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    inkmagazinestaff&contributerswinter2010

    fashiondepartmentDepartment Head: Promise Newell

    --Interns: Monica Merel, Liz Osban, Tracey Mathewson,

    Taylor Bryant , Alex Taitague--

    Stylists: Tori McBride, Liz Cherkasova (of www.pocul-tureafternoon.blogspot.com), the Hahns, Chrissie White

    --Fashion Photography Editor: John Troxel

    Staff Fashion Photographers: Alicia Vega, Joy Newell,Ewa Kniaziak, Jake Sigl

    --Contributing Photographers: Maurice Sampson,

    --

    Contributing Designers: Tori McBride, Ann Yee, Amelia

    Lindquist (of Peeps), J. Alexander, Pipertree Leather,

    Via Spiga

    hair&make-upTori McBride, Lauren Szandzik

    photographydepartmentDepartment Head: Joy Newell

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    Contributers: Katie Silvester, Crista Leonard, Joy Newell,Nikoline L. Rasmussen, Mary Robinson, Chloe Scheffe

    fineartdepartmentDepartment Head: Mike Bailey-Gates

    musicdepartmentDepartment Head: Cody Bralts

    --Writers: Sterling Rose, Kenny Price, Ian O'Hare

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    Contributers: Mo & Joel

    graphicdesigndepartmentDepartment Head: Chloe Scheffe

    --Filled & Open: Anika VanBoom, Jeff Stien,

    Aaliyeh Asfar

    models

    Danielle Shue, Courtney Alexis M, Talisa Soto,

    Anna C, Fraser Grahm, Jaime Levick, Liz Cherkasova

    Alex Hahn, Rebecca Hahn, Catlin Hahn, Mo & Joel

    Nikoline L. Rasmussen, Andrea Lang, Cammie

    Norsworthy, Laura Sack, Ana Drobeniuc, Lisa Marie

    allcontributerstoinkmagazineretainsolecopyrighttotheirwork. pleasecontactinkmagazinewithanyquestions. wewouldlovehearfromyou!

    wanttogetinvolvedwithink?Write for us, photograph for us, style for us, draw for us!

    Contact us! We always reply, and love to get young and

    emerging artists involved! [email protected]

    attentionfashiondesigners!We are always looking to collaborate with designers on

    shoots. If interesrted, please contact John Troxel.

    [email protected]

    visitourblog!http://inkmagazineblog.blogspot.com

    Our new website, designed by Jake of www.uniit.au,

    is launching soon.

    Stay tuned for the Spring 2010onefullyear issue!

    This page: photographed by Chloe Scheffe | styled by

    Chrissie White | modeled by Lisa Marie

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    features

    8 allmixedup| by Promise Newell

    14 crimesoffashion| by Alex Taitague15 artbaselmiami| by Monica Merel

    16 darkmatter| by Cammie Norsworthy

    10 mo&joel| by Jon McBride

    78 lookinginsideoutonstreetfashioninleeds, uk| by Tracy Mathewson

    kingofthemanifestosj. alexanderapastelromancewanderlust

    vintagewinternativeinstinctautumnsinnocence

    82 glamophonic, ahistory| by Liz Osban

    52 differentstrokes| by Joy Newell

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    when80shard-edgemeetsthesubtlefemininityof the70s, where does one draw the line?

    When the notorious Marc Jacobs debuted his Fall 2009collection to rave reviews which evoked the late aughtswith a sense of mashed up party-dom, it was ofcial:the 80s, in all their cataclysmic, shoulder-padded, hairsprayed glory, were ofcially back. After the endless mo-notony of season after season of an Olsen induced boho

    craze, nally, the fashion world had something ample tosink their claws into.

    Over this past 80s crazed year, we have witnessed adramatic shift from a waify, naturalistic image to an em-bossed, gloried dramatic persona. Ultimately, leatherbecame the new denim. With intense backing from pow-erhouse corporations including team Vogue, as well as allof the Elle Magazine divisions, we rode this era throughthe new year, in sequined adorned party dresses and spar-kling smoky winged eyes.

    Yet, somewhere in between the notion of a muchcoveted return to the hard-edge glory days, rock inspiredspiked Givenchy headbands, and motorcycle booties, anew, (or rather old) trend emerged: during the Spring2010 Fashion Week frenzy, fashion celebrities, editors,and street style fanatics including Anna Della Russo andCarine Roiteld stepped out in owy, earth-laden wear.Does this fashion ashback represent a glitch in our new-

    ness obsessed, consumeristic approach to fashion? Hasour disposable society already hung the 80's out to dry?

