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FAD's third issue is here! Now at 60 (!) pages, the issue is stacked with content! Everyone has worked so extremely hard towards this issue through articles, artworks, fashion editorials, makeup spreads, and more. We are proud to present you this Spring 2010 issue, so flip through and enjoy!

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f.a.d.h o r a c e m a n n fashion/art/design

Spring 2010Issue 3

a newWONDER

LAND+Teen VogueLynn YaegerArchitectureStudent Blogs

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welcome to issue 3!

covergirlthe making of a f.a.d. cover

At the photoshoot, Nicole Dales-sandro (11) does makeup, Angel Ortiz (12) does light design, Fran-ces Ikwuazom (11) models, Alice Taranto (11) and Zoe Kestan (11) assist, and Daph-ne (11) phopoto-graphs.

Many thanks to Mr. Kim Do for help making the wooden box and to Ms. Karen Johnson for pro-viding the Photography Studio to do our cover shoot. f.a.d. really appreciates your help!

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Frances (11) crawls into the 8.5 x 11” proportioned box and channels “Alice in Wonder-land.”

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Alice (11), Zoe (11), and Mr. Kim Do make a wood-en box.

Alice Taranto (11) and Zoe Kes-tan (11) made a turquoise tulle dress with a beaded bodice, Daphne Taranto (11) custom-ized a stripey leotard with false flowers, mask pin from Horace Mann costume shop, shoes stylist’s own.

Welcome to Issue 3, the final issue of the 2009-2010 school year! We have had a tremendous first volume here at f.a.d., and looking back at our first issue published this past fall we love seeing the progress of this emerging magazine. Working on this past issue we realized just how far we have come as a group, and how fortunate we are to have been able to build a community around fashion, art, and design within the Horace Mann School. We would like to extend our endless thanks to the people who make this production possible, in-cluding the inde-fad-igable contributing staff and ever-supportive Horace Mann teachers and faculty. This 100% student-produced issue is a whopping 60 pages choc-filled with fashion editorials, inter-views with industry professionals, student artwork, and more. Our focus for this issue initially held its base in Alice in Wonder-land, but morphed into an appreciation of a new wonderland: the internet. As the professional publishing industry is “dying,” what with online magazines and e-readers like the iPad, f.a.d. works hard to keep its content fresh, memorable, and worth sending to print. While remaining true to publishing’s roots, we still work to embrace new media in all of its forms by maintaining the magazine’s strong online presence. You will not only find f.a.d. in print on HM’s magazine racks, but also online on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Issuu.com. The week of April 26th, 2010 f.a.d. is hosting Horace Mann’s inaugural Fashion Week including a student-produced fashion show on Monday, April 26th. In the spirit of the magazine, this whole production we call f.a.d. is a group effort and you too can become a part of the experience by joining us online or for HM Fashion Week.

Sincerely,Zoe (11) and Alice (11)Co-editors in chief

Zoe and Alice on location in New Rochelle dur-ing the “What a Fine Art” shoot (p.41). Photo by Nicole Dalessandro.

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EYE CANDY f.a.d. staff gets you your culture fix. p.4

VISUAL WONDERS catch up on the latest in TV character fashion and read up on some movie reviews. p.6-7

SUPER TRENDY we fill you in on fall 2010’s biggest trends from New York, Paris, Milan, and London.

BLOG LOVE Diana Rheinstein and Florence Ngala review the webs most prominent fashion blogs at the moment. PLUS! HM Student Blog reviews! p.12-13

PAGE TURNER Anna Goldberg and Billie Kanfer read on into the coffee table books hidden in HM’s Katz Library! p.5

STYLE, SIMPLIFIED ShaKeas Alston fills us in on a new trend: style-help sites. p.14ODE TO COLLAGE Lauren Cantor, Emma Garcia, Diana Rheinstein and Paige Burris prove their love for print. p.8-9.

DESIGNER BIOS take a look into Elsa Shiaparelli, Ashish, Jeremy Scott, Gareth Pugh, and Dries Van Noten. p.10

MIDDLE MANN Style is not restricted to high school stu-dents only. Melissa Rodman Friedman(8) takes us to the world of HM Middle DIvision fashion. p.18

OBITUARIES f.a.d. reflects on the lives of Lee “Alexander” McQueen and Irving Penn. p. 20

TALK TO ME Through to page 32, f.a.d. interviews various industry proffessionals including Julie Berman, Mark Indeli-cato, Spencer Gellman, Molly Hanna Carey, Lisa Salzer, Linda Fargo, Sally Singer, Rachel Roy, Casey Rosenblum and Amy Elfenbein, Kyle Camping, and Lynn Yeager. p.23

PRINTS CHARMING Play around with hand printed t-shirts and self-made clothes. Conceptualized by Daphne Taranto and Magica Darabundit. .p.36

WHAT A FINE ART Art History Dept. Head Avram Schlesinger gave us four works of art in which f.a.d. staff worked to express in this editorial. Conceptual-ized by Zoe Kestan. p.40

CLOWNING AROUND Nicole Dalessandro and Daphne Taranto get in-spired by circus characters for this spring’s makeup editorial. p.48

Zoe Kestan (11) + Alice Taranto (11)Co- Editors in Chief

Daphne Taranto (11)Features Editor

Rachel Scheinfeld (10)Online Director

STAFF WRITERS

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS

STAFF ARTISTS

in the issue

Savannah Smith (9)Jazmine Goguen (11)Hallam Tuck (11)Anna Goldberg (10)Billie Kanfer (10)Lia Ehrlich (10)Vasilisa Sokolova (9)Emma Spector (11)Emma Garcia (9)Diana Rheinstein (9)Lauren Cantor (9)Rachel Hollander (11)Florence Ngala (9)

ShaKea Alston (9)Melissa Rodman Friedman (8)Anastasiya Moroz (9)Vivien Ikwuazom (9)Rachel Scheinfeld (10)Victoria Marlin (11)Justin Burris (11)Alex Powell (9)Diva Gattani (9)Yasmin Rawlins (11)Chloe Kling (11)Noah Margulis (9)

Chongi Wi (9)Megan Lu (11)Anne Schechner (11)

Paige Burris (9)Emma Garcia (9)Lauren Cantor (9)Baci Weiler (10)Brooke Weiner (K)Jack Teitelbaum (4)Cameron Levy (4)Nicholas Moreira (1)Samantha Michel (11)Billie Kanfer (10)

Alex Powell (9)Justin Burris (11)Devon McMahon (11)Magica Darabundit (11)Nicole Dalessandro (11)

Sarah Sicular (11)Copy Editor

TEENY BOPPERSCheck out what f.a.d. has to say about their trip to the Teen Vogue offices! p.52

IN WONDERLANDHM Students pay tribute to the psychadelic story and report on others who have, too! p.54

DIYNoah Margulis (9) gives us a quick pillow case skirt tutorial. p.55

f.a.d. staff

From top left: Lauren (9), Diana (9), Anastasiya (9), Anna (10), Daphne (11), Anne (11), Vivien (9), Emma (11). From middle left: Magica (11), Lia (10), Billie (10), Arlinda (11), Suman (11), Megan (11), Yasmin (11), Emma (9). From bottom left: Justin (11), Alex (11), Hallam (11), Zoe (11), Alice (11), Noah (9)

Faculty Advisor:Alicia Hines

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eye candyculture watch

The exhibit “American Beauty” at the Museum at FIT traces the path of American dress making beginning from the 1930’s to present day. In addition to displaying about 90 gorgeous gowns, the exhibit discusses the components of American fashion, and how the functionality is the key element with long and lean shapes. The exhibit includes gar-ments from well-known design-ers such as Claire McCardell, Halston, and Charles James. The exhibit continually focuses on how innovation and aesthetics have shaped American dressmaking. It also disscusses how while dress-making and tailoring previously were two entirely separate things, Americans began to combine the ideas to make a hybrid of the two. There is an entire section devoted to embellishment and embroi-dery, displaying gowns covered in sequins, or garments that

had that its fabric manipulated to make unique, beautiful shapes. The exhibit also analyzes the importance of geometric shapes in dressmak-ing. For example, the exhibit talks about how the rectangle has been the most important shape in traditional dressmaking, for it adjusts to the long shape of humans; however while the square is much less commonly used by designers due to lack of congruency. The showcase’s prize jewel (and the dress on which the exhibit is based), the American Beauty Rose evening gown designed by Halston, which displays a circular geometric shape. This spectacular gown is a must-see at the exhibit; it is stands out among the other stunning evening gowns that stand right beside it. The exhibit finishes off by examining how very few de-signers today hand-make their garments, or even have the patched together in the USA. In all, the “American Beauty” exhibit at the Museum at FIT showcased a wonderful collection of magnificent gowns. -SAVANNAH SMITH (9)

true blue

On view for a mere two and half weeks, the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte set up a small exhibition at Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt this past March. The show, a collec-

Beacon’s Closet, a Williamsburg thrift store, has become a popular destination for shop-pers seeking unique and affordable clothing. The store, located on 88 North 11th Street, offers a vast selection of vintage clothing and accessories hand-picked by the store’s buyers. The clothing, arranged in racks according to color, presents a varied mix of both designer items and eclectic, unusual brands and styles. In addition to used clothing, the store sells its own brand of origi-nal jewelry and other accessories, as well as home decorations and shoes. Located near the Bedford Avenue L Train, Beacon’s Closet is housed in an expansive warehouse encompassing an entire floor of both men’s and women’s clothing. The store offers a varied mix of affordable clothing that is ap-pealing to buyers of any budget or style. - JAZMINE GOGUEN (11)

shopping: beacon’s closet

Shepard Fairey has silently created one of the most influential graphic design empires on the planet, whether plastering stop signs all over Manhattan with

his Obey project, or controversially using an Associ-ated Press portrait picture of Presi-dent Obama as a campaign poster. The Hope poster, which has been embroiled in a copyright debacle, symbolizes a bold re-imagining of what a campaign poster can be. This influencial illustra-tor has taken street art to a new level.

-HALLAM TUCK (11)

design man: shepard fairey

quicktake: rodarte

tion of looks from past seasons, was a tribute the Rodarte house through exhibiting the various creative and ingenious techniques in the Mul-leavys’ work. The setup of the exhibit was somewhat of an evolution- start-ing from their ballerina-like Fall 2008 looks through their sets of structured, marbled Fall 2009 pieces, all the way into their recent Spring 2010 collection portraying that misty tribal warrior in all of us. Even the set for the show was a work of art; destroyed and decaying walls and floorboards illuminated the pieces (not to mention the beautiful

Christian Louboutin and Nicholas Kirkwood heels laying in the rubble!)

by ZOE KESTAN (11)

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While most of us rely on caffeine to get us through our hectic schedules, forget the coffee, coffee table books are far more interesting than the drinks they sit beside them.The huge Art To Wear tome by Julie Dale offers page after page of pre 90’s pieces we would be more likely to see in a museum than on the street. Each designer is allowed a spread of their works and a small biography. It is an intrigu-ing blend, for as design is a visual art, we only see what is on the outside. However we are allowed a more introspective view; we are able to understand the designer’s intended mes-sage. While some pieces might never be considered wearable, such as Nicki Edson’s scream-ing Medusa mask, the piece is catching nonetheless. As New Yorkers we might feel a spe-cial kinship with Joan Steiner’s Brooklyn Bridge Cape, a cape that actually features a model of the bridge across its shoulders. The book guides us through the nontraditional nature of design, an interesting tour to experience. -ANNA GOLDBERG (10)

Another book sitting in HM’s library features historical fashion that we can actually go see in New York’s own Met-ropolitan Museum of Art. The book, Haute Couture, features everything from a milkmaid Yves Saint Laurent ensemble to Chanel’s “little black dress;” a wide survey. An interesting Pierre Cardin plum coat from 1968 reveals to us one of the first designers that played with futuristic geometry. Another playful dress is seen from Yves Saint Laurent, the look copying Piet Mondrian’s color blocking style. The reader is indulged with behind the scenes bits and pieces of information, such as the tense relationship between archrivals Chanel and Elsa Shiaparelli. While some pieces might be a little too conservative for our twenty-first century eyes, the book offers a valuable insight into couture of the past. -AG (10)

In Vogue discusses Vogue Magazine’s ability to pinpoint fashion and to artistically depict it in many photos and photo-shoots. Fashion has evolved over the years, starting with the 1900s drawings depicting the elegant dresses and hats that became famous in that era. The movement in all the photos shows Vogue’s consistency in getting the right “shot.” If the fashion itself was not enough, the scenery is impeccable and truly shows the importance and elegance of fashion. Something that struck me was the 2003 edition of Vogue in which they promoted the Alice In Wonderland theme. In one picture Alice in an updated dress was “falling” while in the other she was portrayed as a gigantic girl stuck in a small room. The photo-shoot continued and forest scenery was the main point in the other three. Alice (the model) and three other designers including Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld and Jean Paul Gaultier acting as other characters from the book. The magnificent Vogue pic-tures fill the rest of the pages, impressing everyone with their attention to the details of fashion and art. -BILLIE KAN-FER(10)

Fashion: A History from the 18th to 20th Century is a book showing the transition from flowing dresses and cor-sets to more fitted and modern dress. I like the appreciation to the art of fashion. Many pages are devoted to showing how dresses are more than just clothing, they are art. A dress made out of wood by Yohji Yamamoto is just one of the many designs that impresses all. Another fa-mous dress by anonymous is the “Souper Dress” paper dress that has Cambell’s soup labels all over. From famous names such as Prada to anonymous design-ers the pages show that each era has its own meaning. In the middle of the book the 1960’s arise and a few pages display the “hippie” attire. Another design that struck me was a page showing shoe art. Two pairs of shoes made out of meat, the other two out of candy, once again showing the incorporation of art into the fashion world. From Christmas sweaters to evening gowns this book covers all types of fashions. It kindly pays respects to each era and shows the journey of fashion through the 18th, 19th and 20th century. -BK (10)

design man: shepard fairey

page turnerHey guess what! Horace Mann’s very own Katz Library is home to some incred-ible fashion-themed coffee table books. Anna Goldberg (10) and Billie Kanfer (10) check it out.

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visualwondersThe Devil Wears Prada and Funny Face have proved themselves to be two of the most iconic fashion films made due to their outstanding use of style and portrayal of the industry during their times of release.Funny Face, 1957, and the Devil Wears Prada, 2006, tell simi-lar stories of young women, Jo and Andy, both of whom arecon-sidered to be academically focused and “unfashionable” who undergo a transformation into the ultimate “fashionistas” to fit their new roles as a supermodel and an assistant to an editor in chief. Both women are nurtured under the wings’ of editors in chief of the most highly regarded magazines, the fictional versions of Vogue magazine.

The Devil Wears Prada vs. Funny Faceby Lia Erlich (10)

There is no doubting that clothing is the backbone of both movies, playing a more significant role than the characters themselves. The women’s drastic makeovers have been looked at as a stylistic epitome of high fashion for both their generations. Jo makes her debut as a model in a white satin gown with a pink shawl, one out of the many famed outfits from the movie. Andy’s clearly more mod-ern outfit, consisted of big black leather Chanel boots and sweater blazer with gold chains. The two outfits portray the growth of style from the two time periods. Jo’s red satin gown she wears in a photo shoot is often viewed as one of the most celebrated gowns in film history and the Devil Wears

Valentino: The Last Emperor is a documentary directed by Matt Tyrnauer that follows the last year of Valentino’s brilliant career. “I love beauty. It’s not my fault,” says Val-entino. This phrase is enough to sum up his vision – the designer’s goal is to make women look and feel beautiful. This film follows Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti, his friend and partner for forty-five years, through the prepara-tion for Valentino’s forty-fifth anniversary as a designer. The two friends often struggle – Valentino can be extremely stubborn, although his unwillingness to back down is what makes for a strong vision. Throughout the preparation for the anniversary, the company is in a state of difficulty – Val-entino’s empire is no longer just about fashion. Mateo Mar-zotto, the owner of Valentino, is certain that the company requires change. Business takes the forefront and Marzotto feels more money needs to be made. Valentino, however, stays true to his work ethic. Throughout the movie, there is an element of suspense – Will Valentino retire? Every reporter asks this question, but the designer just shrugs his shoulders with a simple “We’ll see.” The forty-fifth an-niversary gala is truly astounding – it embraces everything Valentino has ever created from day one to the day of the celebration. The final runway show is emotional; the viewer can’t help having incredible admiration for the man who created so many beautiful and timeless things. This film truly celebrates all that is Valentino and his forty-five years of creation. Anyone who is interested in fashion will find this movie a must-see. After watching the film, there is no doubt – Valentino truly is the Last Emperor. -VASILISA SOKOLOVA (9)

Prada script drops names of labels including Jimmy Choo, Valentino, and Hermes, major players in the current world of clothing. A main parallel often drawn is the effect fashion has on personality. In both movies, “fashionable” people are classified as egotistical, uncaring, and disinterested in academia. “We’re a cold lot, totally lack-ing in sentiment, how could you be in love?” says Funny Face’s editor in chief. Although many people off-screen have come to the conclusion that clothing is a representation of you and your character, its been said that the glamour and superficial aspects have come to mean that people involved in high fash-ion, are part of an egotistical and uneducated stereotype un-able to look deeper than physical attributes. Does the clothing you wear determine your personality, or does your personality determine your wardrobe? In the end, for both scenarios, their choice in dress have changed to fit their surrounding atmo-spheres, but both women remain true to themselves, compassion-ate, intelligent, ambitious, women, proving the unfortunate stereotype to not always be the case. They morphed themselves to be women worthy of looking up to in both fashion and their original qualities or as Funny Face would call it, the “Quality Woman”.

