Plus: Meet Natalie Harp, Trump’s Right-Hand Woman
As we thought about what American style looks like in 2026, it was unavoidable to think about politics. And there was one obvious person to call to try to make sense of what this current administration has changed about Washington, and the broader culture, through its appearances: Robin Givhan. Robin and I met while working at The Washington Post, where she had been the long-time (and Pulitzer Prize–winning) fashion writer turned senior critic-at-large. There are certainly writers you work with as an editor who you want to give a very clear prompt—you know the story they can tell, and where it probably will end. But with a writer like Robin, you’ll want to get out of the way. In a column for the VF Style Issue, Robin offers a discerning and often disturbing look at the look of Washington today: “MAGA style is a perversion of the past, a form of drag born of longing, disaffection, upheaval, and anger over what democracy has wrought.”
While we’re on MAGA style, let’s take a closer look at one of the ever visible members of the party, Natalie Harp. Jon Ossoff, the Georgia senator, recently shouted her out at a rally, bringing the Trump aide into the public consciousness, so if you’re wondering who Harp is, this piece on the keeper of the “Truth” phone is for you. Once you tire of MAGA and its characters, check out Maxwell Adler’s conversation with Juno Temple, the Ted Lasso actor who has never quite gotten the hang of reality.
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LINDSEY UNDERWOOD
SENIOR EDITOR
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The MAGA aesthetic descends from the longstanding Washington constructs of gender, masculinity, and femininity, and has permeated all elements of the culture in Washington, from the Senate floor to its satellite city, Georgetown.
The performatively proletarian and achingly conservative silhouettes of the MAGA party serve as cultural guardrails that protect believers and isolate those who refuse to fall into the cult-like line of thought. As President Donald J. Trump puts his stamp all over Washington, Robin Givhan takes a look at the look of MAGA, from Melania Trump to Pete Hegseth. Read more
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By Maxwell Adler
WitH Ted Lasso back for a fourth season, Temple talks to VF about the return of Keeley Jones, her punk rock childhood and her not-so-chic smoking habit. Read more
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By Michael Wolff
When Senator Jon Ossoff was discussing Donald Trump at a rally on Sunday, he said, “He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar.” Natalie being Natalie Harp, a 35-year-old West Wing aide, who worships at the altar of the 45th and 47th president of the United States.
Revisit Michael Wolff’s raucous chronicle of the 2024 campaign and his take on the MAGA lackey fueling the president’s information game. Read more
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Administrators of the trust, which was set up by Rob and Michele Reiner in 1993, have invoked California’s “slayer statute,” which prevents murderers from gaining financial value from a victim’s death.
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