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That

was

one

fro

ody

ride!

Whe

n

we

lear

nt t

hat

we

had

a m

agaz

ine

to

pro

duc

e,

we

wer

e sk

eptic

al

abou

t it…

and

ab

out

ours

elve

s.

But

thi

s w

as a

bso

lute

ly b

rillia

nt!

We

wer

e al

l fir

ed

up

right

fr

om

the

star

t. C

reat

ivity

pou

red

for

th

in t

orre

nts.

We

had

a u

niq

ue m

ix

of b

rillia

nt p

eop

le.

Eac

h se

tion

of

the

mag

azin

e ha

s b

een

hand

led

by

peo

ple

to

tally

su

ited

fo

r th

e

role

. B

e it

the

sup

er-c

ool

styl

ing,

groo

vy a

rt a

nd p

rod

uctio

n gu

ys,

or th

e p

ress

ure-

mai

ntai

ning

ed

itor,

peo

ple

cam

e up

with

pur

e go

ld! A

ll

our

team

, fr

om a

roun

d t

he g

lob

e,

have

con

trib

uted

gem

s of

info

rma-

tion.

The

re a

re a

doz

en p

ersp

ec-

tives

in

th

is

issu

e,

whi

ch

mak

e

it a

real

ly g

ood

rea

d!

We

had

so

muc

h fu

n, w

e co

uld

har

dly

cal

l it

wor

k!B

e it

the

mak

ing

of th

e H

ome

Goo

ds G

arm

ents

, or d

oing

the

phot

o

shoo

ts!

Doi

ng

each

ot

hers

’ ha

ir

and

mak

e-up

or

pra

ncin

g in

fro

nt

of t

he c

amer

a, w

hat

a b

all!

Ses

-

sion

s of

bra

inst

orm

ing,

idea

tos

s-

ing

and

pen

che

win

g la

ter,

we

are

pro

ud t

o p

rese

nt t

he fi

rst

issu

e of

the

edit

or’s

jum

p...

14//

18//

22//

29//

30//

33//

37//

42//

46//

48//

50//

52//

55//

Chi

nese

Fas

hion

Des

igne

rs

Wha

t th

e he

ll is

Fas

hion

Des

ign

Gar

bag

e ne

xt H

igh

Fash

ion

L.A

. Fas

hion

Ind

omita

ble

Cou

ture

Pol

aroi

d is

Bac

k

We

are

the

mod

s

Ris

ing

mus

ic s

tars

201

0

Uni

sex

fash

ion

Fash

ion

and

Mus

ic

Ant

wer

p: S

mal

l city

hug

e Fa

shio

n

Str

eet

Sty

les

The

Gem

s of

Lon

don

58//

65//

66//

68//

Ooo

oh F

ur

Cem

etar

y m

ood

Dia

mon

d t

rial

Inte

rvie

w s

tylis

t Va

leria

Uga

rte

71//

74//

80//

90//

It M

EX

me

bea

utifu

l

El r

etiro

se

vuel

ve B

lanc

o

LCF

Col

lect

ion

2010

Win

savo

d a

rt g

alle

ries

92//

94//

98//

Lond

on F

ashi

on w

eek

exp

erie

nce

Top

5 B

each

es S

outh

east

Asi

a

Fash

ion

show

rep

ort

Ush

izu

Phar

mac

eutic

al C

o. L

td

M

ade

in Ja

pan

BBEY

ES

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10

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sue

1 / 1

1

Page 8: Blink

CO

NT

RIB

UT

OR

SJa

naki

Dan

i, E

dito

r

“I’m

not

the

one

you

mes

s w

ith”

Che

rish

Sun

, Sub

-ed

itor

“Gre

at!”

Pry

ianj

oli B

asu,

Hea

d o

f ed

itoria

l

“Dud

e, I’

m s

o sc

rew

ed!”

Gar

ance

Sag

it, A

rt D

irect

or

“Cre

ativ

ity, P

atie

nce,

Det

ails

, Lis

teni

ng, F

ast

and

fast

er,

No

slee

pin

g b

ut a

ston

ishi

ng r

esul

ts!”

Hem

mily

Pag

a, H

ead

of S

tylin

g

“Ilu

sion

if t

he fi

rst

of a

ll p

leas

ures

. Osc

ar W

ild”

Julia

Rop

er, H

ead

of P

hoto

grap

hy

“Fas

hion

s fa

de,

sty

le is

ete

rnal

. Yve

s S

aint

Lau

rent

Em

iliya

Kird

oda,

Hea

d o

f Ad

vert

isin

g

”I w

ant

to w

ork

for

mag

azin

e in

the

futu

re. I

t’s a

lot

of fu

n.”

Cor

nelli

a D

uan,

tea

m m

emb

er.

”I lo

ved

it”

Yosh

imi M

ita, t

eam

mem

ber

“Ver

y in

spiri

ng w

orki

ng w

ith m

y gr

oup

...it

was

am

azin

g.”

Lu C

hen,

tea

m m

emb

er.

“Wha

t sh

ould

I d

o, w

hat

do

I hav

e to

do?

!!”

Bet

h Le

yens

, tea

m m

emb

er.

“Sup

er!”

Noe

mie

Ad

ler,

team

mem

ber

.

“Tea

mw

ork

is o

ne o

f the

har

des

t, t

ricki

est

and

tou

ghes

t th

ings

.

But

one

of t

he m

ost

rew

ard

ing

as w

ell.

Love

you

all!

Bec

ky L

ee, t

eam

mem

ber

It’s

so lu

cky

to w

ork

with

suc

h a

grea

t te

am h

ere!

Ely

Hop

kins

, tea

m m

emb

er

“Am

azin

g!”

Oth

er m

emb

ers,

Can

dic

e C

assi

dy,

Ken

t To

ng, V

iola

Shu

n, J

acq

uelin

e, N

ez B

eres

ford

, Jac

que

line

Jans

sen

Issu

e 1

/ 13

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ship

per

iod

, Tet

suya

Kom

uro

com

-

pos

ed t

he s

ong

liste

n to

you

hea

rt

for h

er. D

iffer

ent f

rom

oth

er d

esig

n-

ers,

Min

gZi Y

e ne

ver

sep

arat

e he

r

des

igns

and

her

self.

For

Min

gZi,

her

wor

ld i

s m

ade

up o

f d

esig

ns,

and

she

is p

roud

of

them

. G

ener

-

ally

, th

e d

esig

ns o

f M

ingZ

i Ye

is

in t

he m

ood

of

sop

hist

icat

ed a

nd

eleg

ant.

She

is

focu

s on

cus

tom

-

mad

e. E

ach

seas

on,

the

num

ber

of h

er d

esig

ns is

less

tha

n 30

due

to h

er s

elf-

abso

rptio

n of

fine

cut

.

Her

tar

get

mar

ket

is m

ainl

y fo

cus

on

Chi

nese

lo

cal

film

d

irect

ors,

sup

er

star

s an

d

upp

er

clas

ses.

Zha

oDa

Zha

ng i

s th

e vi

ce-c

hair-

men

of

Chi

nese

fas

hion

des

ign-

ers

asso

ciat

ion

and

th

e le

ader

of

Chi

nese

fa

shio

n,

bes

ides

, he

is a

lso

the

first

fas

hion

des

igne

r

Chinese Fashion Designers

Pei

Guo

Min

gZi Y

e

As

a d

esig

ner,

who

is

suc-

cess

ful

for

dre

ssin

g lo

cal

actr

esse

s an

d

sing

ers,

attr

acte

d s

tars

lik

e la

dy

gaga

, P

ei G

uo’s

des

ign

is

alw

ays

spec

tacu

lar

and

d

ram

atic

al.

On

the

Bei

Jing

In

tern

a-

tiona

l Fa

shio

n W

eek

2010

sp

ring/

sum

mer

,

Pei

G

uo’s

co

llect

ion

achi

eved

a n

ew s

tan-

dar

d o

f Chi

nese

hau

te-

cout

ure.

In 1

996,

Aus

tral

ian

dire

c-

tor

Sal

ly F

ield

sel

ecte

d P

ei G

uo

as a

n re

pre

sent

ativ

e of

Chi

nese

ind

ustr

y in

the

doc

umen

tary

film

chin

ese

tuni

c su

it re

cord

ed

her

wor

king

tim

e an

d l

ifest

yle.

rep

re-

sent

ativ

e of

Chi

nese

ind

ustr

y. I

n

term

s of

her

ow

n d

esig

n, e

ven

we

got t

he s

igna

l of J

ohn

Gal

liano

and

Ale

xand

er M

cQue

en,

Pei

Guo

stil

l

doe

s he

r ow

n st

yle

- co

mb

inat

ion

bet

wee

n w

este

rn

and

ea

ster

n.

On

the

fash

ion

show

ni

ght,

he

r

colle

ctio

n w

as c

omb

ined

the

tra

-

diti

onal

C

hine

se

arom

a an

d

the

pha

ntas

mag

oric

al c

ircus

sty

le o

n

Pei

Guo

’s c

olle

ctio

n sh

ow,

sup

er

mod

el C

arm

en D

ell

Ore

fice

mod

-

eled

fo

r th

e go

rgeo

us

garm

ent.

Gra

dua

ted

fr

om

Cen

tral

S

aint

Mar

tins

and

got

inte

rnsh

ip in

Iss

e

Miy

ake

in J

apan

, M

ingZ

i Ye

has

bec

ome

one

of

the

mos

t su

c-

cess

ful f

ashi

on d

esig

ner

in C

hina

,

mea

nwhi

le, s

he is

als

o on

her

way

to m

usic

dre

am. D

urin

g he

r in

tern

-

who

suc

cess

fully

ste

pp

ed in

to t

he

Eur

opea

n-A

mer

ican

fa

shio

n in

-

dus

try.

No

mat

ter

whe

n yo

u lo

ok

at h

is c

olle

ctio

n, t

he d

esig

ns h

as

neve

r b

een

far

from

th

e d

iffer

-

ent

Chi

nese

tr

aditi

onal

cu

lture

s.