Valentino: The Last Emperor

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wonders“I don’t have separation between life and work,” says Marc Jacobs in Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton, a documentary by Loïc Prigent. The film follows Jacobs through his creative process – from getting his inspi-ration, to sending a look down the runway. It’s a surprise such a per-sonal documentary was even possible – Jacobs is known to deny interview-ers insight into his behind-the-scenes process. The opening scene is Marc Jacobs in a pigeon costume at his own Venice Carnival-themed holiday party. From the start, he is seen as a creative and innova-tive mind – a thought that is appar-ent throughout the film. Marc Jacobs comes across as a very energetic and talented person. With an ever-present cigarette in his mouth, and clad in an orange Reese’s peanut-butter-cup t-shirt, Jacobs appears personable and easy to like. We fol-low him on his constant journey from his own New York design workshop to the Louis Vuitton studio where he is the Creative Director. The film cre-ates an interesting parallel between the two parts of the designer’s life –Marc Jacobs, his own label, and Louis Vuitton, the fashion empire. After watching this documentary, one can certainly say that he or she has an understanding of how Marc Ja-cobs balances the two simultaneous projects, since the director does a spectacular job in capturing the essence of the designer’s entire world. This docu-mentary is a must-see for anyone who is interested in fashion, as it reveals the personal side of the de-signer genius, Marc Jacobs.

-VASILISA SOKOLOVA (9)

Valentino: The Last EmperorMarc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton

trendy tv: today’s

best dressed characters1. LILY ALDRIN (How I Met Your Mother)

Perennially suit-clad Barney might spring to mind as How I Met Your Mother’s most stylish character, but the more subtly fashionable Lily gives him a run for his money with her casual yet pulled-together ensembles. Kindergarten teacher Lily’s oft-joked about compulsive shopping habit pushes her toward a mix of colorful pat-terns, printed minidresses and sleek boots by designers like Nanette Lepore and Marc Jacobs.

2. BLAIR WALDORF (Gossip Girl)Putting a character from Gossip Girl on a list of best-dressed television characters feels a little like putting the Beatles on a list of influential British bands- so obvi-ous it’s almost redundant, but requires a mention for that very reason. On a show known for its fashion, Blair Waldorf stands out as reigning style queen; her ever-=resent headbands, patterned tights and feminine bow-and-lace accents are interspersed with dramatic, colorful pieces by high-end designers to create a unique style that’s launched a thousand imita-tions.

4. MARC ST. JAMES (Ugly Betty)Marc St. James’ quirky accessories, contrasting patterns and well-cut, vividly colored suits prove that men’s clothes don’t have to be plain and simple to be fashionable.

3. JOAN HOLLOWAY (Mad Men)Joan Holloway’s fitted, monochromatic dresses and skirt/blouse combos might sound dull on paper, but onscreen they bring a fiery flash of color and life into the gray, visually dreary background of Sterling Cooper (the fictional advertising agency in which Mad Men is set).

5. JANE SEYMOUR (The Tudors)The Tudors costume designer Joan Bergin’s aim to present “a decon-structed Tudor…for a contemporary audience” is particularly visible in Jane Seymour’s costumes; Sey-mour’s sumptuous furs, elaborate jewels and richly embroidered gowns highlight the decadence of King Henry VIII’s court. -EMMA SPECTOR (11)

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ode to collageFAD’s Lauren Cantor (9), Emma Garcia (9), Diana Rhein-stein (9), and Paige Burris (9) show us why old-school collages and prints shouldn’t go extinct

collage by PAIGE BURRIS (9)

collage by EMMA GARCIA (9)

We took several cut outs from different mag-azines such as Vogue, Teen Vogue, Nylon, Ba-zaar, and FASHION. We have created four col-lages representing the di-minishing role print maga-zines have in our lives.

The Ode to Print is a collection of collages we have created to ex-press how print magazines have affected us and how they cannot be replicated. Using these collag-es we are showing appreciation for print magazines in the world of fashion. Our society is becom-ing more and more technology based, so we wanted to show the influence that cannot be substi-tuted by print fashion, and arts.

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LAUREN (9): I used several advertising cut outs from Teen Vogue Magazine to show how technology can-not represent the same image and influence fashion lover’s lives the same way classic magazines have. I created a body from dif-ferent adver-tisements and articles and tried to show how the indus-try “Will Miss Me,” being the unchangeable print magazine.

DIANA (9): I used cov-ers from an art maga-zine entitled Print that is enriched with beautiful, meticulous artwork and fashion spreads that can be found only in Print. I used the logos of var-ious fashion magazines such as Vogue, Teen Vogue, W Magazine, Bazaar, Marie Claire, and Allure demonstrat-ing the irrevocable intelligence that is not found by technol-ogy. Finally I photo-copied an old Vogue cover as my back-ground that exhibits the timeless beauty and honorable fashion design only discovered in something tangible, not by a computer.

EMMA (9): I used magazines, newspapers, a wa-ter bottle, and rubber glue to make this col-lage. The goal of using the bottle was to show clearly the progression. With a bottle the top is clear, unlike paper. Having a clear top is necessary to understanding my piece. If you break the images into sections, it shows the development of the print industry. At the bottom, the purple represents royalty, since originally nobles were the only literate peo-ple. The black and white gems emphasize this, but they also show that print was primarily only black and white. The next phase is that of growth, represented by the flowers. The ar-rangement of color shows how print became much more diverse. In this area the eyes symbolize that print reached more people and a mouth that shows that books are now printed into the local language. Then suddenly, the growth stops and an iPhone is present to show that technology has brought into question the fate of print. Although print’s extinction is inevitable, we are not sure when it will totally die off. Therefore, further information cannot be dis-played and a question mark is left in place to demonstrate the unknown.

collage by LAUREN CANTOR (9)collage by DIANA RHEINSTEIN (9)

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Born to a fam-ily of garment makers and tailors, fashion has been flowing through the blood of Belgian de-signer Dries Van Noten since birth. After gradu-ating form the Antwerp

Jeremy Scott is a designer noted for his artistic and concep-tual designs; his wildly original work represents the cutting edge of the fashion world. Scott is known for his use of pop cultural references, including fast food and Mickey Mouse, in his designs. Though his collections vary consid-erably with each sea-son, his work maintains the witty originality and playful sophistication that has made him a widely renowned figure in the fashion industry. His work is popular with numerous celebri-ties, including Agyness Dean, Lady Gaga, and M.I.A.; Scott was notably responsible for Britney Spears’ stewardess costume in the music video for “Toxic.” Scott also designs a collection for Adidas and a line of bags for Longchamp. -JG(11)

JEREMY SCOTT

Elsa Schiapa-relli (1890-1973) was an innovative designer who provided the inspiration and precedent for much of the modern fash-ion industry. Working in the years between the two World Wars, Schiapa-relli’s work drew from the work of Sur-realist art-

catch up! designer bios

JEREMY, OH, MY:Left: A look from Scott’s “Happy Daze” Collec-tion resembling a jukebox. Below: Kelly Osborne sports a number from Scott’s SS10 collection at the designer’s Fall 2010 Show back in February.

Ashish Gupta is an up-and-coming designer who has received critical acclaim in London and abroad. Gupta draws his inspirations from friends, cinema, and the city of London, England, generating a rich array of cultural associations borne of these influ-ences. His designs mix shocking hues and quirky graphic prints to

Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1980, Van Noten embarked on his foray into the fashion industry and in 1986 debuted his first menswear col-lection in London. The collection was exhibited alongside the collec-tions of other members of the “Antwerp Six,” a group comprised of Van Noten’s fellow Academy graduates including Ann Demeulemeester, Dirk Van Saene and Marina Yee. Van Noten’s line was so superbly received that Barneys New York immediately picked the line up. On the coat-tails of his big-break with Barneys, the rising

talent launched his own shop in Ant-werp in 1989 and then went on to show his men’s and womenswear col-lections in Paris. Today, the Van Noten Empire boasts over five hundred stores worldwide. The designer, who has been described by the New York Times as “one of fashion’s most cerebral designers,” has also acquired a loyal following of admirers, the likes of which include Jennifer Aniston, Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman and Rihanna. Perhaps the capstone of Van Noten’s career came in 2008 when he was honored with the Council of Fashion Design-ers of America’s esteemed Interna-tional Award.

- RACHEL HOLLANDER (11)

DRIES VAN NOTEN

ists and her own creative vision; she is responsible for the creation of knitwear patterns, brightly-colored and visible zippers, unusual buttons, wrap dresses and the wedge. Though she conceived many of the staple items of the modern fashion industry, she was also known for her experimental “lob-ster dress,” lamb cutlet and shoe hats – a result of her collaboration with Surrealist artist Salvador Dali. Schiapa-relli was also the first designer to conceive of the runway show as it is presented today, with the use of art, music, and tall, thin models. Her innovations shaped the fashion industry in profound ways and provided an inspiration to the designers who came af-ter her. -JG (11)

ELSA SCHIAPARELLI

create a simultaneously playful and glamorous vision. Through the use of lively, original patterns and pop culture references, Gupta’s designs display a keen “sense of humor” and eye for dramatic ef-fect. Gupta has expressed a penchant for “sequins, glamour, sportswear, and more sequins” in his work; unsurprisingly, he has pro-vided inventive designs for Sarah Jessica Parker on Sex and the City. “Summer vacations, holiday romance and faraway places” pro-vide the inspiration for his Spring/Summer 2010 line.-JAZMINE GOGUEN (11)

ASHISH

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Gareth Pugh is a British designer noted for his ar-tistic and cutting-edge designs. Since the start of his career at a young age, Pugh has re-ceived support from distinguished mem-bers of the fash-ion industry and critical acclaim for his outrageous and original style. Pugh utilizes mate-rials like Plexi-glas, balloons, foam footballs and synthetic hair to create designs of exaggerated shape and style. His bold and unusual designs have attracted the attention of numer-ous celebrities, like Beyonce and Lady Gaga, who have worn his designs to high-profile events. Though Pugh’s early designs were ex-tremely experimen-tal, his latest collections have contained more wearable items; he was motivated to alter his style due to a lack of com-mercial success. His Spring 2010 ready-to-wear line contained hard-

GARETH PUGH

edged, futuristic de-signs in shades of gray and black. -JG (11)

shoppinga few hours in..

THE EAST VILLAGE

Snack: Pommes Frites: 123 2nd Ave. between 7th street and St. Marks Pl. 212-674-1234. www.pommesfrites.ws. After lots of shops and walking around, you’re tired! Pick up a snack of “Authentic Belgian fries made from freshly cut potatoes, twice-fried to golden perfection, and topped with your favorite sauce.” Fries range from a regular ($4.50) to a double size ($7.75), with free sauces and an additional menu of 25 $1 each sauces to add to your fried concoction.

Vintage: O Mistress Mine: 320 East 11th St. between 1st and 2nd Aves. 212-598-4327. www.omistressmine.com. Enter this hard-core vintage store (which smells like an old closet) and sift through racks of clothes and piles of jew-elry to come across great vintage finds! The store has hats, jewelry, clothes, shoes and more. Be sure to check the extra fun Hats wall (($45-200).

Vintage:Angela’s Vintage Boutique: 330 E 11th St. between 1st and 2nd Aves. 212-475-1571. Check here for serious vintage. Enter the all-white interior and look forward to sifting. You’ll find pricier items ($200 and up vintage tops and suits) and costume jewelry, as well as shoes (which can be around $30). Note—be sweet and you may bargain with her.

New: Urban Outfit-ters: 162 2nd Ave at 10th St. 212-375-1277. www.urbanout-fitters.com. Many al-ready know and love Urban Outfitters (aka “Urban”), but in case you don’t here’s the low-down: Most items in this interesting, edgier chain store are under or around $100 and almost everything is on the extensive website (which also has free, download-able play lists and a blog!). Great finds include graphic tee shirts, fun shoes and lots of accessories. If you have time defi-nitely stop in!

Resale and Vintage/Gal-lery: Cadillac’s Castle: 333 E 9th St. between 1st and 2nd Aves. 212-475-0406. Check here for fabulous secondhand and vintage finds. Find lower than half price Marc Jacobs and Marni shoes, vintage Oscar de la Renta and quarter price trendy sweaters. Look through two scarf buckets for fun silky prints. One wall is the gallery with paintings and photographs. Note—look for Cadillac, the big black dog hiding under the store’s front desk.

“Antique & Vintage Eyewear & Clothing, Opti-cal Oddities”: Fabulous Fanny’s: 335 E 9th St. between 1st and 2nd Aves. 212-533-0637. www.fabulousfannys.com. Not just because I have glasses, but you really need to check out this store! (Also check the extensively catalogued website.) Besides a side store of fun vintage hats and belts, find vintage, foldable and new, vintage-inspired glasses (around $160). What would you expect from a place whose logo is: “If you have to wear them, make it fun…”?

New: PinkyOtto: 307 E 9th St. between 1st and 2nd Aves. 212-533-4028. www.pinkyo-tto.com. This cramped but cheery all-white store has adorable tulip skirts (around $90), tweed and lace dresses (around $150) and pea coats (around $280) lining the walls. Find thick scarves, hair clips, wrap belts and fun accessories towards the back. A must-go!

New and Vintage: Circa Now: 238 E 6th St. between 2nd and 3rd Aves. 212-254-2555. www.circanownyc.com. The clothes in this terrific store, while both vin-tage and new, all look brand new. The white floor and red, old ceil-ing frame the central sofa and back wall (which has mini sliding glass doors revealing vintage shoes, acces-sories and Minnetonka moc booties). Find Blank jeans, vintage prom dresses (á la Betty Suarez) and sweaters, Sophomore clothing and old jean jackets.

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Camille’s unique blog Childhood Flames, illustrates her knowledge of pairing, her eye for tasteful, simple high fashion, and a knack for recognizing flattering silhouette, all of which demonstrate her eminence in fashion blogging (even on a humble budget). Still a student in Portland OR, Camille explains “my outfits are just a variation of something I previously wore…My style is basic.” Her blog has caught the eye of many fashion con-noisseurs, even initiating an interview with Teen Vogue. Childhood Flames is wearable, causing the “everyday fashionista” to be inspired by her live stream updates of current outfits. This blog’s layout is simple enough to make it seem effortless, attracting a multitude of religious followers.

This blog, born within the fashion capital of the world, captures the French devotion to style. Garance Dore ( the name of the blog as well) truly exemplifies Parisian style. She has an older sophisticated opinion on fashion, but is able to maintain a youthful taste. A photographer and journalist, she has worked for many fashion magazines like Elle and French Vogue slowly gaining fame and at-tention. She frequently updates her blog with videos entitled “From the Front Row…” showing followers what it’s like to be at an elite French high fashion show. She gives her fans a chance to respond to her posts creating a more personal interaction, even from 6,000 miles away. Garance Dore has rightfully earned her spot in the Bloggers Hall Of Fame.

Sea of Shoes is one of the most successful blogs to date, generating millions of committed followers. Jane Aldridge and her mom work as a team to produce a style that is so idiosyncratic, it seems magical. Jane a senior in high school has a love for “bug jewelry” and vintage which embodies her uniqueness shown throughout her blog. The diverse, unrivaled clothing she wears, inspires covet-ous feelings among fans. Her successful career as a model (she has shot for French Vogue and Teen Vogue), and her mother’s career as a talented photographer influence and improve this blog. Jane attends a school where a uniform is required therefore she says “style is personal. I don’t get a chance to express myself at school so at home I must exercise my right to fashion freedom thoroughly” Jane does this to full extent, she has even designed a line of shoes for Urban Outfitters that came out last summer. Jane Aldridge makes fashion have a presence and truly has inspired what we wear today.

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STYLE ROOKIE Thirteen going on Thirty, those might be just the write words to describe Tavi Gevinson, the Style Rookie. Younger than most of us she’s already built a name for herself in the fashion world and is the youngest blog-ger that you’ll see at the high-end fashion shows amongst well, older people. What makes her stand out most is probably the raw edgy attitude you get from her writing and the way that she cleverly ties in her everyday life experiences to her favorite aspects of fashion. She’s gained lots of attention and has been featured in Teen Vogue, POP, and Interview and became Harper’s Bazaar’s youngest contributor ever. So check out her blog and think about how you wish your life had been this great when you were thirteen.

