wanting to
ing he amassed—combined with his hard work, be loved so deeply, and going about it in the totally
drive, and undeniable charisma—has resulted in wrong way. I don’t think that’s just a queer experi-
the moment he is now relishing: the debut of the ence. I think that’s everyone.”—SAMUEL MAUDE

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Luna BLAISE
When Luna Blaise’s parents took her to the movies as a child a story about a flight that reappears five years after it went
in Hollywood, she looked up in awe, wondering how she could missing, Blaise is excited to inhabit another dystopian world.
inhabit the world of the characters above. “I would go down While filming the movie in Thailand, Malta, and London, she
to the floor where the screen was, because I wanted to phys- took the opportunity to learn as much as she could from her
ically get inside,” she says from the backyard of her mom’s costars: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala
Los Angeles home, dressed in an oversize cardigan, her hair Ali. “I was just watching everyone and studying how they prac-
pulled back in a low bun. “I always told my parents, ‘I wanna tice and work,” she says. Being on set with the veteran actors
be in the screen. How do I do that?’ ” felt like the culmination of all her childhood dreams—she’s
Now the 23-year-old is starring in the type of blockbuster on the inside of the screen now. But she’s doing her best to
she grew up watching, making her major feature film debut stay grounded amid it all: “I can’t really get distracted by the
this summer in Jurassic World Rebirth. After spending years glitz and the glamour,” she says. “I’m happy to be a normal girl
on television, most notably in the NBC sci-fi drama Manifest, acting and doing her thing.”—JULIANA UKIOMOGBE
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Louisa JACOBSON
You could say Louisa Jacobson was destined to be a star. The 33-year-old lead of HBO’s
The Gilded Age grew up putting on plays with her siblings and cousins. “We would charge
for tickets and have an audience,” she remembers, laughing. “It was so cool to be a kid and
have the rapt attention of adults.” Those adults, of course, included Jacobson’s parents: the
noted sculptor Don Gummer and none other than America’s favorite actress, Meryl Streep.
Like her older sisters Mamie and Grace Gummer, Jacobson followed her mother’s lead
into a life on screen and stage—participating in theater camp, musicals, and plays in middle
and high school—but when she graduated college with a psychology degree, she took a hard
left, working in retail and landing a job at an advertising agency. “I wanted to do something
different than the rest of my family,” she says. “But I found myself feeling stuck—like I was
keeping myself from doing what I wanted.”
Ultimately, Jacobson says, she couldn’t help herself—she started going to auditions on her
lunch breaks and eventually applied and was admitted to Yale’s drama school, after which she
landed her role on The Gilded Age. “I just love it so much,” she says of acting. “And I want it
so badly. Nothing’s going to get in the way of that.”—MADISON FELLER

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David JONSSON
Getting kicked out of school is not typically how one
becomes an actor. But when David Jonsson was 14,
he got expelled for fighting and was sent off to an
alternative school, where he was surrounded by
kids who had committed much worse infractions.
The experience was a wake-up call, and inspired
him to seek out a different path. “Acting was never
even a thought until I got kicked out,” the 31-year-
old Brit says. “After that, I found youth theater, and
that was a way of channeling a lot of things.”
Jonsson’s résumé now includes HBO’s Industry,
the British romantic comedy Rye Lane, and the
sci-fi film Alien: Romulus, and he’s recently land-
ed some headline-grabbing roles: Sammy Davis
Jr. in first-time director Colman Domingo’s biopic
Scandalous!, and the lead in Frank Ocean’s direc-
torial debut.
He will next be seen in an adaptation of Stephen
King’s The Long Walk, which follows a group of
young men who sign up for a grueling competition,
with only one winner. The role was not only techni-
cally challenging (Jonsson puts on a very convinc-
ing American accent), but also physically demand-
ing. “We walked at least 10 miles every single day.
At least. And then on longer days with bigger scenes,
we walked more than that,” he says. “But that’s why
we do it—for the thrill.”—JULIANA UKIOMOGBE

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Tati GABRIELLE
We meet Tati Gabrielle’s characters before a word School for the Arts as a visual arts student instead.
is ever spoken. In The 100, her doe-like eyes burn Ironically, she forgot her sketchbook that day, and
with a cold glare. As Nora in The Last of Us Season fate intervened: Theater it was.
2, she’s introduced amid civil unrest, her eyes lidded Now, with every role, her characters leave her
with dread. And as Marienne in You, they soften with feeling changed. “Prudence [in Chilling Adventures
intrigue—we (and Joe) meet her in a library, after all. of Sabrina] taught me how to be unapologetic, and
It’s almost impossible to believe there was ever Marienne taught me grace—that there’s always
a time she didn’t recognize her power. “I was a very room to find joy, no matter what happens,” she says.
socially awkward kid and slow to speak,” she says. As for Nora in The Last of Us, she’s learning the
Gabrielle eventually cut her teeth in a third grade weight of her choices: “All of these characters are
play, prompting her teacher to tell her mom, “She’s so flawed, and [the show] doesn’t try to redeem
got something—you’ve got to [nurture] that.” When them. Nora [taught] me that you are your choic-
her mother urged her to continue to pursue the- es—they define you. And you can’t run from the
ater, she resisted and auditioned for the Oakland things you’ve decided on.”—NERISHA PENROSE

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DSQUARED2. Watch,
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Loafers, FERRAGAMO.

