In my childhood city of Indianapolis, the Final Four is in full swing. Basketball fans pack the city's streets, but as Vanity Fair's Maxwell Adler reports, it's thanks to TV exec David Levy that the rest of us can watch every single NCAA tournament game from the comfort of home—a model of abundance that appears to be paying off. May the NBA take note.
But March Madness isn't the only blowout we're mulling this week. In the latest entry in our Parties That Changed the World series, Serena Turner rolls us through Gianni Versace's legendary gatherings at his Casa Casuarina, with a through line to Salvador Dali's jubilees at the Hotel Del Monte decades before.
Partied out? Then sit down with Grace Kelly's makeup artist or Queen Elizabeth II’s personal assistant for a fresh look at the icons. Read in tandem, and you'll see that the very different royals had more in common than you might expect. |
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In Monterey and Miami, both artists used parties as marketing machines—crafting spectacles to shape their own mythology decades before “personal branding” became a buzzword. |
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Legendary makeup artist André Malbert talks to Vanity Fair Italia about working with the Princess of Monaco: “She never asked me to change anything or rejected an idea I proposed.” |
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In the latest episode of Vanity Fair Game Show, castmates Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman, Ashley Padilla, and more find out who knows whom the best. |
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When it comes to dressing up, the future daughter-in-law of Princess Anne never misses. |
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Ahead of the Final Four, VF talks to David Levy about his “life-changing” idea to make every NCAA tournament game available all at once. |
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