-DIANA RHEINSTEIN (9) and FLORENCE NGALA (9)

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Justin Burris (11)spends his blogging time at three different sites: Nidzumi, The Temporist, and his own, JustinBurris.com. He first got into bloggin when he began worked at Curbed, a New York and LA- based real-estate site, last February. “I’ve always been extremely interested in architecture,” he said, “so I figured I’d try my hand at creating some of it. That’s where justinburris.com takes its place.”At Nidzumi, a website that posts everything and anything about video games – reviews, previews, features- Burris is the site’s buis-ness manager. According to the website, the clever name means “loading” in Japanese. As Burris said, “I get advertisers, build traf-fic, hire people, fire people. All the fun stuff.” In addition, “I also place article quotas and manage SEO (Search Engine Optimization) content. His second site, The Temporist, was started by Burris himself towards his interest in a topic that he and his team claim everyone is interested in: the future. Team members include Mathew Zeitler (11), Meg Kramer, and “Roni of brook-lynposh.com”; each contribute to the blog with “anything futuristic- architecture, design, technology, you name it.” In his third role on the world wide web, Justin has his own tumblr blog known appropriately as justinburris.com. “I use it to post designs I’ve made about once or twice a month using SketchUp.” Never Heard of it? “Google it!” he says, “It’s the simplest thing!” Be sure to check out all three of Justin’s sites at:http://www.nidzumi.com/http://justinburris.com/http://temporist.com/-ZOE KESTAN AND DAPHNE TARANTO (11)

On her wall in her room, Flor-ence (9) has a col-lage of cutouts from magazine, which she named “The Unre-ported Party.” This came as inspiration for her when naming her blog that she created in January of 2010. Although she has onlya few followers, Florence “thought it would be cool to kind of design your own online journal.” Other than creating it just out of boredom, Florence said that her “love for swag” and her broth-

er’s blog inspired her to create her own. She posts about fashion, magazines, and any random adventures she goes on. Florence said what she likes most about having a blog “is the freedom to say what-ever I want and just design and format it the way I want it to look.” You can see her blog at wtfloflo.blogspot.com.-RACHEL SCHEINFELD (10)buisness man

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Hannah Jun (10)’s music blog, the one which she’s “most proud of”, A Song A Day, gives you just that. “ I pick one song everyday, basically just what I think people should be listening to. Sometimes people know the songs, sometimes they don’t; I’m not really music savvy, I just pick what I like.” Not only will you be granted one whole song each day by Hannah, but also once a week she chooses an artist of her liking as well. All through tumblr, the blog consists of youtube links, song lists, and various little blurbs by Hannah. “The great thing about tumblr is that it makes creating a blog really easy and accessible,” she says. “I’m able to make the blog how I like it, without knowing anything about web design.” When it comes to Hannah and her music, she says there should definitely be a good balance be-tween the lyrics and beat. “I’m also a big favorite of movie-song pairs; you know, the songs that stick with you through the entire movie. I then find myself having to look them up afterwards.” If you’re in need of a daily music fix, go over to Hannah’s blog at http://keepingthedoctoraway.tumblr.com - DAPHNE TARANTO AND ZOE KES-TAN (11)

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live poet Allison Bienenstock (11) is a writer. Her blog, Allie.Kate, has gone through its stages, but its become nothing short of extraordinary. Originally called “Trauma Room”, Bienenstock wrote about celebrities and gossip in a very “Perez Hilton” sort-of way. “It started as an assignment for a writing class I took two years ago. But once the program ended, I found myself tired of stalking celebrities- so I left it alone.” Not to worry. Last October, Allie’s writing teacher got in touch with her and asked her if she’d been writing since the course. “I told him I had, but that I hadn’t been sharing it with anyone. He then told me that my writing would mean a lot more if it made other people feel something, which was advice I really took to heart.” From then on, Allie has been posting prose and poetry in some form every single day. “My favorite part about the whole thing is that I have strangers following my blog and commenting on my posts. I have 42 followers right now, 40 of whom I’ve never met, “ she said. “It’s an indescribable feeling when someone tells you that you’ve impacted your life, even if its only in a very small way.” Since the blog’s revamp, Allies received numerous awards from fellow bloggers and has even had a few of her poems published on teenink.com. When asked about the content of her work, she said, “I write about anything from boys to, to milanos, to sharpie markers. I wouldn’t say that my writing is anything like what we study in school... I don’t even know if you can really call any of it poetry. It’s mostly me writing words in the exact way they pop into my head. Every piece I post is also at least a month old- I want it to be out of context. I want my readers to take in the mean-ing of each piece and apply it to themselves.” Now that’s what I call pure poetry. Be sure to check it out athttp://alliekate.blogspot.com -ZOE KESTAN (11)

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style, simplified You’ve all heard the body shapes rectangle, pear, apple, and hourglass. What about shapes M, Y, S, H, A, P, or E? These letters spell out the name of My Shape, a website designed to help women shop online more successfully. Instead of finding clothes based on size, My Shape uses measurements. When you sign up you are prompted to enter your measurements for everything from the basic bust, waist, and hip to the inseam. My Shape uses these measure-ments to calculate your shape. Then My Shape provides you with a summary describing the characteristics of your shape and the clothing that flatters you

best. It allows you to select your style. Then when you log onto the site it pro-vides you with cloth-ing that flatters in your size, to match your shape. h t t p : / / w w w .myshape.com/ Covet. Ever envy the style of celebrities? Covet has the answer. The homepage of this website gives you two images and prompts you to select one with the question, which one is more your style? Covet continues this process using its ‘stylyzer’ for a few minutes as it classi-fies your style. Then it prompts you to

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enter your sizes for shoes, tops, bottoms and dresses, using the 0, 1, 2, etc size chart but the S, M, L chart as well. It also allows you to select multiple sizes. Then it asks for your email ad-dress and how often you would like to receive emails. It sends you an email almost immedi-ately giving you your “stylyzer” results. Covet has styles ranging from Couture Glam to Sporty Preppy and everything in between. Then Covet asks what you silhouettes, styles, colors, and prints you like to wear. Flats or platforms? Red or yellow? Both? Finally, Covet asks for the max-imum price you would spend on an item in order to ensure the clothing you receive fits your bud-get and the brands you like. All of this informa-tion is easily editable. The greatest part of Covet is its slogan: Shop without sin. Why? Every item that covet sends to you is on sale. http://www.covet.com/ It’s 6 AM. You stare into your closet con-templating what to wear. You have no clue what the weather is like. Sound familiar? The Weath-er stylist easily solves this issue by providing not only the forecast by an outfit idea based on it. All you must provide is your zip code. Like any of them items it gives you? Click on one of them and The Weather Stylist provides you the details. The designer brand the item comes from, the name of the item, and the purchase information. Not a fan of the options? No prob-lem. With a single mouse click it provides with a brand new option. Traveling? The Weather Styl-ist will tell you what to pack. The weather styl-ist also has an IPOD/IPHONE app available for $1.99 on iTunes. http://theweatherstylist.com/ -SHAKEA ALSTON (9)

GET ONLINE OR GET IN LINE:At MyShape.com, build a custom virtual wardrobe. Then, buy all your recom-mended products. At the-weath-erstylist.com, type in your zip code and get a wardrobe forecast for the week!

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FASHION WEEK FALL 2010 This past February, designers turned back to their simple, ba-sic roots of fashion. New York, London, Milan, and Paris gave us four weeks of investment-worthy, quality, timeless classics that bode well with this ongoing recession. This trend held true for the majority of designers; the most well recognized were Marc Jacobs, Chloe, Christian Dior, Jil Sander, and Dolce and Gabbana. However, there were a few mo-ments during these four weeks that should definitely be noted:

The New WomanOne major thing that viewers noticed this past season was the variety in model “type” that seemed to come down the runways. At Louis Vuitton, Prada, and Giles Deacon, not only did we see the likes of Sasha Pivova-rova, Karlie Kloss, and Abbey Lee Kershaw, but a set of women more known for their work at companies such as Victoria’s Secret walked as well. Adriana Lima, Laetitia Casta, Bar Refaeli, Karolina Kurkova, Alessandra Ambrosio, and many others graced these catwalks with their ultra-femme curves and big bosoms. These women, long cast out of the high-fashion system due to their bodies, were everywhere to be seen this season. Is this another way that designers are trying to broaden their audience? As seen in so many other shows, Fall 2010 gave us very accessible fashion. Here, these designers showed accessibility through fit as well as fash-ion.

A real 270-Ton Iceberg?Chanel, one of the best known design houses in the world, has not let a crowd down for a very long time. The brand’s designer, Karl Lagerfeld, is known for his extravagant sets at the Chanel shows. In Fall 2008, Lagerfeld gave us a true-to-form Chanel Carousel. In Spring 2010, he put together a life size Chanel façade, equipped with a Rue Cambon for his girls to strut down as though they had been spending their day shopping at the house’s flagship boutique Spring 2010, Chanel girls walked around a full-fledged barn on hay and dirt in his country-inspired looks and clogs. This Past season, Lagerfeld imported a 270-ton iceberg to Paris from Scandinavia to create his arctic scene. Avoiding any Christ-like references, his girls walked on water (the melted ice from their surroundings) in their various fur ensembles.

The Last of McQueen One month after the designer’s tragic death, Alexander Mc-queen’s last creations were shown during Paris Fashion Week. At the time of his passing, the 16 looks were about 80% com-pleted, yet his team worked from then on to rightfully show what McQueen had envisioned. For Fall 2010, McQueen turned back to his true passion for the craft of design; he steered clear from working with technology and the internet- something he tied so closely to his last collection. He drew inspiration from the Medieval Era and Early Byzantine, ordering textiles that took imagery from Christian paintings and creating bro-cades inspired by high-churches. With references to his past collections and incredible silhouettes and details, Lee’s team (led by his right hand, Sarah Burton) showed a collection that

was without a doubt true McQueen.

(See his Obituary on p. 20)

by Zoe Kestan (11)

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old school: vintage is at a new extreme! big skirts and feminine touches bring retro back this fall.

warm and cozy: fur makes a big entrance this season, so bundle up!

knit picky: layer it on with classic knits and cozy sweaters.

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(see our article on the increase in fur use on p. 32!)

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knit picky: layer it on with classic knits and cozy sweaters.

camel pack: no more dark! bring out the nude tones in your outerwearthis fall .

velvet touch: soften up with lots of this warm and supple fabric!

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f.a.d.’s top fall 2010 accessories

PRADA’S EYEBROW GLASSES

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Walking through Rose Hall you won’t find a bunch of runway models in avant-garde ensembles, but throughout the Middle Division a group of eighth graders has been taking an interest in expressing themselves through their clothes and developing unique styles. Some of my peers and classmates commented on their personal styles, shared their fashion tips for MD students and revealed their thoughts about what true style really is.

Many of MD students appear to be stuck in a fashion rut—sticking to their skinny jeans, sweatshirts, and sweatpants, and although many follow these trends, some feel that these clothes are not for them. “I’ve noticed that a lot of people wear ‘Butter’ sweatshirts and skinny jeans everyday, and I think that must get really boring,” Johanna Holo (8) said. Julia Pretsfelder (8) also said that personally she does not wear or like the ‘Butter’ sweatshirts, but she noted, “everyone has them.”

Pretsfelder noted that her “style really has evolved over the years.” “Many things that I used to like, I really don’t like anymore,” she said. “Now that I’m in

Melissa (8) investigates Horace Mann Middle Divi-sion fashion.

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MIDDLE MEMORIES: Above: Jessica (8) hangs out in her closet. Left: Julia (8) snaps a shot of her skin-nies and Converse. Below: A typical Butter brand sweat-shirt. Photos via Rodman.

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the eighth grade, I feel comfortable wearing things different from everyone else,” Pretsfelder said. “I want to take more risks with fashion, but there’s still only so much you can do without being weird or over the top,” she said. “You want to be creative with what you’re wearing,” Jessica Heller (8) said. “I like to express my mood through my clothes, and I like to wear outfits that make me happy,” she said. “I feel more aware and alert when I’m not wearing a sweatshirt and sweatpants.” “I don’t think a lot of people realize that you don’t have to be “out there” with your style to be fashionable,” Mia Landesberg (8) commented. “I think that it’s [fashion] a part of my life. You can dress a certain way, depending on how you’re feeling. The clothes you wear describe who you are as a person,” she said. “Lots of people look online and in magazines to follow the latest trends,” Landesberg said. “But it’s important to make your own trends and be individual. Personal style is something that can’t be followed; it should just come to you,” she added.

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This past winter, HM’s Lower Division hosted its Arts Fair. Both the division’s dining cafeteria and gymna-sium were set up as galler-ies displaying student work from grades K-5. Along with the cookies and fruit that were offered, the LD’s 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade chorus also performed as a special treat. Here, f.a.d. showcases a few works of art from our younger friends down the street.

From Left to Right: Artworks show-cased at the LD Art Fair created by Brooke Weiner (K) , Jack Teitelbaum (4), Cameron Levy (4), Nicolas Moreira (1)

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Ever walk into a room, and encounter an amazing fragrance that you would just die to have? Well, most of us have had that happen. If you think all fragrances are the same, think again! Ranging from Fresh, Floral, Oriental and Woody, each with it’s own sub-categories your signature fragrance may be hard to find. Fresh fragrances usually have Citrus, Green Leaves, or Marine undertones. Floral perfumes usually have Jasmine, Rose or White Flowers, Oriental has Spices, Vanilla, and Patchouli. And Woody scents may have Citrus, Warm Woody smells, and Moss. While walking through Sephora or a department store, you see gorgeous glass bottles filled with pink, yellow, or even blue fluid inside. While these charming bottles are easy to the eyes, your new fave fragrance might be in a relatively plain bottle. Take, for example the new D&G scents. The bottle is clear glass, with a white rectangular sticker on it with the name, and a black cap.These

olfactory fashionStudents sniff to the bottom of perfume.

Perfume is more than some-thing pretty to smell - perfume is a valuable commodity in the fashion industry. Perfume is a fashion passport - anyone can use it anywhere since, afterall, it fits in a bottle. Per-fume, by its very nature, must be smelled. For customers to buy a perfume, the pack-aging, advertising, and hype surrounding it must be of top creativity and attractiveness. Think about it - how can a paper printed ad make you want to buy a product which should only appeal to one, in-person-only sense: smell? Some magazines, including

fragrances are part of a new set of six that can be bought together, or in separates. Le Bateleur(1), L ’ I m p e r a t r i c e ( 3 ) , L’Amoureux(6), La Roue De La Fortune(10), and La Lune(18) are all made to be unisex. Now, some smell more feminine than others, and some more masculine, these perfumes are a breakthrough for the world of fragrances where floral takes over for women, and spicy takes over for men. Perfumes now more than ever are making style statements. With more and more fashion houses making their signature scents, it’s a whole lot easier to boost up your confidence, finish a look, or enjoy the way you smell. Some famous scents are Marc Jacob’s Daisy. Jean Paul Gaultier’s Classique, and Dior’s Miss Dior Cherie. And guys, don’t feel left out! JPG also has Le Male, Hugo Boss’ Boss, and Givenchy’s new Play There’s a fragrance for everyone, so don’t wait any longer, start searching for the smell that you adore! -ANASTASIYA MOROZ (9)

Andy Warhol’s Interivew, list a fragrance in the photoshoots’ purchase paragraphs. Per-fume is, despite common thought, not only smelled in the first person - perfume is an expereicne that extends to the ad campaign, the packaging, and the wearer. Perfume of-ten funds a designer’s haute couture shows, since perfume serves as an inexpensive em-bodiment of a luxury brand. While few can afford a signature Chanel purse, many can pick up a bottle of Chanel No. 5 and have their bit of the double-C brand. Perfume is lucrative, while the runway shows are a drain on money. Bottom line: next time you catch a whiff of a putrid or a pleasing per-fume, remember that that little glass bottle holds more than a mere fragrance. -ALICE TARANTO (11)

SMELLS LIKE SUCCESS: Above Left: Jean Paul Gaultier’s signature bottle for his “Man” fragrance. Below Left: Burberry Brit, one of the first foray’s of the design house’s trademark plaid. Right: Miss Dior Che-rie’s high-bud-get ad, whose TV commercial was directed by Sofia Coppola.

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obituariesStudents reflect on the tragic and untimely death of a designer and art-ist.

Lee “Alexander” McQueen

February 11th, 2010 should have been an extremely joyful day for fashionistas around the world. It was the first day of New York Fashion week, which kicked off the beginning of the Fall 2010 RTW shows. However, this day suddenly became filled with horror and sadness. Lee Alexander McQueen had committed suicide, sending shock throughout the fashion world. His death occurred nine days after his mother passed away, an event which many believe led to his unhappiness. Throughout his career McQueen continually astonished everyone with his outlandish designs, which were frequently seen on Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and Björk. He received the British Designer of the Year Award four times and served as head designer for Givenchy for five years before starting his own line. McQueen was an inspiration to numerous designers and artists. After his death many people celebrated his life and genius through designs, performances, and commemorations. Betsey Johnson paid tribute to McQueen at her Fall 2010 show. NY Magazines “The Cut” reported that Johnson said this was her favorite show she ever put on. They wrote, “The designer also worked in a tribute to Alexander McQueen — a bride with wax lips trailed by a “Long Live McQueen” sign. Johnson changed the look two days ago to honor McQueen and worked out some preshow jitters today by wrapping the bride’s bouquet herself. “I was scared with the lips,” she said. “I love those lips, and when McQueen did those lips I thought, Oh my God, he loves those candy wax big red lips! But his were real.” He might no longer be with us, but McQueen will continue to be an inspiration to designers. At London Fashion Week, a wall was mounted in honor of McQueen where people could leave notes for the late designer. The British Fashion Council put up the wall in the main tent at the Somerset House. Chairman of the council, Harold Tillman made a speech in the start of the week where he reflected on McQueen’s impact on London fashion. He said, “I know that you will all remember Lee’s life his incredible achievements and what he did for fashion here in London. He proved that this industry and this city, is one of opportunity. He has inspired so many

to set up their own collections and has influenced many designers to ensure London is home city as it continues to grow, as a global fashion centre will be a fitting tribute to this great man.” As Alexander McQueen’s “unofficial muse” as the Huffington Post describes, Lady Gaga was deeply saddened by his passing. She was seen sporting his designs at award shows and in her music videos. At the Brit Awards, Lady Gaga began her performance of Telephone by saying, “this is for Alexander McQueen.” She apparently changed her whole performance in order to properly commemorate McQueen. As soon as she heard that he died, Lady Gaga tweeted a joyful picture of the two friends together. Other stars used twitter as a means to remember the innovative designer as well. Here are some of the tweets from celebrities about McQueen. As Alexander McQueen’s “unofficial muse” as the Huffington Post describes, Lady Gaga was deeply saddened by his passing. She was seen sporting his designs at award shows and in her music videos. At the Brit Awards, Lady Gaga began her performance of Telephone by saying, “this is for Alexander McQueen.” She apparently changed her whole performance in order to properly commemorate McQueen. As soon as she heard that he died, Lady Gaga tweeted a joyful picture of the two friends together. Other stars used twitter as a means to remember the innovative designer as well. To the right, find some

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As Alexander McQueen’s “unofficial muse” as the Huffington Post describes, Lady Gaga was deeply saddened by his passing. She was seen sporting his designs at award shows and in her music videos. At the Brit Awards, Lady Gaga began her performance of Telephone by saying, “this is for Alexander McQueen.” She apparently changed her whole performance in order to properly commemorate McQueen. As soon as she heard that he died, Lady Gaga tweeted a joyful picture of the two friends together. Other stars used twitter as a means to remember the innovative designer as well. Here are some of the tweets from celebrities about McQueen. Alexander McQueen will be severely missed by all and is a great loss to the design world. He will continue to inspire us all and be an inspiration to young designers.-RACHEL SCHEINFELD(10)

DIVINE DESIGN: Top to bottom: The designer himself; At the Spring/Sum-mer 1999 show, model Shalom Harlow’s white dress way live-spray-painted. McQueen’s work was more often theater than plain runway show; Autumn/Winter 2008 tulle-and-lace peacock dress; McQueen’s trecherous Spring/Summer 2010 “Arma-dillo” hoof/claw boots caused a big stir in the fashion world.

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On October 7th acclaimed photographer Irving Penn passed away at age 92 after a long and successful career. In 1943 Penn began to work at Vogue, which was the beginning of a new form of beauty and elegance within photography. His photos were simple; no extreme movement or emotion, it was simply the expression of the beauty of the model and the clothing that were portrayed. He was originally trained to be a painter, but his love for art quickly transferred to photography. He was a very private person who wanted the sole focus of his life to be revolved about what he was capturing in his photos and not about the fame that came with being so talented. Penn’s style was very consistent throughout his whole career. In the book “Passage,”

Rachel Scheinfeld (10) gives a tribute to the master photographer.

