The relationship between a Black woman and her hair has always been deeper than just grooming, leaning into a look or embracing trendy beauty norms. It has roots (literally and figuratively) in every factor of our upbringing, pulling up sometimes painful, sometimes loving but always visceral memories of how our hair shaped and still shapes…
Always Scrolling is PAPER‘s spotlight on our favorite TikTokers in fashion, beauty, lifestyle and more. Keep reading to discover this week’s viral sensation: Ella Halikas. Ella Halikas is a self-made curve model who went from being a waitress in San Francisco to signing with Ford Models and being featured in the Sports Illustrated‘s Swimsuit Issue…
Always Scrolling is PAPER‘s spotlight on our favorite TikTokers in fashion, beauty, lifestyle and more. Keep reading to discover this week’s viral sensation: Ella Halikas. Ella Halikas is a self-made curve model who went from being a waitress in San Francisco to signing with Ford Models and being featured in the Sports Illustrated‘s Swimsuit Issue…
Always Scrolling is PAPER‘s spotlight on our favorite TikTokers in fashion, beauty, lifestyle and more. Keep reading to discover this week’s viral sensation: Mo Franklin. Mo Franklin, AKA ThatDollMo, chases bags not boys and describes herself as the real life Barbie. Take a look at any of her social media accounts, and you can’t disagree….
Always Scrolling is PAPER‘s spotlight on our favorite TikTokers in fashion, beauty, lifestyle and more. Keep reading to discover this week’s viral sensation: Mo Franklin. Mo Franklin, AKA ThatDollMo, chases bags not boys and describes herself as the real life Barbie. Take a look at any of her social media accounts, and you can’t disagree….
Our 2024 PAPER People photoshoot was a rotating door of New York’s wildest personalities, all unleashed onto one studio space — somehow, someway. We brought together TikTokers, fashion designers, club kids, musicians, industry legends, artists, activists and more to celebrate our 40th anniversary in what felt like a fever dream of a dinner party. Below,…
Our 2024 PAPER People photoshoot was a rotating door of New York’s wildest personalities, all unleashed onto one studio space — somehow, someway. We brought together TikTokers, fashion designers, club kids, musicians, industry legends, artists, activists and more to celebrate our 40th anniversary in what felt like a fever dream of a dinner party. Below,…
Any magazine’s ability to exist today is a notable accomplishment, let alone to survive across 40 years. For PAPER, this feat has only been made possible by our community: all the people we’ve featured, the creatives who’ve contributed their time and talent and the fans who’ve kept showing up to read our oddball coverage now…
Spooky season is year-round for Kurt Johnson, the daring stylist behind latex-covered artists like COBRAH. Whether he’s transformed himself into slutty Voldemort or fantastical masked creatures in head-to-toe designer, the Australian fashion provocateur wants to create work that leaves his audience equal parts “bricked” and “confused.” PAPER caught up with Johnson for Halloween to talk…
Inspiration exists all around us, if you’re paying close enough attention. For New York-based hair stylist John Novotny, this means pulling out small details from the “movement, shapes, structures and colors” of the most “extraordinary things you can find in nature.” For their exclusive PAPER Beauty editorial, Novotny dreamt up individual looks for nine models…
