With a super witty fashion blog and a Marc Jacobs ostrich bag to his name, Bryanboy is a true force in the fashion blogosphere. Style.com recently proclaimed his blog "a cult read in fashion circles." We sat down the other day with "Planet Earth's [self-proclaimed] Favourite Third World Fag" to chat about the trouble with Parisian holidays, his mother's midnight Christmas soup and Macaulay Culkin, circa 1990.

How long did you believe in Santa Claus?
I may be in my early 20s but I most definitely still believe in Santa. With the crazy cuckoo credit crunch and the global financial crisis going on, I don't expect to receive any Lanvin goodies this year. Being the naughty boy that I am, I made a deal with him: We're gonna call it a day if he allows me to sit on his lap for a quick photo op at the mall!

Does your family have any quirky holiday traditions?
The quirkiest, long-standing tradition has got to be my mom's Christmas chicken noodle soup that she always serves right on the dot when the clock strikes 12 midnight on Christmas Eve. It's funny because we're allowed to touch anything on the buffet table before midnight except for the so-called soup. The poor woman is so protective of it that the only people allowed in the kitchen with her are the household help!

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Rumor has it that newly-stateside Richard Engel –- NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent and the longest serving broadcaster that served in Iraq –- will continue reporting in style from NBC's New York headquarters before heading to the White House for their profuse network platforms including "NBC Nightly News," "Today," "Meet the Press with David Gregory," MSNBC and msnbc.com. It is expected that Engel will remain chief foreign correspondent while filing his reports primarily in the States -– a position not unlike CBS News' designation of Lara Logan. We sure are excited that Engel -- who can read and speak disparate dialects of Arabic, Spanish and Italian -- while no doubt a man of gravitas, also fully comprehends the gravity of slick hair, a sick suit and the significance of his sartorial selections. Oh, and he received the 2008 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University award, the Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism (the first in history presented to a broadcast journalist for his personal video journal documentary "War Zone Diary"), an Emmy in 2006 for his fearless coverage in Lebanon, and the Edward R. Murrow award for his hard news feature "Baghdad E.R." But we still swoon at his Conan-rivaling coif and signature panache.

"I didn't want a show this season -- I wanted a fairy tale," Jun Takahashi of Undercover related to Suzy Menkes when describing his otherworldly still-life Spring/Summer 2009 installation –- an ethereal sci-fi maze that Patti Wilson, Christine de Lassus and I swiftly explored before dashing crosstown to Maison Martin Margiela during this past Paris Fashion Week. Takahashi's handmade fluffy "pets" perched atop the eerily enchanting mannequins' shoulders played up the endearing quality of the clothes –- especially when coupled with collaborating photographer Katsuhide Morimoto's dark fantasy murals flanking the textural, milky-white cottons and silks. Undercover's exquisite springtime wares may be a bit premature to gift during the winter months, so Takahashi and Morimoto teamed up to devise superlative holiday presents to coincide with the S/S 2009 collection: a photobook of Morimoto's delicate, Stygian images created alongside Takahashi's zany bevy of limited edition t-shirts. Grace photo book and T-shirts available soon at Zozotown.

I ADORE these folksy handmade, hilarious fingerpuppets that Moss is selling commemorating an odd gaggle of folks who died this year -- including Jesse Helms, Heath Ledger, Charleton Heston, Maharishi Maresh Yogi, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn and Yves St. Laurent! TEAM DEAD!! What a great Christmas gift. The set, called "Gone But Not Forgotten," costs 90 bucks and is available at Moss online. Aren't they fab?

