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Merle Ginsberg
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Merle Ginsberg has written about culture, entertainment and fashion for Rolling Stone, W, WWD, the New York Post, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, L.A. Magazine, The Cut, NY Times T, and Town and Country. On television, she’s been a style contributor to the Today Show, GMA, E.T., CNN, RuPaul’s Drag Race and E!. She’s also an author of The NY Times bestseller “Confessions of an Heiress.” She won a 2013 Southern California Press award for her THR story on covering the Oscars red carpet for several decades.
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The New First Lady of New York Sets Off a Fashion Firestorm
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