The LA Fashion 2014
CONTRIBUTING WRITERSNOEL ALUMIT • SARA BERKES • NICOLE RUNNINGEN • JULIANNA MARANON • MANOLIS MELISSINOS MEGHAN WILSON • STACI ADAMS • YASMIN SANTANA • MORGANNE PICARD • CECEE McDANIEL VIVIAN MONTOYA • KATIE NEBLETT • JESSICA VALLADARES • EMILY WILSONCONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERSODESSY BARBU • ALEXIS CHONG • ANDRE CORDOVA • MARTA ELENA • RICK DAY • RANDY DUNBARBLAKE JAMES • WES KLAIN • DIANE LIEU • JULIA McKIM • MATTHEW MITCHELL • KAI HE • MICHAEL OLIVERI • SCOTT NAIDE • ZEKE RUELAS • JOEY TRON • NINO VIA • KELLY WEBBCONTRIBUTING STYLISTS MAKE UP ARTISTSBRUNO LIMA • CATHY HIGHLAND • TALIA McILWAIN • ESTEVAN RAMOS • FELIX BUSTAMANTE • KAT FORD • HARPER JESSE J • BRIAN PRIMEAUX • MYNXH WHITE • WILLIAM WILLIAMS • JEFFREY SCOTT • MITZI SPALLAS • KIMBERLEE BARLOW
CONTRIBUTING WRITERSNOEL ALUMIT • SARA BERKES • NICOLE RUNNINGEN • JULIANNA MARANON • MANOLIS MELISSINOS MEGHAN WILSON • STACI ADAMS • YASMIN SANTANA • MORGANNE PICARD • CECEE McDANIEL VIVIAN MONTOYA • KATIE NEBLETT • JESSICA VALLADARES • EMILY WILSONCONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERSODESSY BARBU • ALEXIS CHONG • ANDRE CORDOVA • MARTA ELENA • RICK DAY • RANDY DUNBARBLAKE JAMES • WES KLAIN • DIANE LIEU • JULIA McKIM • MATTHEW MITCHELL • KAI HE • MICHAEL OLIVERI • SCOTT NAIDE • ZEKE RUELAS • JOEY TRON • NINO VIA • KELLY WEBBCONTRIBUTING STYLISTS MAKE UP ARTISTSBRUNO LIMA • CATHY HIGHLAND • TALIA McILWAIN • ESTEVAN RAMOS • FELIX BUSTAMANTE • KAT FORD • HARPER JESSE J • BRIAN PRIMEAUX • MYNXH WHITE • WILLIAM WILLIAMS • JEFFREY SCOTT • MITZI SPALLAS • KIMBERLEE BARLOW
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ON THE COVER<br />
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF<br />
CREATIVE DIRECTOR<br />
RANDY DUNBAR<br />
CONTRIBUTING BEAUTY EDITORS<br />
BETH CARTER<br />
MORGANNE PICARD<br />
BEAUTY EDITOR-AT-<strong>LA</strong>RGE<br />
C<strong>LA</strong>RISSA BURT<br />
PHOTO EDITOR<br />
KAI HE<br />
DESIGNER<br />
JOEY TRON<br />
CONTRIBUTING VIDEO EDITOR<br />
KIKO MEILY<br />
EVENT CORDINATOR/COMMUNICATIONS<br />
YANA KOVALEVSKY<br />
ADVERTISING MANAGER<br />
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS<br />
NOEL ALUMIT • SARA BERKES • NICOLE RUNNINGEN • JULIANNA MARANON • MANOLIS MELISSINOS<br />
MEGHAN WILSON • STACI ADAMS • YASMIN SANTANA • MORGANNE PICARD • CECEE McDANIEL<br />
VIVIAN MONTOYA • KATIE NEBLETT • JESSICA VAL<strong>LA</strong>DARES • EMILY WILSON<br />
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS<br />
ODESSY BARBU • ALEXIS CHONG • ANDRE CORDOVA • MARTA ELENA • RICK DAY • RANDY DUNBAR<br />
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DIANE JONG<br />
Diane Jong aspires to see the<br />
world, and show the world the<br />
world she sees, using the medium<br />
of and the mobility made possible<br />
by photography. She is currently<br />
based in Los Angeles as a part<br />
of FWD Studio <strong>LA</strong>, though<br />
hopes to soon include other<br />
cities abroad within her creative<br />
stomping grounds.<br />
NINO VIA<br />
Born and raised in Rome, Italy,<br />
Nino moved to New York City and<br />
received a full scholarship to FIT<br />
(<strong>Fashion</strong> Institute of Technology).<br />
Having been an assistant designer<br />
to Ralph Lauren, Giorgio di<br />
Sant’Angelo and Ron Shamask,<br />
Nino brings his knowledge of fabric,<br />
color, silhouette, texture – all<br />
the elements of good design – to<br />
his photography.<br />
Nino’s <strong>Fashion</strong>, Lifestyle and<br />
Celebrity images have appeared<br />
in Harper’s Bazaar, Hamptons,<br />
Downtown, Men’s Health, <strong>LA</strong><br />
<strong>Fashion</strong> Magazine, etc.<br />
He’s a faculty member of the<br />
<strong>Fashion</strong> Design Department<br />
at FIDM (<strong>Fashion</strong> Institute of<br />
Design & Merchandising).<br />
“<strong>Fashion</strong> photography Italian<br />
style – Clean Modern Sexy.” –<br />
www.ninovia.com<br />
F<strong>LA</strong>MINIA FANALE<br />
<strong>Fashion</strong> and portrait photographer,<br />
Flamina Fanale was born<br />
in Palermo, Italy, reinvented in<br />
Finland and optically enhanced in<br />
Los Angeles, where she photographs<br />
friends, celebrities and anyone willing<br />
to step in front of the camera.<br />
JOHN RENUCCI<br />
John Renucci MD FACS is<br />
founder and CEO of TURO Skin (a<br />
professional skin care line for men).<br />
He is a board certified plastic surgeon<br />
who specializes in aesthetic surgery.<br />
He is a partner at Plastic Surgery<br />
Associates and a board member for<br />
Premier Skin Care. Dr. Renucci<br />
is a clinical assistant professor at<br />
Michigan State University. He is a<br />
member of the American Society for<br />
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)<br />
and American Society of Plastic<br />
Surgeons (ASPS), and a fellow of the<br />
American College of Surgeons (ACS).<br />
RACHEL JERAFFI<br />
Born in Bristol, England, grew up<br />
mostly in Israel, and a few years in<br />
Virginia, where her father worked<br />
with NASA.<br />
Rachel served two years in the<br />
Israeli Navy, and spent a year<br />
traveling throughout the U.S and<br />
Europe before entering photography<br />
school. It was during her travels that<br />
she discovered the camera.<br />
After graduating, she began<br />
shooting fashion in Tel-Aviv.<br />
In 1990, she married and moved<br />
to Los-Angeles. In late 1992, while<br />
pregnant with her first child, she<br />
began taking self-portraits of her<br />
pregnancy and in 1994 she decided to<br />
offer this service to other women and<br />
opened her home-studio in Encino.<br />
Rachel made a name for herself<br />
as a maternity photographer, and<br />
her work was featured in the SAG<br />
Awards retreat room, <strong>LA</strong> Times,<br />
N.Y Times, British ‘Sun’, Pregnancy<br />
Magazine, TLC, and NBC among<br />
others. Her client list includes<br />
celebrities from the entertainment,<br />
music and sports worlds.<br />
In late 2011 Rachel decided to go back<br />
to fashion work, where she has<br />
been working since on building her<br />
portfolio and getting her work out there.<br />
www.jeraffi.com<br />
CATHERINE ASANOV<br />
Catherine Asanov is an<br />
established fashion, commercial,<br />
advertising and celebrity<br />
photographer based in Los Angeles<br />
and NYC. Her first photograph was<br />
on an 8×10 film camera at the age<br />
of 16. She instantly fell in love with<br />
the magical process of the darkroom<br />
and continued to explore every angle<br />
of photography. After majoring in<br />
photography at Savannah College<br />
of Art and Design and graduating<br />
Valedictorian of her class, she<br />
passionately launched her career.<br />
Soon after making the move to <strong>LA</strong>,<br />
she became published in major<br />
magazines and had the opportunity<br />
to work with clients such as Charles<br />
David, Sunglass Hut, Sony Music/<br />
RCA Records, Creative Recreation,<br />
and Penny Loves Kenny, just to name<br />
a few. She has also been featured<br />
in an exhibition alongside one of<br />
her most influential photographers,<br />
Richard Avedon.<br />
Catherine is one of the most<br />
sought-after photographers due to<br />
her creativity, her vision for design,<br />
the high-level of her work, and her<br />
attention to client needs.<br />
www.catherineasanov.com<br />
MARTA ELENA<br />
Marta elena was born and raised in a remote area of<br />
Venezuela until the age of 20. After coming to the United<br />
States for awhile she then went to Europe where she was<br />
based in Paris as a model for almost 10 years.<br />
She then returned to the US where she began , with the<br />
exception of a few classes , teaching herself photography.<br />
At the moment she lives in Los Angeles with her dog Oliver...<br />
MORGANNE PICARD<br />
Morganne Picard’s singing and modeling career<br />
skyrocketed in Paris in her early teens, while attending<br />
metaphysics classes with La Sorbonne University’s<br />
professors. She was signed by Warner Brother’s<br />
International, and her ravishing looks and vocal talent<br />
catapulted her to the limelight at the famous Parisian<br />
nightclubs Chez Castel and Les Bains Douches. She grace<br />
d runways and fashion magazines around the world. In<br />
Manhattan, Morganne honed her Jazz career at worldrenowned<br />
venues as <strong>The</strong> Blue Note and Nell’s, before<br />
relocating to Los Angeles, and transporting her European<br />
flare. She brings her love of the stars in the sky, to our<br />
astro fashion forecast.<br />
morganne.com<br />
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LETTEREDITOR<br />
from the<br />
photo by john skalicky<br />
Jeffrey Scott puts the final<br />
touch on model Bryce Draper<br />