Arguably the world's most beautiful blondes –- Scarlett Johansson and Vlada Roslyakova -– have recently warmed up their iconic manes just in time to ring in the holiday season. Ryan Reynolds' newlywed added a fresh, modern oomph by taking a decidedly auburn route to compliment her stunning premiere wares (highlights include Stella McCartney ensembles, vintage floral frocks, Brian Atwood heels, retro Cartier diamonds) donned throughout her current The Spirit press circuit alongside captivating brunettes Eva Mendes and Paz Vega and platinum blonde stunner Jaime King. Meanwhile Christian Lacroix's haute couture bride (many times over, for that matter) originally dyed her flaxen locks a redder hue for an upcoming Lacroix fragrance print campaign; soon returning to her fair coiffure swiftly thereafter. However while recently filming the corresponding television commercial, the Christian Lacroix team re-dyed her tresses a dynamic strawberry blonde. This time Vlada chose to maintain the punchy new 'do, which evoked her natural, fetchingly demure 2005 hue.

We are unswervingly smitten with elfin-faced Penelope Tree doppelgänger and all-around kooky cutie Luisa Josephine at Ford Models Europe and Viva Models Berlin. With luminous full-moon eyes, moody Irina Lazareunu fringe, and serene cheekbones wide enough to rival Lily Cole's, the tender 5'9½" Vancouver native boasts a slightly Nordic air and a pensive, dreamy disposition sure to intrigue the industry's brightest. Stay tuned!

Images via Ford Models Europe

I can't figure out why GM hasn't reissued the adorable, super cool, electric car called the EV1 that they designed and prototyped in the '90s. It is SO perfect for right this minute. The EV1 still looks stylish and amazing today. I WANT ONE! Bring it back!! The youth of America would go nuts for this car!! They'd sell tons of them! For those who don't know, The EV1 was the amazing battery-run eco car designed by GM in the early 1990s that was eventually prototyped, tested and leased (with great success) and then suddenly was mysteriously recalled and discontinued -- never to be seen again. The design was so prescient and was created long before anyone knew what a Prius was! (Look at how cute the red one is here.) GM, in an attempt to make good with Congress, is apparently putting an electric car, the Chevy Volt, on the market by the end of 2010, and GM CEO Rick Wagoner is set to drive to Washington in a prototype Volt in the near future. But the EV1 is just so cute -- COME ON! How about a reissue????

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Since shuttering his couture house in 2003, the "King of Fierce" Thierry Mugler shifted his razor-sharp focus to fragrances –- specifically his new Naomi Watts-fronted Angel scent, the bestselling perfume in France (and #8 in the United States). That is until Sasha Fierce herself came a-crooning after falling crazy in love with the designer/photographer's powerful aesthetic at the Costume Institute "Superheroes" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mugler will collaborate with Beyoncé Knowles as "creative adviser" on her upcoming international tour. Launching this March in Canada, Mugler will devise 58 ensembles for Beyoncé, the band, the back-up dancers and singers; helm the choreography and set lighting; and direct three avant-garde concert segments (including the groundbreaking finale). Taking a cue from his loyal vintage-smitten devotees (Beyoncé even donned a ferocious vintage '97 Mugler gown on the Peter Lindbergh-lensed I Am Sasha Fierce two-disc album cover) the new Spring 2009 Thierry Mugler prêt-à-porter collection harkens back to his more wearable archives. In this PAPERMAG exclusive, People's Revolution superwoman Kelly Cutrone takes Monsieur Mickey, Mark "the Cobrasnake" Hunter, and yours truly for a posh Parisian showroom tour of the new collection. Enjoy!

Check it out... I LOVE this video! Who ARE these gays -- i mean, guys??? I want them to perform at our next PAPER party!

My amazingly talented artist friend from Los Angeles, Karen Kimmel, just came out with the coolest limited edition Christmas tree ornaments she made for the holidays. They're available in LA at our favorite design emporium A+R , and are really special and beautiful and only 18 bucks each.

