1. Kim Hastreiter was born on November 12,1951 and is an American journalist, editor, publisher, and curator who co-founded Paper magazine.
14 Facts About Kim Hastreiter
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Kim Hastreiter served as co-editor-in-chief from its inception until 2017, when she and partner David Hershkovits sold the company.
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Kim Hastreiter then pursued an MFA from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA, where she was mentored by conceptual artist John Baldessari.
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In 1976, Kim Hastreiter decided to drive cross-country to New York, with performer Joey Arias, to become a conceptual artist.
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At the SoHo Weekly News, Kim Hastreiter served as the Style Editor, where she worked on fashion stories collaborating with artists like Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, and Kenny Scharf, among others.
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Kim Hastreiter was behind several historical collaborations between creatives, connecting artists and designers such as Keith Haring and Vivienne Westwood for a collection together in the early 80s.
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Kim Hastreiter notably connected Target to designers through an innovative spread in the May 2002 issue of Paper, wherein she asked the following creatives to envision products that both had artful design and utilitarian functionality: Isaac Mizrahi, Isabel Toledo, Ruben Toledo, Toland Grinell, Stefan Sagmeister, Kate Spade, Andy Spade, Maira Kalman, Vladimir Kagan, Geoffrey Beene, Betsey Johnson, Bridget de Socio, Manolo Blahnik, Ingo Maurer, and Tucker Viemeister.
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In 2008, for the fourth Super Duper Market, Kim Hastreiter celebrated the new cultural edge of young, independent food producers around America.
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Kim Hastreiter has co-authored two books on style and culture with David Hershkovits, From Abfab to Zen: Paper's Guide to Pop Culture and 20 Years of Style: The World According to Paper.
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In 2019, Kim Hastreiter edited and wrote the foreword for a set of four books on the work of Paige Powell, published by Dashwood Books in collaboration with Gucci.
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Kim Hastreiter wrote the foreword for Target: 20 Years of Design for All, published by Rizzoli.
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Kim Hastreiter has received the Marylou Luther Award at the Accessories Council Excellence Awards, the Council of Fashion Designers of America Eugenia Shepard Award, and Pratt Institute's Legend Award.
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Kim Hastreiter has been interviewed for three documentaries: Bill Cunningham: New York, Arias with a Twist, and The Universe of Keith Haring.
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Kim Hastreiter appeared in one episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians in 2015.