Absolutely Awesome

From cover to cover this magazine is artistically designed and inspired. Everything you expect it to be, it is. Not only do the articles and pictures portray the latest and greatest in fashion and pop culture, but even the ads lead you to the high-end fashionably eclectic such as Oakley Eyewear and Screaming Mimi's. The articles are varied, going from Mandy Moore's new style to the new L.A. African dance trend known as "krumping" (ferocious, free, and performed at breakneck speed), to architectural design so out-of-the-way that it includes a cardboard box house. If you love fashion, the odd, the sensual, the just plain COOL, then subscribe to Paper. I'd buy it for $20.

Recycled PAPER

I have kept giving this magazine a try over the years in hopes that it might someday live up to what it thinks it is, but I swear it just writes about the same things and same people mostly D-grade celebs over & over again. Anything they once may have had is long since gone since the mid-to-late 90's,
so do yourself a favor and save yourself some money or at least try one of the tons of new mags that are out there.

My guide to the fabulous and hip

I LOVE this magazine. It is a hip lifestyle read that doesn't focus on the mainstream or commercial, but instead covers cutting edge designers, artists and filmakers. Paper always writes about things in a funny, insidery way that makes me feel like I was there (even though I don't live in New York City). I love their regular writers and columnists, especially the wacky fashion advice from Mr. Mickey, the style commentary by Kim Hastreiter and the news on what's trendy in Peter Davis' section. Although the fashion spreads might be too out there for readers of Vogue and GQ, I prefer a more daring take on fashion so I love them. I also love their choice of cover people who are not the same faces you see on the cover of every other magazine. I read Paper every month and think it is rad!!!