Summer in Ibiza; the Magnificent Estates of the Haute Adirondacks; the Moms of Byron Bay

A special delivery from the Vanity Fair Archive View in your browser | Update your preferences     Usher in the summer with these stories from the Vanity Fair Archive.   Make Mine Ibiza! Ibiza's devotees—who include Kate Moss, Sean Combs, and the King of Spain—worship its crystalline beaches, 300 days of sunshine, and "anything goes" (we mean anything) attitude toward sex, drugs, and all-night revelry. But many fear the tiny Spanish island is being ruined by weekend-trippers, development, and the construction of a multilane motorway through its interior. Plunging into the hedonists' parade that spawned the rave movement, George Gurley wonders if Ibiza's lack of inhibitions could ultimately destroy it. (April 2007) R E A D  M O R E »     Camp Life In the late 19th century, architect William West Durant spearheaded the conquest of New York's Adirondacks, building vast, rustic lakeside estates for plutocrats such as J. P. Morgan and Alfred Vanderbilt. About 35 "great camps," tucked away in the woods, are still inhabited by descendants of the original families or by the new extremely wealthy. Gin and tonic in hand, Alex Shoumatoff explores 6 million acres of history style, and gloriously anachronistic ritual as he goes "camp-hopping" in the haute Adirondacks. (May 1997) R E A D  M O R E »     The Technicolor Dreams of Michael B. Jordan Inspired by Wakanda and his Newark upbringing, the Black Panther star is building a singular career, equal parts Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise, and Louis B. Mayer. (November 2018) R E A D  M O R E »     The Coast of Utopia From the looks of Instagram, Courtney Adamo and the surfing mamas of Byron Bay are living the dream. Can it be real? (August 2019) R E A D  M O R E »     A Little Chat About a Favorite Summer Sport Satirist P.G. Wodehouse shares recollections of weekend meets of the Bellport Fly-Hounds and Wasp-Beagles. (September 1916) R E A D  M O R E » Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. Sign Up Now     This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.