VANITY FAIR

The Winter Issue

Vanities

23SKATER BOY

At 21, Olympian Ilia Malinin is the new face of figure skating. Can the record-breaking daredevil make the sport cool again?

By AIDAN McLAUGHLIN

Photographer YOSHIYUKI MATSUMURA

26 MILANO CORTINA 2026

What is ski mountaineering? Your cheat sheet for the newest Olympic discipline that is also one of the world's hardest workouts.

By TOM KLUDT Photographer ALEXANDER BEAL

28PEAK PERFORMANCE

Apres-ski takes on a whole new meaning across these nine winter hot spots.

By ELISE TAYLOR

31PACKING LIST

Weather the cold and broker your next deal with looks that bring Hollywood style to the Sundance Film Festival.

By DAISY SHAW-ELLIS

32WE NOMINATE FOR OBLIVION

The only thing worse than being called a nepo baby? Using the term incorrectly.

By HILLARY BUSIS Illustrator PATRIK SVENSSON

Columns

34 0 TECH BROS, WHERE ART THOU?

Jordi Hays and John Coogan's podcast has a cult following in Silicon Valley. What will it take to go mainstream?

By JULIA BLACK Photographer RYAN PFLUGER

38 THE AUTOPSY REPORT

The real-life Murdoch family drama that's even more riveting than the plot of Succession.

By GABRIEL SHERMAN

42 THIS AIN'T NO DISCO

Saturday night it's a MAGA watering hole; come Sunday morning it's a baptismal font for young conservatives.

By TARA PALMERI

Departments

18 Editor's Letter

20 Contributors

120 Proust Questionnaire

No 775

Features

44 EYE OF THE HURRICANE

One year into Trump 2.0, inside the White House with Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and Marco Rubio.

By CHRIS WHIPPLE Photographer CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON

66 TEYAHA TAYLOR HAS ARRIVED

The triple threat stakes her claim in Hollywood.

By LINDSEY UNDERWOOD

Photographer ETHAN JAMES GREEN

76 AMERICAN GOTHIC

Ryan Murphy introduces John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn BessetteKennedy's tragic love story to a new generation.

By CHRIS MURPHY Photographer JEREMY LIEBMAN

80 ANGEL WAS A CENTERFOLD

Dorothy Stratten and the men who turned her Hollywood dreams into a nightmare.

By LILI ANOLIK

88 LYAS GOES LIVE

Meet the fashion influencer saving a seat for everyone in the front row.

By MARISA MELTZER Photographer JONAS UNGER

90 PERFECT STRANGERS

Read an exclusive excerpt from Strangers, a memoir about heartbreak and legacy.

By BELLE BURDEN Photographer ADRIANNA GLAVIANO

96 NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU

Exclusive wedding photos from the city's new first couple, Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji.

By ELISE TAYLOR Photographer KARA McCURDY

102 BLONDE AMBITION

Fresh off the runway, model Alex Consani proves that personality is always in style.

By DEREK C. BLASBERG Photographer CASS BIRD

"HE WAS RANTING AND RAVING. AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER TO ARGUE BACK OR WHETHER TO BE STOIC. WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS CRY."

—SUSIE WILES ON DONALD TRUMP DURING THE 2016 CAMPAIGN PAGE 44

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