Cool Hunt hits the streets of Paris to find the hottest men’s trends at Paris Men’s Fashion Week FW12.  From the most chic editors to the gorgeous male models, Paris was teeming with the industry’s most stylish men and women.

Photos by:  Tim Regas

“I did every kind of menial job, but they all involved people. And I think if you’re good with people, everything else is interchangeable.” -Barbara Corcoran

As the self-made business baroness and founder of the highly successful real estate firm Corcoran Group, Barbara Corcoran has become one of New York’s most influential women of all time. The powerful motivator and real estate commentator for NBC’s Today Show initiated her career at the age of 23 when she parlayed a $1000 loan into a 5 billion dollar real estate business. Corcoran has since honed her skills in marketing, negotiating, and running a business that has skyrocketed her career as a thriving commentator, best-selling author, and star panelist on ABC’s reality show Shark Tank. In our exclusive interview, an energetic Barbara Corcoran shares how she went from waitressing and earning straight D’s in high school to becoming one of the world’s most talented and successful female moguls in the country.

Photography by:  Teddy Maki

“The person that changed my life the most was me.” -Candace Bushnell

From her golden blonde locks to her petite frame, Candace Bushnell is so much like her fictional counterpart, Carrie Bradshaw, the shoe-loving protagonist from Sex & the City who has made a cultural impact on women all over the world. And indeed, Bushnell’s own life is a mirror of that which she portrayed to the public through Carrie’s character: At the age of nineteen the aspiring writer moved to New York City all alone to pursue her dream career. In her thirties she was asked by the New York Observer to pen the famed column “Sex & the City”, a realistic depiction of “dating and mating in New York City in the mid 1990s.” Now at the peak of her success, Bushnell can be credited with several bestselling novels, an Emmy winning TV series, two box office hits, as well as a new collection of novels and a television series to add to her repertoire. She has seen career lows and highs, found love and lost love time and again – and through it all her optimism and humor remain in tact as an inspiration to all women. In our exclusive interview, the fabulous and witty Candace Bushnell offers her expert insight on love, career, and life in the big city.

Photography by:  Teddy Maki

Photography by:  Larissa Felsen, Giancarlo Marino,  Julie Gesyuk, Nat Lanyon, Victoria Carlqvist, Victoria Slagel, Chris Johnston, Benson Muthee, Marco Graziosi / Sette Secondi Circa, Jonathan Schlingemann

“I find it so important to maintain that spark of curiosity, the romance of adventure, the charm of an unexpected surprise.” -Anna Sui

In 30 years in the business – and counting – iconic fashion designer Anna Sui has become a household name, conceiving a fashion brand that women all over the globe covet for its signature offbeat fusion of girly nostalgia and bohemian rock-and-roll.  Along the way, she has been charmed to work and play with some of the most prolific fashion industry names such as Steven Meisel, Francois Nars, Linda Evangelista, just to name a few.  Always inspired and innovative, her namesake brand has made an undeniable impact on the fashion world, reaching a global status that could only have come from Sui’s intense focus, strong aesthetic, and her sense of sacrifice.  In our exclusive photoshoot and interview, the designer herself invites us into her world: The World of Anna Sui.

Photos by:  Teddy Maki

News anchoring has no doubt been a male-dominated profession for many decades now.  But thanks to the few female journalists who dared to pave the way for others early on, it’s not surprising to see more and more women in front of the camera and behind the news desk, reporting the facts around the world to an information-seeking society in new, innovative ways.  In the UK, Charlotte Hawkins is a bright and shiny presence in the early morning on SkyNews.  Shira Lazar hops between gigs at CBS News, CNN, and FOX News in the US.  In Singapore, Otelli Edwards found her calling with Channel NewsAsia.  These three rising anchorwomen are not just pretty faces – they are part of a movement of women who are carrying information sharing into a new hemisphere.