“Zadie Smith, plunked glamorously into the pages of British Vogue to discuss her forthcoming novel, “The Fraud.” She is photographed by Tyler Mitchell, the 28-year-old who skyrocketed to fame after becoming the first Black photographer to shoot a cover of Vogue, of Beyoncé, in 2018. Smith, 47, is dressed in the splendor of some of the most compelling and frisky designer brands, like a sculptural gold Alexander McQueen necklace, and an enormous froth of Alaia, the storied sexy-cerebral French brand overseen by Pieter Mulier, with a pair of Tabi boots by Maison Margiela, which are to the art world what Allbirds are to tech: a delightfully hideous uniform of belonging. Smith gives the camera a confident, knowing gaze, as if to say: This glamour stuff, it’s pretty fun.”

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