RENATA ADLER, WRITER, ST. MARTIN, FRENCH WEST INDIES, MARCH 1978. PHOTOGRAPH BY RICHARD AVEDON. © THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION. 

ADLER AT RICHARD AVEDON'S SHOW AT MARLBOROUGH GALLERY, 1975. PHOTO COURTESY OF JILL KREMENTZ. 

RENATA ADLER IN HER OFFICE AT THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, 1967. PHOTO COURTESY OF JILL KREMENTZ. 

ADLER AND JOAN DIDION AT THE ANNUAL CEREMONIAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS. PHOTO COURTESY OF JILL KREMENTZ. 

RENATA ADLER IN NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 2014. COAT: DRIES VAN NOTEN. SWEATER TSE.  SCARF: PAUL SMITH. NECKLACE: AESA.

COSMETICS: CHANEL, INCLUDING SUBLIMAGE LA CRÈME ULTIMATE SKIN REGENERATION TEXTURE FINE AND LE CRAYON KHÔL INTENSE EYE PENCIL IN 61 NOIR. HAIR PRODUCTS: ORIBE HAIR CARE, INCLUDING GOLD LUST NOURISHING HAIR OIL. HAIR: BOK-HEE FOR ORIBE HAIR CARE/STREETERS. MAKEUP: KRISTI MATAMOROS FOR CHANEL / KATE RYAN. PRODUCTION: DAYNA CARNEY / MANAGEMENT ARTISTS. RETOUCHING: VISION ON. DIGITAL TECHNICIAN: NATALIA READ-HARBER. PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT: ZACKERY MICHAEL. STYLING ASSISTANT: MARIANNE DABIR. SPECIAL THANKS: TEN TON STUDIO AND NICHOLAS DURING.