as photographer Zeke Ruelas<br />
watches on.<br />
making a makhazin<br />
RANDY DUNBAR<br />
A<br />
magazine is a process. It starts with an idea and<br />
reaches out to others to join in the process—because<br />
no magazine is done alone. <strong>The</strong>re is the writing, the<br />
photography, and the design: the three essentials ingredients that<br />
go into making the stew we call a publication.<br />
<strong>The</strong> word “magazine” is derived from the Arabic word<br />
“makhazin” or “storehouse,” and was generally thought to mean a<br />
collection of loosely-related stuff all bundled together in one big,<br />
beautiful package.<br />
A story often begins with a notion, a drawing on a sheet of<br />
paper, an inspiration (frequently from other magazines!) and a<br />
collaboration begins between a team of people.<br />
We borrow heavily from friends, mostly photographers who<br />
give gracefully their time and talents to an endeavor. We cajole<br />
companies, writers, parking lot attendants to help create what can<br />
only, in the end, be called a vision.<br />
This issue is visionary, picking from some of the most talented<br />
individuals that <strong>LA</strong> has to offer. Young fashion designers on their<br />
way up, to masterful imagery by, yes, visionaries. This issue holds<br />
the promise of the future.
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online<br />
by Sara Berkes<br />
Maz Durbin<br />
Founder of the <strong>LA</strong>-based style and fashion website, Sassenfras,<br />
talks about her “signature” style<br />
Can you tell me a bit about the history of Sassenfras?<br />
Sassenfras was born in April of 2012, in a period of professional<br />
malaise. I was a bit lost, burnt out mentally and just unsure of what<br />
my next move was going to be. It started as an Australian-based<br />
blog with only a handful of readers. Within three months, I saw I<br />
was getting more California-based readers than homegrown ones.<br />
By October of 2012 I was on a plane to <strong>LA</strong>, meeting with potential<br />
PR firms to find one that could help me grow in the USA.<br />
With a PR firm in place, the site has grown beyond my original<br />
expectations with a healthy and ever-creasing readership, almost<br />
16,000 fans on Facebook, and a raft of interviews and features with<br />
various <strong>LA</strong> designers<br />
under its belt.<br />
Where does the<br />
name Sassenfras<br />
come from?<br />
I’d love to be able to<br />
tell you it has a deep<br />
significance, but truth<br />
be told I was sitting in<br />
my favorite armchair,<br />
my mind a bit of a<br />
blank when I sounded<br />
it out in my head. I<br />
jumped on Google<br />
straightaway to make<br />
sure I hadn’t heard<br />
it somewhere else. I<br />
couldn’t find any reference<br />
to it anywhere,<br />
and it felt so perfect. It sounded sassy, feminine, and most importantly,<br />
it was memorable.<br />
Have you always been interested in the concept of a<br />
signature style?<br />
I have. <strong>The</strong> men and women I consider to be style icons all have a<br />
“signature”. For example, Isabella Blow’s signature was an extraordinary<br />
hat (usually designed by her friend and collaborator, Philip<br />
Treacy), Debbie Harry’s is her platinum blonde hair, and with Anna<br />
Wintour, it’s her hair/sunglasses and elegant ladylike attire.<br />
What does having a signature style mean to you?<br />
A signature style is a means of specifically expressing who you are<br />
as an individual. If you regularly update your look with trends, then<br />
you’re expressing a general love for fashion and that is perfectly<br />
fine. A signature style is powerful, because it’s expressing your loves,<br />
passions, and interests. It becomes your own unique identifier.<br />
It’s important because when your personality and your style are<br />
aligned, it creates a powerful confidence. A signature style says to<br />
the world that you know who you are and are not afraid to express<br />
it on your own terms.<br />
How did you move from graphic design to the creation<br />
of Sassenfras?<br />
<strong>Fashion</strong> and graphic design are both visual languages so it seemed a<br />
natural progression. <strong>The</strong> idea of creating a blog or a website wasn’t<br />
daunting because I’d already<br />
done those. <strong>The</strong><br />
creation of captivating<br />
images using type,<br />
color, and photography<br />
is what I love to do.<br />
Combining that love<br />
with an almost lifelong<br />
investment in reading<br />
and learning about<br />
fashion made sense to<br />
me.<br />
What are your<br />
future goals for<br />
Sassenfras?<br />
I want Sassenfras to be<br />
the go-to website for<br />
women who are ready<br />
to become style icons<br />
in their own right. I want the website to be a place of inspiration,<br />
where individual women of all ages, sizes, shapes, and ethnicities<br />
are valued and celebrated for their style. I think what we all want<br />
in life is to be remembered and valued for who we are. I want<br />
Sassenfras to be a place where lovers of style can come to find<br />
those pieces that will make them burst with confidence. Our style<br />
is just one way to become what I think all of us most wish to be:<br />
extraordinary.<br />
Photo by Ellie Luna styled by Tiana Freeman for Freeman x Bell<br />
Do you feel that Los Angeles has a special kind of<br />
style or is influential for you?<br />
Absolutely! It’s not that <strong>LA</strong> produces one particular kind of style,<br />
it’s that it is the ultimate style melting pot. From Los Feliz to<br />
Downtown you will see wonderfully diverse and confident self-expression<br />
from men and women alike.<br />
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Jim Tseliki and Sabin Lomac<br />
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in<br />
2012, Sabin and Jim Started their first food truck business in Los Angeles<br />
called Cousins Maine Lobster. CML was featured on Shark Tank where they<br />
sealed a deal with Barbara Corcoran, and have since appeared on <strong>The</strong> Chew,<br />
Katie Couric, and Good Morning America. After such debuts, the company was<br />
named Best Food Truck in <strong>LA</strong> for 2012 and 2013. Since then local foodies have been lining<br />
up for their signature cult classic, <strong>The</strong> Lobster Roll. This buttery treat cannot only be found<br />
on the truck but now on your very own door step. CML started an E-commerce business<br />
and now sell Live Maine Lobsters, oysters and other pier favorites. Sabin and Jim call it<br />
a “shore to door” experience. “Sourcing our Maine lobster is what is most unique to us.<br />
Sabin and I are both from Maine, have our facility on a wharf in Maine, and source the best<br />
Maine lobster there is. Providing the succulent and tender Maine lobster to customers is<br />
so important. We want to see them smile, have a great experience, and continue coming<br />
back. Being native Mainers, having an authentic story and having true roots and feet on the<br />
ground in Maine is what differentiates us from any other business”.<br />
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By Noel Alumit<br />
“I understand how it<br />
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one—it’s nearly impossible,”<br />
said Michelle<br />
Helseth, owner of the<br />
recently opened Native<br />
Boutique in Eagle Rock.<br />
She wanted her store to<br />
be Mom and Kid friendly,<br />
making sure there’s a play area with snacks for<br />
children. Soon, a TV will be installed for kids to<br />
watch their favorite cartoons.<br />
<strong>The</strong> aesthetics of the store was inspired by the<br />
Baz Luhrmann movie <strong>The</strong> Great Gatsby. She<br />
wanted women to feel warm, comfortable and<br />
cozy while shopping. She’s aware that a woman’s<br />
body changes after she gives birth, and wanted to<br />
offer clothes to honor that change.<br />
“We can be mothers, but still be women who<br />
can be attractive,” she said.<br />
Vertigo Salon <strong>LA</strong><br />
605 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015<br />
(213) 622-2101<br />
By Katie Neblett<br />
Over the last decade, the gentrification of Downtown<br />
Los Angeles has led to a cultural renaissance, making<br />
it an epicenter for restaurants, nightlife, shopping, and<br />
ultra-lux, high-rise apartment homes. Situated just blocks from<br />
Staples Center and L.A. Live, in the trendy South Park neighborhood,<br />
is Vertigo Salon.<br />
This full-service, luxury salon and spa boasts a talented roster<br />
of beauty professionals that includes hairstylists, manicurist/<br />
pedicurists, makeup artists, massage therapists, licensed estheticians,<br />
