To our readers,
Over the past six months, my colleagues and I have set out to put Vanity Fair at the center of the cultural conversation. From fashion weeks to film festivals, from Beverly Hills to Mar-a-Lago, from the boom in crypto to the bust up of the MAGA coalition, our goal is to write a biography of our time.
Last week, Vanity Fair published an inside account of the handful of people who run the West Wing. Over the course of nearly a year, journalist and historian Chris Whipple interviewed White House chief of staff Susie Wiles 11 times and spoke with the rest of President Trump’s core team. Wiles’ candor—about the president, about her colleagues, about herself—is especially rare and refreshing. Accompanied by photographer Christopher Anderson’s portfolio of incisive portraits, the story is already one of the most read in our magazine’s history.
And in case you missed any of it, I hope you’ll check out some of the other work we’re so proud of this year, including: Ta-Nehisi Coates on liberal pundits’ sanitization of Charlie Kirk’s legacy; a firsthand account from an ICE women’s prison; our cover story on Charli xcx’s graduation from pop star to movie star; and our Hollywood Issue, featuring a new class of leading men for the next era of show business.
Next year will be one of ambitious journalism for Vanity Fair, with a new podcast, newsletters, and a thicker, glossier print edition that you’ll want to hang onto. And in March, the annual Vanity Fair Oscar Party is moving to a new home at LACMA as the museum prepares to open the doors of its astounding new building designed by Peter Zumthor.
As we head out for the holidays, I want to thank you all for being the most important part of Vanity Fair. We’re thrilled to bring you into this next chapter. And if you’re not already a subscriber, I hope that you’ll become one today.
Mark
Mark Guiducci
Global Editorial Director
