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TIME TRAVEL TO HONOR FOUR DESIGN LEGENDS, WE MINED THE ARCHIVES AT THE MUSEUM AT FIT FOR ICONIC PIECES THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF FASHION HISTORY

GEORGIA ON MY MIND INTREPID PHOTOGRAPHER MARTIN PARR GIVES V AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT HIS LATEST BOOK OF IMAGES, UP AND DOWN PEACHTREE, BASED ON A SOCIAL EXPLORATION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA

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LADIES WHO LUNCH TAKE YOUR CUES FROM THE CHIC SET WITH THE SEASON’S MOST GLAMOROUS ACCESSORIES. LEISURELY UPTOWN OUTINGS ARE ONLY A CHAUFFEURED DRIVE AWAY

LIGHT TO DARK THE YEAR OF THE MAYAN APOCALYPSE COULD NOT HAVE ARRIVED WITH A BETTER SOUNDTRACK. NEW YORK DUO LIGHT ASYLUM UNLEASH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, SHOWING US THAT THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS, NOT WITH A BANG BUT A BANGER

RIOT GIRLS WOMEN ARE THE KINGS OF COMEDY NOW, AND THESE SEVEN FEMALE TALENTS—EACH WITH A PLETHORA OF PROJECTS ON THE HORIZON—REIGN SUPREME. HERE THEY EMBODY A VARIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHETYPES, PROVING HOW FIERCE FARCE CAN BE

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AMERICANARAMA ON A PREFABRICATED SET MADE OF TOYS, CAROLYN MURPHY—THE ULTIMATE MODEL MOM—WEARS THE SUMMER'S HOTTEST ATTIRE AND WELCOMES YOU TO A WILD '80S-INSPIRED SUBURBIA

AMERICAN IDOLS FRESH-FACED BEAUTIES FROM THE STATES HAVE BEEN LIGHTING UP THE RUNWAYS SINCE THE DAYS OF DOVIMA. HERE, INDUSTRY ICONS AND THE NEW DARLINGS WEAR THE LATEST PRE-FALL COLLECTIONS FROM AMERICAN FASHION’S BRIGHTEST STARS

COUTURE DIARIES THE COUTURE COLLECTIONS ARE RESERVED FOR FASHION’S MOST EXQUISITE DESIGNERS. COME BACKSTAGE FOR A BEHIND-THE-SCENES PEEK AT THE WONDER OF THE SEASON

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