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3 weeks ago | 
wmagazine.com | Jensen Davis
John Waters photographed by Nicolas Russell/Getty ImagesJohn Waters says that by the time he was in high school, he had “already written things that caused trouble.” As a summer camp counselor-in-training, he wrote a short story that had “lots of gore,” about a killer at a family reunion, and read passages to the kids every night. “The parents complained!” he says.
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2 months ago | 
wmagazine.com | Jensen Davis
The Chanel couture spring 2025 show. Video by W magazine. From left to right: Matthieu Blazy, Veronica Leoni, Haider Ackerman, Sarah Burton, Peter Copping. Images courtesy of GettySince 2024, at least 16 head designers have stepped down from fashion houses. So far, 9 head designers are making their debuts at major luxury brands in 2025.
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2 months ago | 
wmagazine.com | Jensen Davis |Craig McDean |Grace Coddington
Scarlett WhiteScarlett White wears a Louis Vuitton dress and shoes. In 2024, Scarlett White turned 18, moved from Nashville to New York to study sculpture, and signed her first modeling contract. “It’s amazing, but what I’m most inspired by is doing things on my own time,” she says.
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2 months ago | 
wmagazine.com | Jensen Davis
Left to right: Adrien Brody in The Brutalist, Elle Fanning and Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown, Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain, Fernanda Torres in I’m Still Here, Demi Moore in The Substance, Colman Domingo in Sing Sing, Selena Gomez in Emilia Perez, Ralph Fiennes in Conclave, and Zendaya in Dune 2. Images courtesy of A24, Searchlight Pictures, Sony Pictures, Mubi, Netflix, Focus Features, and Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
wmagazine.com | Jensen Davis
Macy Rodman, Pvssyheaven “Drake just drew my album cover, and I’ve posed for him a bunch,” says Rodman (left), a musician and podcaster. “He’ll use me if he needs a body model,” says artist and musician Pvssyheaven. From left: Balenciaga dress and shoes. Maison Margiela top, skirt, face mask, and belt; Jimmy Choo shoes; stylist’s own gloves.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
wmagazine.com | Jensen Davis
Gallerist Esther Kim Varet, ICA Miami’s Artistic Director Alex Gartenfeld, and W’s Executive Editor Armand Limnander. Photo by Chris CarterOn Monday, December 2, one of the best places in Miami to admire art wasn’t at a fair preview or a gallery, but at the private waterfront estate of Kris and Mary Hinson.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
wmagazine.com | Jensen Davis
Photo by Nisha Johny and Jonathan JacobsFor decades, Jean Cocteau, the French Dadaist who wrote the novel Les Enfants Terribles and made surrealist films including Orpheus, wore two Cartier Trinity rings on left pinky. In 1924, Louis Cartier, the grandson of the house’s founder, designed the Trinity ring, three interlocking bands—one yellow, one platinum, one rose gold. At the zenith of France’s Art Deco movement, embellishment-free designs and mixed metals were considered avant garde.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
wmagazine.com | Jensen Davis |Kyle Munzenrieder
Courtesy of Art BaselDuring Art Basel Miami Beach, the city has more parties and events than it does palm trees. From the satellite fairs to gallery openings and parties hosted at every major hotel and restaurant, it’s hard to discern what’s really worth attending. Add traffic and it’s extra impossible to see it all. So here, a rundown of all the events and exhibits not to miss this year.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
wmagazine.com | Jensen Davis
Knopf/Getty Two nights ago, many New Yorkers went to Charli XCX’s surprise performance in Times Square, then crammed together for an after party at the Chelsea Hotel. Others packed into Three Lives & Company, a small West Village bookstore, at 10 PM to celebrate the midnight release of Haruki Murakami’s new novel, The City and Its Uncertain Walls.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
wmagazine.com | Jensen Davis
TheStewartofNY/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesAt the end of Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, held last night in a giant warehouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, guests exited to discover celebratory pink fireworks exploding behind a Victoria’s Secret branded boat waving a pink flag. From emblazoned golf carts to pink LED screens, the brand spelled out their hope for the night: “We Are Back!”It was the first show since 2018 after multiple controversies and flagging sales shoved it off the air.
