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From Abfab To Zen

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The ultimate cool, hip guide to Pop Culture icons! I'm having so much fun reading this -- and there are even free PAPER stickers included with the book. It's a fun trip down memory lane for those who have lived in New York City (or kept up with it)during the 80's and 90's -- it totally covers the downtown art, fashion, club and entertainment scenes. Amazing how many street trends PAPER covered early on have gone mainstream. Don't miss this one!

If you don't know Paper, you should. It's where to go to see what's new, what's outrageous, what's beautiful, and what's really going on behind the usual media mavens' backs. If you want to be introduced to the art, fashion, music, image, and thought that's bubbling under the surface, Paper will take you there. At last, a book to show us who what where and how.

From Abfab To Zen is a must-read for anyone who yearns to be inside the mind of New York's pre-yuppie downtown. This summary of Paper Magazine's in-your-face visuals, sly takes on the media and seditionary stance on fashion, is a valentine to all the people and institutions that have been thinking outside of the box for the last 15 years. If you dare to be hip, buy it and refer to it.

The best thing about this book were the stickers attached to the inside back cover. Besides that, I must say, I really liked the entry on "Black Hair".

My expectations were high with the lead in by director, John Waters, but unfortunately this turned out to be just a tired rehash of non-events.

From Abfab to Zen is the sweetest candy. Pop Culture is covered from A to Z, drawing from Paper Magazine's exploration of its emergence. This book is definative and thorough. Its authors know their material and are committed to letting people know where things start. Lucious images accompany a list of everything no one should have missed. If it's not here, it's o.k. that you missed it.

filled with pictures of some of my favorite people, places, and things from the past decade. Waters' intro is a scream and the art direction fantastic.