“The David Bowie,” as modeled by Don Draper.
The Male-Grooming Maximalism of Mad Men’s Next Season.

“The David Bowie,” as modeled by Don Draper.

The Male-Grooming Maximalism of Mad Men’s Next Season.

America the Marvelous.
English critic A. A. Gill argues that America is not the big, dumb, fat, belligerent child Europe thinks it is. In fact, the U.S. is Europe’s finest invention—and ultimate aspiration.
Illustration by Barry Blitt. 

America the Marvelous.

English critic A. A. Gill argues that America is not the big, dumb, fat, belligerent child Europe thinks it is. In fact, the U.S. is Europe’s finest invention—and ultimate aspiration.

Illustration by Barry Blitt. 

Testing the Summer’s Best Beach Reads.

Photographs by Justin Bishop

A first look at Kate Middleton’s royal baby shower! Kind of …
Photograph by Alison Jackson

Exclusive: The Definitive Amanda Bynes Coloring Book

Bust out your Crayolas and send us your most inspired work. We’ll tweet and reblog the best submissions. 

Illustrations by Sam Sellers

Amanda Bynes’s 5 Best All That Characters (to hold us over until her rap album comes out). Watch here.
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VF.com answers the urgent question on everyone’s mind: what has Harvard’s Class of 2003 been up to? Here’s an excerpt:

Creating jobs:

I’m looking forward to catching up with everyone. Anyone interested in babysitting, we pay generously.

Visiting London:

“She’s a cool mistress, this wondrous London: ever forgiving but never one to forget.” 

Picking up hobbies:

“I’ve recently taken up boxing in the tradition of Teddy Roosevelt (1880).”

And last but not least, engaging in Smash Bros. rivalries:

Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah, boooooooyyyyyyyyy! Obviously, I bought a Nintendo Wii, and obviously, there’s a Smash Bros. game for it. So obviously, Kevin Clancy ’03 and I renewed our rivalry after he graduated from business school and moved a few blocks away from me on the Upper West Side. I am happy to say that I currently lead him 112-103 all-time (we play one-on-one, in Brawl mode, because of course we do, what do you think we are, weirdos?) The process of writing a ten-year update forces me to survey our Smash Bros. activities and accomplishments, which, to my surprise, are extensive.

Read more here.

With the sexified Disney princess scandal in the news, take a look back at           VF.com’s Sexiest Animated Character Bracket.

With the sexified Disney princess scandal in the news, take a look back at           VF.com’s Sexiest Animated Character Bracket.