From

eas

t to

wes

t, n

orth

to

sout

h,

Zha

oDa

Zha

ng u

sed

ver

y si

ngle

ethn

ic

styl

e to

d

ecor

ate

to

his

colle

ctio

ns.

No

dou

bt,

th

e d

e-

sign

s ar

e fa

ntas

tic

and

un

ique

.

14

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Zha

oDa

Zha

ng

He

used

to

roam

ab

out

the

wor

ld,

and

the

exp

erie

nce

was

a g

ift t

o

mus

ter

him

cre

ate

the

exq

uisi

te

garm

ents

. E

ven

bei

ng s

ucce

ssfu

l

now

, he

stil

l tr

avel

ed a

roun

d t

he

wor

ld e

very

yea

r to

get

insp

iratio

n

and

the

glo

bal

tre

nds,

he

has

the

free

of

the

soul

! It’s

pre

ciou

sly

be-

caus

e th

e fr

ee a

ttitu

de,

his

des

igns

is a

lway

s ar

ound

the

wor

ld o

f “so

-

phi

stic

ated

an

d

eleg

ant

casu

al

styl

e”.

Eve

ry s

ingl

e d

esig

n of

his

colle

ctio

n is

mod

ern,

sp

lend

id a

nd

com

fort

able

at

the

sam

e tim

e. F

or

his

haut

e co

utur

e 20

10,

Zha

oDa

Zha

ng c

reat

ed a

moo

d o

f m

edita

-

tion,

pur

ely

pre

sent

ed t

he p

oetic

com

bin

atio

n of

silh

ouet

te a

nd c

ol-

or p

alle

t, a

nd m

ade

peo

ple

wan

t

to

exp

lore

th

e m

eani

ng

of

live.

16

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k

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This

is “

La c

rèm

e d

e la

crè

me”

, the

he

art

of t

he fa

sh-

ion

des

ign,

her

e su

mm

ed it

up

in

a un

ique

art

icle

ill

ustr

ated

by

ex-

clus

ive

sket

chin

g an

d p

ictu

res.

Take

a s

hop

pin

g tr

ip a

nd y

ou’r

e

bou

nd t

o fin

d p

lent

y of

sup

er

cute

clo

thes

. But

hav

e yo

u ev

er

thou

ght

abou

t th

e b

rain

s b

ehin

d

them

? Fa

shio

n d

esig

ners

are

the

star

ting

poi

nt fo

r al

l of t

he c

loth

-

ing

on t

he r

acks

. Tho

ugh

the

end

pro

duc

ts c

an b

e q

uite

diff

eren

t,

the

pas

sion

rem

ains

the

sam

e.

Fash

ion

des

ign

is t

o en

joy

a tr

ain-

ing

that

is d

eman

din

g, c

halle

ng-

ing,

and

of t

he h

ighe

st q

ualit

y.

This

art

icle

will

giv

e an

insi

ght

of

the

star

ting

poi

nt o

f the

fash

ion

des

ign

pro

cess

to

the

final

gar

-

men

t b

y st

uden

ts fr

om L

ond

on

Col

lege

of F

ashi

on.

Stu

den

ts a

re a

imed

to

und

erta

ke

an a

ssig

nmen

t th

at r

equi

res

an

ind

epen

den

t re

sear

chin

g, d

esig

n-

ing

and

mak

ing

pro

cess

. Thi

s ha

s

typ

ical

ly t

o b

e ac

com

plis

hed

in

mor

e or

less

2 m

onth

s.

the

hell

is

tthhhe

hhell

tthhe

hell

iisW

hatFashion

des

ign

The

art

of

crea

ting

Res

earc

hing

Fash

ion

des

igne

rs a

ren’

t no

t ju

st

artis

ts t

hey

are

crea

tors

. Des

ign-

ers

bra

inst

orm

eve

ryd

ay fo

r ne

w

idea

s, t

hey

look

for

insp

iratio

n in

the

stre

et, f

rom

mus

ic o

r m

ovie

s,

in b

ooks

, fro

m e

xper

imen

tatio

n…

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o th

e b

ackg

roun

d o

f the

de-

sign

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lays

a v

ery

imp

orta

nt p

art

in t

he r

esea

rchi

ng p

roce

ss.

18

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sue

1 / 1

9

Page 12: Blink

Ske

tchi

ng/D

rap

ing

Fash

ion

des

igne

rs w

ork

in d

iffer

ent

way

s. S

ome

sket

ch t

heir

idea

s on

pap

er, w

hile

oth

ers

dra

pe

fab

ric o

n a

stan

d. H

owev

er m

ost

of

the

sket

ches

and

dra

pin

g ar

e ju

st d

evel

op-

men

t of

idea

s, a

nd t

he r

est

is c

hose

n to

crea

te t

he fi

nal o

utfit

. Whe

n a

des

igne

r is

com

ple

tely

sat

isfie

d w

ith t

he fi

t of

the

toi

le,

he o

r sh

e w

ill c

onsu

lt a

pro

fess

iona

l pat

-

tern

mak

er t

hat

then

mak

es t

he fi

nish

ed,

wor

king

ver

sion

of t

he p

atte

rn o

ut o

f car

d.

The

pat

tern

mak

er’s

job

is v

ery

pre

cise

and

pai

nsta

king

. The

fit

of t

he fi

nish

ed g

arm

ent

dep

end

s on

the

ir ac

cura

cy.

Fina

lly, a

sam

ple

gar

men

t is

mad

e up

and

tes

ted

on

a m

odel

. In

this

cas

e

the

stud

ents

are

bot

h d

esig

ning

and

mak

ing

the

garm

ent.

Pow

er c

ut

Aft

er a

ske

tch

is d

raw

n up

,

wha

t co

mes

nex

t? T

he d

esig

ner

mak

es a

pat

tern

and

gar

men

t

sam

ple

of h

er id

ea. S

tart

ing

by

cutt

ing

and

dra

pin

g ar

ound

a

dre

ss fo

rm. T

his

show

s ho

w t

he

pie

ce w

ill lo

ok o

n a

per

son.

Mak

ing

the

Gar

men

t

Issu

e 1

/ 21

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L.A

. Fa

shio

n

Dow

ntow

n L.

A. i

s a

new

com

er

to t

he p

ricey

loft

rea

l est

ate,

chi

c

rest

aura

nts,

and

of c

ours

e, fa

sh-

ion

of a

ll ty

pes

from

urb

an s

tree

t

styl

e to

offi

ce w

ear

to d

esig

ner

fash

ion.

Kno

wn

as t

he G

arm

ent

Dis

tric

t, p

eop

le c

ome

from

all

over

to

shop

the

fab

ric s

tore

s

for

dea

ls o

n b

ulk

fab

ric. T

he

wel

l-kn

own

Moo

d is

a d

estin

a-

tion

for

des

igne

rs, b

uyer

s, a

nd

fash

ion

love

rs w

ho a

re w

ork-

ing

with

a h

ighe

r b

udge

t. W

orld

reno

wn

fash

ion

scho

ol F

ashi

on

Inst

itute

of D

esig

n an

d M

erch

an-

dis

ing,

hom

e of

Pro

ject

Run

way

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son

6, is

loca

ted

dow

ntow

n

and

is r

efer

red

to

as o

ne o

f the

bes

t fa

shio

n sc

hool

s in

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes.

Los

Ang

eles

als

o p

rides

itse

lf in

its in

fluen

ce o

n th

e TV

and

film

ind

ustr

y. M

ost

all s

tud

ios

resi

de

in t

he L

.A. a

rea,

and

cos

tum

e

des

igne

rs u

se t

heir

reso

urce

s in

the

city

to

cost

ume

thei

r cu

rren

t

pro

ject

s. A

hug

e re

sour

ce fo

r

cost

ume

des

igne

rs is

the

am

azin

g

vint

age

clot

hing

sto

re s

elec

tion

thro

ugho

ut t

he c

ity. P

layc

loth

es,

The

Way

We

Wor

e, W

hat

Com

es

Aro

und

Goe

s A

roun

d, a

nd

Gol

yest

er a

re ju

st a

few

of t

he

stor

es t

hat

rece

ive

mos

t of

the

ir

bus

ines

s fr

om t

he T

V a

nd fi

lm

ind

ustr

y. C

eleb

rity

clie

ntel

e is

als

o

a hu

ge c

ontr

ibut

ion

to c

loth

ing

stor

es in

L.A

. The

ir in

fluen

ce

on fa

shio

n is

imm

ense

and

Los

Ang

eles

nat

ives

can

get

a t

aste

of

the

cele

brit

y lif

esty

le b

y sh

opp

ing

at t

he s

tore

s th

at a

re v

isite

d b

y

thei

r fa

vorit

e ce

leb

ritie

s.

Whi

le d

esig

ner

fash

ion

in a

reas

like

Bev

erly

Hill

s, H

olly

woo

d,

Wes

twoo

d, a

nd S

anta

Mon

ica

cont

ribut

e to

the

ove

rall

styl

e of

L.A

., p

lace

s lik

e Ve

nice

Bea

ch

keep

the

Cal

iforn

ia s

urf c

ultu

re

aliv

e an

d k

now

n. P

eop

le r

ide

alon

g P

acifi

c C

oast

Hig

hway

on

thei

r b

each

cru

iser

s b

aref

oot,

spor

ting

an a

maz

ing

max

i dre

ss

from

Ron

Her

man

and

sho

wca

se

a m

ore

rela

xed

sty

le. F

rom

che

ap

vend

ors

alon

g th

e b

oard

wal

k of

Veni

ce, t

o a

tren

dy

bou

tique

on

Ab

bot

Kin

ney

Roa

d, t

o an

offb

eat

boh

emia

n st

ore

in T

opan

ga C

an-

yon,

peo

ple

reg

ard

and

em

bra

ce

the

ever

-pre

sent

bea

ch s

tyle

in

Cal

iforn

ia.