Paul Rowland –- portrait photographer extraordinaire (renowned for his endearing model polaroids) and founder of the preeminent Women Agency and offbeat Supreme Management –- will be presenting his work of the past half-decade this Thursday during Miami's Art Basel. Curated and produced by Chelsea's legendary anti-advertising artist Jordan Seiler, the exhibition plays with the intriguing idea of a "transformation" of models into various characters as well as a healthy dose of cross-gendering. Presented by the brilliant Max Pierre and Michael Cabrera at The Moore Building; RSVP to rsvp.transformations@gmail.com

Every year at this time I go online and buy the one gift I know most all my friends will love... artist towels produced by the Art Production Fund's "Works on Whatever" series. The program has been sponsored by Target for three years now and each year they get better and better. Plus, the towels sell for only $50 each and the dough goes to the Art Production Fund to support future art projects. This year's towels are AMAZING, and feature the works of Raymond Pettibon, Julian Schnabel, Karen Kilimnik and Ed Ruscha. (I have to smash my Kehinde Wiley and Cindy Sherman towels from last year and my Jeff Koons towels from the year before into the corner of my closet to make room for this years purchases.) You can pick them up this week at The Raleigh and Standard hotels in Miami during Art Basel, or you can buy them online at Target.com or worksonwhatever.com.
It's a great cause, a great deal, a great gift and a great collectors item. Check 'em out!

(Pictured above, from left to right, towels designed by Julian Schnabel, Ed Ruscha, Raymond Pettibon and Karen Kiliminik)

Chirpy newcomer and current L'Officiel Paris coverstar Emma MacLaren's career has catapulted since PAPERMAG first spotlighted her this past Fashion Week. We were one of the first to jump on the classic British beauty's bandwagon –- and soonafter our profile (literally within a week) Emma garnered career chronicles in New York Magazine and even her hometown newspaper, Worcester News. For the upcoming Spring/Summer 2009 campaigns, Emma nabbed the Larry-Sultan-lensed Bottega Veneta spot (she closed their venerable "prairie rose" presentation in Milan) and the always quirky Moschino Cheap & Chic honors courtesy of one of our favorite fashion photographers, Tom Munro.

I am SUPER SUPER excited about the upcoming Stephen Sprouse show at Deitch Projects opening on Jan. 9. I feel especially sentimental and thrilled about it as Stephen was my friend and neighbor for years. I was a HUGE FAN of his from the moment he made his first cashmere coat. In fact, I first met him when I wrote the very first blurb on him long before PAPER existed when I was doing a dumb trend column for GQ, of all places, in 1982. He never forgot it either. He'd always introduce me to people as the one who wrote the first article on him! I have tons of his stuff (some of it will be in the show) but I am MOST EXCITED about and am dying to shop for some of the new Sprouse homage pieces that Marc jacobs@ Louis Vuitton has created to celebrate the show -- a capsule collection they are producing using Stephen's prints and graffiti that he did for the brand in 2000. Louis Vuitton will be celebrating Sprouse with a window display as well as this capsule collection, as Marc was also a huge Sprouse fan. There's even a fun book coming out by the Padilla brothers published by Rizzoli to celebrate the occasion. Pictured are some photos from today's WWD of some of the fabulous Vuitton/Sprouse pieces. Recession Schmesession. This stuff will SELL FAST.

Attention PAPER People! We are all SUPER excited and proud to announce that PAPER's very own family member Hunter Hill and his wonderful, talented partner Perry Moore's very first film, Lake City, will be opening today at the Quad on 13th Street!! BRAVO to these guys who have worked their tails off with their amazing team (including producer Allison Sarofim), creating a strong first film on a shoestring budget that tells the story of a southern family coping with the scars left from an awful tragedy that 20 years later still colored all their lives. The film's awesome cast of Sissy Spacek, Troy Garrity, Rebecca Romijn, Keith Carridine and Drea Di Matteo is a testament to how wonderful these two guys that everyone I know adores are -- and they bring Hunter's and Perry's vision to life with passion and generosity. Everyone I know will be heading to the Quad this weekend, so hurry up and get tickets HERE

"If I hadn't become a fashion writer, which in itself seems like a miracle, I would have liked to have been a public interest attorney, dressed in Armani and Zoran rather than my usual Comme des Garcons tutus, and helping ripped-off people take on the system."

