Kim Hastreiter (born November 12, 1951) is an American journalist, editor, publisher, and curator who co-founded Paper magazine.

In her column of 32 years, "Note From Kim", Hastreiter observed and articulated cultural movements and trends that she saw forming, deciphering the transforming zeitgeist.

[3] While working as a salesgirl in a Madison Avenue fashion boutique, she befriended photographer Bill Cunningham who helped her get her first editorial job at the SoHo Weekly News.

[4] At the SoHo Weekly News, Hastreiter served as the Style Editor, where she worked on fashion stories collaborating with artists like Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, and Kenny Scharf, among others.

[11] She notably connected Target to designers through an innovative spread in the May 2002 issue of Paper, wherein she asked the following creatives to envision products that both had artful design and utilitarian functionality: Isaac Mizrahi, Isabel Toledo, Ruben Toledo, Toland Grinell, Stefan Sagmeister, Kate Spade, Andy Spade, Maira Kalman, Vladimir Kagan, Geoffrey Beene, Betsey Johnson,[12] Bridget de Socio, Manolo Blahnik, Ingo Maurer, and Tucker Viemeister.

The Super Duper Market played with the concept of clashing high- and low-fashion, showcasing quality goods, from couture to streetwear.

In 2008, for the fourth Super Duper Market, Hastreiter celebrated the new cultural edge of young, independent food producers around America.