Los

Ang

eles

wel

com

es n

ew

styl

es a

nd in

fluen

ces

from

all

over

wor

ld, b

ringi

ng in

new

des

igne

rs

to c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

ris

ing

fash

ion

ind

ustr

y. E

ndov

aner

a’s

men

swea

r

des

igne

r D

avid

Her

shb

erge

r,

and

Avi

ator

Nat

ion’

s t-

shirt

and

bea

chw

ear

des

igne

r P

aige

My-

cosk

ie a

re ju

st t

o na

me

a fe

w o

f

the

hund

red

s of

des

igne

rs w

ho

are

gett

ing

thei

r d

esig

ns o

ut a

nd

mak

ing

a no

ise

in L

.A. f

ashi

on.

Run

way

sho

ws,

tru

nk s

how

s, a

nd

exp

o sh

ows

occu

r in

the

city

all

year

rou

nd h

elp

ing

stor

es a

nd

des

igne

rs g

et t

heir

wor

d o

ut a

nd

get

peo

ple

not

icin

g, b

uyin

g, a

nd

wea

ring

the

new

est

des

igns

on

the

mar

ket.

L.A

.’s fa

shio

n in

dus

try

is r

apid

ly

risin

g an

d w

elco

min

g m

ore

and

mor

e ta

lent

into

the

city

. Los

Ang

eles

is d

efini

tely

a le

ader

in

dep

ictin

g al

l tha

t is

Am

eric

an

fash

ion,

whi

le a

lso

hous

-

ing

tren

ds

and

sty

les

uniq

ue t

o th

e ci

ty

itsel

f.

Los

Ang

eles

is a

rap

idly

gro

win

g ci

ty t

hat

hous

es a

ltern

ativ

e, h

isto

rical

, and

influ

entia

l fa

shio

n, il

lust

ratin

g its

ow

n tw

ist

on c

lass

ic A

mer

ican

wea

r.

Issu

e 1

/ 29

Page 17: Blink

Man

y p

eop

le a

re o

f the

bel

ief

that

hau

te c

outu

re is

wel

l pas

t its

prim

e, w

ell p

ast

its t

ime.

It is

a

relic

of a

n ag

e go

ne b

y. W

hen

life

was

slo

w, a

nd p

eop

le h

ad t

ime.

Whe

n p

eop

le w

ould

get

dre

ssed

for

din

ner

and

lad

ies

had

mai

ds.

But

tha

t is

not

the

cas

e an

ymor

e.

In a

wor

ld o

f ins

tant

sou

p, w

ho

has

the

time

for

cout

ure?

Hau

te c

outu

re is

a c

onsu

mm

ate

surv

ivor

. Its

dem

ise

has

bee

n p

re-

dic

ted

ver

y of

ten.

But

the

se t

ryin

g

times

, with

war

s an

d r

eces

sion

s,

have

see

n co

utur

e ris

e ab

ove

its c

ritic

s. H

aute

cou

ture

has

evol

ved

with

the

pas

sage

of t

ime.

It st

and

s fo

r m

ore

than

itse

lf, a

nd

that

is it

s st

reng

th.

To a

ccep

t th

at c

outu

re is

her

e, w

e

have

to

see

that

we

are

unw

orth

y

of it

. Mos

t of

us

are

bou

rgeo

is,

and

hau

te c

outu

re is

for

the

few

.

We

are

wel

l out

of t

hat

bra

cket

,

no m

atte

r ho

w fa

shio

nab

le w

e

cons

ider

our

selv

es. T

rue

luxu

ry

still

has

its

pat

rons

, and

one

suc

h

luxu

ry is

cou

ture

. The

mar

ket

has

chan

ged

, lik

e it

alw

ays

doe

s.

Wha

t ha

ve n

ot c

hang

ed a

re t

he

trad

ition

s of

imp

ecca

ble

tai

lorin

g,

grea

t at

tent

ion

to d

etai

l and

a

pos

sib

ility

of t

aste

fully

sp

lend

id

clot

hes.

Is c

outu

re u

nwea

rab

le?

True

, the

thea

tre

pie

ces

so o

ften

sho

wn

in

fash

ion

show

s ar

ound

the

wor

ld

baf

fle im

agin

atio

n, b

ut t

hat

is t

heir

job

. It

is n

ot t

he r

ule

how

ever

.

Des

igne

rs t

oday

hav

e ch

ange

d

how

we

look

at

clot

hes.

Tod

ay,

haut

e co

utur

e is

nei

ther

hau

ghty

nor

sup

eran

nuat

ed. I

t’s n

ot a

bou

t

a sh

iny

opul

ence

. It’s

ab

out

fine

tast

e. It

’s a

bou

t th

e b

ette

r th

ings

in li

fe, t

hing

s w

e as

pire

to.

The

clot

hes

may

tak

e a

cert

ain

con-

fiden

ce t

o p

ut o

n, b

ut w

hen

you

do,

it is

you

r co

nfid

ence

tha

t so

ars.

Tha

t is

bec

ause

you

are

aw

are

of

wha

t yo

u ar

e w

earin

g. In

thi

s ag

e of

str

aine

d e

cono

mic

circ

umst

ance

s

and

sha

ken

bel

ief i

n cl

othi

ng c

onsu

mp

tion,

all

fash

ion

is s

crut

iniz

ed. I

t

is h

ere

that

hau

te c

outu

re r

eally

com

es t

hrou

gh. W

hat

it of

fers

in d

is-

tinct

ion

of d

esig

n an

d t

echn

ique

is u

nmat

ched

; and

thi

s is

eve

n m

ore

app

aren

t to

day

, whe

n in

stan

t fa

shio

n is

wid

esp

read

.

The

cust

om fi

ttin

gs a

re w

hat

mak

e yo

u sp

ecia

l. To

day

mor

e th

an e

ver,

it is

the

tim

e in

vest

ed w

hich

is t

he r

eal c

ost.

Fas

hion

mov

es a

t an

alar

min

g p

ace,

whi

ch m

akes

the

pos

ition

of h

aute

cou

ture

so

criti

cal.

How

ever

, the

mar

ket

for

cout

ure

is fi

rmly

in p

lace

, as

is t

he s

kill.

The

wor

kman

ship

is s

till t

here

, as

is t

he fi

nery

. Gor

geou

s fa

bric

s ar

e fu

rthe

r

bea

utifi

ed w

ith g

old

thr

ead

, pat

ient

ly s

ewn

by

hand

, cre

atin

g a

trul

y on

e

of a

kin

d g

arm

ent.

The

se a

re p

erso

naliz

ed b

y b

oth

the

owne

r an

d t

he

mak

er.

Ther

e is

not

hing

qui

te li

ke t

he p

erfe

ct fi

t. G

lob

ally

, the

re is

a r

enew

ed

inte

rest

in q

ualit

y, in

thi

ngs

that

will

sta

nd t

he t

est

of t

ime.

Hau

te c

ou-

ture

is n

o lo

nger

dic

tato

rial,

as it

onc

e w

as. B

ut it

stil

l dire

cts

fash

ion

stan

dar

ds,

and

an

exam

ple

wor

th fo

llow

ing.

It is

a d

isci

plin

e of

ulti

mat

e

imag

inat

ion

and

una

ccou

ntab

le t

o co

st. T

here

is s

till a

lot

of m

oney

in

the

wor

ld. A

nd fo

r th

ose

few

ric

h, t

here

are

peo

ple

pat

ient

eno

ugh

to

crea

te s

tunn

ing

ense

mb

les!

Hau

te c

outu

re p

ersi

sts

in p

rovi

din

g us

with

a p

arag

on o

f the

mos

t b

eaut

iful c

loth

ing

that

can

be

envi

sion

ed a

nd

mad

e in

any

tim

e.

nce

upon

a t

ime,

long

, lon

g ag

o; a

man

nam

ed W

orth

cre

ated

a d

ream

. A

dre

am o

f a g

arm

ent

so b

eaut

iful,

it m

ade

you

gasp

. Of c

reat

ion

so

sple

ndid

, and

mag

nific

ent,

tha

t it

coul

d t

rans

form

its

wea

rer.

A d

ream

of

a gl

orio

us w

orld

, sup

por

ted

by

the

swea

t an

d b

lood

of t

hous

and

s of

ski

lled

w

orke

rs.

A d

ream

cal

led

Hau

te C

outu

re.

C

out

ure

Ind

om

itab

le

30

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k

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The

icon

ic w

hite

fram

e ar

ound

the

pic

ture

tak

en s

econ

ds

bef

ore

whi

ch c

aptu

res

a m

omen

t th

at

shal

l not

be

forg

otte

n is

wha

t

com

es t

o m

ine

whe

n I h

ear

the

wor

d P

olar

oid

, and

it s

eem

s th

at

is s

omet

hing

wer

e no

t w

illin

g to

let

go o

f. P

olar

oid

was

foun

ded

in 1

937

by

a E

dw

in H

. Lan

d, a

nd

the

fam

ous

inst

ant

film

cam

eras

ente

red

the

mar

ket

in 1

948.

Aft

er

man

y ye

ars

of s

ucce

ss P

olar

oid

dec

ided

to

stop

all

pro

duc

tion

of

pol

aroi

d in

stan

t ca

mer

as in

Feb

-

ruar

y 20

08 a

fter

the

hug

e su

cces

s

of d

igita

l cam

eras

, but

thi

s w

as

not

the

last

we

wou

ld s

ee o

f Po-

laro

id. P

olar

oid

’s h

ave

bee

n im

-

por

tant

in p

hoto

grap

hy in

the

last

cent

ury,

and

the

rec

ent

dis

con-

tinue

d li

ne o

f sig

natu

re c

amer

as

Bri

ngin

g B

ack

Pol

aroi

d

have

sp

arke

d in

tere

st in

man

y

way

s. W

ell k

now

n p

hoto

grap

hers

such

as

And

y W

arho

l and

Ans

el

Ad

ams,

pol

aroi

ds

allo

wed

the

m

to c

reat

e vi

sual

dia

ry’s

of s

pec

ific

times

and

act

s as

a t

ime

cap

sule

of c

erta

in e

ras

for

us. T

he r

e

laun

ch o

f pol

aroi

d fi

lm w

as e

stab

-

lishe

d b

y tw

o p

eop

le, a

n A

ustr

ian

pho

togr

aphe

r Fl

oria

n K

aps

and

And

re B

osm

an a

form

er h

ead

of

film

pro

duc

tion

at a

pol

aroi

d fi

lm

fact

ory,

as

a te

am t

hey

emb

arke

d

on t

he t

ask

of r

e d

esig

ning

the

SX

-70/

600

film

sys

tem

and

conv

ince

d t

he P

olar

oid

ow

ners

to c

o op

erat

e. T

hey

nam

ed t

heir

idea

the

Imp

ossi

ble

Pro

ject

as

that

is w

hat

man

y th

ough

t it

may

be,

but

hav

e re

cent

ly a

nnou

nced

the

rele

ase

of t

wo

film

s w

hich

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sue

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Page 19: Blink

are

com

pat

ible

with

the

som

e of

the

orig

inal

pol

aroi

d c

amer

as.