Irving PennAlexander McQueen’s death was a major loss to the fashion industry. His wild ideas and eye-catching dresses, and his multiple talents, are factors that will not be forgotten and his presence will be missed at this years London’s Fashion week. His “thinking outside of the box” and his eye for fashion paid off in his magnificent, popular designs. McQueen designed dresses for stars such as Lady Gaga, Nicole Kidman, Rihanna, Sarah Jessica Parker, are usually seen wearing most of McQueen’s fashion. Lady Gaga does not only rock his abstract and intriguing sense of style in her music videos but to various and award shows and when she is on tour. One of McQueen’s inspirations for one of his collections was Elizabeth Taylor movie Cleopatra. His models wore thick black eye liner, “extended Egyptian style” with vibrant teal, green and blue eyes. McQueen’s 2010 Spring collection consists of a combination of multiple off the shoulder dresses and pencil dresses. Some of his designs consists of asymmetric patterns, geometric patterns, draped one shoulder dresses, and mini dresses. McQueen also designed blazers and tops and trousers suitable and trendy for Spring this year. His designs will surely be honored and recognized all over the world. -VIVIEN IKWUAZOM (9)

• DitaVonTeese: “Rest in peace, Mr. McQueen.” • Kirstie Alley: ALEXANDER MCQUEEN...you made big bottomed and not so big bottomed girls all over the world look stunning..come back soon..give it another go” • Kim Kardashian: I just found out Alexander McQueen died!!! I’m in shock! So sad! I’m wearing one of his dresses now! He was such a talented designer” • Stephanie Pratt: “No, no, no omg so sad :( “ • Russell Simmons: “Nice guy commited suicide. Hurts to hear” • Kelly Osbourne: “i am so so sad to hear the news of Lee (Alexander) McQueen! i really just dont know what say im really in shock” • Rachel Zoe: “I cant describe the tragic loss of such a brilliant man and designer Alexander McQueen..R.I.P xo RZ” • Katy Perry: “Rest In Peace Alexander McQueen. Just woke up, so sad.” • Jenna Elfman: SOOOOOOO sad that Alexander McQueen has passed. 40 years old, a brilliant designer. Thank you for all you created...” • Joel Madden: “R.I.P. Alexander McQueen. You were one of the best man. Always hoped to meet you.” • Simon Huck: “OMG! this is so sad! Alexander McQueen commits suicide. so sad...” • Donatella Versace: “Alexander McQueen was unique. His imagination had no limits, he had an amazing personality and his creativity was genius.” • Christian Siriano: “McQueen has inspired me in every way possible,I did not know him well but i feel so honored to have watched him work on his craft.” • Catherine Malandrino: “I just heard about Alexander McQueen and I feel so devastated. My heart and prayers are with his loved ones.”

SHUTTER BUG: Clockwise: June 1950 Vogue cov-er shot by Penn; 1996 famous shot of top model Kate Moss; Woman with Bare Back, New York, 1961.

which was a book about Penn’s career, Alexander Liberman said about Penn, “Here was a young American who seemed unspoiled by European mannerisms or culture. I remember he wore sneakers and no tie. I was struck by his directness and a curious unworldliness, a clarity of purpose, and a freedom of decision. What I call Penn’s American instincts made him go for the essentials.” In his photos the whole figure was always included, showing the complete magnificence of the whole frame. He used a classical style that could even be compared to the Greek and Roman styles of art. He will always be remembered as a man who changed the art of photography and helped shape Vogue into the magazine it is today.

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DIVINE DESIGN: Top to bottom: The designer himself; At the Spring/Sum-mer 1999 show, model Shalom Harlow’s white dress way live-spray-painted. McQueen’s work was more often theater than plain runway show; Autumn/Winter 2008 tulle-and-lace peacock dress; McQueen’s trecherous Spring/Summer 2010 “Arma-dillo” hoof/claw boots caused a big stir in the fashion world.

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Las Vegas may not seem like the biggest fashion city but surpris-ingly two shows, Magic and Project astonish guests and leave them wanting more. Walking into the large space called Project could seem overwhelming at first, but soon the aisles labeled

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC? Left: The many booths at the Las Vegas Magic fashion industry-insider convention. Photo via Kanfer.

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like Manhattan Streets (Park, Broadway, 8th Av-enue) seem familiar as they are lined with little boutique booths. It's dec-orated like a lounge with white vintage chairs, pur-ple carpet and balloons in the front to greet all their guests. An amenity they provide is handing out bags to all the buyers and vendors that come to view all the new trends. These bags have been a tradition at Project, each year they design some-thing new, this year they went for the industrial look, a trend that was occurrent during Project. From shoes to jewelry, especially clothing each aisle is packed with new and old vendors, some known, others unknown, each displaying their idea of the new trends. Name brands show-

cased there include AG, Joes Jeans, BCBG, Elizabeth and James, Dillion Rogers, Vince, Ralph Lauren and so many more. Models in some booths display new fashions such as: bright colors, oversized tops, patterns, ox-ford shoes, oversized menswear

with feminine touches, harem pants, army jackets, studs, ripped and acid washed jeans. Also Jean Paul Gauitier was showcasing jelly heels, a play on the kid classic jelly shoes, yet more for the adult. The buyers walking up and down the aisles were dressed

to the nines wearing, over-sized sweaters, tight ripped jeans, boots, plaid, boy-friend jackets, vests, straw hats, and large scarves. Project showed the newest trends and made sure to have their clients as com-fortable as possible, and have a great time looking at the wonders of the fashion industry. Another show also in Las Vegas is MAGIC, it is more contemporary and doesn't display as many new trends as it does big name vendors including, Havianias, Junk Food, Da-vid & Goliath, Steve Mad-den, BCBGeneration, and many more. The trends

were consistent in the way that each new designer displayed their new designs. MAGIC was larger and more crowded than Project because it draws in more cliental and bigger buyers with large stores. All in all Project and MAGIC were two large conventions displaying the latest trends in the large and growing fashion industry.

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Julie Berman is the Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at Ralph Lauren. She has been working at Ralph Lauren for two years after she switched over from her position at Estee Lauder and has been involved “in communications or PR for over 20 years.” I was lucky enough to ask her some questions about her life and job at Ralph Lauren. For all those readers who have ever thought about getting involved in public relations, this is the woman to follow!

What is a day like for you at Ralph Lauren? There really is no typical day at Polo. We have over 17,000 employees globally and we sell in over 40 countries. Polo Ralph Lauren is a public company so on any given day the press departments around the globe are managing the media (print, broadcast, radio, on line, etc) relating to our stock price, Mr. Lauren the man, apparel (of which we have about 17 different lines), accessories, footwear, fragrance, eyeglasses, children’s-wear, home furnishings, paint, watches, and more! How long have you been in this industry with PR for fashion? I started my career in Public Affairs in Washington, DC, which is a form of public relations, and moved to NY a few years later where I landed a job at Estee Lauder working on their Prescriptive brand. For the next 15 years I worked in various PR positions throughout the 26 brands in the Estee Lauder portfolio --to find myself the number 2 person in the corporate communications department.

I know you recently switched from working at Estee Lauder to Ralph Lauren, was there something about the change in industry that caused that? Taking the position at Ralph Lauren was an opportunity to be the number one person running the department. I oversee hundreds of people in the PR departments, philanthropy, as well as Employee Communications. Although I have no design skill, I still play an active and crucial role in this fashion

Lauren Cantor (10) gives us a Q + A with the Senior VP of Corporate Communications at Ralph Lauren.

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opinions and I am always happy to give mine! I know Ralph Lauren has recently been involved in sponsoring the American Olympic team and clothing line, what can you tell us about that? Polo is very involved in many world-class sporting events including outfitting the on court officials for the US Open and Wimbledon. Recently, Polo Ralph Lauren entered into an agreement with the USOC to design the opening and closing ceremony uniforms for the 2008-2012 US Olympic teams. It was pretty amazing seeing Team USA wearing them and representing America’s best. We also create village wear so that even if you aren’t an athlete competing you can still dress like one. The Olympic uniforms for the Vancouver games were inspired by the 1930 games of Lake Placid. They are patriotic in feel and color --and clearly were a huge hit. The hat we designed for the Opening Ceremonies sold out and is now only available on eBay. Crew neck or polo? I am an equal opportunist and try to wear all the brands we design from Women’s Collection to Rugby. My favorite Polo is from the Beijing Summer Olympics with the USA flag.

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What would you say to students who are trying to get involved in fashion or public relations? There are many opportunities for those who cant create, design, sew or draw in fashion. I am not involved in the designing of the clothes; however, Mr. Lauren asks for

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“Over Christmas Break I drew these images. I’ve never ac-tually learned how to draw faces but the issue of Vogue I was flipping through had a lot of full page portraits that were really good photographs. I wanted to see if I was capable of drawing them, so I tried it out and it worked!”

STRIKE A POSE: From left: model Kasia Struss with big braided hair; Rachel McAdams in a floral busiter; Scarlett Johansson in a makeup advert; singer M.I.A. being characteristically dramatic.

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Billie Kanfer (10) catches up with Ugly Betty’s “Justin Suarez.”

Mark Indelicato

You are only 15 years old and started acting at an earlier age too. Do you think that it was better for you to get started in both the fashion and acting industry at a young age? I think that it’s a good thing and a bad thing. Good because I got a head start, bad because I missed out on being a normal kid.

What is it like to be so involved in the fashion industry interning at teen vogue and participating in many red carpet events?It’s so much fun! I love working with everyone there, and am learning so much. The red carpet events are fun, but too many can be very stressful.

How is the internship at Teen Vogue? What have you been up to since you started there? [See f.a.d.’s Teen Vogue trip on page 52]The internship is going great. I do a lot of different things there, it’s nice because I get to experience all different aspects of the magazine.

Do you ever get nervous on the red carpet? Not really anymore. At first I used to be so scared of the photographers and everything, but it’s like second nature to me.

Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed in such a pressuring business, acting, etc.? Always. It’s really stressful to be a part of the business, but to have to juggle school with all of that its extra stress.

What is it like to be apart of such a popular show? Sadly, the show is ending, how are you taking this major change? It’s surreal that’s for sure. I never really thought anything like this would happen to me. Yes, the show is ending :(. It has been really amazing, and I know that we are all destined for bigger and better things.

You have great fashion sense! Is there any designer, era, style that you refer back to when picking your wardrobes? Thank you! I just like to be comfortable so skinny jeans, and oversized flannel and Keds or Toms are good enough for me (for everyday wear).

Do you see yourself continuing in the paths you are already on (acting/singing), or do you want to try something new?I love acting, but fashion is really starting to appeal to me more and more. Who knows, I have so much time to figure it out.

And lastly, which do you prefer, sweet or sour candy?Def sweet.

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Billie Kanfer (10) made this painting in Mr. Do’s Draw-ing and Painting 2 ad-vanced class. The dresses are from Victor and Rolf’s Spring/Summer 2010 “cut-ting back” show. These dresses, of swiss-cheese-esque cutouts, would im-press any master topiar-ist. I “chose to paint these dresses because I was so drawn to the show. Vik-tor and Rolf really outdid themselves!.”, she said. - ALICE TARANTO (11)

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Rachel Scheinfeld (10) asks the guy behind Jane Creative few questions.

Spencer GellmanHM alum ‘00

What exactly is Jane Creative? How did you come up with the idea for it?Jane Creative is an online marketing and creative services agency. We help our clients utilize the internet in effective and interesting ways to achieve their objectives, whether they be awareness, sales or site traffic.

future?We are probably going to move into a new office in the next few months to accommodate our expanding workforce. Other than that, we’re pretty happy with what we got going on right now.

Where do you see the company moving in the next few years?We plan on expanding and taking on clients in new areas. One of the best parts of marketing is that you get a taste of whatever industry your client may be in. If you are working for a fashion company, you become immersed in the fashion world. If you are working for a gallery, you learn about the latest trends and movements in art. It exposes you to what everyone is doing in the world around you. For this reason, we are always looking to move into new sectors of business so that we can learn new things and meet new people.

How do you make the connections with the people you work with, and who are some of your clients?I couldn’t even begin to tell you. Clients come from the strangest places. Whether it be something as basic as your friends needing a website for their company or something as wild as a cab driver who hands you his card afte overhearing your cell phone conversation, I have picked up clients in all sorts of ways. I guess the key is to always keep your eyes open. Opportunities for new business arise every day, you just need to know to look for them. Right now, some of my clients include fashion companies INHABIT, ADAM [see f.a.d.’s review of the ADAM Autumn/Winter 2010 show on p. ___], Splits 59 and the Ana Tzarev Gallery.

Last question....just for fun: What do you put in first the hot water or the tea bag?That really depends on what I’m making.

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THE GRADUATE: Horace Mann Alum ‘00 Gellman’s company Jane Creative has the underlying theme

of “Just Add Water.” One of Jane Creative’s clients is bespoke suiting company Alabaster & Chess, of HM alum ‘01 Eli Chess (see f.a.d. issue

1 p. 28-29 to hear from Chess).The idea was inspired by the obvious changing of the guard going on in media right now. Traditional channels like radio, print and television are proving themselves less and less effective, while the internet is growing all the more influential with every passing day. I viewed this shift as an opportunity for new businesses to arise, and with a background in writing and marketing, I took this opportunity and ran with it.

Who is the real Jane?Jane is my mother. I wanted to name my company after something that was meaningful to me and not use the name to try to convey a corporate agenda. It isn’t chest pounding or contrived and is a nice homage to the woman who sat through too many HM football games in the rain.

What do you do at Jane Creative?For the most part, I oversee everything from reviewing artwork to monitoring media performance. The only granular tasks I handle are writing copy and new business development. The rest I delegate to people much smarter and more stylish than I.

What is the idea behind “Just Add Water” and the drops on your website?The drops are meant to symbolize ideas. The parallel is that both are things that may start off as something small and seemingly insignificant but if properly harnessed can amount to something massive and truly impactful. Just as a ripple begins with a single drop, a highly viral marketing campaign begins with a single idea, which at first glance might seem completely idiotic but could echo into the next big thing. The point is that ideas, no matter how big or small they may seem at first, are things that should be cherished and never dismissed. Seeing how novel ideas are the basis of creativity, I figured the drops made for great iconography to use throughout my site.

How did Horace Mann and Cornell [educations] affect your career?As a student interested in writing, Horace Mann gave me a bevy of publications that i could participate in, and these writing opportunities were some of my earliest opportunities to flex my creative muscle. While my writing was greeted with both love and detest alike, I learned just how influential the written word could be in stirring emotional responses. I carried this lesson with me to Cornell, where i honed the skill and refined my writing style. Today, writing words that make people feel something is what i do for a living.

When did you decide and figure out that this is what you wanted to do?I have always been interested in advertising. I may have been the only 5 year old to question the validitiy of that bird’s coo cooness for coco puffs. The issue was that while my passion for the ad world remained constant, the ad world itself did not. The ipod killed radio, Tivo killed television, and

the internet killed print. Observing these trends, I determined that if I wanted to be in advertising for the foreseeable future, that my focus had to be on the web and new media.

Are there going to be any changes in Jane Creative in the near

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Victoria Marlin (11) asks the J. Crew jewelry de-signer a few questions.

Molly Hanna Careyhttp://www.molly-hanna.com/

Molly Hanna Carey is a designer. She currently is designing the J.Crew Wedding Collection as well as being a jewelry designer for J.Crew. She studied Fashion Design at Parsons School of Design in New York City and graduated in 2005 where she had her first job in fashion working with a hat designer called Leah who she now will be able to collaborate with for her new bridal line. Carey draws inspiration from an assortment of places, from galleries and rock shows to thrift stores and blog sites. Molly enjoys the simple perks in life, like her “in the industry” boyfriend who she loves borrowing clothes from. Though her true forte is fashion, Molly admits to being quite the “soccer stud” when she was younger. The best fashion advice she can give you is don’t wear clothes too small! Her creative names for her jewelry rival those of Essie’s Nail collection from Necklace pieces entitled “She’s so Tweedy” to “Sea Creature,” each is unique and beautiful and combines “the old and the new” with perfection.

What was the biggest obstacle you ever had to overcome in the fashion industry?I think one of my biggest obstacles or, struggles was when I was still in school at Parsons interning for a small design company and being totally taken advantage of. I still to this day regret not standing up for myself the way I should have. I definitely learned from that experience that no matter what, you have to demand what you deserve, or get out! Is there anything or any cause you are trying to show or bring light to in your pieces? Any message or theme you try to show through all of your pieces?In my pieces the theme is all about having a sense of humor and never taking anything too seriously.

What made you want to be a designer? What was your initial inspiration to make you chose this occupation?When I was a little girl, I remember going to my best friend’s house and her older sister (who I thought was the coolest) had the documentary unzipped about Isaac Mizrahi. I just sat there watching, awe-inspired, and I had this burning desire to do what he was doing.

Who are your favorite designers?Muiccia Prada, Phillip Lim, Pheobe Philo (the new designer for Celine). What is your best fashion advice for high schoolers? (Aside from not wearing our clothes too tight, which we read about in your J. Crew interview!) Advice for high schoolers... go for it! Take risks, have fun, most importantly remember that you are young and never take yourself too seriously because it is inevitable that one day you will look back and laugh at what you were wearing. Often high school kids can’t afford to get clothes from the nicest designers, are there any affordable stores around New York that we should visit?I have always loved thrift stores and vintage stores. Housing Works always has great finds- Amarcord in Williamsburg has great quality vintage. My absolute guilty pleasure is Mystique in Soho on Broadway. If you can get past their mannequins and window displays they have amazingly cheap- trendy clothing. Often times we struggle between finding inspiration from someone and just copying his or her work. What advice can you give high school aspiring

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a m o d -ern spin on that led me to not just use old things but combine them with something new to create a fresh look in jewelry. Definitely that mix of old and new is crucial to Lulu Frost.

What advice do you have for aspiring high school artists, bloggers, fashionistas, and jewelry-design-lovers?I would say just get out there – do it right away, start even if you don’t know everything. Learning comes through experience, even for me. I learned the best by being thrown out into a situation. Fol-low your passion you’ll become an expert at it through doing it!

