The LAFASHION Spring
CONTRIBUTING WRITERSNOEL ALUMIT • SARA BERKES • NICOLE RUNNINGEN • JULIANNA MARANON • MANOLIS MELISSINOSMEGHAN WILSON • STACI ADAMS • YASMIN SANTANA • MORGANNE PICARD • CECEE McDANIELVIVIAN 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 • HARPERJESSE J • BRIAN PRIMEAUX • MYNXH WHITE • WILLIAM WILLIAMS • JEFFREY SCOTT • MITZI SPALLAS • KIMBERLEE BARLOW
CONTRIBUTING WRITERSNOEL ALUMIT • SARA BERKES • NICOLE RUNNINGEN • JULIANNA MARANON • MANOLIS MELISSINOSMEGHAN WILSON • STACI ADAMS • YASMIN SANTANA • MORGANNE PICARD • CECEE McDANIELVIVIAN 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 • HARPERJESSE J • BRIAN PRIMEAUX • MYNXH WHITE • WILLIAM WILLIAMS • JEFFREY SCOTT • MITZI SPALLAS • KIMBERLEE BARLOW
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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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