Thes

e tw

o m

ens

pas

sion

to

keep

pol

aroi

d a

live

has

spar

ked

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as-

sive

inte

rest

and

a r

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of

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aroi

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s a

co o

per

atio

n an

d a

s

a ic

onic

pho

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roce

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ant

pho

togr

aphy

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ack

in t

he

form

of a

Pol

aroi

d 3

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he n

ew

mod

el is

sim

ilar

to s

ome

of t

he

old

er m

odel

s b

ut w

ith fo

ur n

ew

scen

e se

ttin

gs a

nd d

eliv

ers

a ne

w

alte

rnat

ive

to in

stan

t p

hoto

. I fe

el

the

inte

rest

in p

olar

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has

bee

n

spar

ked

by

a yo

unge

r ge

nera

tion

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are

red

isco

verin

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ms

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pas

t, w

e al

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mitt

edly

hav

e

cds

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dig

ital c

amer

as b

ut w

hy

let

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sto

p u

s fr

om e

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ring

the

wor

ld w

here

pol

aroi

d a

nd p

layi

ng

viny

l on

a re

cord

pla

yer

was

the

norm

. Pol

aroi

d a

s a

com

pan

y ar

e

now

try

ing

to r

einv

ent

them

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selv

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hey

have

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ver

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r te

am, L

ady

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ho is

now

the

cre

ativ

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ctor

at

pol

aroi

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pas

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ate

abou

t sa

ving

pol

aroi

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ow c

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g on

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igns

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rec

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ound

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mily

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ure

pum

ped

-up

pop

too

k ov

er t

he

mus

ic s

cene

, and

bom

bar

ded

us

with

mod

ern

bea

ts, f

airy

tale

lyric

s

and

futu

ristic

imag

ery.

So

wha

t is

in s

tore

for

2010

?

Ele

ctro

-pop

and

Ind

ie-e

lect

ro

will

con

tinue

to

dom

inat

e w

ith

futu

ristic

sou

nds

and

vis

ions

, but

may

be

a lit

tle le

ss p

ump

ed u

p

and

mor

e sp

aced

out

.

A d

ream

y, e

scap

ist

feel

ing

runs

thro

ugh

the

list

of t

he t

op a

rtis

ts

this

yea

r, fr

om t

he h

ypno

tic in

die

rave

rs, D

elp

hic,

to

sing

er E

llie

Gou

ldin

g, w

ith h

er q

uive

ring

voic

e an

d s

oft,

tw

inkl

ing

bea

ts.

Her

e ar

e a

list

of t

he t

he 5

top

mus

ic s

tars

to

look

at

in

the

year

of 2

010:

Mar

ina

and

the

Dia

mon

ds-

The

qui

rky

and

flam

boy

-

ant

Mar

ina

Dia

mon

dis

is g

aini

ng a

follo

win

g to

her

inve

ntiv

e

song

writ

-

ing,

the

atric

al

stag

e sh

ows

and

daz

zlin

g st

yle.

The

half-

Wel

sh, h

alf-

Gre

ek

sing

er u

ses

her

dee

p,

dra

mat

ic v

oice

to

cre-

ate

over

blo

wn

pop

. Mar

ina

rele

ased

her

deb

ut a

lbum

‘The

Fam

ily J

ewel

s’ o

n 22

nd F

ebru

ary

2010

thr

ough

679

Rec

ord

ings

in

the

UK

, whi

ch d

ebut

ed a

t N

o. 5

in t

he c

hart

s. S

he a

lread

y ha

s

two

hit

sing

les,

‘Hol

lyw

ood

and

‘I a

m n

ot a

Rob

ot’ w

hich

have

top

ped

the

UK

cha

rts.

Her

deb

ut w

ill b

e re

leas

ed

in A

mer

ica

on

25th

May

he r

isin

g

201E

llie

Gou

ldin

g- B

e-

fore

her

rai

se t

o fa

me,

Elli

e G

ould

ing

was

stu

dyi

ng d

ram

a

at u

nive

rsity

whe

n sh

e st

ruck

up

on t

he s

tyle

that

has

mad

e he

r on

e of

the

mos

t un

ique

new

art

ists

on

the

mus

ic s

cene

. Arm

ed o

nly

with

an

acou

stic

gui

tar,

she

was

str

ug-

glin

g to

find

her

voi

ce. B

ut a

fter

bei

ng in

trod

uced

to

a fu

turis

tic d

ance

scen

e b

y a

flatm

ate,

she

com

bin

ed t

he t

wo

styl

es t

o cr

eate

son

gs

that

are

del

icat

e an

d p

erso

nal w

hile

als

o b

eing

cut

ting-

edge

and

club

-frie

ndly

. Thi

nk o

f it

this

way

, if K

ate

Bus

h, B

jork

and

Ste

vie

Nic

ks

shar

ed a

flat

in t

rend

y S

hore

ditc

h in

201

0, t

his

nois

e w

ould

em

erge

.

Gou

ldin

g’s

deb

ut a

lbum

‘Li

ghts

’ rea

ched

No.

1 o

n th

e U

K c

hart

s

early

thi

s ye

ar m

akin

g he

r on

e of

the

mos

t ta

lked

ab

out

artis

ts t

oday

with

her

sin

gles

, ‘S

tarr

y E

yed

’ and

‘Und

er t

he S

heet

s’.

Del

phi

c- T

he M

anch

este

r tr

io

Del

phi

c, w

ho m

ix in

die

gui

tars

and

eup

horic

ele

ctro

nica

are

not

your

typ

ical

ind

ie r

ock

ban

d. T

heir

hyp

notic

son

gs a

re d

riven

by

pul

-

satin

g b

eats

and

fron

tman

Jam

es

Coo

k’s

infe

ctio

us h

ooks

and

the

ir

mot

to is

: “Th

e gu

itar

is d

ead

, lon

g

live

the

guita

r.” T

heir

alb

um ‘A

co-

lyte

’, re

leas

ed e

arly

201

0 re

ache

d

to N

o. 8

on

the

UK

cha

rts.

Als

o,

one

of t

heir

song

s ‘H

alcy

on’ h

as

bee

n fe

atur

ed in

a n

atio

nwid

e ad

-

vert

for

Sam

sung

and

the

ir w

idel

y

know

n fir

st s

ingl

e ‘T

his

Mom

enta

ry’ h

as m

ade

them

one

of t

he m

ost

pop

ular

new

ind

ie

ban

ds

on t

he s

cene

at t

he m

omen

t.

The

Dru

ms-

The

New

Yor

k b

and

,

the

Dru

ms,

see

them

selv

es a

s th

e

ultim

ate

“gen

erat

ion

me”

rock

ban

d. T

hey

are

all

abou

t se

lfish

ness

,

liber

atio

n an

d s

imp

ly

writ

ten

song

s. T

hey

say

thei

r se

lf-

cent

ered

att

itud

e

mea

ns t

hey

try

to p

leas

e th

emse

lves

with

litt

le

thou

ght

to t

he o

utsi

de

wor

ld. A

nd

it is

, iro

nica

lly, o

ne o

f the

thi

ngs

that

dra

ws

thei

r fa

ns in

. Ano

ther

attr

actio

n is

the

ban

d’s

viv

id p

res-

ence

on

stag

e, w

here

sin

ger

Jona

than

Pie

rce’

s en

erge

tic a

nd

cont

agio

us m

oves

are

wild

but

rem

ain

eleg

ant,

like

his

str

ong

rolle

r-co

aste

r vo

ice.

Gui

taris

ts

Ad

am K

essl

er a

nd J

acob

Gra

ham

brin

g to

min

d C

alifo

rnia

’s s

urf p

op

of t

he B

each

Boy

s, w

hile

Con

-

nor

Han

wic

k’s

thum

pin

g on

the

ban

d’s

sig

natu

re in

stru

men

t gi

ves

an u

nder

curr

ent

of r

oman

tic g

oth.

They

cam

e on

to t

he in

die

-roc

k

of 2010Mus

ic S

tars

T

La R

oux

42

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Page 24: Blink

scen

e w

hen

they

rel

ease

d a

n E

P c

alle

d ‘S

umm

ertim

e!’ l

ate

2009

with

sing

les

such

as

‘Let

’s G

o S

urfin

g’ a

nd ‘I

Fel

t S

tup

id’.

In e

arly

Jun

e, t

hey

will

be

com

ing

out

with

the

ir fir

st s

elf-

title

d a

lbum

‘The

Dru

ms’

.

Ow

l City

- La

st s

umm

er, A

dam

You

ng, 2

3, w

as li

ving

with

his

par

ents

in

smal

l tow

n M

inne

sota

and

had

nev

er le

ft t

he M

idw

est.

Las

t m

onth

, he

pla

yed

pac

ked

dat

es in

Chi

na a

nd fi

nish

ed a

sol

d-o

ut N

orth

Am

eric

an

tour

. The

sin

ger

and

pro

duc

er’s

sin

gle

‘Fire

flies

’ ap

pea

red

to

com

e

from

now

here

to

reac

h nu

mb

er o

ne in

the

US

in N

ovem

ber

. He

says

he w

as in

spire

d b

y th

e b

ored

om o

f his

hom

e to

wn

and

the

tw

inkl

ing

lap

top

-mad

e b

eats

and

sof

t, in

noce

nt v

ocal

s ev

oke

fara

way

fant

asie

s

and

inno

cent

day

dre

ams.