and air-brush tanning experts. Located in the penthouse of<br />
the historic Standard Oil Building, this 5,000 sq. ft. space blends<br />
old Hollywood glamour with simple, modern elegance. <strong>The</strong> salon<br />
features sleek concrete floors, plush white couches, beveled<br />
glass mirrors, and black crystal chandeliers throughout. One look<br />
at the space and you might think you’ve just stepped into a chic<br />
Beverly Hills celebrity hangout, instead of an urban, concrete<br />
office building in the heart of Downtown <strong>LA</strong>.<br />
What once served as regional headquarters for John D.<br />
Rockefeller’s legendary company, now houses renowned brands<br />
such as Keratase, KMS California, and Murad Skin Care. <strong>The</strong><br />
space lends itself not only to beauty services, but to hosting<br />
events as well; most recently the FIDM MODE Magazine<br />
launch party.<br />
<strong>The</strong> juxtaposition of the early 20th Century metropolitan<br />
office space and the sleek design of a modern beauty salon encapsulate<br />
the continued reformation of Downtown <strong>LA</strong>.<br />
Vertigo Salon is open six days a week at 605 W. Olympic<br />
Boulevard. For more information, visit vertigosalonla.com.<br />
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MULE POWER<br />
A strange name, a sordid history,<br />
made popular by Hollywood starlets,<br />
the mule promises to be “the” fashion<br />
shoe this spring<br />
Let’s get this out of the way: mules were often associated<br />
with prostitutes, then again, this was in the 18th century<br />
and we’ve come a long way, baby.<br />
It wasn’t until the 1950’s when a young actress<br />
named Marilyn Monroe made the<br />
mule popular, as did a host of other<br />
actresses like Jane Russell and<br />
Jayne Mansfield.<br />
Mules became to be known as clogs in the 60s and<br />
the popularity of this shoe was susbstantial in both culture<br />
and sales.<br />
Open or closed toe, high or low heel, chunky or thin,<br />
the venerable mule always makes a statement.<br />
Fabi Mules<br />
Giuseppe Zanotti<br />
Gianni Bravo mules<br />
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Giuseppe Zanotti<br />
Two Toned Mule<br />
Nina Ricci Mules<br />
Alexander Wang<br />
‘Marsha’ Open<br />
Toe Mule Sandal<br />
Mulling it over?<br />
for more information on the Mule<br />
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Bex Taylor Klaus is far from your typical upand-coming<br />
actress. She quickly developed a<br />
cult fanbase after viewers were str uck by her<br />
gender-bending character, Bullet, on Netflix’s<br />
revived season of AMC’s <strong>The</strong> Killing. Catch<br />
her on the upcoming season of Arrow, as<br />
streetwise DC sidekick, “Sin.”<br />
master class<br />
Former FIDM student, Alejandro Ortega takes on the<br />
fashion world...in his own way<br />
BY SARA BERKES<br />
Q Describe what you do in one<br />
sentence.<br />
I do moral ambiguity on a professional scale.<br />
Q Where are you from?<br />
Atlanta, GA<br />
Q Where are you going?<br />
Chasing the shadows.<br />
Q What drives you there?<br />
To be an actor is to visit the dark places others<br />
strive to stay away from. I want to visit those<br />
dark places. I always find the most interesting<br />
spots of light there.<br />
Q If you were to explain your belief<br />
or theory of life to a 5 year old,<br />
what would you say?<br />
Even when life sucks, there is magic<br />
everywhere. You just have to remember to look<br />
up.<br />
Q What’s your guilty pleasure? What<br />
form does it take? (ex: Baking,<br />
reading teenage thriller novels, etc)<br />
I have this theory that if you feel any guilt,<br />
it’s not a true pleasure. That being said, I do<br />
have a deep love for Disney princesses and<br />
honestly cannot get enough of the old cartoon<br />
movies!<br />
Former FIDM student Alejandro Ortega<br />
loves fashion. Growing up in Morelia,<br />
Mexico, Alejandro’s mother was a tailor,<br />
fashion designer, and founder of a fashion<br />
institute, and it was at twelve years old, after seeing<br />
his mother’s first fashion show, that Alejandro realized<br />
fashion was his calling.<br />
Inspired by fashion greats such as Cristobal<br />
Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, and Christian Dior,<br />
whom he describes as “innovators, creators, and masters<br />
in the world of fashion,” Alejandro sees being<br />
a fashion designer as “like being an actor. I can be<br />
anyone when it comes to creating fashion. You are<br />
always casting for new roles.”<br />
Graduating from FIDM’s <strong>Fashion</strong> Design program<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED in 2011, Alejandro BYreceived a full scholarship<br />
KELLY WEBB<br />
to present his Debut show in 2012. His show was<br />
such a success that he was offered a second full<br />
scholarship to study haute couture at the prestigious<br />
Koefia Institute in Rome. Along with studying<br />
fashion in school, Alejandro has had plenty of<br />
hands-on work in the industry. As associate designer<br />
at Bocanegra, Alejandro had the opportunity to dress<br />
celebrities such as Eva Longoria, Reese Witherspoon,<br />
and Mila Kunis. He has also worked for Louis<br />
Verdad, David Salom, Akiko, Kevin Hall, Elisabetta<br />
Rogiani, and French-American company, Jomsy Inc.<br />
As for where he gets his own design inspiration,<br />
Alejandro notes that it can come “from anything,<br />
whatever catches my attention. It can be on the<br />
street, at a restaurant, while driving… anything with<br />
color, shape, and texture. But it has to be unique,”<br />
he says. “I am not a classic guy, I always like to be<br />
different.”<br />
Like the fashion greats that have come before<br />
him, Alejandro has big dreams for his future in the<br />
industry. “<strong>The</strong>y had a dream, and now their houses<br />
have transformed into empires. I would like to be<br />
the next one, I would like to have my own empire…<br />
and I will!”<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: NINO VIA - NINOVIA.COM • MODEL: TIFFANY MAYBEE - ICE GENETICS<br />
MODEL: <strong>LA</strong>UREN SEELY MAKE-UP: JENNY KARL - JENNY KARL HAIR & MAKE UP AGENCY<br />
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<strong>LA</strong> DESIGNERS<br />
dance into fashion<br />
Ballroom champion Suzanne Sapperstein, sashays her<br />
way from parquet to the runway with Essera.88<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED BY MATTHEW MITCHELL<br />
STYLED BY TALIA M C ILWAIN<br />
LINUS PETTERSSON RETOUCHING<br />
In 2008, Swedish born Suzanne Saperstein put on her first pair of ballroom dance shoes<br />
and set her goal to become nothing less than the world champion of Latin ProAm. Upon<br />
discovering that the best dance coach in the world, Norwegian born Espen Salberg, had<br />
retired to Bali, and only still coached a few select champions in the world, Suzanne packed<br />
up her things and then Russian dance partner and flew across the<br />
world. Suzanne’s enthusiasm to practice and perfect her routine under<br />
the tutelage of such a legendary coach left her feeling more driven<br />
than ever.<br />
Besides being a world-class dance coach, Espen also worked as a<br />
fashion designer, drawing his inspiration from his time in the professional<br />
dance world. A short time after arriving in Bali, Suzanne attended<br />
Espen’s black tie birthday, and Espen generously offered one of his<br />
gowns to Suzanne for the evening. As fate would have it, the Scandinavian<br />
due would go on to produce women’s evening wear line, Essera88,<br />
and a world champion trophy only eighteen months later.<br />
Soon after, another twist of fate fortuitously brought Suzanne,<br />
who was wearing one of Espen’s designs, face to face with Marigay<br />
McKee, CMO at Harrods Department Store in London. As Suzanne<br />
had become a fixture in the world of couture, Marigay was keen to<br />
know which designer she was wearing. Although Marigay had not<br />
come across Espen’s line before, she was drawn to Suzanne’s passion for<br />
the talented designer and saw an opportunity to challenge the duo to<br />
put together an exclusive collection for Harrods. Espen and Suzanne<br />
jumped at the exciting opportunity and together they overcame the<br />
fifteen-hour time difference with sleepless nights and endless phone<br />
Suzanne Saperstein<br />
conversations. Espen explains, “We wanted to appeal to modern women<br />
that work, travel, and do not want to spend a fortune on a dress but still look and feel great.”<br />
All of the designs are unique in their beauty, yet also in that they do not wrinkle and are<br />
machine washable. Suzanne clarifies, “You can throw them in your bag going to work, and<br />