Geraldine
VISWANATHAN
When she was six, Geraldine Viswanathan audi- recently, in Amazon MGM Studio’s rom-com You’re
tioned for a spot at a performing arts school in Cordially Invited, she played Will Ferrell’s daughter.
her hometown of Newcastle, Australia. The task? Viswanathan thrives on pushing herself into un-
Pretend to walk a dog. “I rocked it,” she says, smiling charted territory with each new role. Her talents will
at the memory. “They saw the dog. They felt the dog.” be on display soon in ‘Oh, Hi!,’ a rom-com-gone-
Less than two decades later, the actress stole the wrong directed by Sophie Brooks, as well as the
show as John Cena’s sporty, sex-positive daughter highly anticipated Marvel superhero blockbuster
in 2018’s Blockers. Her career took off from there— Thunderbolts*. Viswanathan thinks the role was
she exposed Hugh Jackman’s fraud in the HBO film meant to be: “When I was 18, I came to L.A. with
Bad Education, tempted fate on TBS’s Miracle my family, and my mom saw a psychic who said I’d
Workers, and unleashed cross-country chaos be in a superhero movie,” she says. “I need to get
in last year’s crime-comedy Drive-Away Dolls. Most that psychic’s number!”—CLAIRE STERN MILCH

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Taylor Zakhar PEREZ
When Taylor Zakhar Perez was growing up in Indiana, his fam- really conscious with my team of making choices that keep
ily of 10 would rock out to classic tracks from movies or sketch me evolving rather than getting typecast.”
comedy shows. Surrounded by the barn cats that roamed the He earned his first big gig in The Kissing Booth 2 on Netflix,
family’s property, Zakhar Perez would play the piano, his sister and later appeared in the HBO series Minx. But his career
the violin, and his brother the guitar. With this, he says, his hun- reached a new level when he landed a lead role opposite
ger to perform began: “It was something I couldn’t shake off.” Nicholas Galitzine in the Prime Video adaptation of Casey
While Zakhar Perez was raised with an artistic bent, he McQuiston’s novel Red, White & Royal Blue—one of the stream-
took his own route to Hollywood. His parents ran an auto er’s top-viewed romantic comedies. Now a sequel is on the
body shop, while his mother took acting classes on the side. way, and both Zakhar Perez and Galitzine are set to return. “It’s
He didn’t have any connections in the industry or a break- an industry where people are looking for validation, and I just
out childhood role; he had to build his résumé brick by brick. had to say, ‘I believe in myself, and I can do this,’ ” Zakhar Perez
“Hollywood loves to put people in a box,” he says. “I’ve been says. “I just had complete and utter belief.”—SAMUEL MAUDE
Suzanna SON
Suzanna Son hops on a video call from the back seat Matt Palmer and based on the novel of the same
of a moving car. She’s just touched down in Chicago, name in R. L. Stine’s book series.
where she’s filming a top-secret role in Season 3 Fear Street is her first project without a musical
of Ryan Murphy’s Monster, which centers on the element. Son calls music her first love, and her pre-
notorious Wisconsin killer Ed Gein. “Have you ever vious roles in The Idol and Red Rocket showcase
done an interview on the move like this?” she asks. her vocal range—anyone who’s seen the latter likely
An interview on the go is fitting for Son, who has Son’s haunting performance of “Bye Bye Bye”
seems to be in a state of perpetual motion. Her by NSYNC (slow, longing, a bit irreverent) burned
breakout role came three and a half years ago, in their frontal cortex. Son isn’t turning her back on
when she played Strawberry, a 17-year-old dough- music—in fact, she’s “very close” to releasing five
nut shop worker in the Sean Baker film Red Rocket. or six songs of her own. “I want to start singing live
Next came a role in HBO’s The Idol. After that, she this year,” she says. “It won’t be crazy big. Just little
played a high schooler named Megan in Fear Street: shows here and there…I want to start small and
Prom Queen, a Netflix-backed slasher directed by have my audience grow with me.”—KATIE BEROHN
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 Nicholas Alexander
CHAVEZ
Five years ago, the pandemic was in its early stag- out how that could be let out.” He started showing
es, and with acting jobs drying up in Los Angeles, up to work with the mindset of being “the best at
Nicholas Alexander Chavez found himself selling selling cars today” so he could “be the best actor
cars and doing door-to-door insurance sales in tomorrow.” Before long, he had booked General
Florida. Four years later, he looked out onto L.A.’s Hospital, for which he won a Daytime Emmy, and
Sunset Boulevard to see three enormous billboards the roles have kept coming ever since.
for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the He’s now gearing up for the release of I Know
Ryan Murphy and Netflix series he was starring in. What You Did Last Summer, the latest sequel to
The success he’s experiencing now came after the iconic 1997 horror film. Reflecting on his time
an uncertain time. He was grateful to have a pay- selling cars, he has no regrets: “The universe takes
check in Florida, but something told him he wasn’t you on the journey you need to go on,” he says.
ready to give up on his acting dreams: “I knew that “It was a weird journey that I didn’t expect, but
deep down I was an artist, and I was trying to figure I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”—GRACE HUNTER