-- Lynn Yaeger tells Refinery29

Supermodel, actress, author, and fellow raw foodist Carol Alt will be incorporating her live food lifestyle into her daily beauty regimen. Beginning December 11th on the Home Shopping Network, the savvy media mogul (Carol's legendary entrepreneural endeavers even landed her a guest spot on The Celebrity Apprentice) will be personally pitching her four product "Raw Essentials" collection as part of a two-day preview. HSN should prove familiar territory indeed considering Carol's 2006 stint as co-host of Jack LaLanne's Power Juicer informercial.

Carol began eating raw foods after battling uterine cancer over 12 years ago and has written two bestselling tomes on the subject: Eating in the Raw (2005) and The Raw 50 (2007). Her new skincare line is produced at low-temperatures to guarantee retention of key ingredients in order to maintain "the same form they were in when found in nature and [that they] haven't been heated to the point where the molecular structure has changed," says Alt.

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After our insane week in L.A., I was invited by my friends from Levi’s to scoot up the coast to their home turf of San Francisco yesterday afternoon to catch their “People’s Premiere” of Gus Van Sant’s Milk at the legendary Castro Theatre. I didn’t really know what to expect both from the premiere, Van Sant, and the whole event, but I must admit I was blown away by all of it. First of all, the film was shown in the heart of the nabe that pioneered gay rights in the 70’s (and was the setting of the film) at the amazing Castro, a historic, beautiful theater. Levi’s had done an amazing outreach to the community inviting them to see the film. As we waited in the theater for the film, we listened to the sounds of an awesome old school MAJOR organ rising from the floor, played by an old school gay whose muzak-like disco tunes sounded like it was in an ice skating rink. Fabulous. Then came all the dragoons dressed like construction workers, Indians, belly dancers and roller skate queens. It was all very old school. Levi’s had just opened their new Castro Street shop and to celebrate is showing the amazing photos of local legend photographer Don Eckert who had documented the entire 70’s scene there. Check out his photos and website and see how hot they are. I am sure Steven Meisel will be inspired to appropriate them shortly. They are truly amazing photos.

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Keep an eye out in the next few days for documentation of our MAD 24-Hour Department Store which began with a 55-piece marching band from Los Angeles High School and ended yesterday at sunset with an awesome car show of 20 or so of Mister Cartoon's over the top customized vehicles that are rarely shown. It was an amazing 24 hours I must say. Here are some photos of some of the booths I found at my friend Rose Apodaca's (in the nurse's outfit with hubby Andy) website as well as some cool shots of some of the participants that were on the website Highsnobiety.

I especially love the rocked out American flag Libertine booth where they were selling rocker scarves, tees and bags and other stuff for great prices. Oh, and how about our insane friends Andrew Andrew who we schlepped from New York to come and DJ for 24 straight hours. Check out their Obama-d out booth! I think PAPER has taken the word FUN to a new level.

PAPER's now legendary 24-Hour Department Store opens tomorrow, Friday Nov. 7th at 6 p.m. at 8873 Sunset Blvd. The store will close Saturday Nov. 8th at 6 p.m. Here are some things to look forward to...

We just confirmed last night that Levi's will be sponsoring a mind bending show of Mr. Cartoon's cars on the roof of our 24-hour store ion Saturday afternoon!!! OMFG. EVERYONE HAS GOT TO COME OUT TO SEE THESE UNBELIEVABLE CARS. Cartoon and his partner Estevan Oriol will also be manning their booth at the PAPER store autographing their amazing super cool clothes and stuff from their line. I LOVE THESE GUYS. come meet them! And see their AMAZING CUSTOM AUTOS!!!

GET THIS. My friend James Bond and his partner Eddie from Undefeated will be releasing a limited awesome skateboard T-shirt collab with one of my favorite artists Geoff McFetridge, which will only be available for 24 hours at the PAPER Department store. Although James has been tight-lipped about what he's doing this year I just saw it written about on mashkulture, so James you're BUSTED. last year Undefeated made the most fabulous spalding gold and white basketballs for our 24-hour store and people lined up for hours to buy them.
Check out this amazing McFetridge skateboard!!!!!

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