take them out when happy hour or dinner time comes around and still look amazing.”<br />
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women. Suzanne remarks, “Who carries an iron around any longer or wants to<br />
spend a lot of money and time on dry cleaning? I think women should be able<br />
to let loose, enjoy themselves, go out for a night of dancing and if someone spills<br />
a drink on you, who cares? Just drop the dress in the sink and the next morning<br />
after icing your feet and nursing that hangover, the dress will be as good as new.<br />
Trust me…it works!”<br />
Essera88 was formed from a shared passion and embodies the spirit of the<br />
new generation of women. No matter if you are a single working gal, or married<br />
with kids, you can slip into one of these spectacular dresses and embrace your<br />
femininity, beauty, and enjoy what makes you the strong woman that you are.<br />
For more information on Suzanne Saperstein visit essera.com<br />
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<strong>LA</strong> PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
b y randy dunba r<br />
Welcome to the world of Franz<br />
Szony. Born in Reno, Nevada<br />
and currently living in Los<br />
Angeles, Franz Szony’s work<br />
takes us on visual adventure into<br />
the world of the subconscious,<br />
where fashion meets Freud in<br />
a phantasmagorial world of<br />
images. Complicated vignettes<br />
that require hours of production<br />
and even more hours of<br />
computer manipulation, each<br />
image tells a story that we are<br />
invited to decipher.<br />
We sat down with Franz<br />
to get a better idea about his<br />
process, work and his upcoming<br />
gallery show in Palm Springs<br />
later this month.<br />
Image to the right: Self-portrait of Franz Szony<br />
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“Art is a zeitgeist that cannot be touched.<br />
It can be expressed in never-ending ways but<br />
the core of “art” is subjective indefinitely.”<br />
Lets start with your name, it’s so European,<br />
yet you’re from Reno? How did your parents<br />
come to give you the name Franz?<br />
Yes, very Euro, its Czech and German. My fathers side of the<br />
family wanted to name me “Fido” but fortunately my mom<br />
vetoed that and named me Franz. My grandfathers name is<br />
Francois, my fathers name is Ferenc…do you see a trend here?<br />
In the process of creating your images, how<br />
much is created after the photo is taken?<br />
I try to set-up as much as I can prior, so the the scene is<br />
“photo ready” …most people don’t actually realize that my<br />
photographs are completely physical. I’ve often heard people<br />
think they are stock photographs or fully composited, but<br />
in reality I build the set completely and photograph each<br />
character in the scene separately. That being said, I focus on<br />
color alteration and tinting after the photograph is completed,<br />
and a few other magic touches.<br />
When you look for inspiration, where do you<br />
usually go?<br />
I’m mostly inspired from worlds that no longer exists /<br />
times past. Im inspired from illustrations, children’s stories,<br />
mythology, and theatrical characters. I love traveling, I could<br />
sit at a cafe and people watch all day. Although I always feel<br />
enlightened when staring at a beautiful sunset or enjoying<br />
a haunting thunderstorm… I’m most inspired sitting in a<br />
library with a stack of beautiful old books. Pierre et Gilles,<br />
Joel Peter Witkin, Marc Davis, Alastair and Harry Clarke and<br />
George Melies are all brilliant artists who greatly inspire me.<br />
You have worked with Furne One, any other<br />
designers who you have worked with?<br />
I’ve done a lot of work with Furne because we share the<br />
same love and aesthetic of drama, silhouette and theatricality.<br />
<strong>The</strong> universe definitely aligned the two of us. I have<br />
photographed Michael Cinco’s work for an editorial, which<br />
is also magnificent. I would like to expand my connection<br />
with other designers. I would greatly love to photograph<br />
the works of the great “GGMM” I like to call it. (Gaultier,<br />
Galliano, Mugler and McQueen).<br />
What is the soundtrack you listen to while<br />
working?<br />
I mostly listen to orchestral music while I work, even during<br />
the photoshoots this is what I play. It sets the tone for the<br />
models and really puts people into character. Heavy beats<br />
are great for bringing out the fierceness in a model, but<br />
Tchaikovsky and Les Baxter help a model bring out the<br />
emotion and character of a model. When I work on the<br />
photo in post, I listen to a lot of Thomas Newman, John<br />
Debney, Alan Silvestri. Enigma and Goldfrapp or also quite<br />
lush and cinematic.<br />
Is your work about art, fashion, the subconscious,<br />
all of the above?<br />
I like to create work as a theatrical exploration of all of<br />
the above, somewhat. I’m not sure if my work is “about<br />
art” because art is a zeitgeist that cannot be touched. It<br />
can be expressed in never-ending ways but the core of<br />
“art” is subjective indefinitely. Although I express fashion<br />
in my images, I also never want to make work that follows<br />
a trend or can be pinpointed to any specific time or place.<br />
Transcendentalism is something I embody in my work, it<br />
forces the viewer to think at a higher level when something<br />
cannot be easily understood or identified. I love to celebrate<br />
androgyny for the same reasons. I think when these<br />
philosophies are applied, it inherently takes the viewer into a<br />
“sub-conscious” state of mind. Much like that of dreaming,<br />
the joy is to find the space in-between your thoughts.<br />
<strong>The</strong> exhibit in Palm Springs has a theme, a<br />
subject?<br />
<strong>The</strong> exhibit in Palm Springs will be a continuation of my<br />
show Hapenis, which I’ve shown at the Project One Gallery<br />
in San Francisco and here in Los Angeles at the PopTart<br />
Gallery. Each piece of my work takes roughly 3-4 months to<br />
create, so as of now my gallery shows are a continuation of<br />
the next with pieces added as I progress. <strong>The</strong> show reception<br />
will be the evening of Thursday February 20th and will run<br />
for four weeks.<br />
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Q Describe what you do in one<br />
sentence.<br />
I shine light on others aiming to inspire, uplift and<br />
create humor through art forms of being a TV host<br />
personality and actress.<br />
Q How would you describe your<br />
fashion style?<br />
You caught me at the perfect time. I’m actually<br />
defining my personal style right now. As a kid,<br />
I got hand me downs from my big brother and<br />
it usually looked like boys cargo pants. Now<br />
I’m entering a new phase of life where I love a<br />
comfortable, classy, beachy style.<br />
But frankly, in my perfect world, I would never<br />
want to wear the same outfit twice. I am always on<br />
the lookout for new trends and designers because<br />
I am so attracted to what is fresh and unique. My<br />
style comes down to expressing what I am feeling<br />
moment by moment and, like many women, that<br />
is changing constantly!<br />
Q Favorite designers?<br />
What’s been catching my eye on the runway lately<br />
is Sachika Twins, YOZE, Altaf Maneshia, and<br />
Alexander McQueen. My attitude is open and<br />
soulful right now where I see beauty all around me.<br />
<strong>The</strong> designers that catch my attention usually touch<br />
me with a positive, bright, and subtly sexy energy.<br />
Q What’s your superpower or what’s<br />
your spirit animal?<br />
My superpower is the ability to see real visions.<br />
I’ll see a vision in my mind’s eye and often it<br />
will be manifested. It takes a lot of concentration<br />
and discipline to get connected to my higher<br />
consciousness, but it’s worth it when I do tap into<br />
it. <strong>The</strong> results, well that’s a longer interview to be<br />
shared in a more intimate time setting. I’ve got<br />
stories. My favorite moments are when I’ll get<br />
receive a vision for someone else and it blesses them<br />
in a special way.<br />
My spirit animal is the enchanted unicorn, flying,<br />
jubilant and vibrant.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED BY<br />
CSABA FIKKER<br />
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Spring brings out the best in us.<br />
It’s a different light and we move<br />
easily in its glow.<br />
It’s a time of color, change and a cleaning of the<br />
closet. Here are some examples of spring as it<br />
can only be in <strong>LA</strong>...
