Gesha-Marie Bland

STAFF WRITER & SENIOR EDITOR

Not bland at all. Gesha-Marie Bland is an essayist, Vanity Fair-published film and television writer, and unrepentant beauty junkie who jumpstarted her career at NYU’s Master’s Program in Cinema Studies. In homage to her beauty icons Jeanne Moreau, Dolly Parton, and Grace Jones, she is forever in search of the perfect cat-eye liner, a killer pair of heels, and unforgettable statement accessories. Currently NYC-based, this dual American-French citizen still wears all-black and has a soft spot for clean beauty, pharmaceutical-grade actives, and most ingredients sourced from vineyards in the south of France. She loves New Wave cinema, Mary Gaitskill’s fiction, Spain, and matcha double-shots. After selling "The Ripper," her Alexander McQueen-Issie Blow biopic to the Cannes-winning production company Maven Pictures, she remains convinced fashion and couture are the next frontiers for edgy cinematic stories.

Book Girl Late Summer Reading List

Juicy tales of sexual awakening, artistic voyeurism, life at its most chaotic, women in fashion and sports from NYC-based women writers.

Labor Day Sips and Sounds

Downtempo and dance girl beats to accompany cocktails and mocktails crafted from Common Ground Gin, Tequila Travesuras, OOLA Gin, DuBlasé Bourbon, and All the Bitters.

Summer Travel Tips – The More Minis the Merrier

Streamline Vacation Toiletries with Travel-Sized Beauty Essentials from Drunk Elephant,Care-e-on, Remilia Hair, Iles Formula, Peter Coppola, Daybird, Kevyn Aucoin, and MrayaBeauty.

Oily Skin Summer Lifesavers

Pore-friendly Summer Skin Care from Flora & Noor, Biophora, Ana K, Melumé, Borghese, Norie, and Maskad