    Judging from the Spring 2010 lines, it is clear thatthe 70's, in all of their soft, diffused glory are making ahopeful comeback. Again. Just when we thought it wastime to pack away those high-waisted, wide legged jeanswith the patent leather accessories of seasons past, theremight be reason enough to bring them back. The light-weight pastel pallet at Alberta Ferretti, complex prints atVersace, and intense psychedelia at Rodarte proved to

    allmixedup

    by Promise Newell

    when80shard-edgemeetsthesubtlefemininityofthe70s, wheredoesonedrawtheline?

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    be just enough to put this beloved time-warp en route toa agship near you. However, cult houses from the likesof Lanvin and Ann Demuelemeester to Balmain clearlydisagreed. Intense distressing, one-shouldered wonders,and sequins galore stated that the 80's have arrived, andthey're "Stayin' Alive".

    The plight of this seasons 80's vs. 70's charade has ulti-mately divided the fashion world into two sections: those

    who wish stay in the past, and, well... those who stay inthe past. So which decade can really be considered fash-ion forward? If the likes of the house of Chloe and Han-nah MacGibbon can't even successfully coordinate thisever lingering transition (according to style.com), thanhow can we?

    It's in times like these that we must trust in our fashionfore-fathers, to guide us through our mixed up references.In this case, Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel. Peasanty, hippieishlace and ivory transparency were juxtaposed with tough

    structuring, black, and rough textures. Ultimately- theperfect balance between the feminine and masculine thatmakes a supreme collection.

    It was a return to a time, a place, a belief that fashioncan transcend a generation, and instead instill in us a erathat is as much apart of regeneration, rebellion, and ro-mance, than any decade ever was before.

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    mo&joelinterview by Tori McBride

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    When did you start playing music together? In Mexico, sortof by accident. Mo was stafng for an organization,YWAM, which hosts teams to build houses for the poorestpeople of Tijuana. Joel was joining a team from Canadaas a lmmaker to document their trip. Music and singingwas a large part of the experience with the teams sing-ing together for the mornings and evenings. We just sortof happened to sing a song together one night and thatwas it.What is your style? Who are your inuences?Right now we arejust running with an acoustic guitar and a our two voices- a very stripped down feel. We like the more intimate

    sounds and lyrics that are easy to listen to and engaging.The experience of writing or hearing a lyric that expandsperspective and invokes feeling is like nothing else.

    Our inuences include Over The Rhine, Feist, Beatles,Glen Hansard and Markta Irglov, Eva Cassidy, Radio-head, U2, Martin Sexton, Damien Rice, Leonard Cohen,the list goes on and on...

    Is there a message you want your music to get across? Ya, there isdenitely a message, a point to what we do. Our hope isthat people will hear in our music the presence of hopethat is pulsing, often just under the surface, in this world.Its the kind of thing that we need to be more aware of in

    this world, and need more reminders of. The stuff drag-ging us down can become so overwhelming that we neednew perspectives everyday. We want our music to be shin-ing the diamond of Hope, but also we want to do thatwith our entire lives.What inspires your music? Many things bring inspiration,and what that is each and every time is pretty different.The earth that surrounds is lled with beauties and scraps

    that get into the soul. We're inspired when we see ourGod living in the people around us when good things arehappening and justice is being had for the underdogs ofthe world.

    Where have you played around Chicago? Any upcoming shows?

    We've played at Uncommon Ground, the Buzz Cafe,the Ignite Network, the Open Hearth Cafe (since closeddown), Fitzgeralds, living rooms, replaces... Right nowwe are working on new songs so we don't have any showsplanned for the foreseeable future. When we're readywith our songs, we'll be posting our shows on the website.

    Do you ever perform with other musicians?Mo has played with afriend and fellow singer/songwriter Sharon Dodgson fora number of years and quite often we all play together.Her music is fresh and honest and she is cool musician tojam with. You can check out her music at www.myspace.com/sharondodgson.

    What's your favorite part about performing? The communitythat live music creates is for us always the best part aboutplaying live. When everyone starts bobbing their headsor tapping their foot it brings with it an awesome senseof unity.

    What do you hope to do in the future? To keep creating honestmusic from the heart and to have opportunities to play itto anyone who gets it. If we can do that more in the futurethan that is all we can ask for.

    How can people hear more from you?Go to myspace.com/mobel-laandjoel or facebook.com and search "mobella + joel" forour music pages. We are currently working on fresh songsand will be posting them in the near future.

