Andrea Fella's Favorite Spreads In PAPER This Year

We asked Paper Design Director Andrea Fella to pick her favorite spreads that were included in our print editions this year and featured the most compelling design work that couldn't be re-created in our online versions of the stories. Below, she picked her favorite opening spreads (the designs that introduced cover stories, themed features and fashion stories to the readers) as well as her favorite layouts within those stories as well as others.

Opening Spreads

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From "Being St. Vincent," photographed by Jacqueline Di Milia.
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From "Culinary Cool Kids," photographed by Jacqueline Di Milia.
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From "This Is Not a Story About a Wallflower," photographed by Autumn De Wilde and styled by Shirley Kurata.
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From "Am I Dreaming?" photographed by Autumn De Wilde and styled by Shirley Kurata.
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From "Seuss It Or Lose It" photographed by Coliena Rentmeester and styled by Martha Violante.
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From "Giving It," photographed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and styled by Timothy Reukof.
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From "Mixed Signals," photographed by Jacqueline Di Milia and styled by Andrew Mukamal.
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From "Bad Girl," photographed by Jessica Craig Martin and styled by Tom Manaton.
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From "Dog Days," photographed by Emily Shur and styled by Martha Violante.
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From "Voice Male," photographed by Dan Monick and styled by Djuna Bel.
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From "Aural Fixation," photographed by Emily Shur and styled by Brett Bailey.
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From "Just a Few Wild and Crazy Guys," photographed by Eric White
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From "Rainbow Bright Nights." Colin Self photographed by Rebecca Smeyne.
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From "Get Busy, Get Dizzy," photographed by Emily Shur and styled by Martha Violante.
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From "'Tis The Season." Icky Blossoms photographed by Atisha Paulson.
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Inside Spreads
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From "This Is Not a Story About a Wallflower," photographed by Autumn De Wilde and styled by Shirley Kurata.
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From "The Cult of Jennifer Herrema," photographed by Dan Monick for our "New Cults" feature.
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From "The Cult of House of Ladosha," photographed by Rebecca Smeyne for our "New Cults" feature.
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From "The Cult of Grimes," photographed by Eric White for our "New Cults" feature.
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From "Am I Dreaming?" photographed by Autumn De Wilde and styled by Shirley Kurata.
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From "Seuss It Or Lose It" photographed by Coliena Rentmeester and styled by Martha Violante.
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From "An Oral History of X-Girl," featuring stills from Phil Morrison's video look book for the brand's second season.
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From "Giving It," photographed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and styled by Timothy Reukof.
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From "Bad Girl," photographed by Jessica Craig Martin and styled by Tom Manaton.
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From "Shrine On," photographed by Raphael Ouellet.
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From "Dog Days," photographed by Emily Shur and styled by Martha Violante.
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From "Brady Corbet" and "Zosia Mamet," both photographed by Douglas Adesko for our "2012 Beautiful People" feature.
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