well<br />
ramed<br />
retro frames add a bit<br />
of class to the glass<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Catherine Asanov<br />
MAKEUP : HEIDDIS ROS REYNISDOTTIR<br />
HAIR: CANTRELL MITCHELL<br />
NAIL ARTIST: ELISA WISHAN<br />
WARDROBE STYLIST: AYANNA JAMES<br />
MODELS: SVIET<strong>LA</strong>NA, CONSTANCE + SARAH @<br />
ENVY<br />
ALL FRAMES COURTESY OF CATEYE SPECTACLES<br />
www.cateyespectacles.com<br />
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Pierre Cardin<br />
70’s vintage suns<br />
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‘Style is a way to say who you are without<br />
having to speak.’<br />
—RACHEL ZOE<br />
stylish<br />
A PORTFOLIO OF PEOPLE<br />
photographed by flaminia fanale<br />
Sure, you can have Paris, New York and London,<br />
but Los Angeles continues to draw some of the most<br />
interesting people on the planet.<br />
People with style, flair, flamboyance and panache.<br />
<strong>The</strong> selection here is random, and covers a variety<br />
of ages and careers.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se people all call <strong>LA</strong> home and we let their style speak<br />
for themselves.<br />
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leopold nunan<br />
PERFORMANCE ARTIST<br />
SINGER<br />
CEO OF FASHIONOFBRAZIL.COM<br />
Originally from<br />
Copacabana, Rio de Janiero, Brazil<br />
Favorite articles of clothing<br />
Shoes<br />
Your style is a combination of…<br />
I go through phases, I’ve been<br />
a little obsessed with the <strong>LA</strong> urban<br />
trend lately but I am sure that<br />
Carnaval is my major inspiration.<br />
ton aguilar<br />
FASHION STYLIST
tony frere<br />
MANAGING PARTNER,<br />
CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER,<br />
ELEVATION 29 GROUP<br />
Originally from<br />
Livingston, Montana<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED BY MATTHEW MITCHELL<br />
STYLED BY BRUNO LIMA<br />
HAIR+MAKE UP BY GABRIEL VALDEZ<br />
DIGITAL POST ALEJANDRO CHAPA<br />
Favorite articles of clothing<br />
Sunglasses and a white robe<br />
Your style is a combination of…<br />
Feeling, connectivity,<br />
jazz and sensuality<br />
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sabrina petrini<br />
LEADS SINGER IN ROCK BAND<br />
KINGQUEEN<br />
Originally from<br />
Sweden<br />
Favorite articles of clothing<br />
My leather jacket, it always works<br />
and my DJ Ashba ring<br />
Your style is a combination of…<br />
Clean rock ‘n’ roll and street swag
max smith<br />
COSTUME/FASHION/LIFESTYLE STYLING<br />
& DESIGN<br />
Originally from<br />
Los Angeles<br />
Favorite articles of clothing<br />
generally a hat but ofttimes a<br />
scarf<br />
Your style is a combination of…<br />
Hobo/Chic<br />
michel berandi<br />
DESIGNER/MUSICIAN<br />
Originally from<br />
Paris, France<br />
Favorite articles of clothing<br />
My14K/Diamond skull<br />
engagement ring, naked<br />
Your style is a combination of…<br />
Medieval fanaticism, political<br />
pornography, and psycho-sexual<br />
terrorism<br />
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Pink fur jacket by FAUBOURG DU TEMPLE<br />
Cream satin shirt by CHAGOURY COUTURE<br />
White/gold pants by CHAGOURY COUTURE<br />
Gold ring by LIA SOPHIA<br />
s. scott conner M-L.M.T.<br />
UN-EMPLOYED <strong>LA</strong>TE NIGHT TALK SHOW<br />
HOST AS WELL AS, THE CREATOR &<br />
DESIGNER OF STERLING-SCOTT TIES, AT<br />
WWW.STERLING-SCOTT.COM<br />
Originally from<br />
616, 918, 713, and the 5O5 BABY...<br />
And now I’m swingin’ in the 424!!!<br />
Favorite articles of clothing<br />
Other than each new STERLING-<br />
SCOTT Tie... I would have to go<br />
with my 13ft long, multi-colored<br />
scarf that was hand knitted, just<br />
for me out of LOVE, and yarn<br />
made from 100% recycled plastic<br />
bottles!<br />
Your style is a combination of…<br />
Eclectic Kool, shaken with a<br />
mixed palette of vintage finds<br />
and tailored shirts, then stirred<br />
with a confident shoulders back<br />
posture that makes whatever one<br />
is wearing look ten times better,<br />
and topped off with a dash of an<br />
unexpected colored accessory<br />
(such as a STERLING-SCOTT<br />
pocket Sq, or opposing colored<br />
socks) that when dialed in....<br />
makes it all POP!<br />
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flaminia fanale<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER<br />
Originally from<br />
Palermo, Italy<br />
Favorite article of clothing<br />
Leather jackets and silver rings<br />
Your style is<br />
Eclectic with strong 80’s punk<br />
influences<br />
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girl funk<br />
STYLIST • JEWELRY DESIGNER<br />
Originally from<br />
Bakersfield, CA<br />
Favorite articles of clothing<br />
Anything from Jeffrey Campbell<br />
Your style is a combination of…<br />
Retro, futuristic girl who lives in every decade<br />
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sean jackson<br />
MUSICIAN<br />
Originally from<br />
Ohio<br />
Favorite articles of clothing<br />
Brown leather boots<br />
Your style is a combination of…<br />
I pull ideas from music,<br />
skateboarding, and other people.<br />
I grew up in a place where it was<br />
pretty cold. So I’m always looking<br />
for clothes that are durable and<br />
functional, but still polished.<br />
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Are you up in Canada?<br />
Yes, I’m going to Canada on the 29th of this month. I’m going to<br />
shoot a movie, tentatively called “13 Steps” but they’re still working<br />
on the name of the movie. <strong>The</strong> producer and director is Ivan<br />
Godoy and there’s another lead character that plays Cairo, which<br />
is one of those gangster cartel people. He kills my family and his<br />
name is Tero who is played by Raoul Trujillo. He’s been in Apocalypto<br />
and Riddick. It’s exciting to work with new people.<br />
Let’s start with the beginning, you were born where?<br />
I was born in Queens, New York.<br />
But you grew up…<br />
We moved to Los Angeles when I was like 15.<br />
I moved to Miami at 21.<br />
What drew you to Miami?<br />
Yes. I was working with a Latin Grammy winning producer there<br />
but that was just not working out so well and I had an opportunity<br />
to come to New York and I did.<br />
ton aguilar<br />
FASHION STYLIST, ARTIST<br />
Originally from<br />
Born and raised in Los Angeles<br />
Favorite articles of clothing<br />
Anything I can drape on myself<br />
and get out the door.<br />
You’re also a singger/musician… which came first, the music or the<br />
acting?<br />
Since I was seven years old, I saw six or seven, I can’t remember<br />
— I saw <strong>The</strong> Bodyguard in Spanish in the Dominican Republic. I<br />
was also raised in the DR from 6 to 15 years old, and I went to an<br />
American school there, where I saw <strong>The</strong> Bodyguard and I was so in love<br />
with Whitney Houston, I told my mom I wanted to be a singer and an<br />
actress. When my mom heard me sing, she put me in classes and said<br />
“We’re moving to Hollywood, baby.”<br />
Your mother was very supportive?<br />
Yeah, and I have to say I was raised by five wonderful women. My<br />
mother was 15 when she had me, so she had her sisters raise me with<br />
her, as well as a very good friend of the family, Diana Martin, who<br />
lives in New York. <strong>The</strong>y’re Italian-American, and they sent me every<br />
summer to New York with them, so I was raised with them, and I was<br />
a part of the family. <strong>The</strong>y’re like my aunt and uncle, but they’re not<br />
blood-related.<br />
Your style is<br />
My style is derived from influences<br />
around me and what I like — be it<br />
art, culture, music or even an old<br />
piece of cloth, I find everything to<br />
be inspiring and i’m sure I can find<br />
some style in it or a way to wear it.<br />
How long have you been on Orange is the New Black?<br />
I was in the first season, and I’m still moving forward.<br />
Do people recognize you? Has it changed your life dramatically?<br />
Yes, it has. I didn’t think it would, but I take the train in New<br />
York, and people are like, “Can I take a picture of you?” It’s crazy.<br />
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A DAY OF<br />
SHINE ON<br />
Shelley Caudill Onyx<br />
Leather Tank; Gucci<br />
Leather Pump; Moods of<br />
Norway Petra Ocean Coat;<br />
Detroit Trash Monogram<br />
Necklace (3) , F+Jolie Chain<br />
Clutch; Fifteen-Twenty<br />
Sequin Short; Milk the Goat<br />
Stars Align Ring, (Model<br />
right in Love.Nail.Tree<br />
Cigarettes Long Sleeve Tee)<br />
Photography: Diane Jong<br />