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    howfarwillyougotogetyourhandsonthegoods?crimesoffashion

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    earlierthisyearimovedtoberkeley, ca, farand awayfrom the rich empty suburbs of the Inland Empire wherethe young people live with their parents from which I hail.Not that residential areas are a bad thing, but it must beunderstood the crippling effects it has on your wardrobe.Perhaps those of you who had parents so desperate to stayyoung that they indulged every vintage or designer beryou laid eyes on should stop reading now. Naturally, be-cause we youngins are of the generation of lazy joblessvain bohemians, consuming clothes at the dangerous ratewe would all like to assume is not always possible. Letsface it, we are not so hip that we would refuse clothes our

    parents bought us, but we are not all so nancially well-off, no matter how good we look. But that never stoppedany suburbanites from trying to ll up their walk-in clos-ets with the trendiest threads as a means to stand out insuch wholesomely bland wastelands.

    And now that I am cozily tucked away in one of themany pockets of the buzzing bay area, I nd that notmuch has changed. Lazy jobless and vain bohemian col-lege students swarm this city. The Buffalo Exchange issucked dry, the vintage stores are over-priced, the menand womens American Apparel line Telegraph Avenue,and Urban Outtter is a block away. Fashion for themasses...those who can afford it. Yet everywhere I lookthere is some outrageous outt that would surely offendthe stagnant sensibilities of anyone over the age of forty.

    It occurs to me that none of my friends here can reallyafford the clothes they are wearing. Not that the clothesthemselves are too particularly expensive, just the sheervolume of clothes is enough to see that something is notadding up. Bottom line: the fuckers are shoplifting.

    In this urban area, I began to wonder who among thiscrowd actually bought their clothes. I look for tears in theclothes that indicate an alarm ripped right through thefabric and discarded into some nook of a robbed stored.Even more so, I wonder who among the suburbs stole

    too? And the end-all question: why? We might all be will-ing to steal food for survival, but these kids are not exactlynaked. In fact, they have plenty of clothes that should satetheir vanity.

    The disconnection between our desires and ournances has reared its ugly consumerist head and gazeddeeply into the face of legality. I could get all college-studenty on you and talk about Nietzsches will to powerto live dangerously, to be robbers and thieves if not rul-ers and conquerors, to live beyond morality, to be thebermensch but Ill spare you all that talk and say simply

    this: our beloved celebrities taught us all we know aboutshoplifting! Blame them!

    To add to the confusion, celebrities have been shoplift-ing for quite some time. It is not as if they do not have themoney to buy the clothes they steal. To do a quick recap:Winona Ryder, Courtney Love, Farrah Fawcett JenniferCapriati. This is to say nothing of the other namelessfamed-lchers who have been allegedly stealing fromthe up-scale boutiques of Los Angeles for the past fewdecades. But all of the above have been charged withshoplifting, to their dismay, except perhaps for CourtneyLove, who just used it to add to her badass image.

    Obviously, it is not purely nancial need that drivesthis crime. In fact, it is one of the most common propertycrimes; yes, that is from wikipedia so it is legit. While thisfact may be facilitated by poverty, a true genuine need forclothing, it cannot explain the vast decadence of theft byan afuent society. Could it simply be that cheap thrillscannot hold a candle to free thrills? The rush of steal-ing may just be another facet of humanitys ability toquell the surfeit of our desire. It is an exemplary crime inregards to the network of laws and norms of society; theyare all imagined up ideas that we conform to, and thatthey are only as real as much as they are enforced.

    But what is it about clothing that garners such thieves?There must be some deeper psychological issue here. Thethrill of stealing can certainly make one feel like a differ-ent person, much like an actor, fullling a role meant forone to play (*Ahem*, most of the celebrity shoplifters areactors!). There may even be a link between that and theidea of clothing ourselves. What else are we doing whenwe put on clothes, other than putting on costumes; thanobscuring ourselves in our most natural state?

    Wearing clothes is simply just a form of posturing. Wepose, and pose, and pose in front of mirrors, cameras,and each other. Are thieves posing as burglars posing asrobbers posing as thieves? If we think about everything

    we do in terms of fullling some self-decided role, shop-lifting is not about the clothes, it is not about the thrill...it is about identity.

    The modern youthful bohemian are posing in a varietyof ways: the ironic tourist look, the 40s starlet sophisti-cate, the relentlessly worn-out 80s junkie, the trust-fundgutter-punk who steals for fun, a myriad of amorphouslymodern blends of the pop culture we constantly consume.Perhaps ours is the rst generation with such an identitycrisis: growing up in a world so ripe with consumerismthat we do not know who to be, nor can we afford it.

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    miami beach, florida -- The rst week of Decemberconsisted of monstrous, intriguing and exceedinglycolorful people and art all around Miami. Art Basel is one

    of the most awaited events for the art crowd. This is anevent that is in the sixth consecutive year and has beenstaged at the Miami Beach Convention Center. It is thesister to Switzerlands Art Basel, its origin. If were rattlingyour brain wondering the meaning of what a Basel is, itis actually the city in Switzerland in which the originalconvention is held.

