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Natalie Joos on Midnight Snickers Bars and Fights with Model Agents During Fashion Week
If you thought designers arbitrarily chose the pretty young things who parade their pieces down the runway each season, think again. They call in the experts, one being PAPER Beautiful Person Natalie Joos, to dig through the dozens of show packages and hand-pick the girls who will walk in their shows.… Read Full Story
Jessica Stam and Tom Guinness Serve Cuteness for a Cause with Aldo on FNO
I know. I know. I know! You don't need anything else to do on Fashion's Night Out but this one is too cute not to plug! Aldo is hosting a little shindig with cutie/spokesmodel…
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Murray Moss Goes Butch
"Butch-Craft," according to Murray Moss, the visionary behind SoHo's legendary design emporium Moss, is a term he invented to articulate the design-world's current obsession with the "rough-hewn, virile, reductive, anti-academic, craft-driven, 'tool-belt and heavy-lifting' aesthetic,…
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Brookyn Food Favoritism + Belle and Sebastian's New Video in Today's Eight Items or Less
1. Vogue's Jeffrey Steingarten has a bone to pick with the New York Times' food writers. He thinks that because they live in Brooklyn, they give unfair, rarely uncritical treatment to the borough's restaurants. [Grub…
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The Art Show Gets A Makeover with NOIR!
Though many New Yorkers' dancecards might be full with fashion shows and related events next week, Rachel Wilkie and Ezra Mabengeza, are hoping their upcoming art event, NOIR!, stands out.NOIR!, according to Wilkie and Mabengeza,…
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Tell Us Who Your Favorite "Dans" Are For VIP Passes to Sounds Like PAPER!
As promised, we have three more sets of VIP tickets to give away for our mega-awesome Sounds Like PAPER concert Tuesday, September 7th at Roseland Ballroom with Hanson, Dan Black and Mia Moretti and…
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Scott Campbell: The Unofficial Tattoo Artist Of The "Fashion Folks"
You've probably heard of Brooklyn-based artist Scott Campbell by now, whether it's because he's Marc Jacobs' go-to tattoo guy, or because he had a hand in designing the Louis Vuitton Spring 2011 men's accessories collection.…
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The Morning Benders' "All Day Day Light" Is Our Music Video of the Day
In March, the Morning Benders' Chris Chu blogged for PAPERMAG about the band's experience at SXSW and we subsequently heard tale of underage drinking, terrible Mexican food near the Louisiana border and late night viewings…
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Spend a Little Quality Time with Tom Ford on FNO
Oh kids, Fashion's Night Out is going to be a hootenanny with so many amazing things going on! Just when I thought MM's dancecard was full comes word that design legend Tom Ford is…
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Steve Madden Buys Betsey? + Missoni For Pellegrino in Today's Style Scraps
Steve Madden has loaned Betsey Johnson's company $48.8 million, and if she can't pay him back in two years, he'll own the brand. [Fashionista]Missoni has designed a kicky and cute S. Pellegrino bottle for Fashion's…
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SportWingNY's Carlos Bocanegra, a Very Sexy Soccer Stud
Artwing, the full-service photography agency, has just launched a new company called SportwingNY, representing soccer players and sexy athletes in advertising, editorial and fashion endeavors. Their first client is soccer stud Carlos Bocanegra, the…
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