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Sunrise pilates and pickleball have been replaced with soccer watch parties as the hottest thing for just about everyone. Cities across the country have seen bars filled with enthusiastic spectators. It’s a World Cup summer, a canon event that only swings around every four years. And what is the World Cup if not 39 days of seeing the hottest people on bar screens and living room televisions? For a lucky few, those views are even fieldside.

On April 15, 2026, Megan Thee Stallion posted a story on Instagram that sent the internet spiraling. Up in arms, women across the world wide web sounded war cries to defend the honor of theeeee beloved Hot Girl.

We woke up on May 31 to the news that Dua Lipa and Callum Turner got married in a civil ceremony at Old Marylebone Town Hall. Lipa donned a Bianca Jagger-esque custom Schiaparelli couture pencil skirt, blazer, and the widest-brimmed hat we’ve seen this century, smiles galore as the just-married couple descended on the building steps.

This is So Chic, Very Chic, PAPER’s examination of Bravo’s sprawling cohort of fashion obsessives. From haute couture to TJ Maxx, they’ve literally worn it all. We've just got two questions. Is it so chic? Is it very chic? This week, Joan has been ousted by her daughter in bitch and shade, Taylor Lomax, who reminds her of her own mortality. 2006 was a scary, scary time. Let’s time travel back. It was the year Nelly Furtado released Loose, but also the year Taylor Hicks won American Idol.

Dos guitarras, un amplificador y una voz melódica. El ensayo se ejecutaba como preparativo para la próxima gira y de pronto, el silencio se apoderó de la sala. Los acordes de “Una Aventura” comenzaron y en automático la gente empezó a grabar. “¿Qué está pasando? ¿Por qué graban esto? ” Ozuna asimiló que el peso de la conexión en vivo, es lo más grande que tiene un artista. Ozuna, está de vuelta: más honesto, más romántico, más él.

It's hard to say who started the Lesbian Bisexual Backgammon League. Part social club, part backgammon tournament, the league (known casually as the LBBL) brings together queer women from across New York's art world in friendly competition. I first ask Stefania Bortolami, the established Tribeca gallerist who acts as the league’s host, but she deflects the question. “I didn’t! I just have the space for it now,” she insists modestly, waving her hand around at Bortolami Gallery’s third floor.

The current craze of ballet flats in women’s fashion has been deemed a revival. They are but the latest and greatest of many comebacks since their global mainstream domination began in the 1950s, after a pair of Repettos graced Brigitte Bardot’s feet for the 1956 film And God Created Woman. Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy continued carrying the flats’ flag through the 60s, with women worldwide following in comfortable stride. Later, Kate Moss and co.

PAPER investigates the resurgence of ballet flats over the last few years, speaking to content creators and fashion enthusiasts who are obsessed with the trend.

Hay una razón por la que los mexicanos te dicen “esta es tu casa” cuando los visitas. Este fin de semana, la Ciudad de México recibió su último partido del Mundial de la FIFA 2026, donde Inglaterra venció a México 3-2 en un encuentro muy cerrado. Pero el recuerdo que quedó no fue el marcador, sino la manera en que los mexicanos hicieron realidad el lema de Buchanan’s Whisky: “Estamos en Familia”. Buchanan’s invitó a PAPER Magazine a vivir la experiencia del gran partido en la Ciudad de México.

In New York, it’s easy to take queer art shows for granted. When writing my PAPER piece on the best LGBTQ artist shows to see this June in New York, my friends and I joked, “The question isn’t which artists are gay, but which ones aren’t!” The conversation about queer rights in America may be a heated one, but it’s also one that has been developed over the past 60+ years. However, in South Korea, that conversation is one that is still in its early stages.