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March 6, 2015 Bucky Turco

In January, the founder of French clothing label A.P.C. did something very dumb while showcasing his latest collection. When a group of models came out wearing camel coats and Timberlands, Jean Touitou held up a sign that read: “Last Ni##@$ IN PARIS.” As you can imagine, this didn’t go over well. Neither did his his […]

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February 24, 2015 Prachi Gupta

Officials say that at drones were spotted flying over at least five monuments and government buildings in Paris in what the Associated Press calls “most audacious of several mysterious drone overflights around France in recent months.” The flights are illegal in France. The AP’s description makes the drones seem both ominous and fantastic: The drones […]

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January 21, 2015 Rhett Jones

Following the vicious terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the recent vandalism of Paul McCarthy’s big butt plug art installation in Paris, fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck made his feelings about censorship clear on Wednesday. For the debut of his latest collection at Paris Fashion Week, Beirendonck sent his models down the runway wearing giant bald eagles with […]

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January 12, 2015 Prachi Gupta

In part of what French officials say is the nation’s largest turnout on record nationwide, an estimated 1.5 million people took to the streets in Paris on Sunday to show solidarity with satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo and the victims of subsequent terrorist attacks that killed 17 people last week. More than 40 world leaders […]

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October 29, 2014 Rhett Jones

Are New York and Paris the same city? That may sound like a crazy question, but have you ever seen them in the same room together? I didn’t think so. Videographer MATEL, apparently thought that was mighty suspicious, so he put together a video of all the ways that New York and Paris reflect and […]

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July 29, 2014 Bucky Turco

Parisian street artist Ludo is back at it. He recently wheat-pasted up a new guerrilla ad on a billboard in Paris parodying Coca-Cola. It reads “Enjoy Ludo Classic” and features his signature pineapple skull imagery. (Photo: Ludo) […]

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May 14, 2014 Sophie Weiner

French photographer Frederic Nauczyciel spent the last several years capturing a vogueing community in Baltimore and began to photograph them both in the studio and outdoors. When he returned to France, he managed to connect with similar scenes in Paris, producing a series of photos pairing the beauty of these underground cultures with the harsh surroundings where […]

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April 23, 2013 Julia Dawidowicz

Back in its heyday, Paris’s famed Les Bains nightclub hosted the revelries of Kate Moss, Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and everyone else you’ve ever dreamt of hanging out with. The party was crashed in 2010, when some haphazard renovations led to the club being declared unsafe, and then condemned. The iconic building will regain […]

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