Makeup: Robert Bryan<br />
Hair: Jao Correia<br />
Styling: Ashley Church<br />
Model: Mikayla @ Hollywood Model Management<br />
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Jacket and Crop Pants: Francisco Flores<br />
Bag: Diane Gail<br />
Head Chain: Stylist’s own<br />
Bangles: H&M<br />
Shoes: Michael Antonio<br />
SHEER DELIGHT<br />
Sachika Lace Long Sleeve Blouse;<br />
Jakimac Harness.<br />
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Jacket and Crop Pants:<br />
Francisco Flores<br />
Bag: Diane Gail<br />
Head Chain: Stylist’s<br />
own<br />
Bangles: H&M<br />
Shoes: Michael Antonio<br />
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Crop pants with Vest and Silk<br />
Pink Shirt: Eric Garcia<br />
Earrings: Vintage Chanel<br />
Shoes: Anne Michelle<br />
Rings: H&M<br />
MEN’S CLUB<br />
Tosh (LT) in Café Bleu<br />
Button Down, Move Hat ,<br />
H&M Tie, Tallia Imported 3<br />
Piece Suit with Ascot;<br />
Jerreth (Cntr) in Sand<br />
Paisley Button Down,<br />
Angelico Blazer; Hugo Boss<br />
Trouser; Luis (RT) Moods of<br />
Norway 2 Piece Suit; Klein<br />
Epstein and Parker Blue<br />
Button Down; Hugo Boss<br />
Tie, Mezlan Belt.<br />
Available at<br />
Genltemna’s Closet.<br />
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Denim Pants and Jacket and Crop Top:<br />
Jung Eun Lee<br />
Belt: Topshop<br />
Watch: Nordstrom<br />
Bangle: H&M<br />
Earrings: Charlotte Russe<br />
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Jumpsuit: David Wang<br />
Shoes: Anne Michelle<br />
Ring & Bracelet: H&M<br />
Earrings: Claire<br />
Shoulder chain: Topshop<br />
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Skirt with Long Vest and<br />
Top: Ji Yeon Lee<br />
Rings & Earrings: H&M<br />
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In a<br />
Painterly<br />
Style<br />
Frida Kahlo’s bright colors, folk skirts and peasant<br />
tops are a perfect match for Southern California<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED BY RACHEL JERAFFI<br />
STYLED BY JESSE J COLLECTIONS<br />
HAIR BY DAVID HARRINGTON<br />
MAKE-UP BY JOANNE ADOLFO<br />
ASSISTANT STYLIST: SHEREE MASON<br />
SET DESIGN BY RACHEL JERAFFI<br />
RETOUCHING BY LUCIA ARIN PINTOS<br />
MODEL: MONIQUE H/OTTO<br />
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Casual<br />
Fridays<br />
Tosh (LT) DSQUARED<br />
Jacket, Duffie Pant, Klein<br />
Epstein and Parker Button<br />
Down, Bacco Bucci Boot;<br />
Jerreth (RT) Hugo Boss Jacket,<br />
Klein Epstein and Parker<br />
Button Down, Duffie Pant,<br />
Mezlan Shoes.<br />
Blouse: Yona Baraschi<br />
Skirt - Pheenix<br />
Shoes - Love Culture<br />
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Bra by La Perla,<br />
available at laperla.com,<br />
lace beaded collar by<br />
Dar Sara, vintage pearl<br />
headband, stylist own.<br />
Body Suit - VS<br />
Jacket - Pheenix<br />
Shoes - Chinese Laundry<br />
Jewelry - Foreign Exchange;<br />
Monet
efinement<br />
Five Sultry Looks for Special Occasions<br />
Jacket - Hazel<br />
Jewelry - Betsy Johnson
Lace bodysuit and head<br />
piece by Dar Sara,<br />
darsara.com<br />
Diamond stud earrings<br />
Geary’s of Beverly Hills,<br />
gearys.com.
Black dress vintage Alexander<br />
McQueen, available at PRB<br />
studio, PRBPR.com, gold earrings<br />
& necklace stylist own.<br />
Blouse - Jesse J Collections<br />
Pants - Joie<br />
Shoes - Unlisted<br />
Jewelry - Troy’s
Dress - Gold Hawk<br />
Shoes - Vintage<br />
Jewelry – Vintage<br />
Lace jumpsuit by Dar Sara, darsara.com, rose earrings and<br />
necklace by Kuumba, kuumbajewelry.com, pearl & star ring<br />
stylist own.
Pearl bra & lace<br />
bolero, available<br />
at PRB Studio,<br />
PRBPR.com,<br />
vintage cuff, stylist<br />
own. Gold hoop<br />
by Kuumba,<br />
kuumbajewelry.com.<br />
Dress - Gold Hawk<br />
Jewelry – Vintage
LESS IS MORE<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY — MATTHEW MITCHELL<br />
MODEL RYAN RUNYEON — WILHELMINA<br />
GROOMING — FELIX BUSTAMANTE<br />
STYLING—NATHAN UNCE<br />
POST PRODUCTION — ALEJANDRO CHAPA<br />
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ZIGZAG SWEATER BY VERSACE,<br />
SWIMWEAR BY GUCCI, SILVER AND<br />
LEATHER RING BY LUCY WOLVERT<br />
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SHIRT BY JEAN PAUL GAULTIER<br />
SLEEVELESS GRAY SWEATER BY ANTHONY FRANCO<br />
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B<strong>LA</strong>CK JACKET WITH STUDDED<br />
SHOULDERS- ANTHONY FRANCO,<br />
SHIRT- DONNA KARAN, PANTS-<br />
ANTHONY FRANCO, BELT- MARC BY<br />
MARC JACOBS, BOWTIE TOM FORD<br />
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MENS SUIT BY ANTHONY FRANCO,<br />
SHIRT PRADA
B<strong>LA</strong>CK WOOL COAT BY DOLCE & GABBANA,<br />
SHREDDED T-SHIRT BY JAMES PERSE, HOUND-<br />
STOOTH LEGGINGS BY H AND M, RED HIGH TOPS<br />
BY AIR JORDAN, BELT MARC BY MARC JACOBS,<br />
SILVER CHAIN BY LUCY WOLVERT
SHIRT ESTIVAN RAMOS, FRINGE<br />
COVER BY JACKIMAC, SILVER<br />
CUFF LUCY WOLVERT, STUDDED<br />
CUFF BY CRYOFLESH,<br />
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COAT BY <strong>LA</strong>NVIN,<br />
G<strong>LA</strong>SSES TOMFORD<br />
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Hiding in Plain Sight<br />
fashion can be found in the oddest of places<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY: RACHEL JERAFFI/JERAFFI.COM<br />
MODELS: SIMHA/ WILHELMINA<br />
MONIQUE VICTORIA/OTTO<br />
MAKEUP:CASSIE LYONS FOR MAKEUP FOREVER<br />
HAIR: GLENDA LEMUS<br />
STYLING: JESSE J COLLECTIONS<br />
ASSISTANT STYLIST: SHEREE MASON<br />
RETOUCHING: LUCIA ARIN PINTOS<br />
SET DESIGN: RACHEL JERAFFI<br />
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Coat:vintage<br />
Gloves: Vintage<br />
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Dress: Mike Vensel.<br />
Jewelry: Marianna<br />
Harutunian<br />
Shoes: Guilty Soles<br />
Flair<br />
Echo + Air Jay Leggings;<br />
Nissa Ring; Deepa Gurnani<br />
Sequin Coil Shrug; Q<br />
by Pasquale Metallic<br />
Metal Cuff Heel; Estevan<br />
Ramos Feather Halter<br />
Top; Belt-Stylists Own<br />
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Sporty<br />
Echo + Air Jay Leggings;<br />
Nissa Ring; Deepa Gurnani<br />
Sequin Coil Shrug; Q<br />
by Pasquale Metallic<br />
Metal Cuff Heel; Estevan<br />
Ramos Feather Halter<br />
Top; Belt-Stylists Own<br />
Flair<br />
Bustier: Vintage. Dress: Madambaah<br />
Jewelry: Louise Marianna Green Millinery Harutunian<br />
Rider hat. Maybelline Shoes: Alba<br />
FIT Me Foundation<br />
#225. Applied with<br />
Beauty blender sponge:<br />
Beautyblender.net<br />
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Dress: Mike Vensel.<br />
Jewelry: Marianna<br />
Harutunian<br />
Shoes: Alba<br />
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Dress: Jobbeh<br />
Chic<br />
Louise Green Millinery<br />
Ivory & Grey Hat with<br />
Grey Sash. Tommy Bahama<br />
Sunglasses.<br />
Revlon Individual<br />
lashes, black.<br />
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Dress: Emily Dacarett.<br />
Jewelry: Marianna Harutunian<br />
Jewel mask: Marianna<br />
Harutunian<br />
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Bodysuit: Topshop.<br />
Jewelry: Marianna Harutunian<br />
Jacket: Vintage<br />
Sunglasses: Marianna Harutunian<br />
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photographed by<br />
MATTHEW MITCHELL<br />
make-up by BETH CARTER<br />
BETHCARTERMAKEUP.COM<br />
model BRIANNA MICHELLE<br />
<strong>LA</strong> TALENT + MAJOR MODELS NYC<br />
ALINA KOVBAN RETOUCHING<br />
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AT LONG <strong>LA</strong>SH<br />
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are a girls rare-friend indeed.<br />
Peter Norman 11K Emerald Ring<br />
STYLED BY KAT FORD@ CORPIRATEUSA.COM<br />
MAKEUP BY JACQUETTA SORENSEN<br />
@ JACQUETTASTYLE.COM<br />
HIR BY ERIC GOMEZ<br />
MODELS:<br />
DESTINY NOLEN / KISMET MGMT L.A.<br />
MEGHAN MULLEN / KISMET MGMT L.A.<br />
100<br />
Black single shoulder evening gown<br />
by Lloyd Klein Couture www.lloydklein.com<br />
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SHOT ON LOCATION AT:<br />
DROP IT MODERN @ DROPITMODERN.COM
Girl with the diamond<br />
drop earring —<br />
romantic and sleek,<br />
simple and unique. It<br />
whispers “I love you” in<br />
each ear.<br />
Tacori 3-Stud Drop Earring
Dress: FROCK Los Angeles<br />
Necklace: Vintage
Black and beige backless embroidered evening gown by Lloyd Klein Couture www.lloydklein.com
Gowns: Vintage @ Tsutsuboutique.com
Evening Gowns: Lloyd Klein Couture
FAC Facts<br />
the<br />
A man’s guide to looking younger<br />
BY JOHN RENUCCI, MD, FACS<br />
More men are focused on looking better<br />