    It all began in 2002, when the most populatedregions of Miami shut down and devoted themselves to afew warm days in December. The events that take placeare all spread among Miami neighbors of Wynwoodand the Miami Design District. Contributing areas in-clude Bicentennial Park and Bayfront Park. The largest

    portion of the exhibit is held in South Beach with free,public exhibits along the beach and park. Music fromaround the world comes to perform every night. In 2008M.I.A. took the stage in the MIA. But of course, the mostprivate and popular event is the held in the ConventionCenter, which holds all types of art forms from everyregion of the world. Breath taking pieces ll the varioussectors of the new layout while the aroma of acrylic andchampagne ll the air.

    Art Basal is inarguably the United States largest gal-lery. It exhibits the most famous art from around the

    world. You might recall some of the names, such as PabloPicasso and Man Ray, but it goes way beyond, as the artshowcased includes contemporary works. Some of the

    artists are traditional and keep their work to the typi-cal canvas and oil, but at Art Basal, the kookier the artform, the more attractive the exhibit. Some were simply,alluring and left one wondering How could they?Why would they? For many, like myself, were leftspeechless.

    It is the place to go in the most eccentric piece youhave in your wardrobe. The art enthusiast could go look-ing like a piece of work. When you look over the exhibitthe people crowd the eld of vision. This years Art Ba-sel came with a new layout to t the diverse mass it wasattracting. It was divided into multiple mini sections tofeed the ll of fellow art gazers. Piggybacking the main

    event include the Art Supernova, which has the feel of afair-within-a-fair. It is a shared ofce space that is accom-panied by a sales ofce of over twenty galleries. The ArtKabinett is the independent artist exhibition presentedin separate booths within the fair. The Art Nova was themain attraction and centerpiece of the whole exhibit.

    The eclectic pieces surrounding the space of the placells the void of anyone who has been deprived from theworld of art a chance to explore their creative side. Youwill leave feeling a little more art-savvy.

    artbaselmiamiby Monica Merel

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    I.If I were to implode,I'd collapse into my own dense matter.Too careful,I wouldn't pull the others from their orbits.I'd let them spinwhile I turned molten and purple,then blackened into a glowing pool.

    II.I would explode.My skin would ake, break like

    glass,tiny, glimmering projectiles would falland kiss each and every star.Every fragment would hitwith a wind-chime's sound.Space would echo with my music.

    III.Sedated and solitary,I contemplate the smashing of my ceiling.The worth of watching the stars fall asleepas I drift off aloneseems greater than any man-made drywall.

    I spill my own discordant melody,singing my body unconscious.I shut my eyes,plead to the stars,but they're humming their own song.

    darkmatterby Cammie Norsworthy

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    King of the Manifestos

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    19 | 2010Photographed by Kaite Silvester

    Modeled by Fraser Graham

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    photographed byMary Robinson | modeled by CammieNorsworthy&Laura Sac | jewelry by

    J. Alexander

    J. ALEXANDER

    INK Magazine debuts Earl Greyfeaturing pieces byJ. Alexander

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    APASTEL

    ROMANCE

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    A

    PREVIEWOF ANN YEES

    SPRING COLLECTION

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    PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOHN TROXEL

    MODELED BY COURTNEY ALEXIS

    STYLED BY ANN YEE

    JEWELRY BY PIPERTREE LEATHER

    SEE ANN YEE'S FULL COLLECTION AT

    ANNYEECOLLECTION.COM

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    Modern looks with vintage piecesPHOTOGRAPHED BY MAURICE SAMPSON | STYLED BY LIZ CHERKASOVA

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    DIFFEREANNA C, INK MAGA

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    STROKESS IT GIRL, TALKS ART

    interviewed & photographed by Joy Newell

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    Tell us about your art. Ive been drawing since I wasyoung, I never drew stick gures, I always made littleboxes for their bodies and their heads. My favoritemedium to work with is watercolor by far. I like tomake things look older but natural, real, but nottoo neat, I guess I just dont like when things lookperfect.

    How do you use a typical material to your advantage?I like to use a little bit of everything, charcoal, card-boardre..to burn the edges of some of my work.

    I even used some dead owers once.

    If you could show your art or venue in the world, where

    would you show it?I dont care where my art ends up;

    I just want people to have a reaction to it, to feelconnected in some way or another.

    Who would your dream collaboration be with and why?KrisLewis, he works with oil paints most of the time andacrylic. I love his distorted proportions

    Where is your art taking you? I dont know. It dependswhat day it is.

