KIM HASTREITER is a cultural anthropologist and the original multihyphenate. An editor, publisher, writer, artist, creative director, curator, connector, and big idea person, she is most known for co-founding PAPER magazine in 1984. Her career of identifying cultural movements and connecting the dots between style, design, art, and culture is legendary. Kim has been profiled in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune and was awarded the Eugenia Sheppard Award for journalism by the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2010, Pratt Institute’s Legends Award in 2014, and most recently the 2025 Cooper Hewitt Design Visionary Award. Kim has published several books including Geoffrey Beene: An American Fashion Rebel, 20 Years of Style, and a four-volume collection from photographer Paige Powell. During the pandemic Kim created a newspaper called The New Now, a public art project that now serves as a historical document of the time. She is also an editor for the international design magazine, Apartamento. Kim, a New Jersey native and consummate New Yorker, lives with her beloved dog Hoda in Greenwich Village perched atop Washington Square Park.