Thi

s ye

ar, O

wl C

ity h

as g

aine

d m

ains

trea

m

pop

ular

ity fr

om t

he 2

009

maj

or la

bel

deb

ut a

lbum

‘Oce

an E

yes’

.

Lad

y G

aga

Ow

l City

Mar

ina

and

the

dia

mon

ds

Page 25: Blink

Fash

ion

des

igne

r, P

anos

, com

es

from

a m

ulti

cultu

ral b

ackg

roun

d

that

influ

ence

s hi

s id

eas

for

a

unis

ex li

ne b

ased

on

min

imal

-

ism

. His

gar

men

ts c

an u

sual

ly b

e

wor

n b

y ei

ther

men

or

wom

en,

and

som

etim

es fi

t q

uite

diff

eren

tly

once

off

the

hang

er. H

e us

es in

-

tere

stin

g sh

apes

, fab

ric c

omb

ina-

tions

, and

tex

ture

s to

pro

duc

e a

very

uni

que

col

lect

ion

of w

ork.

His

Gre

ek h

erita

ge c

omes

aliv

e

whe

n yo

u m

eet

him

, offe

ring

you

win

e an

d a

pla

ce t

o so

cial

ize.

He

has

also

live

d in

Aus

tral

ia a

nd

Bar

celo

na. N

o m

atte

r w

here

he

resi

des

, his

voi

ce r

emai

ns t

he

sam

e an

d h

is s

tyle

can

be

easi

ly

reco

gniz

ed. H

is c

olou

r p

alet

te is

mai

nly

dar

k to

nes

with

sp

lash

es

of o

ak b

row

n an

d s

teel

gre

y.

Alth

ough

he

has

pie

ces

that

wer

e

mad

e in

Aus

tral

ia w

ith e

xtre

mel

y

high

qua

lity

fab

ric, h

e b

uys

mos

t

of h

is fa

bric

in L

ond

on w

ith a

very

crit

ical

eye

. Pan

os li

kes

to

pai

r ha

rd fa

bric

s w

ith li

ght

and

fem

inin

e te

xtile

s to

giv

e a

stro

ng

cont

rast

, so

the

per

fect

cho

ice

of

mat

eria

ls is

nec

essa

ry. N

ot o

nly

will

he

use

luxu

rious

tex

tiles

, but

he a

lso

has

man

y p

iece

s m

ade

from

tra

sh b

ag m

ater

ial,

roofi

ng,

and

eve

n fil

m t

ape

from

a V

HS

.

His

inve

ntiv

e st

yle

and

cre

ativ

e

outlo

ok o

n lif

e an

d fa

shio

n is

one

to b

e no

ticed

. His

hig

h-cl

ass

des

igns

and

dar

ing

shap

es c

re-

ated

in fa

bric

s of

luxu

ry w

ould

neve

r b

e p

in p

oint

ed a

s af

ford

-

able

fash

ion,

but

Pan

os b

elie

ves

in e

very

one

havi

ng a

tas

te o

f his

exp

erim

enta

l wor

k. D

rop

by

his

stud

io a

nytim

e, o

r hi

s b

ooth

at

Bric

k La

ne’s

Sun

day

Up

Mar

ket,

and

Pan

os w

ill b

e th

ere

to o

ffer

you

a gl

ass

of w

ine

and

a s

tory

or

two

whi

le y

ou b

row

se t

hrou

gh h

is

spec

tacu

lar

colle

ctio

n.

Uni

sex

Fash

ion

Page 26: Blink

This

mod

ern

day

Woo

dst

ock

brin

gs p

eop

le f

rom

all

over

the

glo

be

to

wat

ch t

op b

and

s sh

owca

se t

heir

mus

ical

tal

ent

on s

even

hug

e st

ages

.

Not

onl

y is

ther

e ic

onic

mus

ic a

ll d

ay lo

ng, b

ut p

eop

le d

ress

to th

e ni

nes

for

this

lege

ndar

y ev

ent.

My

first

yea

r at

Coa

chel

la r

emin

ded

me

of t

he

bea

uty

of p

eop

le w

atch

ing.

The

re w

as n

ever

a d

ull

mom

ent

in a

ll th

ree

day

s of

the

fes

tival

whe

n fa

ns w

ere

dre

ssed

in

huge

fea

ther

hea

d

dre

sses

, am

azin

g th

ing

high

la

ce

up

boo

ts,

D.I.

Y. c

ut a

nd t

ied

t-s

hirt

s, o

r co

vere

d i

n b

ody

pai

nt. E

very

one

take

s th

e fa

shio

n ve

ry s

erio

usly

.

Whe

ther

you

are

a s

trai

ght-

lace

d I

ndio

nat

ive,

a fa

shio

n s

tud

ent

from

Lon

don

, or

a d

rugg

y

from

Ariz

ona,

mos

t p

eop

le u

se C

oach

ella

as

an

excu

se t

o d

ig o

ut t

heir

bol

des

t, m

ost

alte

rna-

tive

pie

ces

to p

arad

e at

the

fes

ti-

Mus

ic a

nd F

ashi

on

Co

llid

e at

the

mo

der

n d

ay W

oo

dst

ock

val.

Bei

ng in

the

mid

dle

of

the

des

ert

pro

voke

s p

eop

le t

o w

ear

min

imal

clot

hing

. Girl

s w

ill h

ave

no p

rob

lem

wal

king

aro

und

in s

trin

g b

ikin

is, w

hile

mos

t gu

ys s

por

t sw

im t

runk

s w

ith s

ome

bod

y p

aint

to

cove

r up

on

top

.

Peo

ple

hav

e lit

tle in

hib

ition

whe

n it

com

es t

o cl

othi

ng a

t th

e ev

ent

and

take

prid

e in

how

muc

h of

a r

isk

they

can

tak

e as

app

osed

to

pla

ying

it s

afe

as m

ost

Cal

iforn

ia n

a-

tives

mig

ht te

nd to

do.

Bei

ng in

the

mid

st o

f ban

ds

like

Mus

e, M

GM

T, F

lore

nce

and

the

Mac

hine

,

Mut

eMat

h, G

orill

az,

and

Jay

-Z,

alon

g w

ith t

he

coun

tless

cel

ebrit

ies,

fas

hion

blo

gger

s, w

riter

s,

and

pho

togr

aphe

rs, p

eop

le li

ke to

cau

se a

dou

ble

take

with

thei

r od

e to

the

late

six

ties,

ear

ly s

even

-

ties

boh

emia

n st

yles

. C

oach

ella

tru

ly is

an

icon

ic

fest

ival

tha

t b

rings

tog

ethe

r fa

ns f

rom

all

over

the

wor

ld f

or g

ood

rea

sons

: m

usic

and

fas

hion

.

Eve

ry y

ear

Ind

io, C

alifo

rnia

is p

acke

d w

ith m

usic

love

rs o

f all

ages

for

a fe

stiv

al t

hat

evok

es a

boh

emia

n st

yle

pai

red

with

som

e of

the

gre

ates

t cu

rren

t m

usic

of a

ll tim

e

48

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Wal

ter

Van

Bei

rend

onck

, A

nn D

e-

meu

lem

eest

er,

Drie

s Va

n N

oten

,

Dirk

Van

Sae

ne, D

irk B

ikke

mb

ergs

and

Mar

ina

Yee.

Thi

s gr

oup

of

tal-

ente

d d

esig

ners

gra

dua

ted

fro

m

the

Ant

wer

p A

cad

emy

bet

wee

n th

e

1980

’s a

nd 1

981.

The

y b

roug

ht th

e

wor

ld’s

att

entio

n to

the

inv

entiv

e

styl

es a

nd im

pec

cab

le c

raft

sman

-

ship

of B

elgi

um’s

fash

ion

ind

ustr

y.

The

Roy

al A

cad

emy

of F

ine

Art

s

in A

ntw

erp

offe

rs o

ne o

f th

e b

est

fash

ion

educ

atio

ns i

n th

e w

orld

.

The

trai

ning

pro

vid

ed b

y th

e fa

sh-

ion

dep

artm

ent

stim

ulat

es in

nova

-

tion.

‘’T

he

imp

ulse

to

re

-cre

ate,

to o

pen

up

new

hor

izon

s an

d t

o

over

thro

w e

xist

ing

conc

epts

is e

s-

sent

ial

and

cha

ract

eris

tics

of o

ur

visu

al c

ultu

re.

Ant

wer

p a

lso

has

a fa

shio

n m

useu

m –

MoM

u. I

t is

shel

tere

d in

the

Mod

eNat

ie t

hat

is

in t

he s

ame

bui

ldin

g as

whe

re t

he

Fash

ion

acad

emy

is l

ocat

ed.

The

mus

eum

has

tw

o th

emed

exh

ibi-

tions

a y

ear.

Som

e p

revi

ous

ex-

hib

ition

s in

clud

ed:

The

Mei

r is

the

nam

e of

the

mos

t fa

mou

s sh

op-

pin

g st

reet

of

Ant

wer

p.

The

larg

e

aven

ue i

s no

w f

ree

of t

raffi

c an

d

invi

tes

thou

sand

s of

peo

ple

eve

ry

day

to

a p

leas

ant

shop

pin

g st

roll

in a

bea

utifu

l his

toric

sur

roun

din

g.

On

this

ped

estr

ian

bou

leva

rd y

ou

can

enjo

y sh

ops

such

as

H&

M,

Zar

a, N

ew L

ook

and

Kar

en M

illen

.

The

Sta

dsf

eest

zaal

is

a la

rge

hall

orig

inal

ly b

uilt

at t

he b

egin

ning

of

the

20th

cen

tury

as

a p

erm

anen

t

site

for

offi

cial

fes

tiviti

es.

Aft

er i

t

was

des

troy

ed b

y fir

e in

200

0, t

he

hall

was

ren

ovat

ed a

nd r

eop

ened

in

2007

as

a

mod

ern

shop

pin

g

cent

er.

The

shop

pin

g ce

nter

is

idea

lly

loca

ted

b

etw

een

the

Mei

r -

the

city

’s c

entr

al s

hop

pin

g

stre

et -

and

Hop

land

, an

inc

reas

-

ingl

y up

scal

e sh

opp

ing

stre

et.