And finally, studs or dangly pendant earrings?That’s a funny question because we are just starting a style of ear-rings with a stud on one side and a similar pendant drop on the other side – I like the mix!

Jewelry designer and Dartmouth grad Lisa Salzer combines vintage with modern for a fresh take on one-of-a-kind statement pieces in her label Lulu Frost. Daphne Taranto (11) catches up with Lisa at the Lulu Frost studio in Soho, NYC.

Where do you live and how does that affect your style/work?I live in SOHO on west Broadway and I’ve lived in the East Village/SOHO for the past four years. I think it’s definitely effected my thinking of art and design because every time on my walk from home to work (on Lafayette) I’m surrounded by people who dress in different ways as I pass different galleries and I pass things every day that effect my New York frame of mind. I get to see a lot of interesting New Yorkers and tourists visiting who have their own individual sense of style. And that influences me.

When did you begin Lulu Frost (2004) and how old are you now? (27)I’m 27 years old now and I started Lulu Frost my senior year at Dartmouth (when I was 21 or 22) and I was just really doing it for fun and on a whim. I decided to make it a part of my senior year project and Barneys called and became our first supplier! So Lulu Frost is 5 years old now.

How was it to get your first big break with Lulu Frost?I felt very lucky to have that break –I was shocked they called me back. It was an amazing feel-ing when I was invited to come in to show my work! It was nerve racking and I feel excited and blessed that that happened.

Other than Barneys, where might FAD readers see your designs now – I’ve seen them in Teen Vogue this month – that’s so exciting! (include picture)Yes, we are in Vogue and Teen Vogue this month as well as Elle and Bazaar. The line is at Berg-dorf Goodman’s on the 6th floor, that’s our main New York home. On the Upper East Side it’s sold at Blue Tree on 93rd and Madison. (http://www.bluetreenyc.com/index.php?route=res|home)

How did your high school and college experiences help lead you to where you are today, beyond making the line a part of your senior year?In high school I was really involved in art (I took AP art class). I loved idea of creating something and being to able to have an idea in my mind, then bring it to life.I continued in college – I majored in art history and fine studio arts. I did a lot of studio sculpture and painting as well as art history. There was a great jewelry studio at Dartmouth where I started to learn about jewelry making.

What inspires you to make jewelry? You often use found or vintage materials to create your pieces – for example, the Plaza Hotel numbers. How would you say that jewelry/art, and old/new combine, especially with your work?I was definitely inspired by my grandmother. The name of company comes from her – Lulu is my nickname and my grandma’s name is Frost. She worked in the estate and jewelry business for thirty years, so I grew up in and around beautiful Victorian deco jewelry. Combining my love of jewelry and

Daphne and Salzer review the latest collection in the Lulu Frost Soho studio.Photo courtesy of Taranto.

Daphne (11) chats with the Lulu Frost designer in the jewelry line’s Soho studio.

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During fashion week (see p. 7 for f.a.d.’s reviews), Rachel and Alice stopped for lunch. Who happened to be sitting next to them? None other than Linda Fargo, the woman in charge of literally everything to be seen at luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman. After you’ve checked out Alice’s chat here, be sure to stop at Bergdorf’s (58th and 5th), if only for a look at the legendary windows.

What exactly is your role at Bergdorf Goodman? My title is Senior Vice President of the Women’s fashion office and store presentation. I actually wear a number of hats here, I see myself a little bit as a brand manager, as somebody who watches over anything to do with the environmental experience of the store. That means everything that you see, not per se “experience,” since experience goes broader than what you see – the experience goes to the sales people, and there’s always the element that goes beyond the visual. But the visual experience is primarily my responsibility. I also work on content, and what fashion we want to stand for. I work on content as well as presentation is the simplest way of putting it. If you had a typical day, what would that look like?I’m happy to tell you that there really almost isn’t a typical day, which is something that I love about this work [laughs]. No two days are the same! It all depends. For example the day I ran into you we were in the middle of fashion week. Any time you’re in the fashion market, you are out of the office a lot. You are meeting with different design houses and really looking through products to get a feeling of where fashion is going. What is starting to feel new to us? For example, we just finished Fall ’10 and some of the messages that started feeling new to us (and what I’ll be in conversation about with our buying team to feel that we’re all on the same page) is a new classicism: a kind of clean, sportswear, very directional feeling. We’ll talk a lot about pants feeling new after many seasons of dresses. That’s part of my job, to engage the team in a dialogue so we don’t just fall back on the tried-and-true products. Something else that’s feeling very new to us is suiting – new types of suiting, whether it be skirt suits or pantsuits. We felt that there have been generations of women who really haven’t worn those, and that was a new direction for us. When we go to market we’re specifically looking item-by-item, whether there is a good price-value to it. Price-value doesn’t mean it’s inexpensive, but it means you would say: “For that item, that [price is] fair.” Even if it’s expensive, if it’s wonderful and creates emotion, the client will say, “I love it.” Fashion market is really about speaking with either the designers or the sales force. It’s really important to establish, again as I keep saying, a dialogue. The most qualitative effect you can have is a good dialogue, whether that is with your own team or the vendor community. Let’s take this week as an example: back on

Alice Taranto (11) has a chat with the Senior Vice President of the Fashion Office and Store Presen-tation at Bergdorf Goodman.

Linda Fargo

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Interview conducted by Alice Taranto (11), assisted by Zoe Kestan (11) and Rachel Scheinfeld (10)

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the office floor, I divide my time between a lot of work on store design and real estate. This week, I’m working on shop design for Dries van Noten and Rick Owens, both of whom will be new to Bergdorf Goodman by June/July of this year. Or I’ll meet with a publisher who has an idea for a great synergy project they might want to do with Bergdorf Goodman – for example there was somebody in from publishing at Vogue this week. We have a lot of interesting collaborative brainstorm meetings about Fashion’s Night Out, which as you know, has really gained a lot of traction. We’ve brainstormed about what to do – we talk about anything from crowd control [laughs] to what the really enticing events are, or should we invite in Hamish Bowles [European editor at large of Vogue] to do cabaret, should we ask Grace Coddington [creative director of US Vogue] to come, we will art direct a photo shoot in the windows… I think you can tell that the range is really broad, I’m happy to say. Another thing that I work on is all of our marketing material from a content point of view – I don’t art direct it, in terms of choosing a photographer, but I would work on what the product to shoot will be. We do four, basically, magazines a year and I do a lot of planning with buyers about what we want to show. That’s a big concern of mine. It can go all the way from that to something as small as, since we have restaurants here [at Bergdorf Goodman], I might make a shout out about how they’re serving the coffee and the tea and everything. Why are they bringing the bottle

to the table, shouldn’t that be done in the back… Since I’ve worked for Bergdorf’s for 14 years, I feel very proprietary about it, it’s almost like my house, and I like to really watch over everything. It’s kind of like a family, you can say hello, and we have great communication between all the people who work here. I’m maybe overlooking the creative visual part – I have my window team, my interior team, and we’re back and forth right now: What do we do, do we support the Metropolitan Institute this year, we just installed something to support the Brooklyn Institute of Music, we’re simultaneously throwing around ideas for the holiday windows… so it’s a lot of variety, really it’s a great balance of fashion, art, design, service, heritage, as well as things that are very modern and forward-looking.

One thing I read is that you completed a B.F.A., and when you were in high school as a teenager, you did collages…[laughs] You did your homework! I did, I did. My roots are really as a fine arts person. I studied fine arts and the art form I really ended up loving was assemblage and collage work. Repurposing found objects, and that kind of morphed into my interest in window design. It is very much, for me, working with found objects. When I was a younger artist, I did a lot of small assemblages within glass boxes. As I started working

in a professional world, the boxes just kind of got bigger. [laughs]

What else can you tell us, since most of the f.a.d. readers are high schoolers, about your high school experience?I would tell people to really listen to their inner voices in a sense – if there’s something you’re really drawn to, that excites you more than something else, pay attention to that urge! If you find yourself very turned on by technology, then you should really start focusing your efforts in that direction. I do think that it’s also important, especially when you’re younger, to expose yourself to as much as possible, even if it means that that’s a process of elimination. The more you see, the more you taste, the more places you go, the more you start to know yourself better. I think that’s important – if you have opportunities to get out and do internships wherever possible, to get a chance to experience what different workplaces feel like. But listen, for your generation the workplace is really going to be changing so much from my era, there are so many new types of careers to be created! So much because of the internet and technology, the workplace sometimes can be your laptop! [laughs]

And what do you think of the internet’s role in fashion and online-only magazines, or all the young fashion bloggers?You know what, I think it’s great! It’s where it’s going, and you can’t fight it – it’s the way of the world. To me, what I love about [technology and the internet’s popularity],

When I was a younger artist, I did a lot of small assemblages within glass boxes. As I started work-ing in a professional world, the boxes just kind of got bigger.

WINDOW OF THE SOUL:

A detail image of one of Bergdorf

Goodman’s famous holiday 2009 windows,

themed “A Compendium of Curiosities” and loosely

based on the Alice in

Wonderland story. A part

of Fargo’s work is to

conceptualize the fashion for

the windows.

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Emma Specter (11) gets in conversation with the fashion news and features director of American Vogue.

Sally Singer

http://www.vogue.com/

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What’s your favorite part of your job?My job has allowed me to know, be in conversation with, and be friends with people I find really exciting. In the case of designers- Nicolas Ghesquiere, Alber Ebaz, Olivier Theyskens- I knew them from when I was at British Vogue and Elle, so it isn’t as though I’d met them at American Vogue, but it just so happened that

I entered the world of fashion at a moment in which a lot of people who do things I find interesting were also entering the world of fashion. Not only did I get to come up with a generation, but I also get to be in a job where it’s my business to know what’s going on with these people and to be in conversation about the direction in which fashion is going, and at the end of the day that’s the most interesting thing to me. Another really fun part of my job is when I can get something into the magazine that no-one thought would make it in, like when we can do a story that is just so outside the realm of what anyone would expect to see in American Vogue (like a story we’re working on about a Tennessee organization called Remote Area Medical, that delivers health care to people in underprivileged areas) because we’ve shot it so beautifully or aspects of it have been somehow warped, and it gets in.

You’ve worked at the London Review of Books in the past- how is the editing process for a fashion magazine different than the process for a literary publication?At the London Review of Books, you’d have a stack of books on your desk, and you’d spend your day going through them and reading and trying to see if there’s anything worth reviewing- I always had stacks of fiction on mine! At some point in the day, the editor-in-chief would lift her head up and we’d discuss a few books, and then we’d put our heads back down. It was like being a graduate student, in the best sense, and I loved it. Working at a literary magazine,

or any criticism-based publication (and these are a dying breed of jobs) is largely a reactive job- the books exist, and you have to find ways of doing creative things by pairing off interesting minds with interesting concepts. At a fashion magazine, at least from where I sit, it’s obviously a much more visual job- at least half of it is visual. You wake up in the morning, and you just try to make something happen every day- it’s far more self-motivated, and I like that.

Is there anything you’d want to say to the many young people who want work in fashion, but don’t necessarily have a way of breaking into the business?First of all, I’d say that now, thanks to the Internet, there are so many ways to communicate one’s style without having to worry about being part of any other organization. That’s a moment happening right now that might faze out, but it does give people a chance to design their world and their style. Fashion, at the top, is a set of freaks who have constructed, through clothes, something that makes them

feel at home in the world. I think fashion- at its highest

level- still rewards and validates

those who are o u t s i d e r s , those who needed clothes and who needed the self-fashioning that comes with thinking about style.

IN VOGUE: Clockwise

about page: Sing-

er; Anna Wintour, ed-itor-in-chief

of American Vogue, with

Singer; the Vogue

logo; covers October

2009 with Michelle Williams

and March 2009 with

first lady Michelle Obama.

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When did you first become interested in fashion? How did you become involved in the industry? I first got into “fashion” when I was about 4 or 5yrs and I told my mother that what I wore directly affected how I felt. She was like, “Of course, clothes are how you create yourself in the world, how you explore being the many qualities of “Me” that we become in our lifetime, so ok, I won’t make you ever wear the brown and orange plaid dress again.” Understand, that my mother was/is a beautiful woman, working graphic artist and single mother in a time when she was unknowingly a pioneer. None of the moms wore long vests, miniskirts, turtlenecks, maxi boots, and mod glasses; my mom exemplified the “modern woman” in dress. She was like the blond from “Mod Quad”. Clothes reflected power, play, and position to me. A life as art, art as life relationship via what I wore was born; encouraged by my mother and tolerated by everyone else! I “accidentally” got involved in the fashion industry in around ‘94-95 directly from my other artwork, “The Hunger World” which is an interdisciplinary conceptional and mythological foundation from which I was/do work: writing, performance, drawing, painting, sculpting, installation, marionettes, and some raw film. I was doing a site-specific performance-sculpture-writing piece in Manhattan called “The Gold(in) Mean of Humanity” . This project was a combination of Jungian interpretations of alchemy, sacred geometry and mathematics influenced by the Pythagorean, and Greek and Roman Mythology synthesized into a Hunger World storyline and character. I spun large webs of minute golden thread at site specific locations throughout Manhattan to create an over all shape by their points. To do this, I was a character called, “The Spinner”..for real. I had done 7 of the 10 webs I had intended to do when I was to go to a friend’s birthday party and didn’t have time to change out of the dress I had constructed to be “The Spinner”. I take the golden spool of thread of the heart of the dress, pop in my bag, go to the party whereby a woman approaches me about my dress, throwing names out like Commes de Garcon and Martin Marghela. She became my first couture client. I had my first New York Fashion Week show in Central Park 5 months later, “We be not beggars, but Queens Unclaimed”. The next thing you know, I am working on all kinds of projects with well known and unknown women, and Vogue claims me. For 16 yrs now, I have been a consistent inside/outsider working with a plethora of incredibly talented people and being my own independent “company” and employer. Who knew.

What was your high school style like? Do you look back on anything you wore and cringe, or smile? Where did you grow up? I grew up in Texas, the Border and southern New Mexico. Both my parents were hardworking and successful artists and good friends, so I ran the border between their homes with my grandmother’s house in between as the base. I was she, my “Mija” who taught

ShaKea Alston (9) chats with the fashion designer, artist, and former Project Runway (Season 4) contestant.

Elisa Jimenez

Elisa will be visiting Horace Mann on Thurs-day, April 29 from 3:15-5:30 for a workshop as a part of HM Fashion Week. Be sure to stop by!

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IT’S SEW TIME: Top to bottom:

Jimenez with the lineup of

Season 4 Proj-ect Runway

contestants; 3 looks from Ji-

menez’s 2007 fashion show

Hunger World.

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QUICK CHAT:Rachel Roy

When did designing become a major factor in your life? When I was about 8 years old and shopping for back to school clothing I was disappointed with the selection at the local stores where I grew up and wanted to make a change. I knew then that I wanted to be a part of fashion and be someone who would be able to offer a great product to consumers. Where do you live and how does that affect your style and designs? I live in New York City but my de-signs are inspired but much more than where I live. I am inspired by people around me. When I travel I am always looking at the way women wear their clothes – I love color and texture.My personal style has changed as I have moved through my life and career. I know what looks good on me and I stick to what I know will make me feel great and look good.

When did the Rachel Roy brand expand out and how did you decide to create this secondary line?

I have always wanted to design a collection that was the little sister to Rachel Roy. I wanted it to be affordable, edgy and modern. I was lucky enough to partner with Jones Apparel Group who has been incredibly supportive of me and my brand growth. Do you have any advice for aspiring designers/artists/fashionistas? `Stay true to yourself and your convictions and work hard. Be the first to get to the office and the last to leave at night.

Zoe Kestan (11) checks in with the designer and HM Parent.http://www.rachelroy.com/

DESIGN MAJOR:Left: Ra-chel Roy strikes a pose with one of her creations. Right: A look from her Fall 2010 Col-lection. Bottom: The Rachel Rachel Roy Logo.

This past winter, a friend of mine tried to hide the fact that she was wearing a coat lined with fur. She knew how I would respond – to me, a fur coat represents a lot of tortured animals. And the more I thought about it, the more fur coats I saw people wearing at school, on the street, and in magazines.Fur used to the epitome of “political

incorrectness” and was a social taboo. Yet, this past winter, fur was popular among the biggest fashion designers. Os-car de la Renta, Michael Kors, Diane Von Furstenburg, and Prada all displayed some type of fur on their runways, ranging from colorful mink jackets to fox muk-luks.Fur has not only made a popular appear-ance in the fashion industry but also is in vogue among celebrities. People no longer fear their coat’s being shot with red paint. Keira Knightly, for example, attended an event late last year wearing a karakul lambskin coat. Other celebri-ties like Kate Moss, Madonna, and Lindsay Lohan have all worn fur in public and faced no criticism.This change in mindset is most clear when viewing the participants of PETA’s “I’d rather go naked than wear fur” campaign that aired fifteen years ago. All but one of the supermodels that participated have since worn fur. In particular, Naomi Campbell now campaigns for Dennis Basso, a furrier, and is even the namesake of one of his coats. What is to account for this change of attitude and increase in popularity? Designers have various reasons for us-ing fur– some respond to the demand for this luxury product, some love its unique texture, and many simply feel no moral qualms. To quote Karl Lagerfield: “In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for

Is Fur Making a Comback?by Katie Dinan (11)

ACCESSORIZE: N a n c y ( 1 2 ) poses with a fauxfur bag

shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.” Fur is be-

coming more edgy and is being considered less old fashioned. However, one main reason for fur’s newfound popularity is due to the work of major fur companies. These companies have worked hard to increase their products’ appearance on the runway and to decrease the taboo against it. Kopenhagen Furs and Saga Furs claim to ethically treat their animals. They often give free materials to encourage designers to use their products, particularly attracting younger designers. Saga Furs flew out young designers Alexander Wang and Haider Ackermann to Copenhagan to view its design studio and use any of the materials. Saga, a cooperative that represents breeders, farmers, and auc-tion houses, supplied fur to many major lines this season, including Proenza Schouler and Derek Lam. The North American Fur Auctions, another cooperative, gave furs to upcoming designers and also worked with established ones like Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Her-rera. These designers are given free fur and in return give credit to NAFA in the press. These fur cooperatives have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their products used by designers and then in the pages of fashion magazines. And it seems to be working – for the first time in the past twenty years, the majority of designers have incorporated fur into their collections.