    Where does your art take other people?When people look

    at my work I just want to make them think. I likeconfronting social and political issues through mywork but in a subtle way. Hopefully it takes them towhere they need to be.

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    ve InstinctTROXEL // STYLED BY TORI MCBRIDE // MODELED BY DANIELLE SHUE

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    Autumns Innocencephotographed by Crista Leonard | sthe Hahn Sisters | modeled by AlexRebecca Hahn & Catlin Hahn

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    edgy. stylish. young.

    Being a town with 6 separate universities and

    colleges within a 15 mile radius, Leeds is home to a

    multiplicity of bustling minds from engineers to bud-

    ding artists and musicians; each with a dress sense of

    unique inspiration: the perfect city catwalk.

    I took a walk about Leeds one blustery afternoon

    expecting almost to nd the spur of some mounting

    trendbut after interviewing 15 fashionable indi-

    viduals I came to the realization that the focus in

    street fashion has actually been pulled from the Worn

    to the Wearer.Where youths were once dened by their collective

    rebellion against the current or previous trends, we

    seem to be drawn backwards in our search for new

    styles. Instead of being inuenced by a turbulent po-

    litical or musical scene, our generation was born into

    a sense of complacencyan ambivalence for a world

    whose most pressing issues are short-term human

    interest pieces that still dont seem to penetrate. As

    a whole, it appears that we still havent found that

    something capable of changing the way we view our

    present culture.

    For the time we are content with being pulled

    into vintage shops. We are content with picking and

    choosing what appeals to us from earlier decades andwe are very content to assemble it according to our

    own tastes. So, in this era of pastiche where new

    styles are merely plucked from the past and reused or

    recycled, style here on the streets lies in our interpre-

    tation of the cultural ebb and ow as it is ltered

    through our character.

    Fashion is no longer a conquest for commod-

    ity but a venue for which to express out very diverse

    personalitiesthe one something that does seem to

    move us nowadays. Today we take pleasure in our

    differences; we are intrigued by each others inuences

    and are especially impressed by one anothers ability

    to speak of ourselves through the way we dress. We

    can say what we listen to, what we like and who we

    watch: Kerry Grifths shows her Sex Pistols shirt

    while Hollie Jones sports the latest celebrity looks.

    Joe dresses for comfort and utility, and Francis makes

    sure he can always skateboard.

    I imagined runways made of pavement as I

    walked through Leeds, but what was on display was

    essentially a visual representation of countless per-

    sonalitiesand for anything that wasnt fabric-deep,I asked some questions about a few things I thought

    the clothes couldnt say.

    1) natalieIf you could change your name, what would it be?FlorenceWhat are you doing today? Clothes shopping,when I should really have my nose buried inlaw books!Occupation: Student, studying law at the Uni-

    versity of LeedsA goal, near or far: To qualify as a lawyerWhat are you wearing today? Dogtooth boy-

    friend blazer, leggings, studded belt, tanleather satchel and boots.What inspires your style? Mostly current and

    vintage/retro inspired fashion, such as 40sstyle oral printsWhere is your favorite place to be? South Corn-wall or Paris because its so interesting.

    Favorite colour?Emerald greenWhat music are you into most at the moment?Elec-tro, Minimal Tech, Dub-step, Drum andbassWhere do you shop for clothing? Mainly highstreet stores. I love Topshop and Urban

    Outtters!Whats your favorite quote? Pretty much anything from The Mighty Boosh

    Is the glass half full or half empty?Half FullWhats your favorite accessory?A long pendanor a vintage broochWhat do you like?Music, fashion, theatre, cupof tea, clubbing, CSI, comedy, and reading.What would you do with 100?Do some moreshopping!Tartan or Checkers?Tartan.

    Favorite Dream: My parents to buy me ahorseIm still dreaming!

    3 Words to describe you: Curly, Friendly, Amusing. Favorite Christmas present?The ones that areunexpected!

    Politics?Conservative Anything new in your wardrobe?A lace blackdress and a black leather biker jacket.Your favorite word/phrase: pootleWhat do you think your style says to other peo-

    ple? What can I tell just by looking at you? Aneclectic mix: That I have curly hair, thatusually what people notice about me! Idlike to think that I have an on-trend lookwhich is made a little bit different by mixing styles and adding unusual accessories.Where is fashion going next? Hopefully not to

    wards a 90s revivalhideous!Tell me anything: I cant wait for my trip to NYthis Christmas!