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lusi

ve”

is t

he w

ord

tha

t d

e-

scrib

es

thes

e tw

o st

reet

s b

est.

In

the

Sch

utte

rsho

fstr

aat

&

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pla

nd y

ou w

ill fi

nd a

bro

ad o

ffer

of

luxu

rious

ar

ticle

s,

bat

hroo

m

acce

ssor

ies,

ex

clus

ive

Bel

gian

choc

olat

es

and

d

esig

ner

clot

h-

ing

and

sho

es.

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mos

t am

az-

ing

art-

dec

o ho

uses

are

set

tled

in

this

str

eet.

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s on

e of

the

mor

e

exp

ensi

ve

stre

ets,

b

ut

alw

ays

grea

t fo

r so

me

win

dow

sho

pp

ing.

des

crib

ed a

s a

typ

e of

fash

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with

a s

tron

g fe

el fo

r id

entit

y an

d t

rad

ition

, as

a co

ncep

tual

typ

e of

fash

ion

that

can

be

inte

rpre

ted

as

a re

flect

ion

on t

he s

yste

m o

f fas

hion

tha

t ne

ver

gets

lost

in a

n ab

stra

ct a

rtis

try

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thou

ght.

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wer

p fa

shio

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pra

ised

by

man

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lists

and

buy

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niq

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alan

ce b

etw

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real

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o ex

pla

ins

the

huge

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suc

cess

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wer

p t

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ashi

on

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ntw

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es it

s re

put

atio

n to

the

pio

neer

s of

the

fash

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mov

emen

t, t

he s

o-ca

lled

‘Ant

wer

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Str

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styl

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pre

sses

ind

ivid

ual-

ism

and

is o

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tim

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fluen

ced

by

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soci

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itua-

tions

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volv

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as

wel

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mus

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tree

t st

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fash

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can

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div

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into

sub

- cu

lture

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e su

bcu

lture

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clud

e p

unk,

Boh

emia

nism

, hip

pie

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uals

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new

rom

antic

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, hip

hop

cul

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,

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ent

hist

ory

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tha

t

pas

t yo

uth

sub

cultu

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have

in-

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mai

nstr

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fash

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Al-

thou

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igh-

end

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ign-

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rem

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for

the

bea

utifu

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gar

men

ts, a

nd

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outfi

ts w

orn

by

cele

brit

ies,

it

is a

ctua

lly t

he y

outh

sub

cultu

res

that

are

the

orig

inal

inve

ntor

s of

the

styl

e. W

hen

peo

ple

thi

nk o

f

stre

et s

tyle

, by

def

ault,

a r

athe

r

biz

arre

imag

e p

ops

up in

the

ir

head

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s is

not

ent

irely

fals

e, a

s

som

e st

reet

sty

le is

com

par

ativ

ely

extr

avag

ant.

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ever

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e

stre

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tyle

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omp

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very

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day

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clo

thin

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st a

slig

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ence

in h

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them

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or e

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imag

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re t

wo

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earin

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bin

atio

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owev

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one

on t

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ft w

ould

att

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muc

h m

ore

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any

re-

sear

cher

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look

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the

logi

c

beh

ind

str

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styl

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nd c

omp

rehe

nd t

he d

iffer

ence

s b

etw

een

the

typ

es

of li

ves

that

peo

ple

live

, tha

t le

ad t

hem

to

dre

ssin

g th

is w

ay, i

n or

der

to

doc

umen

t th

e ro

ots

of fa

shio

n in

str

eet

styl

e in

var

ious

reg

ions

aro

und

the

glob

e.

Str

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shio

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an

ever

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rm o

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her

coun

trie

s on

the

Afr

ican

co

nti

ne

nt.

For

man

y

dec

ades

, In

-

dia

’s

glor

y as

a d

iam

ond

p

ro-

duc

ing

natio

n w

as

dim

med

. It

was

in

the

mid

19

60s

whe

n so

me

suc-

cess

ful

trad

ers

in

colo

ured

ge

m-

ston

es

like

emer

-

ald

s et

c,

real

ized

the

pot

entia

l of s

et-

Ind

ia’s

Dia

mo

nd C

onn

ecti

on

The

Qui

et R

evol

utio

n

ting

up a

dia

mon

d c

uttin

g an

d p

ol-

ishi

ng in

dus

try

with

in t

he c

ount

ry.

And

th

en,

Ind

ia

beg

an

a fa

st

pac

ed d

evel

opm

ent

in a

ll d

irec-

tions

. W

heth

er it

was

in t

he a

dap

-

tion

of t

echn

olog

y, o

r th

e es

tab

-

lishm

ent o

f the

mos

t mod

ern

larg

e

fact

orie

s. W

heth

er it

was

in h

onin

g

and

dev

elop

ing

skill

s to

wor

k b

et-

ter

qua

litie

s an

d b

igge

r si

zes

of

dia

mon

ds

or to

pio

neer

and

pat

ent

new

cut

s. A

nd m

ost

of a

ll w

heth

er

it w

as s

imp

ly t

o ed

ge o

ut t

he e

s-

tab

lishe

d

lead

ing

cent

res

of

the

wor

ld

and

b

e-

com

e Th

e

lead

ing

dia

-

mon

d

cutt

ing

and

p

olis

h-

ing

cent

re.

Ind

ia’s

d

ia-

mon

d in

dus

try

tod

ay

pro

udly

clai

ms

that

11

out

of

12

dia

-

mon

ds

set

in j

ewel

lery

wor

ldw

ide

are

cut

and

pol

ishe

d in

thi

s co

un-

try.

A m

ind

bog

glin

g fig

ure

ind

eed

if on

e co

nsid

ers

the

bill

ions

of d

ol-

lars

wor

th o

f je

wel

lery

pro

duc

ed

year

on

year

wor

ldw

ide.

The

Ind

ian

dia

mon

d i

ndus

try

exp

orts

ab

out

US

$ 17

bill

ion

wor

th o

f p

olis

hed

dia

mon

ds

and

acc

ount

s fo

r ab

out

55%

-60%

of t

he in

tern

atio

nal p

ol-

ishe

d m

arke

t b

y va

lue;

82%

by

cart

age

and

90%

by

num

ber

of

pie

ces.

It

is a

t th

e cu

ttin

g ed

ge

of t

echn

olog

y us

ed w

orld

wid

e. I

t

is h

ome

to t

he l

arge

st n

umb

er o

f

lase

r m

achi

nes

used

any

whe

re i

n

the

wor

ld.

It em

plo

ys a

bou

t 90

%

of l

abou

r us

ed w

orld

wid

e in

the

pol

ishi

ng in

dus

try.

Its d

iam

anta

ires

have

gon

e on

to

set

up f

acto

ries

in

Bel

gium

, A

fric

a,

Chi

na,

Thai

-

land

and

sev

eral

oth

er c

ount

ries.

And

the

y ha

ve b

y no

w g

one

on

to a

cqui

re m

ajor

jew

elle

ry o

r re

tail

bra

nds

in t

he U

S,

Eur

ope,

Hon

g

Kon

g an

d J

apan

. Lo

ng b

efor

e th

e

IT re

volu

tion

mad

e w

aves

glo

bal

ly,

Ind

ian

dia

man

taire

s ha

d

alre

ady

arriv

ed o

n th

e w

orld

sta

ge a

nd e

s-

tab

lishe

d a

firm

hol

d o

n th

e in

ter-

natio

nal p

olis

hed

dia

mon

d m

arke

t.

An

achi

evem

ent

whi

ch h

as g

one

by

larg

ely

unkn

own

and

uns

ung.

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e: V

aler

ia U

gart

eN

atio

nalit

y: V

enez

uela

n/ A

mer

ican

Cur

rent

city

: Lon

don

Wha

t d

id y

ou s

tud

y an

d w

here

?

Fash

ion

Sty

ling

Inst

itute

Mar

ango

ni M

ilan,

Fas

hion

Pho

togr

aphy

, IC

P N

YC

Wha

t d

o yo

u th

ink

abou

t fa

shio

n in

Mila

n co

mp

ared

to

Lond

on?

fash

ion

in M

ilan

so fa

r ha

s b

een

“her

itage

” w

hich

is t

o sa

y th

at d

esig

ners

are

go

ing

bac

k to

the

ir ro

ots.

We

can

find

in M

ilan

that

Sex

y p

ower

ful w

oman

from

Ve

rsac

e an

d D

olce

& G

abb

ana

or D

s2 a

nd t

hat

pum

p b

uilt

men

, firin

g m

ascu

lin-

ity. I

t al

read

y es

tab

lishe

d it

has

tha

t id

entit

y. W

here

as in

Lon

don

it c

ontin

ues

evol

ving

. The

op

por

tuni

ty t

o yo

ung

new

tal

ents

are

mor

e ap

pre

ciat

ed, w

e st

ill

find

tha

t vi

ntag

e es

senc

e fr

om t

he 6

0s a

nd 7

0s, b

ut in

a m

atur

e w

orld

. You

can

fin

d v

arie

ty in

the

mix

ture

of y

oung

des

igne

r an

d t

he e

stab

lishe

d H

ouse

s. L

on-

don

it’s

all

abou

t ne

w c

reat

ing

craz

ines

s, b

ound

arie

s, a

nd e

volv

ing.

Wha

t d

id y

ou li

ke t

he m

ost

abou

t st

udyi

ng s

tylin

g?

havi

ng t

o cr

eate

a w

orld

tha

t on

ly e

xist

s in

my

min

d t

rans

mitt

ing

that

into

a p

ho-

togr

aph/

a s

tory

. I e

njoy

eve

ry p

art

of s

tylin

g it’

s lik

e te

lling

a s

tory

with

out

wor

d,

just

imag

es. A

MA

ZIN

G. P

lus,

it in

trod

uced

me

to e

njoy

tha

t w

orld

as

I nev

er

lived

it b

efor

e th

roug

h p

hoto

grap

hy.

Who

’s y

our

favo

rite

styl

ist?