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Mia THREAPLETON
Mia Threapleton is in the “pinch-me moment” of
her career. In addition to her role on the Apple TV+
series The Buccaneers, she spent the past year
living in a small town outside of Berlin, filming Wes
Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme with Bryan
Cranston, Tom Hanks, and Benicio Del Toro, who
she says has the disposition of “a giant purring cat.”
Threapleton landed the part after completing
a long audition process, throughout which she
knew nothing about the character she would be
portraying. (The character name she got on her
audition readings was simply, “Young Girl.”) Now on
the other side of it, she recalls, “I was a bit nervous
initially [to meet Anderson], but then he opened the
door and was wearing pink socks and slippers, and
I wasn’t nervous anymore.” When she first watched
Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, she was 12 years
old. “I remember thinking, ‘I want to do that, with
that person.’ ” She locked it away and thought to
herself, “Keep it quiet, just watch that film again and
again and think about how much you really want to
do it.” Now here she is, doing it.
One of her roles was opposite her mother,
Kate Winslet. In 2022, they appeared as a mother-
daughter duo in the BAFTA-winning drama I Am
Ruth, about a teenager who struggles with the
mental health challenges of being online. In real life,
having a mother who has been through the trials of
being in the public eye has helped steer her into liv-
ing as privately as she can. She has never had social
media and says she never will. “People say, ‘Oh, well
done,’ to not having it, but I’ve never had it, so I don’t
really know what the ‘Well done’ is for. I don’t want
it. I don’t want to worry about dropping my phone
out of a tree if I’m climbing one because I’m trying
to take a photo of something.”—KATHLEEN HOU

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ll: More along the beauty line. It’s taking a long time because navigated her way through the fog of being a victim, of testify-
I’m very specific, because I’m crazy about my skin and health. ing at a criminal trial, of having her face and personal details
cf: Oh my God, I’m so excited. I am that person. I got a facial on TV—“the pictures of me in court were so bad,” she says.
last week in New York with an aesthetician who claims she’s When Nasyrova was arrested in 2017, Tsvyk checked
never done Botox. And you obviously have skin of dreams, so herself into a silent meditation retreat. She slept in an aus-
honey, whatever you’re selling, I’m buying. tere room and ate only vegetarian food; eye contact wasn’t
ll: Everyone does Botox. permitted. On day three, Tsvyk saw a woman who looked
cf: Last night at dinner, I was with somebody, and they’re like, like Nasyrova, and it all came rushing back. But she pushed
“I’ve never had it.” And I was like, “What? Are you kidding?” through, and by day five, she had regained her calm. “The uni-
ll: Who are you? It’s like, “You lie.” verse sent me that woman to get over what happened,” Tsvyk
elle: I have to say, Lindsay, I’ve been staring at your skin this says. She has worked hard to control her thoughts and force
whole time. You look amazing. Can you tell us your secrets? Nasyrova out of her head. “At first, I wanted her to die,” Tsvyk
ll: Oh, God, I don’t even know how to answer that. I drink says, nonchalantly. “Now I feel nothing bad for her at all.”
this juice every morning. It’s like carrot, ginger, lemon, olive That generosity might be made easier, at least in part,
oil, apple. I also drink a lot of green tea, a lot of water. I’m because of Nasyrova’s spectacular decline. She’s present-
a big pickled beets person, so I put them in almost everything. ly incarcerated at the Bedford Hills Correctional Center in
My skin care is very specific. I’m trying out some serums now Westchester County, New York, where she is reportedly mak-
that I’m doing—I’m testing them. Also, I’m a big believer in ing and selling 3D art to her fellow inmates—and refusing
ice-cold water on your face when you wake up. I drink lem- to take court-ordered anger management classes. She had
on juice a lot; I also put tons of chia seeds in my water. Eye also filed an appeal, arguing that the trial court should not
patches, I do every morning. I’m into lasers. have allowed prosecutors to mention Alekseenko’s murder
cf: Me too. They’re life-changing. or Ruben’s poisoning because she hadn’t been charged or
ll: There’s a new at-home one I saw that Julianne Moore convicted of either of those crimes, and that they prejudiced
was using that looked really good. It’s good for around your her chances with the jury. The New York Appellate Division
mouth. I’ve heard it all. disagreed and denied Nasyrova’s appeal last fall.
cf: I just kind of show up and say, “Salmon sperm, whatever— She’s also been subject to another, perhaps more cosmic
just put it on. I don’t care.” form of justice. While awaiting trial, she was injured during
ll: I’ve heard that it’s not really real. her detention at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail
cf: Also, Fraxel changed my life, but it is intense. complex, and sued, winning almost $160,000. She entrusted
ll: Did I do Fraxel? I don’t think so. I did Morpheus8 once, that small fortune to a friend—giving her power of attorney,
and then I realized my skin is so thin that I can’t be doing that. asking her to handle payments to her lawyer and make dis-
My skin changed after having my son. It got really sensitive. bursements to her family back in Russia.
That’s what really made me change my whole routine and But after paying some of Nasyrova’s legal fees, the friend
diet and everything. I did blood tests, and I was like, “I want disappeared with around $55,000, according to documents re-
to know everything I’m allergic to.” So I cut everything out, lated to the case. The Queens district attorney’s office declined
and that’s kind of when everything started to change for me. to comment on whether they intend to pursue prosecution.
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Wonder Boy