    2) hollieIf you could change your name, what would it beMildredWhat are you doing today?ShoppingOccupation: Student

    A goal, near or far: GraduatingWhat are you wearing today?Clothes!What inspires your style?Celebs.Where is your favorite place to be?My bed

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    Favorite colour?PurpleWhat music are you into most at the moment?Elec-tro.Where do you shop for clothing?High street shops

    Is the glass half full or half empty?Half FullWhats your favorite accessory?HatWhat do you like?DancingWhat would you do with 100?Fake tan!!!Tartan or Checkers?Checkers

    Favorite Dream: Sex Dream3 Words to describe you: Outspoken, Fun, Tall

    Favorite Christmas present?TanAnything new in your wardrobe? Jeans (cacio wa

    sh)What do you think your style says to other people?What can I tell just by looking at you? Medio-cre.Tell me anything: Im going to Paris!Where is fashion going next? I have no idea.3) jamietylerWhat are you doing today?Being Hung over.Occupation: Student

    A goal, near or far: pass University.What are you wearing today?Fred Perry Jacket,Levis, a vintage tee, a cardigan and VansshoesWhat inspires your style?Friends

    Favorite colour?BlackWhat music are you into most at the moment?90s

    EmoWhere do you shop for clothing?Everywhere.Whats your favorite quote? Fuck my life me

    Is the glass half full or half empty?Full!Whats your favorite accessory?Nike ShoesWhat would you do with 100?Buy a jacket.Tartan or Checkers?Check!

    Politics?LiberalAnything new in your wardrobe?An Urban Out-tters ShirtWhere is fashion going next? I dont know.What do you think your style says to other people?What can I tell just by looking at you? Im cool

    4) jameshudsonWhat are you doing today?Feeling terribleOccupation: Student

    A goal, near or far: Professional authorWhat are you wearing today?Jeans, trainers anda t-shirt

    Favorite colour?GreenWhat music are you into most at the moment?FourTetTartan or Checkers?Checkers

    Politics?LiberalAnything new in your wardrobe?Jacket

    Your favorite word/phrase: superuousWhats your favorite accessory?A smile

    5) alexthompsonIf you could change your name, what would it be?Elliott so my initials would be E.T.What are you doing today?Being hungover.Occupation: StudentWhat are you wearing today?Tan brogues, jeans,

    vintage jumperFavorite colour?PurpleWhat music are you into most at the moment?Lightning Bolt, Daedelus, The Mac Shi,The MicrophonesWhere do you shop for clothing? Mostly onlineand from vintage shops.Whats your favorite quote? Id rather have

    bothIs the glass half full or half empty?Half EmptyTartan or Checkers?Checkers

    Favorite Dream: I was in a long supermar-ket aisle with and endless amount of giantknives and Mr. T had three arms and toldme to Stop spinning the knives too.

    6) joshjohnsonOccupation: Unemployed.Where is your favorite place to be?The Pub or inthe studioWhat music are you into most at the moment?Mika

    MikoWhat would you do with 100?Develop somelm.Tartan or Checkers?Tartan

    Politics?The Green PartyWhere is fashion going next?Home

    7) ianjacksonWhat are you doing today?Fine Art SymposiumOccupation: Art Student

    A goal, near or far: TravelWhat are you wearing today? Trousers, a coatand leather shoes

    Where is your favorite place to be?With friends.Where do you shop for clothing?Vintage clothingshops.

    Is the glass half full or half empty?FullWhat would you do with 100? Travel/seefriends.Tartan or Checkers?Checkers

    Anything new in your wardrobe?A jacket and apaisley tie.Your favorite word/phrase: mildly moistWhats your favorite quote?Its been emotion-al.

    8) francislloyd-jonesWhat are you doing today?Fine Art SymposiumOccupation: StudentWhat are you wearing today?A coat, its cold.

    What inspires your style?SkateboardingWhere is your favorite place to be? Coona-barabran, Australia: Ultimate relaxationWhere do you shop for clothing?Anywhere

    Is the glass half full or half empty?Half full, ofcourse.What do you like?Anything that interests meTartan or Checkers?Checkers

    Politics?Green Party

    9) elinormaudcantrillWhat are you doing today?Going to lecturesOccupation: unemployed

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    A goal, near or far: To get into a good artcollege.What are you wearing today?Tartan trousers, at-shirt, a big Cardi and a dog-tooth grey coatand tassley-boots.