Ok men, let’s be honest with ourselves: We really do care about getting old and we<br />
care about how we look. According to the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic<br />
Surgery, over 950,000 procedures were performed on men in 2012, an increase of<br />
18% from 2011. <strong>The</strong> data also shows that non-surgical procedures enjoyed the most<br />
significant gain of 21.5%. <strong>The</strong>se include botox, hair removal and hyaluronic acid fillers<br />
(570,000 procedures) I can attest to the success of these procedures as I perform<br />
them every day in my office. <strong>The</strong>se are proven treatments that counter the effects of<br />
aging and damage that has already taken a toll on our skin. Now that we can admit<br />
that we care about how our skin looks, logically we should shift our focus toward prevention.<br />
Don’t worry, prevention should not by synonymous with inconvenience, hassle,<br />
or expense. Think of the terms “simple” and “efficient”.<br />
Skin care for men can and should be simple<br />
Let’s focus on hydration and protection. A simple, underutilized form of prevention is<br />
the daily use of a well-selected facial moisturizer. Even though men have thicker skin<br />
than women and the testosterone in our systems stimulates more oil production from<br />
our sebaceous glands, daily cleansing and shaving can strip our skin of both moisture<br />
and natural oils that help to protect it. Water in the skin is an important structural<br />
component for maintaining plump, smooth skin. Regular use of a facial moisturizer can<br />
fortify our natural skin barrier and replenish the natural hydration elements in the outer<br />
layers of our skin thereby reducing the occurrence of dry, scaly, susceptible skin.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED BY ZEKE RUE<strong>LA</strong>S<br />
GROOMING BY JEFFREY SCOTT<br />
MODEL: BRYCE DRAPER FROM DT MODEL MANAGEMENT<br />
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THE<br />
Coat by BALLY<br />
Black turtle neck by BALLY<br />
Beige beaded long skirt by KAYAT<br />
Studded heels by CESARE PACIOTTI<br />
<strong>The</strong> first thing anyone sees is the face. It is the first impression.<br />
Let’s make<br />
it a good one by getting into some habits that will prolong that<br />
youthful look and preserve your skin. BY DRJOHN RENUCCI<br />
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Moisturizers are not just for women<br />
Most moisturizers have a combination of humectants<br />
and emollients to optimize hydration. Keeping<br />
it simple, humectants draw water into the outer<br />
layers of the skin from both the deeper layers as<br />
well as from the environment, and emollients act<br />
to seal moisture in by forming a protective barrier.<br />
Emollients also help to make the skin feel soft and<br />
smooth. Because men have oilier skin than women,<br />
manufacturers of<br />
skin care for men<br />
have formulated<br />
products that combine<br />
humectants and<br />
emollients that are<br />
light, oil-free, and<br />
non-comedogenic<br />
(will not clog pores).<br />
So, you don’t have to<br />
feel like you’re wearing<br />
a shiny, heavy,<br />
acne-producing<br />
product.<br />
Looking to<br />
reduce wrinkles<br />
and aging<br />
skin? Use protection<br />
Well-hydrated skin<br />
will look and feel<br />
better, but it won’t<br />
likely lead to long-term wrinkle reduction. How can<br />
we achieve more significant long term effects? By<br />
using a broad-spectrum SPF in our moisturizer. It<br />
is estimated that 90% of the skins’ visible aging is<br />
caused by sun exposure. A recent study by Green<br />
in 2013 revealed that daily use of sunscreen with an<br />
SPF 15 reduced skin aging by 24% when compared<br />
to subjects who only used sunscreen intermittently.<br />
Even if you aren’t concerned about wrinkles, you<br />
should care about skin cancer as men have a significantly<br />
higher incidence of sun related skin cancer<br />
when compared to women. Of course, as the study<br />
reveals, daily use of an SPF 15 sunscreen helps, but<br />
using a broad-spectrum SPF 30 during more extensive<br />
exposure is recommended.<br />
Find a<br />
moisturizer<br />
that you like<br />
and use it<br />
daily…you<br />
won’t regret<br />
it<br />
<strong>The</strong> process is quite<br />
simple if you consider<br />
how impactful applying<br />
daily moisturizer<br />
to your skin can<br />
be. Hydration and<br />
protection should<br />
start at an early age<br />
because the damaging<br />
effects from the<br />
sun (uv radiation)<br />
and environment<br />
(wind, pollution)<br />
tend to be cumulative.<br />
To keep your<br />
routine simple, look<br />
for a moisturizer that<br />
is light in feel, non-comedogenic, hypoallergenic, and<br />
has a broad-spectrum UVA/UVB coverage. If you<br />
have trouble finding one you like, seek advice from a<br />
knowledgeable skin care specialist. Don’t wait until<br />
you notice wrinkles. Hydrate and protect your skin<br />
now as you will thank yourself years down the road.<br />
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shelf life<br />
Take back the bathroom with a generous supply<br />
of products that serve your skin from sun up to<br />
sun down<br />
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Don’t wait until<br />
you notice wrinkles.<br />
Hydrate and protect<br />
your skin<br />
now as you will<br />
thank yourself years<br />
down the road.<br />
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You won’t be lacking energy nor charisma in February! <strong>The</strong> Sun, which is present in<br />
your sign places you on the front of the stage and urges you to express your creativity,<br />
your desires and the force to achieve them. Let go of the past that haunts you, a<br />
history that required you to silence your feelings. <strong>The</strong>re’s an emotional<br />
climate in the air that is more inviting to you and your query. It’s<br />
AQUARIUS<br />
time to assess opportunities that are in front of you and exercise your<br />
power of seduction freely! Fortunately for you, it is a perfect time to enjoy the support<br />
of your peers. You can rely on spirited kindred spirits, and be enterprising. Push<br />
Get ready to create change this month. Concoct the<br />
situations that will allow you to change your fate at your<br />
own will. It’s not in your nature to follow trends anyways.<br />
You will have more decision-making in your life at work<br />
and at home because you will instinctively<br />
remember some facts of the past that didn’t<br />
ARIES<br />
work for you. Act courageously through<br />
those situations to advance your projects. Your<br />
emotional life calls for attention though, so let go of that<br />
tom-boy look and imagine how Venus would dress in<br />
this day and age. I suggest wearing color for a change.<br />
Red for love.<br />
This month will push you towards the outskirts of<br />
your expectations and projects, in all areas. Your constructive<br />
attitude will attract you to the best possible conditions<br />
for your progress. You will focus on the current<br />
culture and what flows harmoniously with your loved<br />
ones. Your efficiency increases primarily because you<br />
move with serenity. You are getting closer to<br />
points of views, techniques and strategies that<br />
TAURUS<br />
you had neglected so far. Finally you will unlock<br />
funds, to support your projects. Do not go splurging<br />
those funds to redecorate. Your projects will have far<br />
more impact on your life than a new couch.<br />
You will feel happy to put an end to obsolete situations<br />
at the beginning of this month. A wind of adventure<br />
is blowing inside of you and that will lead to new<br />
knowledge. Overall, it’s a month that moves! An influx<br />
of energy helps you to move quickly and advance your<br />
day-to-day affairs. This tempo will help you to<br />
GEMINI<br />
love with more lightness, not to be confused<br />
with frivolity in your expressions. Your sentimental<br />
life will be the focus this month, regardless of<br />
your present situation, to redress some of the trends that<br />
you’ve held on to.<br />
<strong>The</strong> stars this month lead you to new trails, in all<br />
areas. You will be less in need of security and traditions,<br />
because you feel a greater need for discovery and change,<br />
that will enhance your relationships to a more fluid and<br />
profound understanding. You will face adversity with<br />
efficiency. <strong>The</strong> stars allow you to solve family or relationship<br />
troubles. It is on the whole a month of<br />
CANCER<br />
fruitful actions that come to term. Your love<br />