Vogue has run pro-fur editorials, with its editor Anna Wintour commenting, “Fur is still part of fashion, so Vogue will con-tinue to report on it.” Wintour had the

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What was your big break into the fashion world and how did you begin working at the Village Voice? Could you please just tell us a little bit about your long career there?I was always interested in fashion, but I was also very interested in left-wing politics. I went to work at the Village Voice, I was getting a graduate degree in Political Economy at the New School, which I never finished – I didn’t get the degree. But I got this job at the voice because I thought it would be a fun place to work while I was going to school. I was kind of ashamed of my fashion interest at that time and was not pursuing it professionally, and then I got very active in the Union at the Voice, and it was very fun so then I stopped going to school and then just was at the Voice. I started in the Advertising Department and I was just doing my Union Stuff and working at the Voice, but I was secretly obsessed with clothes and thinking of clothes all the time. Eventually, the voice started this fashion section but I was still in the Advertising Department. They started this section and I started to write for this section. So it was a very circuitous path to my career and not something I had consciously set out to do – a bit peculiar.

Yes, it was a very interesting path that you took to get there!Different, yes!

What would you say has been your favorite part of your career so far?Well, I love writing and it seems like a miracle to me to get paid to write and to be able to write for a living and not to have to secretly write and have some boring job that’s your “real job.” I sort of can’t believe it’s my real job! My favorite part of it? Everybody’s says, and it sounds like such a cliché, to get paid for what you love to do, but in my case it was really true that I was always a really compulsive, obsessive shopper, and the fact that I could turn that into a career was sort of a miracle. [Laughs] That’s great. With the “do what you love for a living” adage – you can’t get any better!It’s all true. It’s kind of rare, I feel very privileged. I don’t take it for granted, I really feel it’s special and I really think I’m luck y – I’m really excited about it, I’m not cynical about it at all.

When we talked over email, high school sounded like a sensitive topic…It was just bad, it just wasn’t good. I grew up in Massapequa, it was a long time ago, it just wasn’t a good place for me, you know?

When do you think you bloomed into yourself, or which of your experiences from when you were the age of most of the readers of f.a.d. magazine, about 15 to 20, do you think you really started to come into yourself?I was much happier in college. I left high school after junior year and went to college a year earlier since school was really just not working for me. As soon as I got into college, I had a happier time. A funny thing happened – I thought that as I got older, my clothes would become more conservative – you have this idea that you sort of “outgrow” whatever nuttiness you had. But actually the opposite happened in my case. The older I got, the bolder I got, more confident, I moved into the city [Manhattan] and people were more tolerant. It’s a funny question since it was really a gradual process for me, but the older I got, the happier I got. I also became much more accepting of how I look and take a longer view of things. When you’re younger, you’re so hypercritical of yourself – always comparing yourself to someone else. I

STYLE MAVEN: Lynn

Yaeger, top to

bottom, was photographed

by Scott Schuman for his popular street style blog The Sartorialist in

early April 2010; Yaeger in her NYC

apartment; Yaeger’s signature makeup

look.

Lynn YaegerAfter a serendipitous run-in at a restaurant in NYC, Alice Taranto (11) talks with the modern style icon and former fashion reporter of the Village Voice.Assisted by Daphne Taranto (11)

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Zoe Kestan (11) does a Q+A with the women be-hind the Ten Waverly headbands.

Casey Rosenblum+ Amy Elfenbein

What do you do exactly? How did Ten Waverly come about? We design, produce, self-market, and sell - every Ten Waverly piece is hand crafted. I (Amy) have always been a hair-obsessed person. In High School, I would wake up at least an hour early to make sure that I had time to style my hair exactly as I wanted it – very often with a headband or clip. After a couple of years working after graduating from college, we realized that we wanted to create something that was completely our own and do something we truly love. Once we made the decision to form a company, we worked around the clock to get Ten Waverly up and running. We launched by joining with a friend who designs tee shirts and sponsored Fashion Show hosted at a bar in Soho – it proved to be very successful.

How does Ten Waverly work on the web? Tell us about the brand, and any success garnered by using the internet.We knew immediately that we wanted www.tenwaverly.com to be an e-commerce site. It gives our clientele the opportunity to shop directly from our website. We worked really closely with our web designer to make sure the site is easy to navigate in order to ensure that shopping was a seamless experience. We fully appreciate the power of the Internet and so, created a group on Facebook to help drive web traffic and demand for our products. Our Facebook group is very useful in reaching our clientele - we can spread news of our accomplishments, promotions and pieces immediately. It also helps to broaden our network to a diverse group who we wouldn’t be in touch with otherwise.

We see that you’ve recently just released a Spring 2010 line. Tell us about it.We are incredibly excited about our new Spring line. We feel that there is something for everybody - the styles range from edgy to sweet and romantic. We’re most proud of the fact that this line is very wearable and

completely unique compared to other products available in the market place.

Where do you live and How does that affect your style and your designs?We live in Manhattan and gain inspiration from our daily activities. Everything from color schemes we see in paintings at the Met, to costumes we see in shows, plates of food we order at restaurants – this City is full of beauty. Honestly the most productive days are accomplished sitting outside in the West Village with a coffee and a pen, absorbing all creativity around us.

How old are you? How did your interest in design, especially headwear design, begin? Was there a turning point in your career?I (Amy) am 26 years old. I grew up in a very creative house in Long Island. My mother couldn’t help herself - she made bows for my hair that matched every outfit I owned. Eventually it became ingrained; by the time I was 13, my sister and I would go and buy ribbons and trims - attach them to elastic and make headbands to go with every outfit. As I got older, my headbands became more sophisticated, both in design and production but it was always something I did just for fun. It wasn’t until a couple of years ago that I realized I could turn my hobby in to a career. After that, all it took was my current business partner coming to me and saying “this is crazy, you need to sell these”.

What about your high school experience? Were you as involved in design during your teen years?I (Amy) went through a lot of different phases of design, especially in high school, high school is when you actually to begin to understand your own style. As I started to embrace my style I also started applying it to everything I had always created -jewelry, bags, costume design. I loved to tie-dye (still do)!

Where do you see yourself going in the future?We would love to expand Ten Waverly beyond hair accessories. Eventually scarves will be a part of our product line. There is so much to be done under the “accessories” umbrella and it would be satisfying to branch out.

Do you have any advice for aspiring designers/artists/fashionistas?Nothing is ever as easy as you think it’s going to be and everything takes more time than you think it will. There is nothing more satisfying than doing something you love every day. So, if designing is your passion, it’s worth it.

What inspires you? Do you have any major influences on your design aesthetics?I (Amy) am inspired by literally everything – especially other fashion. If I am walking on the street and see somebody wearing a dress with these amazing details, I will try to find a way to turn it into a headband. I was an Art History major in college so I love to just walk through the MOMA and look for patterns or color schemes that stand out to me. My business partner and I have always been very into film – a lot of what we’ve done so far has been inspired by movies that we haven’t been able to stop watching.

Lastly, Summer or Winter?Summer, definitely summer! You don’t have to worry about covering your headband with a hat!

http://www.tenwaverly.com/

HOT HEAD:Left to Right: Perry and Sadie headbands by Ten Waverly.

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Kyle Camping grew up in a small town in upstate NY and describes himself as “a typical, suburban, middle-class American.” When growing up Kyle became very artistic, and he felt a special passion for theatre specifically. So in high school and college he worked to get his bachelor’s degree in technical theatre. After college, Kyle snagged a job at Williamson PR & Showroom, a wholesale sales representative and public relations firm for high-end designers. There he made the connections that would lead him to work at designedmemory, one of the most sought after web design companies today. Kyle works at designedmemory as a business director. However, unlike what you may think, he is directly involved in the creative process of making websites. “I book new projects, write the schedule, liaise with clients, hire contractors, pay the bills, and invest our capital,” Camping says. “[But] I also shoot and edit video, hand paint fonts, update code, and write press releases.”

Designedmemory is so highly sought after because of the uniqueness and quality of its work. At designedmemory the mentality is all about doing the best work possible, the most efficiently. “Some days are packed with meetings,” says Kyle. “We are a very mobile company, so we reject the notion of structure for structure’s sake. We do what is most efficient at the time.” According to Kyle, designedmemory considers, “site design to be nothing more than the appropriate way for a user to interact with content online. Design must have a purpose. If you can’t justify it in writing, throw it out.” Therefore, designedmemory concentrates on making websites “dynamic and vivid and interactive.” When detailing the process of creating a website Kyle says, “It starts with extensive discovery of the client’s brand identity, then we create broad concepts for design using black marker on white paper, which move to fully visualized static computer comps, and finally live interactive development and coding. The average project takes five months.” In the end, it is obvious that the amount of

Emma Garcia (9) talks with the Business Director of web design house designedmemory about his job and the importance of web design today.

Kyle Campinghttp://www.designedmemory.com/

GET ONLINE:Top to bottom: Clients of ddesignedmemory, including

band Au Revoir Simone and designer Chris Benz.

http://www.chris-benz.com/

http://www.aurevoirsimone.com/site.html

effort Designedmemory exerts certainly accomplishes its goal of creating immersive websites. When navigating one of the websites it has designed, you may notice that things are constantly moving. This creates the feeling that what is happening in the website is happening live. Then the transitions from link to link make you feel as if you are in the site, as if it was a gallery you are visiting. The transitions are smooth, and move cleanly from one image to another, much like if you were to walk from one destination to the next. As you might imagine, the patience and time put in by designedmemory has certainly paid off. It is apparent not only is its work phenomenal, but it also gets the recognition it deserves. Publications such as style.com, WWD, etc. have critically acclaimed designedmemory’s innovation. As of now we think of web pages that are plain and uninteresting, but with designedmemory on the internet scene now, that’s going to change.

“”

designedmemory considers ‘site design to be nothing more than the appropriate way for a user to interact with content online’ says Kyle.

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printscharming

magica darabundit (11) and daphne taranto (11) style student models in fashion-forward printed tees and painted skirts, all made by f.a.d. staff

STYLING by Daphne Taranto (11) and Magica Darabundit (11), MAKEUP by Ni-cole Dalessandro (11), ASSISTED by Lia Ehrlich (10) and Arlinda Hasandjekaj (11). PHOTO EDITING by Daphne Taranto (11) and Nicole Dalessandro (11), LAY-OUT and TEXT by Daphne Taranto (11). SHOT ON LOCATION AT HORACE MANN SCHOOL.ethan (12) wears a silkscreened t-shirt customized by devon mcmahon (11); henry (9) wears an om-bre t-shirt customized by daphne taranto (11); pierre-alexandre (10) wears silkscreened t-shirt customized by daphne taranto (11); jack (11) wears an airbrushed t-shirt customized by magi-ca darabundit (11). all other clothes, models’ own. necklace, stylist’s own. Photo by CHONG WI (9).

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charming

carla wears a purple braided top by daph-ne taranto (11), paper

PAPER CUT

pleat skirt by alice taranto (11); charlotte wears a silkscreened pa-per top and black jersey skirt by daphne; zoe wears a yellow bust-ier top by zoe kestan (11), paper painted skirt by alice; all tights + shoes are stylists’ own. all pink hair bows throughout by zoe kestan (11) and rachel scheinfeld (10). all makeup by nicole dalessandro (11).

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henry (9) wears a green ombre shirt customized by daphne taranto (11), necklace and watch are stylist’s own. charlotte (11) wears a silkscreened paper top and black jersey skirt made by daphne taranto (11), necklace is model’s own. PHOTO BY ME-GAN LU (11).

Rock, PAPER, SCissors

accessories to school

every day is a talentshow! wear your self-

made clothes and“

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zoe (12) wears a yellow bustier top by zoe kestan (11), paper painted skirt by alice taranto (11); ethan (12) wears a silkscreened shirt customized by devon mcmahon (11). carla (11) wears a purple braided top by daphne taranto (11), paper pleat skirt by alice taranto (11); all ladies’ tights + shoes are stylists’ own; all guys’ pants, shoes, glasses are models’ own, guy’s necklace is stylist’s own. PHOTO BY MEGAN LU (11).

SPAM MALE

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f.a.d. asked art history teacher Avram Schlesinger to give us his favorite pieces of art. He came back to us with his most frequently visited pieces, in-cluding the major mediums of sculpture, drawing, paint-ing, and furniture design. Zoe Kestan (11) conceptualized a photoshoot inspired by four of Mr. Schlesinger’s choices. f.a.d. borrowed pieces from Horace Mann’s own resplendent, little-known Costume Shop to style the looks. 8 f.a.d. mem-bers met over the Spring Break to execute the photoshoot. In each look, the clothing choices, poses, makeup, and scenery were inspired by Mr. Schlesinger’s choices. Enjoy!

Conceptualized by Zoe Kestan (11), Hair design by Diana Rheinstein (9), Make-up design by Nicole Dalessandro (11), Assistants Diana Rheinstein (9) and Alice Taranto (11), Assistant Stylist Daphne Taranto (11) and Paige Burris (9), Pho-tographers Anne Schechner (11), Zoe Kestan (11), Daphne Taranto (11). Model Nicole Bleuel (12)

Conceptualized by Zoe Kestan (11), Hair design by Diana Rheinstein (9), Make-up design by Nicole Dalessandro (11), Assistants Diana Rheinstein (9) and Alice Taranto (11), Assistant Stylist Daphne Taranto (11) and Paige Burris (9), Pho-tographers Anne Schechner (11), Zoe Kestan (11), Daphne Taranto (11). Model Nicole Bleuel (12)

fine art

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CREEPY CRAWLIES: Nicole (12) wears a strap-

less black dress courtesy of the Hor-ace Mann costume

shop. Chain necklace by Alice Taranto (11).

Beetle Pin, stylist’s own.

Manicure by Alice Taranto (11).

Louise Bourgeois’ Spider

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Nicole (12) strikes quite the dramatic pose. White lace top and taupe sheer skirt cour-tesy of Horace Mann Costume Shop; feather ruff and bootie heels, stylst’s own.

Michelangelo’sLibyan Sibyl Drawing

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Dress, Oscar de la Renta, gold chain bracelet, courtesy of the Horace Mann costume shop. Shoes, Christo-pher Kane for Topshop. Black feather capelet, gold beaded belt, and various gold bracelets, all styl-ist’s own.

Nuremberg by Anselm Kiefer

LEAN ON ME:Nicole (12) lounges beautifully on a tree trunk. The East Coast’s major rain-storm felled many trees and power lines. How could f.a.d. have let this chance slip by? Nicole wears a floral dress, couresty of Horace Mann Cos-tume Shop; Sparkly cape (worn as belt), feathered cape, gold bangles, mesh high (!) heels, all stylists’ own.

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Wasilly Chair by Marcel Breuer

PULL UP A CHAIR:Nicole (12) wears a black leather skirt,

courtesy of the Hor-ace Mann costume shop. Shoes, styl-

ist’s own. Brown felt and various other fabrics, hand con-

structed by stylists.

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Student makeup artists Ni-cole Dales-sandro (11) and Daphne Taranto (11)envisions a playful world of circus characters and bowtie-wearers. Photographed by

Anne Schechner (11) and Daphne Taranto (11). As-sisted/styled by Zoe Kestan (11)

and Alice Taranto (11). Student mod-

els Diana (9) and Yasmin (11). Shot in New Rochelle,

NY.

around clowning

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UP DO: Diana (9) had her face taped

off and made up for this mask-like look.

Necklace by Alice Taranto (11); Spar-

kly bow clip, and cat dress, stylist’s own.

is kept in line with

D.I.Y.! this makeupmask is made entirely of

storebought eyeshadow and“

”generic medical tape.

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This page: Yasmin (11) wears a clown-influenced look with a heart-shaped mouth and larger-than-life low-er lid lashes. Earrings, teal shirt, hairbow, styl-ists’ own; manicure by Alice Taranto (11). That page: Diana (9) shows off her Granny Smith apple green nails and dark, romantic makeup. Tulle shirt stylist’s own; Fake flower courtesy of Horace Mann Cos-tume Shop; manicure by Daphne Taranto (11).

I always love modeling for FAD. Even though the application of makeup and shooting can collectively take a while (one of the issue 3 makeup features took about an hour and a half), it’s never boring. It’s interesting to won-der what you will look like while the makeup artist applies the makeup, and then how the pictures will come out after. My favorite part is when you get to see, after all the work, how it all came out and I’m especially look-ing forward to see the shoot as part of the magazine in issue 3. Every look is unique and each shoot is a little differ-ent. There are special aspects to each. I thought the combination of bottom eyelashes, circle cheeks and heart lips was really innovative and fun to work with. Having the issue 3 shoot outside was also really helpful because the atmosphere added another dimen-sion. The whole effort, from makeup to posing suggestions, is collaborative so the shoot can have as many angles and opinions as possible so it can be the best it can be, but also make it to that much more enjoyable.

Yasmin (11) Says

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Be inspired by anything from Alice

in Wonderland to flamenco dancing.

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Editor in chief Amy Astley’s pristine white office! Amy is hard at work at her desk.

A group shot outside the offices as our field trip came to a close. Top row, left to right: Gina (12), Zoe (11), Jenny (11), Magica (11), Charlotte (11), Chloe (11), Noah (9). Bottom row, left to right: Daphne (11), Rena (12), Zoe (12), Alice (11), Rachel (10). Not present in photo: Vivien (9) and Ms. Alicia Hines (advisor/chaperone). Photo by Hines.

Eva Chen is the beauty editor at Teen Vogue. After having studied as a premed student and having worked at Harper’s Bazaar, Lucky Magazine, and Elle Magazine, Chen has worked her way up for several years with four years at Teen Vogue under her studded and bejeweled belt. One day, Chen got a call from the editor in chief of Teen Vogue, and after taking the edito-rial test - which is the “SATs of the magazine world” - she got the job, and has been there ever since! She now does less writing than she did previ-ously because a lot of her job is administrative. Sounds like a fun work week! But what does Chen do on a day-to-day basis? As a beauty editor, Chen attends events representing Teen Vogue, visits photo shoots, and deals with makeup, perfume, and accessories. All things beauty-related are sent to Chen six months before they come out. She also covers the health section, which includes everything ranging from straightforward medical maters to issues like alcohol, drugs, eat-ing disorders, psychology and self-esteem. As a fashion magazine for a “younger set,” Teen Vogue’s distinctive style is eclectic, off beat, never per-fectly matched, and encourages personal expression. FAD gets the scoop at the Teen Vogue offices when our staff asked Chen questions!