    Favorite colour?YellowWhere do you shop for clothing?Everywhere

    Is the glass half full or half empty?Half full!!!!Whats your favorite accessory?Big EarringsWhat would you do with 100?Tartan or Checkers?Tartan

    Anything new in your wardrobe?A red Moschinodress

    Where is fashion going next?LeedsIn PVCWhat inspires your style?The great outdoors

    10) benjaminedwinslingerIf you could change your name, what would it be?Name.What are you doing today?Listening to a lecture,which unfortunately is all day.Occupation: Cookie Baker

    A goal, near or far: Going to University in Lon-donWhat are you wearing today? Barbour Quilted

    Jacket, a annel shirt, suit trousers and Vans.What inspires your style?Prince

    Favorite colour?TurquoiseWhat music are you into most at the moment?Pia-no-based Jazz

    Where do you shop for clothing?Vintage shopsWhats your favorite quote?I am sick of thesemother fucking snakes on this mother fuck-ing plane!Tartan or Checkers?TartanYour favorite word/phrase: PenguinWhere is fashion going next?Tweed-clad gentle-men.Tell me anything: I love you. Yes, you.

    11) matthewjohnsonIf you could change your name, what would it be?I wouldnt

    What are you doing today?Art SymposiumOccupation: Kitchen PorterWhat are you wearing today? Suit trousers, awhite shirt, a coat and Chelsea boots.What inspires your style?60s Culture

    Favorite colour: All of them.What is your favorite place to be?Anywhere, ev-erywhereWhat music are you into most at the moment?60sunderground and psych beat.Where do you shop for clothing? Vintage andcharity shopsWhats your favorite quote?Too many to choose

    from!Is the glass half full or half empty?EitherWhats your favorite accessory?I have a nice belt.What do you like?Life-Living-Experiencing.What would you do with 100? Give it to mybrother.Tartan or Checkers?Theres a place for both.

    Favorite Dream: a peaceful place.3 words to describe you: Me, Him, That.

    Politics?Yes, its there.Anything new in your wardrobe?A velvet suit.Your favorite word/phrase: DonWhat do you think your style says to other people?What can I tell just by looking at you?Pretentious-ness. (Not what I was going for.)Where is fashion going next? Wherever musicgoes.

    Tell me anything. 1+1=2, so if youre one, ndone.

    12)joehancockIf you could change your name, what would it be?JosephineWhat are you doing today?Symposium of differ-ent practitioners from Art colleges in the UKOccupation: Student/Handyman

    A goal, near or far: to be a self-supported artpractitionerWhat are you wearing today? Carhartt Jeans,black long-sleeve tee shirt, Brooklyn Indus-

    tries Hoody, Timberland BootsWhat inspires your style?Practicality, utility, andon a dull day I wear as much colour as possible.Where is your favorite place to be? Spurn Poin(Humberside, UK), the most transcendental/transformative place I know.

    Favorite colour?OrangeWhat music are you into most at the moment?Doom, Math Rock, Minimal Techno, Alternative-Folk, Modern ClassicalWhere do you shop for clothing?Wherever I seethe right things.

    Whats your favorite quote?I was going to hesitate Kaz McKnight, 2009Is the glass half full or half empty?Yes.Whats your favorite accessory?Swiss Army knifeWhat do you like?Systems, process, chaos, sincerity, depth, Lego and whiskey.What would you do with 100? Take myselfout to dinnerTartan or Checkers?Checks

    Favorite Dream: About a baby pig which atebroken glass during the Spanish Civil war.3 Words to describe you: Practical, ImaginativeSensitive

    Favorite Christmas present?LegoPolitics?Left Left Left Left Left Left.Anything new in your wardrobe?CarharttsYour favorite word/phrase: Concatenation

    What do you think your style says to other peo-ple?What can I tell just by looking at you?Hopefully no pretensionI am what I am(Also, my inspiration)Where is fashion going next? Same place it always has.Tell me anything: Ive spent ten minutes, illegally, in China.

    13)amyprendergastIf you could change your name, what would it beLilyWhat are you doing today?Working

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    Occupation: studentA goal, near or far: To be a curatorWhat are you wearing today?Jeans and a coat.What inspires your style?The 60sWhere is your favorite place to be? TravellingIwant to see everything.

    Favorite colour?GreyWhat music are you into most at the moment?Reg-gaeWhere do you shop for clothing? Vintage any-whereWhats your favorite quote?Kill 2 birds with 1stone.

    Is the glass half full or half empty?Half fullWhats your favorite accessory?A ringWhat do you like?Art.What would you do with 100?Spend it.Tartan or Checkers?Tartan

    Favorite Christmas present?A dog.Your favorite word/phrase: DryTell me anything: Its raining.

    14) kerrygriffithsWhat are you doing today?Essay on the efcacyof dramatherapy with offenders!Occupation: Student/BarmaidWhat are you wearing today? A Sex-Pistols topand a 5 skirt!Where do you shop for clothing? Ark, Topshop,H&M, on the High Street and I love vintage

    and Adidas sportswearWhats your favorite quote?Only dull people arebrilliant at breakfast Oscar Wilde

    Is the glass half full or half empty?Half full.Whats your favorite accessory?Big earrings!What do you like?Real ale. And dancing.Tartan or Checkers?Tartan.

