Amanda de Cadenet recently kicked off the Chelsea Hotel’s creative residency program, staying at the legendary property for a two-week stint during which she recorded interviews for her podcast, The Conversation, created a portrait series of featured guests and friends, and took time to write. Below, she invites us into her world of creativity and collaboration with the easy intimacy she’s made her trademark, and shares a playlist inspired by her stay. I’ve been staying at the Chelsea Hotel since it went into the hands of Shawn McPherson. It wasn’t even really done when I started staying there—there were still…

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It’s here, everything – Everything anyone ever Dreamed of, and more. But love is lost: The only sacrifice To live in this heaven, This Disneyland Where people are the games. Thus begins Goodnight Sweet Thing, the sophomore poetry collection by multimedia artist Cristine Brache. The epigraph—a poem by Dorothy Stratten, a writer and Playboy Playmate who was tragically killed—is the perfect way to introduce the themes of fame, fantasy, and objectification that underscore the book. Throughout her oeuvre, which includes paintings and films as well as written work, Brache has zeroed in on women who have been uniquely subject to…

On the song “Echo” off The Marías’s recently-released album Submarine, María Zardoya sings, “Miss the warmth of your neck / when I knew you best / I’m yours, I’m yours,” and later, “Your cry is an echo / and I will let go of your love.” The song captures the central tension of the album: the heartbreaking push and pull of parting ways with someone you still love. It represented a turning point for Zardoya and Josh Conway—co-writer, drummer, and producer of the band—as they wrote the album in the wake of their breakup and the release of their Grammy-nominated…

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“I’m so sad—my drug dealer is moving,” my friend complained to me one evening. I live in San Francisco with a lot of friends in tech, who have a ton of disposable income and stress to blow off, so there’s always someone on retainer for events like Burning Man and Coachella. “Aw, why?” I sympathized. “Well, he’s been laundering his profits through crypto all these years, and turns out he’s a millionaire.” I didn’t need to ask where he was moving after I heard this. My friend confirmed that, yes, his crypto millionaire drug dealer was leaving San Francisco for…

On the hottest day of the year, with the sun baking the sidewalk and the air heavy with humidity, knitwear was not top of mind for most New Yorkers. But inside the converted Centre Street walkup, super baby alpaca scarves, soft cotton separates, and chunky hand-knit sweaters adorned the all-white ground-floor showroom. Despite 90 degrees of uncertainty and age-old prejudices towards “florals for spring,” cult knitwear designer Lauren Manoogian reminded editors and New York’s favorite fashionistas that some things remain the same. In conversation with Miu Miu, Hermès, and many others, Manoogian’s Spring and Pre-Fall 2024 collection showcased the steadfastness…

When I heard that JetBlue was debuting a new direct flight from JFK to Edinburgh, all I could think was, “Finally, I can see that damn Starbucks.” I’m a hardcore fan of dark academia TikTok and, as such, have seen endless videos of the amazing view of Edinburgh Castle from a humble local Starbucks. The moody weather, the imposing castle perched on a cliff above medieval streets, all framed by a latticed window—it seems that at any given time, TikTok is overflowing with aesthetic videos of Edinburgh with a shot of that view. Maybe it’s the beautiful architecture or the promise…

I love a facial—I mean, who doesn’t? Yes, it’s not necessarily a necessity but, in my opinion, it’s an easily justified indulgence. For example, think of what your apartment looks like. Now think of what your apartment would look like if you never gave it a deep clean—if you only vacuumed once or twice a week, wiped down the surfaces every now and then, but never truly got into the nooks and crannies of the space. Imagine the dust bunnies and layer of grime that’s settled over everything. Not to be dramatic, but that’s kind of what skipping a facial…

Designer Giuliano Calza, 34, still looks at life through the eyes of a child. “Sometimes precious things are the ones that makes you scream, ‘Cute!’” he laughs, about to take a sip of a bedazzled SpongeBob SquarePants water bottle. “I really find the most weird things beautiful.” His retro-futuristic GCDS collections have provoked the response “grow up” from more than one stodgy fashion critic with their Hello Kitty references and tongue-in-cheek subversions of tropes like workwear and classic horror. But as he fleshes out his label, Calza has proven he can evolve without rebuffing his fantastical nature. “Fashion has to…