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2012 January 27

Mickey Boardman Digs French Fries and Sequins

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Mr. Boardman, sporting a "high-fashion sparkly top" Love!
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...and he also adores a good soapy read on the royals. What else really gets the Paper editorial director jazzed, Chic wondered while ambling around last night's Jason Wu for Target bash? Hint: the pattern-happy brand also got the Target treatment recently. Can you make us chortle any harder, Mr. Mickey?! We'd eat truffled fries and discuss upper-crust Brits with you any day, darling. 

How are those fries, Mickey? They look awesome.
The French fries are delicious! I think there’s truffle oil on them. I am a connoisseur of few things in life, and French fries are one of those things.

What else are you a connoisseur of?
Royalty biographies are another, and high-fashion sparkly tops are yet another one of my things. I also specialize in clown shoes [points to sequined sneakers.] 

Why are you here tonight?
Paper does a lot of work with Target. Also, I'm a shopaholic. I lost my mind over Missoni for Target.

How crazy did you go, exactly? 
Online, I bought as many items as you could buy until they wouldn’t let you buy any more. Then I went to the shopping preview and I spent $1,000, I’m not ashamed to say. After that, I made my mother go to the Target in Daytona Beach, Florida, and I’m still not satisfied. I bought an ottoman, I bought a million dishes, several bath mats, shower curtains, sheets…literally everything.  Missoni is my favorite, so the Target collab was really my dream of all time. Jason Wu is amazing and the girls I work with are crazy for it, but it’s not for me to wear.