    Anything new in your wardrobe?A lovely softscarf from Ark, and a big gold pocket watchnecklaceWhat do you think your style says to other people?What can I tell just by looking at you? I am aweirdo, I just got that one.

    Where is fashion going next? Back to the 80s,hopefully. Minus the shoulder pads.

    15) suIf you could change your name, what would it be?No way!What are you doing today?Going to lectures.Occupation: Student

    A goal, near or far: To be a petroleum engineerWhat are you wearing today?Tights, boots anda wooly jumper.

    Favorite colour?Black, red, white and orange.Where do you shop for clothing? Not the high

    streetIs the glass half full or half empty?Half full.Whats your favorite accessory?Shoes.What do you like?High heels.Tartan or Checkers?Both.

    Favorite Dream: To be an engineer after mak-ing my own fashion brand.

    Favorite Christmas present? Willy BootsWhat would you do with 100?Buy Burberry!

    16) gimeneIf you could change your name, what would it be?I wouldntWhat are you doing today?Working.Occupation: Student

    A goal, near or far: go traveling.What are you wearing today?A coat and high-

    waisted trousersFavorite colour?GreenWhat music are you into most at the moment?Reg-gaeWhere do you shop for clothing? Vintage any-where.Whats your favorite quote?Carpe Diem

    Is the glass half full or half empty?Half full.Whats your favorite accessory?Hair clipsWhere is your favorite place to be?Barcelona

    17)jenniespoonerIf you could change your name, what would it be?

    AnnaWhat are you doing today?Uni lectures.Occupation: StudentWhat are you wearing today? A big coat and ascarf.What inspires your style?High street stores andother students.Where is your favorite place to be?Copenhagen

    Favorite colour?YellowWhat music are you into most at the moment?Elec-tronicaWhere do you shop for clothing?H&M, Zara

    Is the glass half full or half empty?Half full.

    Whats your favorite accessory?A scarf.What do you like?Music.What would you do with 100?Buy clothes.Tartan or Checkers?Checkers.3 Words to describe you: happy, fun, I dontknow.

    A goal, near or far: To be good at the Danishlanguage.

    18)jackfletcherIf you could change your name, what would it be?Ilike my name, it was my grandfathers nameand Ive been told he was a really great man.What are you doing today?I nally got to see mymum and dad today. I havent seen them ina long time, so that was sweet.

    A goal, near or far: too far.

    What are you wearing today?A hat and a jacket.What inspires your style?Comfort and warmthfor this heinous weather.

    Favorite colour?Navy BlueWhat music are you into most at the moment?Post-punk, instrumental, hardcore, stoner metal;I cant stop listening to Sleeps Jerusalem.What would you do with 100?Invest in stock.Tartan or Checkers?Tartan.Where is fashion going next?The I just made acool million in stocks Patrick Bateman look.Whats your favorite quote?Whenever Im sad,I stop being sad, and start being awesome.

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    likecelinedionandallyoucaneatbuffets, sequinis

    yet another indulgence one took caution in before everaunting your admiration for it around. The brave frompast decades marveled in elaborate yet obscure designslike Chers infamous Oscar outt, Michael Jacksonsglove and even rapper Lil Kims lavender pasty at theVMAs and yet although the design of sequin is very

    elegant, it can occasionally come off very tacky in mainstream fashion. Which is why the general public hasalways been weary of the delicate fabric and its immedi-ate attraction to the eye.

    Be that as it may, metallics, feathers and faux fur arebeing introduced again and in this family of intricatefabrics it was imminent for sequin to make its comeback.And while high fashion designers are the innovators (orresurrect-ers) of these trends, whats more interesting ishow these designs trickle their way into the majority of

    major retailers; sequin being one of the most versatile,fun and lovable fabrics, whether you ever realized it ornot. Designers and retailers are getting more creativeas the seasons pass and adding sequin pockets to basict-shirts, sequin trims to skirts, sequin bows in hair andeven sequin slip-on Converses. Even Max Azria andMiley Cyrus Wal-mart Fashion line donned tanks with

    sequin bows embellished onto affordable fashion formerely $10.

    Another thrilling aspect to sequins reappearance is theonce pricey garment is retailers are making it somewhataffordable. If you arent able to afford Express $99 se-quin leggings, Forever 21 offers the same design for $18.From glitz to casual, no longer will this shiny design onlybe associated with disco balls, dress or disco balls butmaybe even that thick belt, shoe or beret.

    by Liz Osban | modeled by Jaime Levick

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