About this episode
Kim Hastreiter reflects on her life in downtown New York's art and fashion scene and discusses her memoir.
Kim Hastreiter—co-founder and longtime editor of Paper magazine—joins to reflect on a life at the center of downtown New York’s art, fashion, and nightlife, from scrappy newsprint beginnings to the cover that “broke the internet.” She also discusses her memoir, Stuff: A New York Life of Cultural Chaos , and why artists must document culture before it’s rewritten. Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Debbie Millman
Guest: Kim Hastreiter
Topics covered
- art
- fashion
- nightlife
- memoir
- cultural documentation
Keywords
- Kim Hastreiter
- Paper magazine
- New York
- cultural chaos
- memoir
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Paper magazine
Books & works: Stuff: A New York Life of Cultural Chaos
Places: New York
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