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Valerie Wickes & Maxine Leonard, Beauty Papers

The founders and publishers of the magazine on how it came to be Read more

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Pandora Sykes, Writer

On writing, loving her freckles, nightly oil baths, discovering matte-ifier, and everything else she keeps on her top shelf Read more

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Val Garland, Makeup Artist

"At school I remember I had the careers talk, and the counselor said that he could help me pass my levels if I was a good girl. And that just incensed me—bit of an Irish temper. I just went, ‘Fuck you, fuck school!’ lifted up the table, and walked out." Read more

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Jan De Villeneuve, Model

On the beauty secrets she's stuck to for 40+ years Read more

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Christina Tosi, Chef & Founder, Milk Bar

The chef and Milk Bar founder on why "everything in moderation" doesn't apply to ice cream or designer mascara Read more

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Rati Sahi Levesque, Chief Merchant, The RealReal

"In truth, I'm not a huge beauty person—I like shoes instead. I'm building my routines." Read more

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How Kathryn Minshew Transformed Her Frustrating Job Search Into A Whole Career

The Co-Founder and CEO of The Muse on how to find a hole in the market, fill it, and build your career from there Read more

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Ezra Petronio, Creative Director and Photographer

"[Self Service] is not trying to be an ego-publication that thinks it reaches more people than it does. So we made it a luxury, and we made it expensive. Our obligation to the reader is to deliver quality every time." Read more

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Solange Franklin, Stylist

"I don't sleep with a silk scarf on, or anything. I don't like silk pillowcases either! I like my hair in its natural state, and I’m not afraid of frizz—it’s a pejorative [word]. It's me." Read more

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Sandy Linter, Makeup Artist

On doing Jackie O's eyeliner, never forgetting eyeshadow primer, and always moving forward Read more

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Susan Lyne, President & Managing Partner, BBG Ventures

On how losing your job can be the best career move and why the best skincare is the simplest Read more

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Fern Mallis, Consultant

Kicking off New York Fashion Week with the woman who invented the whole thing Read more

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Molly Young, Writer

"When I’m writing, I have to get up every 15 minutes or so and do something with myself—I'll get up from my desk and drink a seltzer, or make a snack, or go for a walk, or do like 20 bicep curls with my 10 pound weights—as a result my arms are fairly buff." Read more

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How Kate Young Became Hollywood's Most Important Stylist

"At the time I started dressing celebrities, I got those shoots because nobody wanted to do them. Nobody wanted to dress celebrities! I felt like people thought I was a bit less of a fashion editor—and they still do." Read more

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Vanessa Friedman, Fashion Director & Chief Fashion Critic, The New York Times

"If you can get through middle age, and you develop the face that you were born to have, it usually looks better than the face that you've changed. But it's very weird to sit in fashion shows and be the only person with lines in your forehead." Read more

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Helen Steed, Creative Director, Glossier

"I find that a lot of what I do is about being a good translator, along with a little bit of mind reading and following my gut. And remembering to never stop learning or looking for ways to grow. You are never done." Read more

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Grace Coddington

The legendary redhead on launching her namesake fragrance, inspiring Vidal Sassoon, and the lipstick that made her faint Read more

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Watch: Top Shelf Live, With Emily Weiss & Jen Atkin

Oh, you know, just general #girlboss stuff, like starting a company, writing down your goals, and knowing what you don't know Read more

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Jimmy Paul, Hairstylist

On why getting fired is sometimes OK—especially if it means you get to go work for Oribe later on Read more

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Paul Cavaco, Stylist

The prolific stylist and KCD co-founder on styling Gisele's first Vogue cover, working with Avedon, and getting calls from Madonna Read more

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Simon Doonan, Creative Ambassador-At-Large, Barneys

"It’s a millennial thing to have this sweeping vision of your future and your career. No wonder you all have anxiety disorders! It must be horrendous to live with that. For my generation we were all like, ‘Oh, that could be groovy and fun…’" Read more

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Ladyfag

The downtown party host and performer goes uptown to a Central Park-adjacent mansion to host Diesel's Fashion Week blowout Read more

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Bobbi Brown

"No one had done a great collection of edited, natural-looking makeup. Lipstick that just looked like lips didn't exist. One day I met a chemist and I asked him to make me a lipstick...I told him, I want to make the best red, the best orange, the best beige. And we did." Read more