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Friday March 8th, 2013

The Cost of Paris Fashion Week for a Top Editor
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The Cost of Paris Fashion Week for a Top Editor

Though many editors, writers, buyers, and bloggers attend Paris fashion week on an extremely tight budget involving the Paris Metro, Airbnb, and multiple trips to Monoprix for groceries, fashion’s elite still spend thousands upon thousands of dollars to cover the shows.

While it’s impossible to pin down how much each and every editor at each and every magazine spends we’ve put together a handy expense report detailing what the average editor submits at the end of these packed nine days.

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Thursday March 7th, 2013

Wednesday March 6th, 2013

Aurélie Bidermann Debuts Fall 2013 Collection, Says She Will Open a New York Store ‘Very Soon’
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Aurélie Bidermann Debuts Fall 2013 Collection, Says She Will Open a New York Store ‘Very Soon’

Aurélie Bidermann‘s fall collection was inspired by nature, and even more so than usual. The designer used real gingko leaves to create her intricate gold necklaces, and bakelite to mimic old ivory. “I’m being ethical,” she said of the new technique in her Paris atelier. It sure looked authentic—and very Morocco in the early 1970s. (Bianca Jagger and Talitha Getty served as muses.)

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An Awkward Interview with the Charming Frank Ocean About Paris Fashion Week
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An Awkward Interview with the Charming Frank Ocean About Paris Fashion Week

Forget Kimye.

Paris fashion week front-row-newbie Frank Ocean was one of our favorite celebrities to spot this week. The Grammy winner hit up several shows, including Givenchy and Chanel, so when we spotted him at Valentino, we had to grab a moment with him to ask how his first Paris fashion week was going. (We also overheard him tell another reporter that he’d brought along his mom to all the shows. How adorable is that?)

What follows is a rather stumbling awkward interview, because, well, he was just so disarmingly nice and open. Not what you’d expect from a celebrity. Basically, he charmed our pants off. We were fans before but now we’re smitten.

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Published at 3:45 PM