THE KID LAROI

The rapper is dating Tate McRae and has hits you’ll be playing all summer.
But he never forgets his roots in Sydney, his devoted mother, or a dream realized
via hard work, mixtapes, and talent. By Ryan D’Agostino

elle: Let’s start with the fkl: That’s easy. Every time
most important person in she smiles, it makes me weak.
your life: your mother. What
has she taught you? elle: What does date night
fhe kid laroi: You can do look like for you two?
whatever you want to do, as fkl: We’re homebodies.
long as you put your mind Sometimes it’s nice to go
to it. It sounds clichéd, but out and do stuff like that,
I really do believe that. Me but most times, we’ll order
believing that as a kid, even in or cook, and watch some-
if it was semi-delusional, thing. The new Black Mirror
helped me do this. It’s pret- just came out, so we’ve been
ty crazy as a kid to believe, watching that. The new
“I’m gonna be a big musi- Love on the Spectrum. That’s
cian one day!” That’s a bit one of the best shows ever—
of a delusional thought. But Connor is, like, my favorite
there’s something about that person of all time.
thought, when you really be-
lieve that and come into it, elle: What music are you
and it was instilled in me by playing while you cook?
my mum 100 percent. fkl: Erykah Badu. That’s
good, chill music. I like a
elle: You’ve worked with chill, good vibe around the
some incredible women in house. I inherited that from
music. Is there one who has my mum.
imparted wisdom to you?
fkl: Definitely my girlfriend. elle: Style is important to
She’s the hardest-working you. Is your girlfriend giving
artist I’ve ever met in my en- you any guidance there?
tire life. And I don’t say that fkl: I like to think I have
because she’s my girlfriend. okay style. I definitely ask
Seeing how hard she works “My girlfriend is the hardest-working artist my girlfriend for opinions.
inspires and encourages me to I’ve ever met.…There’s something My friend Dev [Alexander]
follow along and do the same. really motivating about that—and attractive.” is, like, one of the freshest
There’s something really, re- people I know, so I ask him
ally motivating about that— for advice, too. Over the
and really attractive as well. women do that baffles you? a big one. The thing I’m years, I’ve gotten a lot bet-
fkl: My girlfriend can nev- learning is that it’s not about ter with my personal style.
elle: Is there a female sing- er decide what she wants who’s right or wrong, be- I figured out what I look
M IC HAE L C O M NI NU S/ES Q UI RE AUSTR AL IA

er—not your girlfriend—you to eat. “What do you want to cause emotions are some- good in, and what I don’t.
would love to work with? eat?” “Oh, I don’t know.” “Up times not logical. I think just I went through a phase
fkl: I think Ariana Grande to you.” “Okay, how about understanding that feelings when I wanted to buy de-
is awesome on a pure, cre- this?” “No.” exist, whether they’re logi- signer, with the biggest lo-
ative level. I love her music, cal or not. But I’m also a big gos you could see. Once I
I love her new album. I kind elle: What’s the best way to flower guy. got over that, I started fig-
of love everything that she tell a woman you’re sorry? uring out what fits me a lit-
does. Like, she’s got it. fkl: Just say it. Which means elle: Is there something she tle better. I’m getting pretty
elle: What’s something that dropping your pride—that’s does that makes you melt? dialed in.

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