Portrait of a young woman in white #2 by Jacques-Louis David, used for a cover for Ottessa Moshfegh's book MY Year of Rest and Relaxation.

MILAN—Fashion and literature have always shared a fascination with surface and depth. Baudelaire, Wilde, Capote, catalogued fashion details obsessively in their writings, and used clothes... Read More

Text by Marguerite de Ponty

Photo by Aphra Natley

T. came to a stop at a magazine, and said: I want walls like that. Only in Venice, I said. Well no, I’ve seen a... Read More

Text by S Lorenzo

I like to take pictures of my Garden, the vegetable garden. Read More

Text by Fabrizio Albertini

Photo by Lena Be

Why did I go out onto the balcony? The waves. That’s why. They were massive. Massive and black and smashing into the side of the... Read More

Text by Rupert Taylor

The conundrum which presents itself suddenly and deeply within the fabric of my life, quite randomly, is the agita of my being. In order to... Read More

Text by John Hudson White

A cultural milieu is difficult to change—it exists across and within all of us. Read More

Text by Alexandra Kleeman

In an old mansion on Biscayne Bay, my great aunt Sandy is sitting at the edge of a grand piano. A man is sitting next... Read More

Text by Rob Goyanes

Nobody calls it Dimes Square without modulating their voice like they’re quoting someone. Nobody calls this place Dimes Square because it’s not called Dimes Square.... Read More

Text by Melissa Mesku

I’ve never done this before, a reading stoned. I have zero anxiety. I drop $50 in the bookstore on tote bags and Anaïs Nin. Everyone... Read More

Text by Chloe Caldwell