Contents

Issue No. 719

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"Who's telling a dark-skinned girl that she's pretty?"

Vanities

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15 / Opening Act Maya Hawke has found her voice

16 / My Desk The books and brushstrokes behind Maison Schiaparelli

18 / Trending Cheerful tie-dye for summer days

23 / The Hire A gubernatorial get-down

26 / My Stuff Aesthetic curation from architect Stephanie Goto

27, 30 / The Gallery Saint Laurent's modern take on a classic shape; Celine revives a French artist

28 / Grand Tour Danielle Steel's Paris apartment

31 / Books Summer fiction, a sweet cookbook, and etiquette lessons from Obama's chief of protocol

32 / Music Chatting music and hoops with Damian Lillard

33 / Watch List The V.F. critics recommend: not-yourgrandfather's Perry Mason and revisiting Ghost for its 30th anniversary

34 / Beauty How everpresent screens are ushering in a new primacy of the face, plus sunscreens for the great outdoors

"...You need something you have control over. Some people knit or watercolor. I do music."

—MAYA HAWKE, P. 15

AIR MAIL

12 HOURS

The duration of Carlos Ghosn's escape flight from Japan to Istanbul. [P. 100]

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Columns

38 Traitors Among Us

BY SONIA SARAIYA

From The Iron Lady to Mrs. America, pop culture has consistently let conservative white women off easy.

40 There Went the Neighborhood

BY SAFY-HALLAN FARAH

When George Floyd was killed 12 blocks from her childhood home in Minneapolis, the author already knew much of the story.

42 Sex and Vanity

BY KEVIN KWAN

The Crazy Rich Asians author returns as decadent as ever with a juicy new satire of wealth and class that is especially fitting for summer 2020 reading.

"If I am to love anyone or anything as deeply as I desire, I must first love myself." —MEGAN RAPINOE, P. 136

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Features

46 Viola's Voice

BY SONIA SARAIYA PHOTOGRAPHS BY DARIO CALMESE

Viola Davis took to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd. But the actor is no stranger to fighting for what's right. As a Black woman in Hollywood, she's spent her entire career doing it.

54 In Plain Sight

BY MARK SEAL

Ghislaine Maxwell was Jeffrey Epstein's longtime friend, lover, and alleged accomplice. The truth of her vanishing act maybe stranger than anyone imagined.

64 Not So Bored in theHouse

BY CARINA CHOCANO PHOTOGRAPHS BY TIERNEY GEARON

With direct lines to millions of followers and relatability to spare, TikTok stars are a new kind of celebrity.

CLOUT 4.7 billion {AND COUNTING}

The total number of likes that TikTok's most-followed user, Charli D'Amelio, has garnered on the app. [P. 64]

"The truth is right there in what the media think are his mistakes. He doesn't make mistakes." — "THE SECOND COMING," P. 82

Features

82 The Second Coming

BY JEFF SHARLET PORTRAITS BY BRUCE GILDEN

At the president's rallies, his followers espouse a doctrine of white supremacy, conspiracy, and Christianity: the church of Trump.

90 Homicide at Rough Point

BY PETER LANCE

In 1966, billionaire tobacco heiress Doris Duke was involved in "an unfortunate accident." Half a century later, evidence suggests that she may have gotten away with murder.

100 The Escape Artist

BY MAY JEONG

After a brazen run from Japanese house arrest, Carlos Ghosn is living large. The American ex-soldier who masterminded his getaway is paying the price.

108 The Silencing

BY LACY CRAWFORD PHOTOGRAPH BY KATY GRANNAN

At 15, the novelist was sexually assaulted at the prestigious St. Paul's School, teaching her hard truths about such warrens of privilege.

114 Behind the Curtain

BY JOSH SANBURN PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETER VAN AGTMAEL

New York's mortuaries were overwhelmed by COVID-19. Inside one funeral home's struggle to care for the living and the dead.

Spotlight

80 Lip Service

BY YOHANA DESTA PHOTOGRAPH BY DANA SCRUGGS

In one lip-synch video after another, comedian Sarah Cooper has made viral art of parodying our buffoon in chief.

PAGE 64 " Tik Tok serves you content.. from people that you have no idea exist."

10 Contributors

12 Editor's Letter

136 Proust Questionnaire

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