Nominated for her role as Kitty Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s atomic-bomb origin story, the actor paired a one-shoulder Giorgio Armani Privé dress with her character’s signature red lip.

KC Fee, who looks after White’s red-carpet grooming, describes an easy start to the day: candles burning, meditative face massage with Aesop skin care, a laissez-faire approach to curls. “We just always lean into that kind of relaxed, organic vibe that he has,” she says.

The fashion house’s debut collection of makeup and skin care has arrived, with all the hidden brand codes and exacting details Prada devotees would expect.

On a night that saw Netflix’s Beef take home three major awards—one for best television limited series and two more for its stars—Wong cut a serene figure in a white Dior Couture dress. Her pre-show unwind—“dreamy face massage and ’90s R&B playlist”—worked its magic.

Hours before clinching a best-supporting-actress win for her role in The Holdovers, the actor unwound with Tibetan sound bowls, got dusted in shimmery eye shadow, and waxed poetic about her custom dress by Rodarte: “It’s a dream, right? Those who know, just know.” 

After a high-profile turn in 2022’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, the South Carolina native’s latest pinch-me moment puts her in the pantheon of Revlon spokespeople. Here, she takes Vanity Fair through her beauty routine, from Outer Banks sunscreen to “Basic Bitches” eye shadow. 

The star of Yorgos Lanthimos’s exuberantly off-kilter riff on the Frankenstein tale turned up to the red carpet in a pearl-studded Louis Vuitton dress and shimmery lids—an off-screen ode to the character’s free spirit. 

The interior designer to Gwyneth Paltrow, Beyoncé, and more, on items that evoke bliss and the best gifts of the season.

The fragrance studio’s latest eau de parfum sets the white floral note within an unexpected landscape, influenced by Senegalese architecture and the blossom’s own earthy, medicinal undertones. The result upends tuberose’s voluptuous reputation.

Le Regard, the French house’s first foray into eye shadows and mascaras, gets a cinematic unveiling at the Invisible House, on the edge of Joshua Tree National Park. Gregoris Pyrpylis, creative director of Hermès Beauty, discusses the collection’s balance of “audacity but also elegance.” 

The designers and creative minds behind the latest fragrances—including Gabriela Hearst, Victoria Beckham, and Frédéric Malle—think about getting dressed in more ways than one.

The poet and essayist behind The Book of (More) Delights brings his lyrical slant to this three-day wellness diary, where freshly dug potatoes and one-on-one basketball act as spiritual fuel. 

Ahead of a glittering dinner beneath the Louvre Pyramid to celebrate the museum’s collaboration with Lancôme, the actor communes with masterworks, singing Nelly lyrics by the Mona Lisa and waxing bucolic alongside a marble Diana.

As gothic references bubble up in culture and talk of cyber dystopia looms, the beauty direction of the moment skews dark and dangerous.