Vanity Fair UK - 10.2019

Lupita Nyong’o wears a gown by Valentino; earrings by

Tiffany & Co. Hair products by Vernon François.

Makeup by Lancôme. Hair by Vernon François. Makeup

by Nick Barose. Manicure by Deborah Lippmann. Tailor,

Maria Del Greco. Set design by Stefan Beckman. Styled by

Samira Nasr. Photographed exclusively for V.F. by Jackie

Nickerson in the gardens of the Pleasantdale Château, in West

Orange, New Jersey. For details, go to VF.com/credits.

On the
Cover

SUN BURN

“GOODBYE MR. SUNSHINE,” P. 106

Features

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An Oscar for best supporting actress launched

Lupita Nyong’o into the Hollywood stratosphere, and the

Black Panther and Us star has only continued ascending.

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The 2019 V. F.

Best-Dressed List

BY MAGGIE BULLOCK

PHOTOGRAPHS BY DARIO CALMESE,

GILLIAN LAUB, AND GREG WILLIAMS

From Jason Momoa’s couture scrunchie

to Elle Fanning’s film-festival blitz, this

year’s standouts raised the style bar.

A Rake’s Progress

BY AATISH TASEER

Imran Khan, the former cricket star

and international playboy, has a knack

for reinvention. But as Pakistan’s

prime minister, will his contradictions

finally catch up with him?

Rock Legend

BY MARY ALICE MILLER

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEX MAJOLI

As a creative force at Dior,

Victoire de Castellane

has been remaking the jewelry

world for decades.

Dread’s Rebellion

BY JULIAN LUCAS

PHOTOGRAPH BY SEBASTIAN KIM

PORTRAITS BY DAVID HALLIDAY

Artist Dread Scott’s reenactment of

an 1811 Louisiana slave uprising

promises to be part performance art,

part wake-up call to action.

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DION PHOTOGRAPHED BY GILLIAN

LAUB; GOWN BY RONALD

VAN DER KEMP; FOR DETAILS, GO TO VF.COM/CREDITS