3. LAUREN COLLINS

Lauren has been a staff writer at

The New Yorker since 2008. Born in North Carolina, she now lives in Paris with her husband

and daughter. Her morning commute consists of brushing her teeth as she travels to her laptop in the kitchen. On her first day at work at American Vogue

she wore a pair of slingbacks from T.K. Maxx: ‘Big mistake!’

Lauren’s greatest career achievement is ‘vomiting on Donatella Versace’ and her worst habit is ‘freestyling the recycling.’ Lauren explores love in translation on page 170.