Ther

e no

t a

par

ticul

arly

sty

list

I loo

k up

to,

the

tea

m t

hat

crea

tes

the

imag

es is

w

hat

I lov

e th

e m

ost.

Ob

viou

sly

ther

e ar

e so

me

par

ticul

arly

sty

les

I lov

e m

ore

than

oth

er, a

nd E

dw

ard

Enn

infu

l and

Gra

ce C

odd

ingt

on I

like

how

the

y te

ll th

eir

stor

ies.

Em

man

uele

Alt

I Lov

e to

o, ju

st h

er s

ense

of s

tyle

is s

tunn

ingl

y b

reat

htak

-in

g.

Who

’s y

our

favo

rite

des

igne

r?

Ther

e’s

not

a fa

vorit

e d

esig

ner

for

me,

I lik

e d

iver

sity

and

diff

eren

t st

yles

but

Al-

exan

der

McQ

ueen

, wha

t he

did

whi

le h

e w

as a

live

was

just

AR

T. H

e w

as n

ot ju

st

a d

esig

ner

he w

as a

n A

RTI

ST.

Kar

l Lag

erfe

ld o

f cou

rse.

Do

you

have

any

exp

erie

nce

as a

sty

list

or in

any

oth

er jo

b in

fash

ion?

Yes,

I d

o. I’

m c

onst

antly

invo

lved

and

evo

lved

in t

he in

dus

try

whe

ther

cre

atin

g a

stor

y or

tel

ling

it, t

rans

mitt

ing

it. I

enjo

y ev

ery

seco

nd in

thi

s w

orld

. Pho

togr

aphy

or

sty

ling

is m

y w

ay t

o co

mm

unic

ates

feel

ings

thr

ough

an

IMA

GE

.

Vale

ria U

gart

eFr

eela

nce

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ion

Pho

togr

aphe

r an

d S

tylis

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lusi

ve in

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iew

of

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ion

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tog

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her

and

Sty

list

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It M

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e be

autif

ul...

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El re

tiro

se v

uelv

e bl

anco

The fa

bric

weav

es

itself

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Pho

togr

aphy

: Hém

mily

Pag

á an

d J

ulia

Rop

erS

tylin

g: J

ulia

Rop

er, N

oém

ie A

dle

r an

d H

émm

ily P

agá

Mak

e up

: Noé

mie

Ad

ler

Mod

el: M

artin

a Ja

uden

es

Page 42: Blink

Des

igne

rs fr

om L

ond

on

Col

lege

of F

ashi

on s

how

th

eir

2010

co

llect

ion

GA

RA

NC

E S

AG

IT

Bro

wn

leat

her

jack

et u

nder

the

them

e of

sca

rifica

tion,

hol

es a

re

hand

cut

ted

, wor

n ov

er a

chi

ffon

top

and

a s

trik

ing

tulle

ski

rt.

Page 43: Blink

YO

SH

IMI M

ITA

A s

imp

le je

rsey

shi

ft d

ress

is m

ade

avan

t

gard

e b

y th

e nu

mer

ous

hand

kni

tted

tub

es,

whi

ch m

ove

as y

ou m

ove!

CO

RN

ELI

A D

UA

N

This

str

ikin

g b

lack

dre

ss is

an

amaz

ing

cont

rast

of s

truc

ture

d P

VC

and

ligh

t ch

iffon

.

Page 44: Blink

CH

ER

ISH

SU

N

Sho

rt d

ress

with

an

asum

met

ric p

anel

tha

t

win

ds

arou

nd t

he b

ody,

ace

ntua

ted

by

the

gauz

y flo

ral i

nset

.

BE

CK

Y L

EE

An

over

size

asy

mm

etric

top

with

com

ple

x kn

itted

loop

flow

ers.

Page 45: Blink

JAN

AK

I DA

NI

A ja

cket

with

a d

ram

atic

sta

nd u

p c

olla

r

mak

es a

per

fect

circ

le. W

orn

over

jean

s

for

a ca

sual

but

ele

gant

look

LAU

SH

UN

VIO

LA

This

arr

estin

g ou

tfit

is b

ased

on

car

tyre

s. T

he la

yerin

g of

fab

rics

over

eac

hoth

er, a

nd t

he r

ibb

ed s

leev

es g

ive

it a

look

of t

echn

olog

ical

func

tiona

lity.

Page 46: Blink

BE

TH L

EY

EN

S

This

sim

ple

dre

ss is

all

abou

t th

e fa

bric

. A c

omp

lex

prin

t te

chni

que

is u

sed

in w

hich

the

fab

ric is

prin

ted

firs

t an

d t

he la

ce is

use

d a

s an

ove

rlay,

resu

ltin

in t

his

bea

utifu

l dre

ss.

Page 47: Blink

Art is n

ot o

nly

for

lear

ning

but

als

o fo

r en

joyi

ng it

.

It d

oes

not

wor

k th

e w

ay o

ur g

rum

py

teac

hers

tau

ght

us. Y

ou n

eed

to

feel

the

art

and

to

help

us

with

it w

e ne

ed t

o kn

ow t

he u

niq

ue h

isto

ry

and

und

erst

and

the

atm

osp

here

in o

rder

to

app

reci

ate

the

pie

ce o

f

artw

ork!

Op

ened

in 2

007,

Win

zavo

d, M

osco

w C

entr

e fo

r C

onte

mp

orar

y

art,

was

one

of a

kin

d. A

mon

g ot

her

pic

ture

gal

lerie

s an

d m

useu

ms,

wid

ely

know

n an

d r

esp

ecte

d, W

inza

vod

was

alm

ost

a b

reat

h of

fres

h

air.

The

galle

ry a

llow

s ne

w a

rtis

ts t

o sh

ow a

nd e

xpre

ss t

hem

selv

es.

This

hel

ps

the

new

gen

erat

ion

to g

et fa

mili

ar w

ith b

ig n

ames

in t

heir

own

city

. Unf

ortu

nate

ly, i

t is

ver

y ra

re t

o se

e yo

ungs

ter

in g

alle

ries

thes

e

day

s. H

owev

er W

inza

vod

unl

ike

othe

rs a

ttra

cts

mor

e an

d m

ore

youn

g

visi

tors

eac

h d

ay. T

he a

tmos

phe

re is

the

mai

n re

ason

why

thi

s

Cen

tre

bec

ame

so p

opul

ar.

They

com

e an

d h

ang

out

with

the

ir fr

iend

s,

spen

d s

ome

good

tim

e an

d a

t th

e sa

me

time

take

a lo

ok a

t th

e ar

t,

mak

ing

fun

usef

ul. T

he s

tory

beh

ind

the

bui

ldin

g cr

eate

s an

eve

n m

ore

inte

rest

to

Win

zavo

d. I

t is

loca

ted

in t

he fo

rmer

bre

wer

y “M

osco

w

Bav

aria

”. T

he w

alls

are

stil

l mad

e ou

t of

red

bric

ks a

nd fl

oor

out

of o

ld

woo

d. W

inza

vod

not

onl

y ha

s ga

llerie

s, b

ut it

als

o ha

s sh

ops

whi

ch

sells

clo

thes

from

ind

epen

den

t d

esig

ners

, has

a c

ozy

cafe

s w

ith d

eli-

ciou

s co

ffee

and

mou

th w

ater

ing

bak

ery.

With

the

tim

es c

hang

ing

ther

e

are

a lo

t of

new

gal

lerie

s w

hich

hav

e op

ened

to

show

case

art

wor

k as

wel

l as

ente

rtai

n th

e p

ublic

. How

ever

Win

zavo

d w

ill a

lway

s b

e th

e fir

st

and

mos

t b

elov

ed o

ne.

“The

re a

re p

aint

ers

who

tra

nsfo

rm t

he s

un in

to a

yel

low

sp

ot a

nd t

here

are

oth

ers

who

tra

nsfo

rm a

yel

low

sp

ot in

to t

he s

un.

” –

Pic

asso

Pas

t an

d F

utur

e in

WIN

ZA

VO

D

Page 48: Blink

Som

e fr

iend

s an

d I

had

the

op

-

por

tuni

ty t

o go

to

Lond

on F

ash-

ion

Wee

k, o

ur e

xpec

tatio

ns w

ere

to b

e ab

le t

o en

ter

all

the

show

s

we

coul

d,

but

not

eve

ryth

ing

was

as p

erfe

ct a

s it

first

see

med

. Th

e

peo

ple

who

had

man

aged

to

give

us t

he s

upp

osed

“p

ress

pas

ses”

to e

nter

the

sho

ws

wer

e on

ly f

or

“exh

ibiti

ons”

but

not

for

cat

wal

ks.

So

in o

rder

to

get

to t

he s

how

s

at S

omer

set

Hou

se t

here

was

a

tact

ic,

we

had

to

get

40m

in /

1

hour

bef

ore

the

show

and

the

n

wai

t fo

r ev

eryo

ne t

o co

me

in a

nd

if th

ere

wer

e em

pty

sea

ts l

eft

in

the

room

we

coul

d g

o in

.. A

fter

goin

g to

se

vera

l sh

ows,

I

was

wai

ting

to g

et in

to A

man

da

Wak

e-

ley’

s sh

ow a

nd s

udd

enly

I s

aw a

pas

s on

the

floo

r lik

e m

ine

but

for

“exh

ibiti

ons

and

ca

twal

ks

VIP

from

C

hina

’s

Vis

ion

Mag

azin

e.

The

next

sh

ow

afte

r A

man

da

Wak

eley

was

the

Bur

ber

ry P

ror-

sum

in

half

an h

our

at P

imlic

o,

whe

re

Che

lsea

C

olle

ge

of

Art

&

Des

ign

is.

My

frie

nd

had

to

go a

nd I

qui

ckly

too

k ta

xi t

o b

e

ther

e as

soo

n as

pos

sib

le,

I did

n’t

know

if

I w

ould

be

able

to

ente

r

or n

ot,

but

at

leas

t I

had

to

try!

Whe

n I

arriv

ed,

ther

e w

ere

lots

of p

eop

le;

peo

ple

with

inv

itatio

n

gett

ing

into

th

e sh

ow,

peo

ple

on

the

othe

r si

de

of

the

stre

et

just

w

aitin

g to

se

e ce

leb

ritie

s,

and

a

long

lin

e fo

r p

ress

an

d

pho

togr

aphe

rs

tryi

ng

to

ente

r.

