Monthly Archives: April 2013

THE VIBRANT STRANGENESS OF FIONA APPLE Reportedly sick with the flu, Fiona Apple seemed as though she’d never come down from her room at the Soho Grand for our March 2012 W magazine chat to mark her new album, The Idler Wheel… But she … Continue reading →

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CATHLEEN NAUNDORF’S BEWITCHING COUTURE POLAROIDS Spring 2012 when I was living in Paris, I spent an afternoon with German photographer Cathleen Naundorf in her sprawling top-floor apartment overlooking the treetops of my favorite Paris park, Butte Chaumont. The occasion was … Continue reading →

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SOUTH AFRICA’S NEW CAPITAL OF COOL W magazine sent me to Johannesburg for a week to find out why so many of South Africa’s coolest young creatives are leaving Cape Town for the raw and exciting post-apartheid vibe of the place … Continue reading →

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THE NEW TREND OF SPERM-DONOR DADS Details magazine sent me to Southern California to interview guys who sperm-donored to female friends–and now are playing part-time dads.

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BIKES HOW YOU LIKE ‘EM IN PARIS For WSJ Magazine, I hung out in Paris with the two cool guys behind Blitz, a semi-secret shop that’ll make you a “bespoke” motorcycle–out of vintage parts!

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THE CALIFORNIA SURF VIBE OF BIARRITZ For the New York Times’ T magazine, I had the chance to spend an amazing week the summer of 2012 in Biarritz, France, a beautiful old Atlantic Coast resort town whose laid-back surf vibe has earned … Continue reading →

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THAT HOT GUY FROM ‘RUST AND BONE’ For the New York Times‘ T magazine, I had the chance to interview the talented and super-hunky Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts, who was so roughly endearing in 2012’s French indie hit “Rust and Bone,” … Continue reading →

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CHRIS BENZ BROADENS HIS COLORFUL REACH The pink-haired designer Chris Benz took me around his showroom and studio to show me the more affordable line he’s created to bring more girls into his colorful, WASPy-meets-kooky world. For the New York … Continue reading →

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THE UNSTOPPABLE BETSEY JOHNSON I had a blast rocking out with fashion legend Betsey Johnson for this New York Times Styles section cover story on how bankruptcy is not stopping Betts from bringing her candy-colored punk rock duds to a new … Continue reading →

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FASHIONISTA FLU FRENZY It was super-fun talking to Cynthia Rowley, Rachel Zoe, the Costello Tagliapietra guys, Nina Garcia, Simon Doonan and more for this story on the extreme measures fashionistas take to not get sick during winter Fashion Week season. … Continue reading →

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