Innehållsförteckning för Volume 5, 2022 från W Magazine

Hanna Moon Photographer, “The Originals: Earl Cave and Devon Ross” (page 166) Do you have a memory of a time when you broke the rules in a positive way? When I snuck into the men’s pool in an onsen in Japan—they always have a better one! What is the most unoriginal thing that people ask you? “Where are you from?” What’s something original you’ve done recently? I make my own menu at Starbucks: Matcha Crème Frappuccino with an extra scoop of matcha, oat milk, and java chips blended in—you should try it! Angela Hau Photographer, “It Takes Two” (page 60) What does originality mean to you? Defy the norm. Be a leader, not a follower. Whom do you consider original? Antonio Vivaldi. I’d love to know what was on his…

“I had never read Archie,” said Lili Reinhart, who became famous playing Betty, the iconic good girl in Riverdale, the hugely popular television show inspired by the comic book series. “I kind of knew the names Betty and Veronica, but as I read the Riverdale script, I was certain that Archie would be a superhero with special powers. After all, he was based on a comic book character, and in my mind, all comic book figures had superpowers. I kept reading and reading, waiting for those skills to kick in, but they never did. It was confusing.” Reinhart laughed at the memory. That was a lifetime ago—or, more accurately, seven years ago. “I was 19 when I was cast as Betty,” she continued. “I’ve spent practically my entire adult life…

London-based makeup artist Daniel Sallstrom describes this story as “fan fiction” inspired by the work of his three creative heroes: the French photographer-artists Pierre Molinier, Serge Lutens, and Irina Ionesco. “The way they made images in the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s was absolutely groundbreaking,” Sallstrom says. “Molinier created incredible collages with hands, legs, and other body parts. Serge has always had a sense of absolute beauty; I remember the first time I saw one of his images, I was like, Who are these amazing women lurking around in black rooms like glamorous ghost creatures? As for Irina, you look at a photo of hers, and it’s a whole story—literally a whole film in one picture.” For this shoot, Sallstrom and photographer Jordan Hemingway incorporated plenty of stylistic nods to…

The Originals Issue is one that is especially close to my heart, as it was launched when I first became editor in chief of W, three years ago. Since then, much—most of us would say too much—has happened in the world. But one thing that hasn’t changed and, I hope, never will is true originality. Our cover star, the one and only Kendrick Lamar, photographed by frequent W collaborator Renell Medrano, exemplifies just that. In all he does, he forges his own path without ever compromising who he is or what he believes in. His current album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, is his rawest to date, but also one in which he shows vulnerability and growth. If anyone were to ask me to whom Lamar could be compared,…

Allow us, for a moment, to toot our own horn. For the past five decades, as the fashion and publishing industries have been dramatically transformed, W has held firm on its essential mission: larger-than-life storytelling. That doesn’t mean, of course, that the magazine hasn’t evolved over time. Fifty Years Fifty Stories, a new tome published by Rizzoli, out this month, tracks key moments in the publication’s history. W was founded in 1972 by John B. Fairchild as an offshoot of the fashion trade newspaper Women’s Wear Daily. Printed on oversize, posterlike pages, it chronicled how glamorous people lived and amused themselves—what they wore, where they went, who they saw, what they gossiped about. But unlike many of its competitors, W wasn’t always fawning. Fairchild became famous for biting columns like…

Kendrick Lamar has been going through something—or so he announces in the opening lines of his latest album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. In the 1,855 days after the release of his previous album, DAMN., which he refers to in the song “United in Grief,” he won seven Grammys and a Pulitzer, went on a four-year musical hiatus, had two children, and, if Mr. Morale is any indication, did a whole lot of soul-searching. Maybe it was the subdued satisfaction of reaching new pinnacles, or the revelatory transition into fatherhood, that sent him on a quest to find and attempt to mend what was broken inside him and then document the journey through some of his most experimental and emotionally complex music to date. Whatever the case, when Lamar…

Some people display their wealth discreetly, while others prefer to wear it around their neck—literally. It’s unclear who the smart money is on. But today, when traditional notions of value and exchange are being challenged by crypto and co., and luxury continues to trade on authenticity and heritage, Bulgari’s Monete collection is flush with cultural currency. Resuming the tradition of setting coins in jewelry—examples have been found as early as the seventh century BC, as well as in the first, seventh, and 19th centuries AD—the Monete pieces date back to the 1960s, when Rome was the epicenter of glamour, as depicted in such films as Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita. The post–World War II period of Il Boom and Hollywood on the Tiber, as cinema-crazed Rome was known, cemented a…

Some designers regard their homes as the consummate showrooms for their visual sensibility. Others treat them as relaxed crash pads a world apart from the rigors of their work life. For the 42-year-old Brussels-based architect and designer Bernard Dubois, a sprawling, high-in-the-sky, light-strewn apartment turns out to be a little bit of both. Dubois’s recently renovated home serves as a low-key ode to his personality and aesthetic obsessions. And just in case he misses the office too much, his company headquarters happens to be right across the hall, a commute of roughly seven seconds. In the past few years, Dubois, a tall, lanky neo-Minimalist, has become one of the most in-demand designers working on either side of the Atlantic, taking on an array of projects that range from origami-like leather…

“Fashions somehow earn their right to survive,” wrote the designer Claire McCardell in her 1956 book, What Shall I Wear? “They prove dateless because they continue to play the same role and consequently reappear again and again.” This 66-year-old statement rings true today, as it probably will forever—some things never go out of style, because they just work. But what are the essential qualities of a timeless garment? “I think it’s the craft,” says stylist and Vogue contributing editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson. “The integrity of the piece is what makes it last.” One theme that emerged from the fall 2022 runways was a concept our fashion team dubbed “twisted classics”: elemental pieces in the fashion lexicon, like the Perfecto jacket and the miniskirt, that had been reimagined in new and surprising…

On a warm, bright July day in a rural corner of Connecticut where narrow roads wind around overgrown meadows and low stone walls, a strange scene is unfolding behind the old guesthouse. A young woman in a dark green evening dress is sprawled out by the pool on the flagstone patio, the scrubby moss and weeds tickling her cheeks. Another figure looms directly above her. This second person—this creature—is blue. Arms, legs, feet, face—even hair—are bright cyan. “Raise your arm a tad?” says the painted alien in a low, steady voice, holding a camera. “And can you shift to the right? Yes, just there. Beautiful!” Click, click, click. Welcome to the creative lair of Guinevere van Seenus. The chameleonic model—who made her reputation as one of the industry greats in…

Christina Ricci Actor Your career began in the 1990s, when you were just 8 years old. In the decades since, you’ve played a variety of roles that have an under-current of darkness—for example, Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family, Elizabeth Wurtzel in Prozac Nation, Wendy Hood in The Ice Storm, and Misty Quigley in Yellowjackets. What makes you want to say yes to a role when it comes your way? I always look for something that I haven’t seen before—that feels new and will be challenging because I don’t have an easy reference for it. There’s been a renewed interest in your career because of Yellowjackets. What were you most excited to do with your character, Misty? She’s a really, really passive-aggressive character, and I’ve always wanted to play passive-aggression as…