Raquel Laneri

About the Author

Raquel Laneri is a contributing writer to The Post, where she was formerly on staff as a features reporter. She teaches fashion journalism at Parsons - The New School and lives in Brooklyn.

The Archive

Photog Peter Beard shot wild animals and lived wild sex, drug-filled life

Photographer Peter Beard hunted wild animals, did drugs, and slept with models — but his over-the-top exploits hid a very dark side.

Edie Sedgwick was Andy Warhol’s muse — and a ‘spoiled’ brat: sister

Edie Sedgwick's older sister thought the Andy Warhol muse was a spoiled brat — but she's come to see her late sibling in a new light.

This mob wife was a revenge-seeking Godmother in her own right

Assunta “Pupetta” Maresca was devastated when her beloved groom, Pasqualone Simonetti, was shot dead just months after their wedding. Pupetta, then just 18, later avenged him, according to “The Godmother:...

'80s rock 'n' roll photog reveals what Tom Petty learned from the Boss

“Music in the ’80s” showcases the dazzling breadth of the Me Decade: The Rolling Stones to The Boss; Herbie Hancock to Run DMC; Madonna to Goldsmith’s old college pal Iggy...

Double amputee triumphed as Paralympian — then conquered Broadway

Paralympics star Katy Sullivan, a double amputee from birth, stars in the new Broadway play "Cost of Living."

Meet the new Netflix star who is Spanish nobility and Enrique Iglesias' sister

Tamara Falcó — who considers Julio Iglesias a father figure — has a castle, a title and her own show on Netflix.

Meet the British socialite who was 'Hitler's girl' — and made Eva Braun jealous

Meet Unity Valkyrie Mitford, the British socialite known as "Hitler's girl" who made Eva Braun jealous.

'A League of Their Own' star Molly Ephraim steps up to the plate

Actress Molly Ephraim has scored a Hollywood hit with a new streaming series based on the movie “A League of Their Own,” about an all-female baseball team.

Inside the fabulous Dior couture world of 'Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris'

Christian Dior's designs were so hot in the late 1940s that women were literally tearing them off the models.

I started taking Ativan to sleep—and my life spiraled out of control

Melissa Bond was caring for two infant children — a newborn, and a year-old toddler with Down syndrome. It was 2009, and she had recently lost her magazine job. Her...

How Marilyn Monroe ‘upstaged’ Queen Elizabeth with a sexy, low-cut dress

Before Marilyn Monroe donned a sparkling sheer dress to sing “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to John F. Kennedy in 1962, she wore a similarly scandalous ensemble to meet Queen Elizabeth.

‘My skinny, sexist, exciting days as a TWA flight attendant’

Ann Hood's new memoir, “Fly Girl” chronicles her time flying the friendly skies from 1979 to 1986 as a TWA flight attendant.

The best celebrity engagement rings of 2022, from J. Lo to Megan Fox

From Jennifer Lopez's rare green diamond to Megan Fox's "twin flames" two-stone dazzler, these celebrity engagement rings rock our world.

Insiders gripe that Met Gala fashions are no longer chic: 'Very Halloween'

Monday night’s Met Gala dress code is “gilded glamour.” Yet some insiders fear that attendees will embrace the tackiest aspects of late-19th-century Manhattan society.

This Gilded Age #girlboss married 4 times, helped get the vote for women

Mrs. Frank Leslie was a three-time divorcée who slept her way to the top — and helped get the vote for women, a new book reveals.

Instagram influencers detail how they make $10K at Coachella — and never see a single band

Maryam Ghafarinia will be attending Coachella this weekend for the fourth time. But she has yet to see an actual performance at the music festival in the California desert. “Hopefully...

How a Muslim doctor saved a Jewish girl from death in the Holocaust

The incredible story of how a Muslim doctor saved a Jewish girl from certain death in 1940s Germany.

Real life of ‘Flowers’ author VC Andrews was as creepy as her gothic novels

The real life of "Flowers" author VC Andrews was nearly as creepy as her gothic novels.

'The Andy Warhol Diaries' reveals artist's secret love life after being shot

"He was a man full of desire, full of humanity, and that comes through in his queer longing," director Andrew Rossi told The Post. 

'They will kill me': Runaway Saudi teen writes book about escaping abusive, oppressive life

In her new book "Rebel: My Escape from Saudi Arabia to Freedom," Rahaf Mohammed (née al Qunun) recounts her daring escape — with Twitter users' help — from her abusive...