life is in the spotlight. You won’t miss opportunities<br />
to oxygenate your love bubble. If single, your<br />
charm is positively attracting possibilities available to you!<br />
Global climate pushes you to see big this month as<br />
you evaluate your ambitions. You have great ideas and<br />
your projects take off. <strong>The</strong> stars help you refocus more<br />
efficiently to the construction of your ideals, with a lot<br />
of pragmatism. It is an ideal time to renew your life in all<br />
areas. However, an effort should be made towards your<br />
family life to calm tensions. Your love life looks exciting<br />
this month, but there will be a few emotional moments<br />
that you’ll need to manage with gloves to avoid<br />
conflicts. If you’re solo, you will be exposed to<br />
LEO<br />
events that can generate lightning! If in a relationship<br />
your partner will be more assertive, less flexible than<br />
ordinary, this month.<br />
Global inflows push you into battle this month.<br />
You are walking the walk and this can be positive if you<br />
channel this energy in the right place. <strong>The</strong> influx of love<br />
will soothe things in relational terms, and will considerably<br />
help you put oil on the wheels that are in the<br />
workings. You will feel freer in your initiatives and goals.<br />
You will have resources to make plans for the future and<br />
in accordance with your strategies. It’s time to see your<br />
banker to solicit the funds you need. This month will<br />
be constructive for your projects. <strong>The</strong> love<br />
of your life is reinforced this month. You will<br />
VIRGO be more inclined to develop intimacy and be<br />
open, emotionally speaking, and even show<br />
your faults and weaknesses. What will prove as picture<br />
of perfection transpires from the good health of your<br />
loved ones. It is up to you to seek the real source of your<br />
fears and check its proportions in relation to the current<br />
situation, to healthily reassess your position for the rest of<br />
the year. Maybe it’s time to take off your sunglasses, put<br />
mascara on and stare into your lover’s eyes.<br />
This month will be dominated by transits of the stars,<br />
which will have a certain impact in all areas of your life.<br />
How you communicate, especially in your social life,<br />
will have huge influences on your life and enhance your<br />
external image.<br />
Your practical efforts will give results. Venus finally<br />
allows you to improve certain links, including at the<br />
family level, as well as for everything in the vicinity. You<br />
will have a positive approach to win your arguments!<br />
You are standing center stage and your role will mobilize<br />
considerable energy. In your personal business, you move<br />
efficiently. You will energize your love life this month,<br />
and you’ll find it is a priority to be less hesitant<br />
than the ordinary. <strong>The</strong> best statement for you<br />
LIBRA<br />
will be to release some weight! If you are in a<br />
situation in which you are too dependent on a partner,<br />
and their dreams, then dream bigger to achieve that<br />
dream. Your personal creativity will emerge spontaneously,<br />
and this will help you to find a better balance of life.<br />
Home is where the heart is and your heart is in the right<br />
place. <strong>Fashion</strong>ably correct!<br />
This month will be highly active. In fact, you’ll have<br />
ants in your heels and you will tend to feel guilty if you<br />
allow yourself to rest. An influx of energy will set the<br />
tone to a fast-paced lifestyle, which leaves very little<br />
time for reflection. Take the opportunity to act on the<br />
projects you started to see them come to fruition. <strong>The</strong><br />
stars allow you to set up the beginnings of a long-term<br />
project in the right direction. You’ll have plenty to do to<br />
reconcile external requests with the overabundance of<br />
what you do in your personal life. Your family circle will<br />
have difficulty understanding why you work so hard and<br />
neglect your health. An unexpected displacement may<br />
call into question your predetermined plans. Keep up<br />
the hope and you will be reborn. If you are<br />
SCORPIO<br />
single, you will attract a lover with whom<br />
you have affinity with. Your dark side will<br />
see the light! If you are in a relationship, your bond<br />
will grow, but be careful not to sit too deeply on your<br />
laurels with love. Emotionally, you’ll have a better level<br />
of understanding this month. <strong>The</strong>re will be an influx<br />
of energy that will make you formidable in the art of<br />
the limits and you will inspire some initiatives which will bring you a rush, a bath of<br />
thrills, and restore your the sense of adventure. Trust your instincts and your support<br />
system to help you revitalize those dreams, which may have recently fallen flat. You<br />
are poised to shine this month, so go out and make the best of it. I suggest leaving the<br />
house, shutting the laptop down and getting some fresh air at a bistro or outside mall.<br />
Meet up with friends, old and new, and do some window shopping. Perhaps a new<br />
trinket is just what you need to put some pep back in your step.<br />
seduction. Enjoy it and pick a partner who matches your<br />
actual expectations!<br />
<strong>The</strong> planetary influences will push you out of a certain<br />
comfort zone in relational terms. This influx of energy<br />
will push you into claims that you’ll carry out subtlety.<br />
It’s up to you to undertake these very profound changes<br />
in your lifestyle. <strong>The</strong> transit of beauty in your sign is loosening<br />
up your inflow of mental optimism that pushes<br />
you forward, to create situations that radically change<br />
your everyday life. Your efforts on your external image<br />
are the fruits in all areas. <strong>The</strong>re will be situations to build<br />
new relationships on the career level. This month will be<br />
a time of expansion. Couples will have facilities through<br />
dialogue to strengthen their cohesion by finding new<br />
compromises. If you’re solo, it’s time<br />
SAGITTARIUS<br />
to get out of your shell and go to new<br />
places, meet new people of your fancy!<br />
Your love life is at the center. External circumstances<br />
encourage you to not rush anything, to observe more<br />
and better understand your relationships, your suitors,<br />
and your partner. From this point of view, there is a delay,<br />
so it is the time to catch up, in order to adjust your expressions,<br />
without denying that you’re basically loveable.<br />
You have style, so flaunt it with fun and flare.<br />
Astrological impulses booster up your philosophy of<br />
life this month. Indeed, the influx of energy will give<br />
you a positive point of view and creativity for everything<br />
that represents new beginnings, radical changes.<br />
You are in charge of your own destiny and direct the<br />
course on the correct path. You will be exposed to<br />
situations that arouse your emotions<br />
and in turn, your deepest values. You’ll<br />
CAPRICORN<br />
paradoxically be highly efficient in<br />
acting in your social life, to get your messages across.<br />
This month will be very positive and constructive! <strong>The</strong><br />
transit of stars in your Constellation will bring you a<br />
current of financial luck. You are fully in agreement<br />
between reason and attachments. New meetings of the<br />
minds this month may lead you far, positively. Projects<br />
won’t be difficult, as long as you are not forcing anything<br />
or anyone! Your love life this month will not rest,<br />
far from it.<br />
Your sign will open doors at a relational level, and<br />
you will have more facility to link up new knowledge to<br />
your values. You will encounter brakes on some of your<br />
projects, but you will succeed if you use pragmatism and<br />
common sense. Do not discourage too quickly. Your<br />
love life will evolve slowly this month, and<br />
PISCES<br />
you will naturally tend to leave more time<br />
for yourself. Your individual development will<br />
be promoted, which will have a positive impact in your<br />
near future. <strong>The</strong> incoming vibe of love will evolve your<br />
sentimental life and create more exchanges with others.<br />
Expect more movements and changes of the heart that<br />
will either bring you closer to the elect of your heart, or<br />
get you out of isolation. If you’re solo, your friendliness<br />
will promote new meetings of the minds.<br />
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