How much affiliation does Teen Vogue have with Vogue?Good question: a lot! We’re really lucky because we have the Vogue brand in our name, so we basically work with all the same photographers. And everyone has a counterpart at the other maga-zine, like there’s me and then the beauty editor at Vogue, and we’ll be invited together to go to events. So it’s nice to have the interaction. And yes, Anna Wintour (editor in chief of US Vogue) does approve every single thing that goes into the maga-zines, literally down to, “I don’t like that Teen Vogue is writ-ten in yellow,” and we’ll change it. Because at the end of the day, she’s the boss, the one who call’s the shots, along with our editor in chief. They together decide everything down to the colors and lettering on every page. I don’t know how either of them sleep, because they literally oversee everything. But at the end of the day it’s also their responsibility to hire really great team members, so they can delegate responsibility.

You mentioned The Devil Wears Prada - what do you think of

that and shows like Ugly Betty (RIP) or media that show the fashion world?I feel that anything that draws attention to the fashion world and industry in general and kind of takes the veil away from it is good thing. However, there is a nugget of wisdom to them, it’s not a huge nugget, but there is definitely some.

As a final question, what is your advice for people who want to work in magazines or students who are rising fashionistas, bloggers, or artists?I think it’s so inspiring when I meet a teen-ager with a blog, so definitely if you guys have blogs or work for the school paper or magazine, anything you can start is good to practice now. And you don’t know – your blog could be the next Tavi (stylerookie.com) or Jane Aldridge (seaof-shoes.com) (see FAD’s features on these two on p 12). High school counts – anything you do now that demonstrates long-term interest in some-thing can only help you later. Also it’s impor-tant to be patient and stay down to earth. No matter how smart you are, you have to work your way up from the bottom, especially when you are interning. Take classes in whatever interests you and what you do well in. Listen to your

instincts and follow your gut. Most impor-tantly right now is to enjoy being

in high school and college and being able to dabble in

everything and try everything you

like.

Text by Chloe Kling (11) and Daphne Taranto (11), Layout + Photography by Daphne Taranto (11).TEENY BOPPERS

FAD Mag took a field trip to Teen Vogue magazine’s offices in January - we asked questions around the office and here’s what the Teen Vogue staff had to say.

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“I’m the features

director, which means I kind of do a little bit of everything. I’m

not really super fashion-related but almost everything else – I do music, pop culture, the

stories on the front of the cover like hot topics and special issues or reports in the news or

real girl stories. That’s me. It’s kind of a mix, but it’s definitely fun.”

“I run the website, so basically my job is to oversee everything that goes on at TeenVogue.com and I have a team behind me that is always working. It’s my responsibility to update the site every day. It’s a great place to talk to our readers on a daily basis through blogs, Face-book, and Twitter versus with the magazine you can talk to readers only ten times a year. You can do a lot more with a website than with a magazine because online you can get behind the scenes footage, bloggers of the week, giveaways and such. The readers drive a lot of the content on the site whether it’s through forums or comments on the blog.”

“I love DIY be-cause it gives us an opportunity to promote young design talent and feature designers that we might not otherwise be able to feature in the magazine. I try to pick people who are young and buzzed about before they really break out into the big leagues. I do all of the fashion features and news stories and the stories called “View,” “Checklist,” and the personal style pages which are at the back and front of the book. I go to all the shows in New York and Paris and am constantly talking with designers and meeting with girls like you, getting story ideas and inspiration. I love my job because I’m not just sitting behind a desk all day – I do writing and editing but I also help put together the shoots, come up with the story ideas and get to be involved with a little of everything.”

As Eva said, “Lara’s job is to be able to identify the next big models as they come through her office.”

“After I get the inspiration from stylists or other editors, my job is to call in ac-cessories that I feel like fit the theme. We do everything from bags to belts to costume jewelry. Organization is very important and you have to have a really good memory to be on top of everything. We work re-ally closely with the fashion department and the stylists to make sure that the looks are really cohesive throughout all the pulls. We work together as one big team.”

“We go out to all the showrooms in the city or go through all the lookbooks and pull samples that correspond with the stylists’ visions. We usually get about ten racks of clothing for one shoot, then the stylist comes in and sorts what he or she loves or doesn’t want to keep, and we’ll nar-row it down to about five racks that will go to the shoot, which end up with about one rack of clothing in the actual maga-zine spread. I never know what season it is or what season I’m shopping for because we’re in such a time warp! We’ll be shooting for spring, but holiday is still in the windows and the fall fashion shows are about to start.”

EJ, Web Director

Jane Keltner, Fashion Features Director

Lara,Bookings Director

SHIONA,Accessories Editor

Mary-Kate,market editor

Jane, Beauty and

Health writer

Leigh Bells,Features Director

past issues of teen vogue

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wonderlandBefore Versace, Alice In Wonderland was just thought of as a movie filled with the magi-cal ideas of shrinking potions, tea parties, talking rabbits, a Mad Hatter, and a Queen of Hearts who has an abnormally large head. However, true magic is Versace’s new Haute Couture Spring 2010 collection based on

the Alice In Wonderland movie by Tim Burton. Pieces display fabrics printed with clocks, playing cards, butterflies, and rabbits com-bined with geometric patterns. Hemlines are shorter, heels are higher, colors are light-er, and evening gowns are cutout to look ex-otic. Although Donatella Versace based this collection on fantasy and magic, she still kept some metallic studs and chain mail to keep the pieces looking off beat and daring. The collection is perfect for a youthful group of people and the patterns and pastel colors will allow consumers to have fun with these pieces. This collection will soon be released to the public later on in March, and will defiantly turn ordinary closets into Wonderland.

Tom Binns is collabo-rating with Disney to produce a collec-tion inspired by Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. This movie is certain to be big, and Disney made sure – they showcased the jewelry collection in Las Vegas at the MAGIC marketplace, an international fashion trade event (see p.21). Tom Binns is creating the high end Tom Binns for Walt Disney Signa-ture limited edition collection, which will be based on our favorite story characters. It will consist of just 6 pieces, and will be priced at $1000-$3000; this collection will be avail-able through luxury retailers and fine boutiques. A cheaper Tom Binns for Dis-ney Couture collection will consist of 35 pieces, and prices will range from $100 to $500. “It opens up a labyrinth of doors for my particular way of see-ing the world, allowing me to express my fashion experience with my interest in art and cinema,” Tom Binns said of the collaboration.

Who says surrealist architec-ture can’t exist (besides Dalí, that is)? This trippy single family resi-dence is inspired by Alice in Won-derland. Elements of Lewis Carroll’s nonsensical novel fill the house with checkerboard patterns, playing card motifs, and even the White Rabbit make appearances. Like the novel, this house also contends with the idea of the subjectivity of logic; optical il-

lusions are strewn throughout the house and can dramati-cally alter the experience of moving through it depend-ing on the position of the viewer. Chief among these illusions is the main stair-well, which consists of seem-ingly hovering (but actually connected through the wall) ruby slabs that get progres-sively shorter as you ascend, making the distance appear as if it is growing longer.

I got a lot of my inspiration from both the Tim Burton and the Disney versions of the movie. My ideas tried to incorporate both of the styles from both movies. To me Alice in Wonderland means a type of utopia, even though bad things happen when she in wonderland it is her dreamland. Wonderland means a place of beauty and an imaginary realm of marvels so I associate that with a type of dreaming. The new movie was amaz-ing, I loved the depth of the characters, and Tim Burton really did wonders with it. Although a lot of people didn’t like the beginning of the movie, I really didn’t have a problem with the whole marriage scene, I thought it was a cute way to want

to get out of the “real” world. Well I would love to see them in 3-D, but it seems to loose something from the mystery of the drawing because all the de-tails need to be perfected. Well I used the original where I look at pictures of the characters, and I watched both of the movies prior to sketching to get the essence of the characters and hoping to get that in my croquis.

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f.a.d. reviews Alice In Wonderland’s influence on the fashion world. Justin Burris (11), Alex Powell (9), and Danielle Mar-cano (11), exhibit their own work inspired by the tale.

by Vasilisa Sokolova (9)

check out FAD’s cover inspired by AIW on p.2 !

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tips + tricks

Pillowcase Skirtwho said pillowcases are just for sleeping? this simple skirt DIY by noah margulis (9) is anything but a snooze.

DIY

what you’llpillowcase, rib-

If you own pinking shears, use them on the edges to minimize fray-ing. Also, try childhood pillowcases - Disney characters look great!

Cut the closed end of the pillowcase at the desired length of your skirt.

1

Cut 6” up the sides of the pillowcase at the bottom.

2

Cut 5 slits with your scis-sors through both layers, along the side of the part you just cut. Thread rib-bon through the top 2 slits.

3

Weave the ribbons separately on each side, in and out of the slits. Pull the 2 ends of the ribbon and tie a bow to gather the skirt’s bottom.

4

At the top of the skirt, cut 2 slits through 1 layer of fabric. Attach a safety pin to the rest of the rib-bon, and put it into 1 slit.

5

Hold onto the safety pin and gather the fabric around it until it comes out the oth-er slit. Voilá, drawstring!

6Put the skirt on and tie the ribbons at the top to secure it on. Enjoy!

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needbon, scissors, safety pins,

ruler or tape measure

wonderland

the Alice In Wonderland movie by Tim Burton. Pieces display fabrics printed with clocks, playing cards, butterflies, and rabbits com-bined with geometric patterns. Hemlines are shorter, heels are higher, colors are light-er, and evening gowns are cutout to look ex-otic. Although Donatella Versace based this collection on fantasy and magic, she still kept some metallic studs and chain mail to keep the pieces looking off beat and daring. The collection is perfect for a youthful group of people and the patterns and pastel colors will allow consumers to have fun with these pieces. This collection will soon be released to the public later on in March, and will defiantly turn ordinary closets into Wonderland.

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me all the hand work and creative pattern making starting at 5ys. I went to a high school for visual and performing arts which was patterned after La Guardia here in NY. Arts Magnet High School was relatively new and had been created to assist with desegregation, but for me and all the other creative “misfits”, it was Utopia: a place where high IQ and artistic talents were rewarded, not cause to be ostracized. Awesome. I have always delighted in dressing and living in the art of the moment and what I “feel’, but I recently saw a clip from a show where I had a short multi-bleached Davie Bowie hair-thang going on..and all I could think was, “I think I look like a musk-rat’..and that’s insulting the musk rat..ack!

Where does your inspiration come from? I am a voracious pyschopomp and bibliophile. Many of my ideas are completly intuitive and playful, but heavily influenced by information or research I have come across. I adore infusing my fashion work with storytelling, mythology, social reform, alchemy and magic. I you want what everyone else has, fine. If you want something different, one-of-a-kind, personal, dare we say even exceptional..come to me. Your parents are artists, a graphic designer and a sculptor. How has this influenced you? Did you grow up knowing you wanted to do something artistic with your life? I knew I wanted and was going to be an artist for as long as I can remember. When people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would answer, “Happy”. I am and was very fortunate to have hard-working, successful, visionaries as parents. I was always encouraged, critiqued, and challenged with anecdotes and their example: such as, my father, the late 20th century sculptor Luis Jimenez, would always say, “Don’t compare yourself to everyone else, they might not be any good. Compare yourself with own expectations of excellence, because then you will always go farther.” Or my mother, Vicky Balcou head designer for Fitz & Floyd for some 20yrs, would say “There are those who do. There are those who follow or support. And, there are those who do neither. Watch out for the last ones, for they will try to destroy the other two.” These types of consistent dialogues about creative people and their importance in society fueled my security in knowing a life of art was without a doubt possible...maybe not always easy, but definitely possible. It is the foundation by which I can nurture my daughter to be able to manifest any life she desires.

Can you tell FAD about the Hunger World? When did you being the project and why did you choose the name? The Hunger World is a pseudo-ficticious world that is motivated by hunger in its all propensities: intellectual, spiritual, emotional, sexual,etc. When I was younger and The Hunger World first came to me in graduate school at age, 22, it was just about the hungers, but after I had my daughter, Calliope in 96, I finally understood the nurturing aspect of hunger and so The Hunger World evolved into the interplay of hungers and their respective fulfillments. The Hunger World came to me via 3 marionettes I had made and a continuous push I had been exerting on myself since my teens for artwork with was rich in the experiential and therefore included more than one media. The Hunger World become the clear foundation for any creation I cared to manifest because conceptually it was contained. I had been given a vehicle for my own mythology and symbolism to synthesize. Its fun.

What did you gain from participating in project runway? Did Tim Gunn or the other designers or judges’ affect your aesthetic? What was it like being ‘aufed’? Can you tell us about the experience? The most powerful thing I gained from doing Project Runway was being able to do it for my daughter, Calliope. Personally, I did it as a vision quest slash creative-socio-anthropological experiment. In 2004 I had been contacted as Alum of Gen Arts Fresh Faces

of Fashion about a brand new fashion reality show called, “Project Runway”. I competed and was accepted for the first season, however, I was just launching a new line inspired by my hand drawn tshirts at Urban Outfitters flagship store in London, as well as preparing for Ny Fashion Week with a couture collection in conjunction with Cristo’s “Gates” project in Central Park, plus, I didn’t want to leave away from my daughter who was then only 8, so I thanked them and turned it down. While my daughterand I were in London, we were hit as pediestrians by someone jumping the light. After that my daughter asked if I would try for “Project Runway” again. So, I did. What I carried most away from my “Project Runway” experience were the friendships of my peers. We are all so talented and it was very much like fashion-art camp without the outdoors. It was an enlightening and vivifying experience. When you ask if any of the designers or Tim Gunn affected my aesthetic I must answer in a no and yes and no. I already had had an incredibly blessed and successful fashion and art career doing things exactly because and how I did them, and that did not change, but grew. However, I did turn around, by a machine, and not just any machine, an industrial, and do an entire high-end eco collection called “Urban Nomads” completely on machine with turn of century detailing and avant-tailoring. I wanted to show that like e.e.cummings who could write phenominal prose, I create the way I do because I choose to..not because I don’t know how the “normal” way. When I was ‘aufed’, I was truly relieved. I had clarified for myself that I am an artist who does fashion. Both mediums being highly subjective, I might as well do them on my own terms.

I understand that you were able to show a Fall 2008 Collection. What were that experience like and how much work does it really take to put on a full-fledged show? I did show collections in 2008, and have been showing collections during NY and sometimes LA Fashion Weeks since my first show in 95. I have been blessed in my fashion experience, sometimes receiving sponsorships like from Aveda, Nike, or Audi. Other times, receiving shows as a component of recognition, such as my show at Bryant Park, being chosen by Vogue as one of America’s top 10 independent designers, or by Chris Townsend of The Barbican in London for his book and exhibition, “Rapture: Arts fascination with Fashion since the ‘70s”. I have shown in all kinds of venues and have had gallery representation for a good deal of my career. I love the comrodery and hard work of putting on a show and hope to include a “grassroots” production component when I come to visit, because I have continuously put on shows and created collections on what most people in the industry would consider remarkably conservative budgets. I like to do work on a clever budget. I find it empowering and practical.

Fashion week for Fall/Winter 2010/2011 was just shown for the last time at Bryant Park, how do you feel about the move of location to Lincoln Center? I feel the move to Lincoln Center will be good for everyone. Change, after all, is the only constant. It is important to have a variety of venues for designers, in addition to “the tents”, because sometimes that status comes at a prohibitive price for the emerging or independent designer. What is essential is being listed on Ruth Finnley’s Fashion Calendar produced all year, and the bible for shows during the Fashion Weeks. It is well worth the money and the ladies who do it are amazing.

What’s your favorite new trend for spring? Confidence, individual expression, and joy. Always the best trends, dont’cha think?! Me personally? My daughter picked out these short purple, heeled boots for me that make me feel fabulous. They aren’t like anything I have ever worn, but now they are my new favorite things.

What advice would you give to young people interested and who want to get involved in the fashion industry? My advise to any young person interested in the fashion business is the same as my advise to any young person who has a passion about anything..stay true to yourself! Really,work hard, surround yourself with positive and real people, stay true to yourself, your standards, and your morals. If you have a vision, don’t let anyone or anything

And finally, Plain or Peanut M&M’s? Plain, and I just ate a bag in honor of FAD. (*>.<*)

more to say: continued text

continued from our interview with Elisa Jimenez (p.31)

would get on the subway, I would think I look kind of cute, and see some other girl and think, “Oh, she looks way cuter.” And it would sort of ruin my whole day! I’m sure that girl is still on the subway, but I don’t see her any more. It’s a funny thing that happened.

For people who are not familiar with your look now, [Yaeger laughs], while the people in the fashion world have seen your picture on even Scott Schuman’s street

continued from our interview with Lynn Yaeger (p.33)

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style blog The Sartorialist on April 4th…There was quite a little discussion on The Sartorialist! It was very freaky for me. Imagine if that were you! I was obsessed with reading all the comments, but then if one of them was mean I would say, “Oh, that’s so mean!!” But it was mostly nice, it was good, it was ok.

Could you explain your look that you go for these days, and if you’re recognized on the street because it’s so distinctive?Well, sometimes I am recognized, not non-stop, but yes, sometimes I do get recognized. I would say it has a lot of themes – it was based on a 1920s feeling, which I thought suited my looks much better than things that are in style now. I am a big doll collector, and I kind of like the way dolls look – that sort of influenced my look.

You are a big collector, especially via eBay purchases, right?Yeah, and antique markets, flea markets, a lot of 1920s photography, early movies…that look suited me better I thought. Although I buy a lot of things now – I mean my clothes are not vintage, they’re all new, and it’s just curated in this funny way. I remember talking to this woman once at a fashion party, and she asked, “Which things are you buying from the new collections?” And I was just like, “Well, I’m just buying the things that work for me, not the other way around.” If there’s something from the collection that fits into the sensibility that I have, then I’m interested in it. But I don’t change with the trends or anything.