I go

t in

to

the

row

tr

ying

to

d

o

wha

t ev

eryo

ne w

as d

oing

; sh

ow-

ing

thei

r p

asse

s to

th

e gu

ard

s

and

th

en

a w

oman

w

as

look

ed

thro

ugh

a lis

t b

ut

mos

tly

they

coul

d n

ot g

et in

bec

ause

the

nam

e

did

not

ap

pea

r w

ritte

n in

the

lis

t.

Fina

lly, I

sho

wed

my

pas

s an

d w

hile

they

wer

e ch

ecki

ng o

n th

e lis

t, I

was

sup

er n

ervo

us h

opin

g I c

ould

get

in a

nd s

udd

enly

the

wom

an

said

, “Y

es,

let

this

la

dy

go

in”!

I co

uld

not

bel

ieve

it,

I w

as s

till

in

shoc

k th

at

I go

t in

w

ithou

t

any

pro

ble

m.

I w

ent

insi

de

and

with

in m

inut

es t

he s

how

sta

rted

!

It w

as a

n in

cred

ible

exp

erie

nce

to

witn

ess

in p

erso

n th

e sh

ow,

gar-

men

ts,

mod

els,

ev

eryt

hing

! A

nd

also

I h

ad t

he o

pp

ortu

nity

to

see

peo

ple

lik

e A

nna

Win

tour

, M

ario

Test

ino,

Kat

e H

udso

n, M

ary-

Kat

e

Ols

en,

Kris

ten

Ste

war

t an

d o

th-

ers.

A

maz

ing

and

un

forg

etta

ble

!

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Olh

uvel

i Bea

ch

has

a 2

km lo

ng b

eaut

iful w

hite

bea

ch. A

long

the

isla

nd t

o th

e d

ock,

the

re is

a lo

ng

pla

nk r

oad

. Som

etim

es, y

ou c

an s

ee s

hark

s an

d o

ther

larg

e fis

hes

crui

se a

roun

d. T

o

the

doc

k, o

r ne

ar t

he s

and

sid

e is

full

of t

ens

of t

hous

and

s of

sm

all fi

sh, d

ense

kno

t

into

a b

all.

The

brin

k of

the

doc

k is

a r

eally

goo

d p

lace

to

app

reci

ate

fish.

Ord

inar

ily,

you

can

see

dol

phi

ns ju

mp

ing

alon

g th

e ya

cht.

The

re a

re lo

ts o

f tou

rist

com

ing

for

div

e.

Olh

uvel

i bea

ch (M

ald

ives

)

Pat

ong

Bea

ch

is lo

cate

d in

the

fam

ous

reso

rt is

land

of P

huke

t in

Tha

iland

. It

is w

ell d

evel

oped

bea

ch o

ne t

he is

land

. The

bea

ch e

mer

ges

as a

sha

pe

of c

resc

ent

moo

n. Y

ou c

an e

ither

enj

oy t

he s

unsh

ine

or r

ead

a fa

vorit

e no

vel.

Hav

ing

a Th

ai M

assa

ge a

t th

e b

each

is a

lso

com

pat

ible

. Pla

y je

t sk

iing,

sai

ling,

boa

ts, b

each

vol

leyb

all,

div

-

ing

are

all g

ood

idea

s. B

ay A

rea

is fu

ll of

hot

els,

sho

pp

ing

mal

ls, a

nd a

var

iety

of e

nter

tain

men

t an

d w

ater

spor

ts fa

cilit

ies.

The

re a

re n

umb

ers

of g

reat

res

taur

ants

at

Phu

ket,

the

mos

t no

tew

orth

y is

the

Tha

i Sea

food

.

The

lead

ing

dis

h, P

huke

t Lo

bst

er is

ext

rem

ely

tast

y.P

aton

g B

each

(Tha

iland

)

Bor

acay

Isla

nd

is in

Alc

an p

rovi

nce

in t

he P

hilip

pin

es. T

his

bea

utifu

l bea

ch h

as b

een

haile

d a

s on

e

the

wor

ld’s

sev

en m

ajor

isla

nds.

The

isla

nd is

nar

row

and

long

. Rec

reat

ion

Dep

art-

men

t an

d t

he B

ar m

ake

the

Bor

acay

Isla

nd in

to a

soc

ial g

athe

ring

pla

ce. W

hile

fine

as

pow

der

san

d a

nd c

lear

blu

e se

a, s

till m

akes

it a

s a

good

pla

ce fo

r w

eeke

nds.

If y

ou

are

eage

r to

try

new

thi

ngs,

Bor

acay

Isla

nd is

per

fect

to

you.

It h

as e

very

thin

g ex

cite

and

fun

enou

gh. Y

ou c

an e

njoy

the

won

der

ful n

ight

life,

and

exp

erie

ncin

g th

e ch

eap

but

del

icio

us fo

reig

n fo

od. A

t B

orac

ay, t

he o

nly

thin

g yo

u ne

ed t

o w

orry

ab

out

is y

ou

neve

r ha

ve e

noug

h tim

e to

enj

oy e

very

thin

g.

Bor

acay

Isla

nd (P

hilip

pin

es)

Ko

krad

an Is

land

is

one

of t

he m

ost

bea

utifu

l isl

and

s in

Cha

ngw

at T

rang

Isla

nds.

Mos

t p

arts

of t

he is

land

are

ad

min

iste

red

by

natio

nal p

ark.

The

re a

re lo

ts o

f Rub

ber

pla

ntat

ions

, coc

onut

gro

ves

and

fore

sts.

The

ent

ire is

land

is s

ur-

roun

ded

in c

lear

, tra

nsp

aren

t b

lue

sea.

You

will

als

o at

trac

ted

by

the

bea

utifu

l fish

and

cor

al in

wat

er. I

f you

are

luck

y yo

u w

ill a

ble

to

view

the

wed

din

g un

der

wat

er.

Ko

krad

an Is

land

Jim

bar

an B

each

is

loca

ted

at

the

scen

ic t

ouris

t d

estin

atio

n, B

ali I

slan

d. J

imb

aran

Bea

ch m

akes

tou

rists

feel

mos

t ap

pro

ach-

able

bec

ause

of t

he b

eaut

iful s

unse

t an

d t

he u

nusu

al li

fest

yle

of t

he fi

sher

men

. Com

mer

cial

act

ivity

is n

ot

dev

oid

of t

he o

rigin

al s

tyle

of a

sm

all fi

shin

g vi

llage

. The

vill

ager

s us

e th

eir

uniq

ue p

assi

on a

nd m

ake

the

bea

ch v

ery

sim

ple

ap

pet

ency

. The

fish

erm

en h

ere

still

use

the

old

sim

ple

sm

all c

anoe

out

to

sea.

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Jim

bar

an B

each

Page 51: Blink

Fash

ion

Focu

s

Ther

e ar

e 36

stu

den

t's

obje

ct o

f

des

ign

atte

nded

in t

he fa

shio

n

show

. Stu

den

ts t

ook

a m

onth

to

finis

h th

e d

esig

n w

ork,

from

the

insp

iratio

n to

des

ign,

exp

erim

ent

into

pat

tern

cut

ting

and

act

ually

mak

e a

garm

ent,

stud

ent

take

ste

p

by

step

, pay

ing

thei

r ef

fort

into

this

ob

ject

to

show

the

ir p

assi

on

in t

he fa

shio

n fie

ld. M

ensw

ear,

wom

an s

wea

r, te

xtile

/prin

ts

und

erw

ear

chic

and

flow

y, w

ear-

able

, and

buy

able

kni

twea

r w

hich

give

a s

por

ty s

tyle

and

brin

gs

ever

ybod

y's

atte

ntio

n to

win

the

high

est

app

laus

e. W

omen

sw

ear-

Whe

n it

stan

d o

ut it

cat

ches

my

eyes

, bla

cky

and

str

ong

tast

e

esp

ecia

lly a

t th

e b

ack,

the

dec

o-

ratio

n w

as a

maz

ing

it is

like

wire

atta

ch a

roun

d, c

hic

and

urb

an.

Text

ile-s

ilhou

ette

wis

e, c

hic,

chi

c

and

chi

c I l

ike

the

idea

of u

sing

the

grey

yar

n ac

ross

in fr

ont

of

the

ches

t an

d t

he p

ositi

on o

f the

text

ile is

won

der

ful!

On

Tues

day

, the

fash

ion

show

from

LC

F fa

shio

n p

ortf

olio

stu

den

ts o

pen

ed in

Lim

e

Gro

ve c

amp

us.

Focu

sing

on

grou

p s

even

's g

ar-

men

t:

Che

rish-

very

sop

hist

icat

ed a

nd

eleg

ant

whi

ch b

rings

out

the

sprin

g at

mos

phe

re.

Ken

t- s

por

ty &

futu

ristic

min

i

dre

ss

Bet

h- s

ophi

stic

ated

lace

dre

ss

crea

tes

bea

utifu

l sha

pe

Yosh

imi-

mat

ch &

Mal

leab

le w

ith

won

der

ful h

and

kni

ttin

g d

rap

ing

Priy

anjo

li-sh

eer

and

pur

e gr

eat

com

bin

es w

ith t

rad

ition

al w

eave

at t

he e

nd o

f the

ski

rt

Bec

ky-o

vers

ized

jers

ey w

ith

chun

ky t

extil

e on

giv

es a

chi

c

look

Jana

ki-

a p

alac

e st

yle

give

a

sens

e of

cla

ssic

vie

w

Cor

nelia

-mod

ern

shap

e sh

ould

er

com

es o

ut w

ith p

unk

styl

e

Ely

-fre

sh s

prin

g at

mos

phe

re

Vio

la-p

ower

ful b

lack

y p

iece

s on

e

of m

y fa

vorit

e p

iece

.

Gar

ance

-per

fect

cut

of a

jack

et

and

det

ail,

sop

hist

icat

ed a

nd

rom

antic

.

Che

ck t

his

out!

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e 1

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