As Chanel prepares to present its Cruise Collection on Lake Como on 29 April, a Milan dinner for Lampoon Issue 31 marks the magazine’s decade in print

Being religious was nearly a crime. At home, my parents trained me to answer school ques- tions carefully, to evade, to feign indifference. No one could know we were believers – every- one watched everyone

Positioning is the asset – fashion designer Nada van Dalen, photographer Ari Versluis and stylist Ellie Uyttenbroek examine what independence means in a globalised fashion system

We’ll take anything to free ourselves from that sense of nihilism we feel when we stand there, like fools, scrolling a phone screen

Diamonds at the center of every blanket, a red once made from insects, and the sustainability of tradition: For its new Canyon Road line, Ralph Lauren Home tapped two Diné designers, Naiomi and Tyler Glasses

“I struggled with the disconnect between my internal femininity and my body. It was before the internet. It was isolating, but there was the Amazonians…” From her studio on the edge of Sierra Madre, Isabelle Albuquerque reflects on her creative path, material choices, and the politics of belonging

Photography: Boris Ovini; Fashion and Creative Direction: Niki Pauls

An Interview to Olivier Zahm, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Purple Magazine, taken by Carlo Mazzoni, Editor in Chief of Lampoon. Independency: being creative today is not enough

“I was frustrated with the way Americans are seen from the outside, especially from a European point of view.” Americans emerge as complex individuals with hopes, dreams, fears, and a capacity to endure

Saturated tones and pastel palettes intertwine in Deb Koo’s oil paintings portraying mundane moments, personal experiences and memories from her childhood