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Issue No. 710

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Features

78 Upon a Star

BY KIMBERLY DREW PHOTOGRAPHS BY JACKIE NICKERSON

An Oscar for best supporting actress launched Lupita Nyong'o into the Hollywood stratosphere, and the Black Panther and Us star has only continued ascending.

92 The 2019V.F. Best-Dressed List

BY MAGGIE BULLOCK PHOTOGRAPHS BY DARIO CALMESE, GILLIAN LAUB, AND GREG WILLIAMS

From Jason Momoa's couture scrunchie to Elle Fanning's film-festival blitz, this year's standouts raised the style bar.

112 Rock Legend

BY MARY ALICE MILLER PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEX MAJOLI

As a creative force at Dior, Victoire de Castellane has been remaking the jewelry world for decades.

116 A Rake's Progress

BY AATISH TASEER

Imran Khan, the former cricket star and international playboy, has a knack for reinvention. But as Pakistan's prime minister, will his contradictions finally catch up with him?

124 Dread's Rebellion

BY JULIAN LUCAS PHOTOGRAPH BY SEBASTIAN KIM PORTRAITS BY DAVID HALLIDAY

Artist Dread Scott's reenactment of an 1811 Louisiana slave uprising promises to be part performance art, part wake-up call to action.

SUN BURN

"GOODBYE MR. SUNSHINE," P. 138

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130 Future Perfect

BY SONIA SARAIYA PHOTOGRAPHS BY CASS BIRD

Forget doom and gloom: Actress Mackenzie Davis, who stars in the upcoming Terminator: Dark Fate, shakes off dystopian fears to celebrate this season's freshest couture.

138 Goodbye Mr. Sunshine

BY BETHANY McLEAN

Elon Musk spent $5 billion to buy a solar-energy company he vowed would revolutionize the world. Instead, it may precipitate an Icarus-like fall for Tesla's unpredictable founder.

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Columns

74 Dating the Monster

BY VANESSA GRIGORIADIS ILLUSTRATION BY PHILIP BURKE

Jeffrey Epstein and the transactional culture of fin de siecle New York.

Vanities

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Opening Act Harris Dickinson is the It Brit of the big screen

Culture Hollywood's oldest eatery turns 100; two buzzed-about novels get their movie makeovers

Books Elton John's autobiography, Prince's memoir, and more musical titles

My Place Valentino's Pierpaolo Piccioli revels in Rome's cross-cultural landscape

Style A chic new bag for operagoers

Trending Fall's best prints, from cozy plaid to bold black-and-white checks

Beauty The quest for the dream cream is driving creativity, in and out of the jar

Music King Princess is the crown jewel of a new wave of pop

Fairground Inside Louis Vuitton's luxe fantasyland for L.A.'s finest

"Karma's going to make sure I come back as a lobster— I've cooked too many."

DAVID CHANG, P. 148

48 Contributors

50 Editor's Letter

52 Correspondence

148 Proust Questionnaire

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