🇺🇦 Fyre's fraudster strikes again

AIR MAIL: Billy McFarland announces Fyre Festival 2; Tom Wolfe's secret weapon; Elon Musk's daddy issues; a road trip through central Italy; and much more!

September 17, 2023 Issue N⁰ 218 You are not currently a paid member and have limited access to AIR MAIL. Subscribe today. Good Morning! Yesterday, we published a new issue of AIR MAIL. Here's what you might have missed. Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fyre Convicted grifter and event disorganizer Billy McFarland has announced plans for a Fyre Festival sequel. Will it work? The Man in the White Suit Five years after Tom Wolfe's death, his wife, Sheila, reveals how they tag-teamed his reporting—he made the rounds at parties, while she took stealth notes Under the Tuscan (and Umbrian) Sun A road trip around the homes, archives, and foundations of the artists of central Italy, and those who made their name there, from Beverly Pepper to Alberto Burri to Niki de Saint Phalle Daddy Issues The Steve Jobs and Leonardo da Vinci biographer Walter Isaacson says that a rare conversation he had with Musk's father explains the billionaire entrepreneur's erratic (to put it lightly) behavior Secondhand on the Front Lines Despite the war, Ukraine's market for cast-off clothing from Western Europe is still booming. And it's not military surplus—it's Comme des Garçons The Rise of the Chefluencer TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube stars whose recipes have been viewed billions of times online are translating followings into real-life storefronts. But is the food any good? La Dolce Vita Even if you're not jetting off to Milan for Fashion Week, why not let the occasion serve as an opportunity to indulge your senses with some ever elegant Italian craftsmanship? Read Now

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