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· True confessions of a lumbersexual [Time]
· Janelle Monae doles out beauty advice [Byrdie]
· Inside the world's foremost zipper company [Slate]
· How TheRealReal's founder survived dot-com failure [Forbes]
· Pinterest engineer takes on tech's gender problem [Vogue]
· How Pumas became the favored sneaker brand of convicts [Ratter]
· The terrifying Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade of old [Esquire]
· How the Victoria's Secret costumes come together [Fashionista]