Right, like you wouldn’t bend over backwards to suit someone else.No, but I’m pretty happy that the stores sort of coincide with what I like – for example, everybody’s doing my little flat lace-up shoes now! There are millions of them – which is nice, because I know they’re going to go away and then there won’t be any, but they’re everywhere now. So, you know, it’s kind of fun!

How do you think that fashion, art, and design merge, or where is there, if at all, a line between fashion and art for you?Well, to me fashion’s not really art. I mean, to me fashion is to be worn and to be loved. I don’t think of it as art, and I never had too much interest in couture. Harold Koda, who is now the curator at the Met Costume Institute, is a friend of mine. We’ve had this long-running discussion for years. He’ll say to me, “Oh, the stitching on the couture is so exquisite and these garments are so beautiful.” I don’t even notice that! For me, it’s much more about the social context of clothes. I’m much more interested in the historical aspect of why people looked the way they did at a certain time. I’m very interested in the late 19th century when all of a sudden there was enough money around for everybody to have a hairpin or a sweater… I’m much more interested in a sociological take on fashion than the art take. I got to exhibits of clothes, but it’s not as exciting to me as seeing documentary pictures from the 1910s or something.

Well, that interest of yours probably contributes to your look with referencing time periods and all of that.Yes, probably!

What do you think, since you were saying before about the comments on The Sartorialist, about the kinds of reception you can get online? What has been your feedback or involvement with the Internet and its growing popularity?I don’t do Facebook or Twitter, which I know is weird, but I kind of remain a little mysterious in my life. The internet is very strange because the comments are anonymous, and sometimes somebody will say something really mean, and I have a lot of thoughts about that: Sometimes I think the person who puts the meanest thing up is really the person who is secretly attracted to they way you look, like the mean kid in school. But with the Internet it’s very odd to be a fashion critic when everyone else can chime in and everyone’s opinion is as valid as everyone else’s, even if some people get paid and some don’t. In terms of people’s reactions to my look, if you’re a writer you’re a bit of a public figure. Eleanor Roosevelt said that you have to have skin as thick as a rhinoceros. And she was right! You know, people will say mean things sometimes, or more likely write mean things, but you have to just not care! You sort of belong to the public in this funny way.

What do you think of the positives that can be had from the Internet, like Julia Frakes’ blog Bunny Bisous…I know Julia! Do you know Julia?

Not personally! But I have seen her in PAPER Magazine and on her own blog and other places. What do you think of all of the young people who can network and get themselves out there, who otherwise wouldn’t be able to, if the Internet and blogs weren’t available?To be honest, I think it’s great that all the collections are up right away… I like to have things as democratic as possible, to sort of belong to everybody. I think it’s fine. I’m a little taken aback by how smart people are about clothes! You know, I love movies so I’m on the IMDB website a lot where people review old movies, and the attention that people have and their critical focus that they can bring to things when they’re not even being paid is really impressive. Or even with The Sartorialist comments about me a lot of people had very sophisticated references to things that

have influenced me – I think it’s great, it’s a wonderful community. It’s fabulous! What do you think?

I think that there are definitely people like Tavi, or people of any age who could be picked up by a magazine or start a column with their blog… I think that that’s so cool these days.It’s pretty fabulous!

What are you doing these days, on a day-to-day basis, and what would your everyday schedule look like, if there were one?I do a lot of work for Vogue and Vogue.com, and I write a weekly blog for the Sundance Network for Full Frontal Fashion – those are the steady things that I’m doing. And I write for Travel + Leisure, I’m going to go out to LA in a few weeks for them. Then I have various freelance things going – like during the collections, I review the collections for New York Magazine. I have different relationships with different publications. A typical day… Well, I like to go shopping every day, so a typical day usually has some writing in the morning. But with the writing, I have to tell you, it’s mostly emailing people to interview and set up these things – the actual writing, when you actually get to sit down and write, it’s such a treat, after trying to get quotes from all these people! That’s kind of the hardest part of the job, don’t you think? [laughs] That technical part. Like I’m waiting to get a call from Christopher Bailey from Burberry for a Vogue.com piece, and I’ve heard back from some people from this piece but not other people, so if he by some miracle responds by tomorrow morning, I would try to write up before I go out this Vogue.com piece that he’s supposed to be featured in. But if I don’t hear from him, then I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’m very good friends with Michael Musto, who is the Gossip Columnist at the Voice, and I have lunch with him every day. So it’s great when you’re a freelancer to have this permanent date, so you know you can’t just sit here in your pajamas watching Beverly Hills 90210 reruns on Soap Net, which I also do watch when I’m home.

Well, networking is like a full-time job!Well, [laughs], I’m not that much of a networker! I don’t know! But I did like the publication [f.a.d.], because it was serious, which I liked. I don’t like that sort of “fan” thing with fashion. I don’t like when people are obsessed with models’ names, or celebrities, I find that kind of icky, but I thought the publication was quite serious, which I kind of loved.

Thank you! You’re welcome!

Another question – where is your favorite place to go shopping? You live in New York, and many of the people from Horace Mann live in the city too. I’m wondering if they wanted to kind of pad around some of your favorite spots, where would that be?Well, I’m very democratic when it comes to my shopping. I love Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys, because I like to look at all the collections under one roof, and places where the salespeople don’t bother you every second…but if you go in the Chloe boutique on Madison Avenue, you’re going to be the only one in there, and the salesperson is going to know what you want, which might be just nothing since you want to just look around and see the clothes in person. In a department store I feel much freer to do that. In terms of just walking around, I go everywhere. I go to the Meat Packing District, I love Comme de Garcons on 22nd street, I go downtown, I also love H+M and Zara, Forever21, Topshop… I try to go everywhere and take a very broad view of fashion and the different levels of things that are available. In my own experience, the cheapest thing that you buy you could love much more than the expensive thing. It isn’t always the case that the very expensive thing that you wanted so badly is the thing that works the best for you. You just don’t know, it’s a mystery!

What are you wearing right now?Oh my gosh, you caught me on a good day, since I’m just going out to dinner! I’m wearing purple leggings, this net tutu thing from the Lilith store in Little Italy in NoLita, and over that I’m wearing a Comme de Garcons polka-dot skirt, and over that I’m wearing a

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Marni smock that I got in the Marni outlet in Orlando, Florida. So it’s quite a day of funny clothes.

And your usual makeup?Yes, my usual makeup! Because I always have my makeup.

What are your favorite windows, between the Bergdorf’s or Barneys windows and the large-scale, 5th Avenue, NYC-only displays?You know, I think that Bergdorf’s has the most beautiful ones (see f.a.d.’s interview with Bergdorf Goodman’s own Linda Fargo in this issue), and it’s around Christmas that I think everything really shines. I’m a big window shopper. Let me think which windows do I really love…I love jewelry, I think Tiffany’s does a wonderful job with the windows...

What advice do you have for people who are interested in fashion, journalism, being artists, bloggers, or any of the above?I don’t know if I have anything that hasn’t been said a million times before. Basically with writing you have to try to develop your own voice, have as much personality and yourself in the writing as possible – really practice, you have to write a lot. I feel like I still get better, I still am learning new tricks with the writing. With fashion, I think try to take it a little bit seriously. If there’s anything that annoys me about fashion it’s that it’s dismissed as trivial or not important – I think it’s just as interesting as theater or anything else. I guess you just have to work at it! But I know that that’s not really fresh advice.

Where do you see yourself going in the future? Where can we expect to see you and your work in the days, months, and years ahead?Well, I don’t know – everyone asks me that. I only left the Voice a little more than a year ago, it was a kind of very traumatic experience. A lot of people tell me I should write a book, but I don’t seem to be able to buckle down and do that. So the answer is, “I don’t know!”

That can be totally great too!Yes!

And my last question, if you had to take one item to a desert island and it had to be all practical…People ask me this all the time! It’s always if, “There’s only one designer you can wear,” or “You can’t wear any designer clothes but there’ll be a cure for cancer, would you do it?” I’m familiar with this type of question. I get to bring one item to wear over and over again?

Well, you can choose between blush and lipstick!Oh, lipstick!! Because I can make the lipstick into the blush, [laughs], but I can’t make the blush into the lipstick! That was easy. [laughs]

although I’m not particularly agile at it, is that it opens the world up to make us truly global. I also like that given the nature of so much big social media, and I’ll use that word again, that there’s a dialogue – it’s not just for the brand to create content and put it out there and have no idea how it’s received. You’re able to actu-ally hear from people. I think that that can become very useful and make more “friends” in the world. That’s very positive, that the internet can make the world more personal and commerce can start to feel friendlier. I like that idea, and also I think that because of the internet more people are able to be involved in fashion and make it a more viable industry. Are there some downsides? Sure – as soon a de-signer has something out on the runway, it’s easy for people now to copy quicker. That’s not positive, because if you’re a designer it’s still going to take a good five months to bring that design to market between the time to take the orders, get the fabric, cut it, sew it, etc. Especially the higher-end pieces are made with qual-

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ity, and there’s a level of craftsmanship that takes time, so unfortunately people are able to start knocking those things off faster even than the real originator is able to get the product to market. There are things that are a downside, but the net result is all positive. How do you think, since fashion is already a fast-paced industry, that the inter-net is affecting the industry? Is it speeding up, causing other problems, creating a time warp between seasons…There are questions being thrown around these days: Should we be doing run-way shows in-season, versus out of season by 6 months, since the images will be on the internet anyway? We create these demands, but they’re frustrated demands since [the consumer] can’t get those things right away. I could argue this in both directions, but there are the frustrations that are definitely created by the instantaneousness of information, but again I still think that it will all go for the better. And listen, with speed the thing is that even this conversation will be different a year from now already! How do you spot a successful trend or a promising newcomer in the industry? Is there one designer or theme that is consistently outstanding for you?Well, that’s a very good question – underneath it all, I’m a consumer too, you know. When I or any of the buyers see something –let’s say it’s the legging or over-the-knee boot or “statement” shoes – all you know is that when you see it and you see it a couple of times and say, “Oh, I really like that, I really want that… I want it now,” you know – you start listening to yourself and say, “Well, if I want this now, other people will want this now.” It’s kind of instinctual – you start seeing, since you work with a team of people, you start elbowing each other and all concur that we are personally feeling turned on by it. That for us is the first litmus test that it’s probably going to be a trend with some traction. In terms of how you get a vibe for a designer, let’s say Alexander Wang – he’s not “new” any more, he’s emerged already – again, it’s the feeling you get. That excitement that you feel. That expression – “When in doubt, don’t” – if you’re feeling a little so-so and you have to talk yourself into something, or you say, “I like this, but I wish they hadn’t used so many of that…” or “I like that, but I don’t like the fabric,” or “I like it, but the print is really crazy for what it is…” If you end up in too many internal conversations, there’s probably a reason that you should wait and watch, see what they do next time or the time after that. Our store is very full – we have a lot of products and we don’t exactly have a lot of spare or open space lying around, so something’s got to be really compelling for us to create or carve out the space and open the buy. If you were to create a typical Bergdorf’s customer, or pinpoint the twist that Bergdorf presents compared to the other luxury department stores, what would you say that is? What makes it different?Hm… What makes Bergdorf’s, Bergdorf’s? Well, I’m happy to say that I think we have a real wonderful diversity of products and clients. I think we’re a store that embraces heritage and classicism, as well as modernism and futurism – I think it’s that range which is particular to us – our store is over 100 years old and we’ve always stood for great service and fashion authority. I think that peo-ple come here and they know they’re going to have a really high-quality, beauti-ful experience, all the way from being here to what they might find. I would like to hope that people find it approachable and a welcoming, graceful place. In terms of the Bergdorf’s experience, we’re all familiar with the Fifth Avenue holiday windows. What is your involvement with that? A video said that David Hoey…Yes, David is our window director now. I was the window director for many years and David was my production manager. When I moved to the fashion/visual office, David took on more responsibility as the window director. We still collaborate, with themes or directions, but David is really the designer now. I work on the fashion and sometimes the styling, but David really designs the sets. Where do you see yourself going in the future? Where can we expect to see you in the years to come?[laughs] Goodness, I’m really not sure! I really love it here. Fortunately, as I said, no two days are the same, so I feel continually challenged by my work. I have a little bit of a fantasy (laughs) – I think everyone has one! – of maybe at one point just doing art for art’s sake and not necessarily working in combined art and commerce. Living a life devoted more purely to art and design. But that’s just a fantasy! [laughs] And my last question for you: just for kicks – Alexander McQueen’s Spring 2010 Armadillo shoes, or Nina Ricci’s Fall 2009 heel-less platforms?Oh, I love those shoes [McQueen.] Which one do I like better? This is very funny, really a cute question, those are both remarkable shoes… I would prob-ably do the Nina Ricci shoe. It’s a little more flattering. They are both extreme, but I think the other one, for me personally, since you must take your own silhouette into consideration – I think I would really look even stranger in the Armadillo shoe! [laughs]

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pleasure of having a raccoon thrown on her plate while at a restaurant. PETA has had a lot to say about this influx of fur. For one, animal rights activists dismiss the idea of “ethical fur.” When asked about fur’s resurged popularity, PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk sees the designers who use fur as desperate. Creative designers can work without fur. Stella McCartney, for example, has successfully created her lines without fur or leather and has used other alternatives. PETA’s Vice President, Dan Matthews, explained how the fur’s appearance on the runways is delusional, as the products rarely end up in the stores. As fur makes a comeback, designers enter new territory in selling it. Sales can be lucrative, but finding the right market is a new task for these designers. As fur becomes popular among younger designers and is labeled as “trendy,” we should remember whose fur it is before making a purchase.

continued from Katie Dinan (11)’s“Is Fur Making A Comeback?” (p.32)

My painting analyzes how Richard Nixon attempted to use lies and cover-ups to get ahead in his political career but was blinded in the process. My idea stemmed from something Nixon said to his former law partner and close White House aide Leonard Garment: “You’re never going to make it in politics, Len. You just don’t know how to lie.” Hence the title of the piece, You Don’t Know How to Lie, a statement from and to Nixon.

This painting confronts the source of the corruption and controversy, taking a zoomed-in look at the man behind the men and the scandal.

I stretched the flag-blue velvet onto a 30x30” square frame. I used vel-vet simply for artistic reasons but also, as I made progress, for deeper meaning. As I stretched the material over the frame I positioned the grain of the velvet so when you run your hand left it is smooth and when you run your hand right it is rough. I interpret this as a represen-tation of the different parties and how Nixon’s Republican career was so choppy.

Although Nixon thought of himself as one with Americans, his lies and disconnect between himself, his men, and the country ultimately caused his exposure and fall. Nixon was blindfolded in many ways – by his red vision of the communist world; his paranoia concerning the government, the media, and his own men; and his fear of civil rights activists and youth in revolt (to name a few). In a transcript of one of the tapes, he shouts at his press secretary, “‘Who are they [the enemies] after?... They’re after me, the President. They hate my guts.’ ”He blindfolded himself against the truth on television and in front of the American people. Likewise, he blinded them – few really knew what was going on behind the scenes in the oval office and much of

her statement:

This painting by Daphne Taranto (11) was a history assignment in-spired by Richard Nixon. After reading her artist’s statement you can check it out on the second floor of Tillinghast hanging on a classroom wall!

You Don’t Know How to Lie VHS, tape, stretched velvet, acrylic paint, white pencil. 30x30” January 2010

artist’s spotlight

designers on finding and making their own unique styles and idea? As a designer you have to be aware of what is going on around you- and of course knowing what other designers are doing. What makes the difference is understanding why you like something and taking that concept and applying it to something new. On a typical workday, what would you be wearing? On a weekend?weekdays- depending on my mood: very casual (skinny jeans, heels, t-shirt and cardigan) to dressed up (bubble mini, platforms, chunky jewels) weekend- my new favorite high top sneakersIs their any age demographic that you aim to sell your clothes and jewelry to? I don’t really have an age demographic- its more of an attitude or lifestyle I like to design for. As a fashion designer, what is your typical day like? Do you work long hours or do you have a scheduled day and once you go home you are “off the hook” until the morning? The workday is typically a long one... at the office 9am and usually working until at least 8pm if not later. And there is definitely work on weekends too. A typical weekday: 9am-coffee, breakfast, hitting up favorite blogs.

the information was censored, as this strip of black tape appears across his eyes.

10-1pm: following up on emails and open issues- meetings with various production teams and technical teams and merchants. 1-1:30: lunch- usually tacos these days... afternoon: meeting with outside vendors, running out of the office to meet with collaborators, sometimes shopping. late evening: working on designs for new seasons. Is there any quote or motto that you follow throughout your life?Tomorrow is a new day! What is your favorite comfort food? Steamed pork dumplings! Delish.

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MONDAY, April 26: Release of f.a.d.issue 3 and Fashion Design Club Show inspired by Jackie O. and 1950s pillbox style. Sidewalk

outside of Tillinghast building, rain or shine.3:15 (i period).

TUESDAY, April 27: f.a.d. sponsored presentation of HM Costume Shop clothing alongside large-scale pho-to shoot print outs using the clothing. All day long!

WEDNESDAY,April 28: f.a.d. meets up with HM’s own Doc Film Club to watch The September Issue, a documentary about the inner workings of Vogue magazine. 60 Minutes producer David Gelber will be there to discuss with us all! 6:15 room 149T, expect pizza!

THURSDAY, April 29:Former Project Runway con-testant and practicing artist/fashion designer Elisa Ji-menez (of spit-marked-fabric fame) visits HM to do a workshopwith us. 3:15 - 5:30 in Fischer Hall Rotunda.

FRIDAY, April 30:HM’s Seniors will dance the night away at the Decades Dance. f.a.d.will host a live photobooth - Seniors, get your shot taken in your bell bottoms and poodle skirts + you’re automatically entered in the “Most Creative Costume” award! Cohen Dining Commons, about 7 pm.

ALL WELCOME FREE OF CHARGECheck our facebook page, click “I’m At-tending,” and join the f.a.d. online com-munity! WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! YOU’RE IN FOR A REAL TREAT

monday april 26 - friday april 30, 2010

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