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Scene Shapers: Lacee Swan is the Hipster Martha Stewart

You can see many of Lacee's illustrations on her blog, along with tasty cocktail recipes, eco-friendly DIY project ideas, photos of her in cute outfits at various NYC boutiques and other fashion musings and sources of inspiration she manages to discover.

Oh, and not only is she a regular on the downtown scene, she's also known to DJ at a few clubs and parties too like at OAK's Blackout Bar, Greenhouse and the awesome private rooftop parties she throws in Brooklyn (I've been to a few and they are always a good time–always).

For a gal who likes to throw parties (sometimes of the dinner variety too), can work her magic on the 1's and 2's, is also a fashion illustrator, plus has her own line of apparel and is a blogger too, this jack-of-all-trades really is the hipster version of lifestyle media mogul Martha Stewart.

All she needs now is her own TV show and a few book deals, and then it looks like Ms. Stewart might have some real competition on her hands...

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Her brand and image at one time seemed unstoppable and everything she touched turned to gold.

But a spell in prison, in-house disputes, bad decision making, the recession and the emergence of younger, leaner rivals has seen the Martha Stewart brand suffer a huge fall from grace. Not that you would know by looking at the celebrity homemaker-turned-former prison inmate.

According to sources close to Ms Stewart, she allegedly insists on having nine personal assistants and expenses almost everything in her life - due in part to the fact that it is never clear where Martha Stewart the person ends and Martha Stewart the brand begins.

According to New York Magazine, her expenses have long been a sticking point between her and her CFOs, because everything she does or buys in her personal life can be used for her TV show or magazine or even be used in a tweet.

Between her farm in Bedford, her home in Maine, a house in East Hampton, and an apartment on Fifth Avenue, Ms Stewart is said to have steep personal bills to pay.

But it is alleged she expenses an extraordinary amount of them, including use of a driver, personal trainer and home security system.

And with Ms Stewart - who turns 70 this week - due to return to the board of directors of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia this fall when her five-year ban comes to an end, it is not likely that these extravagances will be curbed.

A former executive also claims that despite the fact MSLO is losing money daily, she still insists on keeping ‘nine personal assistants’. The executive told NY magazine: ‘Nine. That number is untouchable. I broached it with her and I almost lost my job that day.’ She is also said to keep three separate test kitchens and think nothing of sending employees to far-off places like India, just to buy a certain piece of fabric.

Ms Stewart - whose net worth is believed to be $638 million - served five months in prison in 2004 for lying to investigators in an insider-trading case. She began a comeback campaign in 2005 and her company returned to profit in 2006.

But the recession hit her company hard and the MSLO share price remains around the $4 mark - $4.18 at time of writing - when in its hey day it was as high as $36.

It sunk to its lowest in 2009 at a mere $1.73.

MSLO has been profitable in only one of the past eight years - losing a whopping $185million on the way.

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