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FEATURES

33 ARTS An art-lover, a curator and a gallerist

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54 ALIVE BRIDE More than 200 top local

explore “The Pathology of Glamour.” 66 SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS Sky-high styling yields elegant fall fashion.

34 DINING Culinary tours and supper clubs

vendors, caterers, cakeries and more.

EAT + DRINK

74 COVER STORY Fashion BFFs Karlie Kloss and Derek Blasberg share what they’re up to now and what they love most about STL.

99 SPIRITS Pumpkin, autumn’s flavor favorite, 36 HOT EATS Reel in a roll at Kevin Nashan’s

makes for a spirited seasonal libation.

new hotspot, The Peacemaker Lobster & Crab Co.

100 DINING GUIDE The top places in town to

76 THE FASHION FORCE Renowned designers bring their collections to the runways of Saint Louis Fashion Week.

eat and drink. 38 STARTUPS Dabble connects teachers and students with innovative speciality classes.

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22 7 THINGS you must do this month.

42 TRENDS The classic ’90s grunge trend gets

AGENDA 111

CALENDAR Catch an acoustic set with Jason Mraz, rage against the Man with artist

a modern makeover. 24 STLFW Inside the STLFW fall season.

Mark Flood, and more.

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44 ACCESSORIES Radiant red makes fall 26 STLFW NYFW creator Fern Mallis returns

accessories take flight.

to Saint Louis Fashion Week.

Handmade Happy Hour, ALIVE’s Top Chef 46 MEN’S Slacks get a colorful boost for fall.

28 STLFW Meet the designers of the Neiman Marcus fashion event at STLFW.

119 SCENE IN ST. LOUIS Top shots from

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Burger Challenge, and more. 128 ARCHETYPES An interview with Lesley Hoffarth, president and executive director

30 FASHION Susan Barrett launches Barrett Barrera to bridge fashion and art. 32 ARTS The World Chess Hall of Fame premieres an innovative hip-hop exhibit.

50 ENGAGEMENTS two newly engaged St.

of Forest Park Forever.

Louis couples share their love stories. 52 WEDDINGS A garden wedding flourishes in Lafayette Square amid stormy weather.

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keep foodies exploring all around town.

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“What’s your favorite fall dish to take off the autumn chill?”

“As autumn approaches, I always start daydreaming about the hearty fall soups of the cooler months. My favorites are butternut squash and pumpkin with mulled wine to sip on the side!”

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“Anything with ‘roasted’ in it. I love perfectly golden roasted chicken, rosemary roasted potatoes (with duck fat if I’m feeling naughty), and I always round it off with some roasted carrots and parsnips.”

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“I’m all about sweets this time of year—pumpkin bread, Halloween candy and especially pan de muertos on Cherokee Street for Day of the Dead (Nov. 1).”

FROM THE EDITOR

JENNIFER DULIN WILEY EXECUTIVE EDITOR

ON THE CALENDAR SAINT LOUIS FASHION WEEK THURSDAY, OCT. 9 – SATURDAY, OCT. 18 Don’t miss a second of the action during this season of STLFW, featuring top national and local designer talent and the first-ever Midwest Fashion Conference. 12

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“LIVING LIKE KINGS” EXHIBITION OPENING THURSDAY, OCT. 9 Head to the World Chess Hall of Fame for the opening night of an intriguing exploration of the intersections between hip-hop and chess culture.

“DIRTY DANCING” TUESDAY, OCT. 21 Be there for the theatrical premiere of this beloved tale when it hits The Fox stage, featuring hit singles from the original film and incredible moves presented by Dance St. Louis.

Photo by Wesley Law, shot on llocation at Lawrence Group.

HEN THE FOOD CHANNEL pegged the Midwestern Food Movement as the No. 1 culinary trend of the year, we knew the talented chefs and restaurateurs in St. Louis would be on the forefront of the trend. And after some delicious digging, it turns out we were right. After all, who else did the Food Channel choose to quote in its annual trend forecast than our very own Gerard Craft? Many of the defining characteristics of the movement made St. Louis’ role in the trend a given. After all, it’s simply the way we eat. However, for other regions of the country, our farm-focused ingredients, home-style cooking and traditions in hospitality are just starting to get the attention they deserve. Special thanks goes to Winslow’s Home Executive Chef Wil Fernandez-Cruz and his team for preparing the quintessential Midwestern spread— sourced directly from the restaurant’s farm—for our opening photo. I can’t think of a better establishment to depict the trend than a restaurant that is at the very heart of what the movement is all about (read the full story on p.80). But the trend of Midwestern-style food isn’t the only movement taking root in STL. The local fashion scene is gaining some serious momentum, which you’ll be able to see firsthand Oct. 9-18 during Saint Louis Fashion Week. The expansion of STLFW—combined with the launch of community-building organizations like the Saint Louis Fashion Fund, the success of our local designers and the draw that initiatives like the Fund’s Emerging Designer Competition, presented by Brown Shoe Company, have created for talent across the country—all add up to a very exciting time for fashion in St. Louis. Think of this issue as your all-access pass to the fashion happenings of the season. Not only do we have the exclusive Saint Louis Fashion Week Magazine (p.64), where you’ll find the full rundown of the events, the designers and the special guests you won’t want to miss, but we also snagged exclusive interviews with New York Fashion Week creator and STLFW special guest Fern Mallis (p.26), renowned designers Yigal Azrouël, Tess Giberson and Timo Weiland (p.76), and, last but certainly not least, supermodel Karlie Kloss and editor extraordinaire Derek Blasberg (p.74). Blasberg will be in town representing the pair, who are the honorees of the Saint Louis Fashion Fund’s inaugural gala on Oct. 17, which gave us the perfect opportunity to catch up with the fashion stars and get a glimpse into their crazy-fabulous lives. If you’ve ever wondered what it would like to be a fly on the wall during a conversation with the fashion besties, then now is your chance: Their tell-all answers to the same rapid-fire questions made for a creative take on our traditional cover interview. And although their answers differed to questions like “What three words best describe you?” and “What do you love and hate about the fashion industry?”, there was one thing they agreed on wholeheartedly: their love for St. Louis. What could be better than two hometown-talents-turned-big-time who heart STL as much as we do?

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Fashion Royalty Supermodel Karlie Kloss and influential fashion editor Derek Blasberg were the perfect duo to grace our official Saint Louis Fashion Week cover. While Kloss is busy shooting covers for Vogue, starring in ad campaigns for Oscar de la Renta and catwalking the runway of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, Blasberg is pulling triple editorial duty as Editor-At-Large for Harper’s Bazaar, V Magazine and VMAN. Still, the Midwest BFFs somehow find time to see each other amid their busy schedules, even planning trips home together when they can. Blasberg will be returning to St. Louis this month as an honoree of the Saint Louis Fashion Fund Gala on Oct. 17 (an honor he shares with Kloss)—giving Fashion Editor Sarah Stallmann the perfect chance to catch up with the two fashion pros for a glimpse into their crazy-fabulous lives (p.74).

When The Food Channel pegged the Midwestern Food Movement as the No. 1 culinary trend of 2014, we couldn’t resist taking a look at the movers and shakers who are making it happen right here in St. Louis. From the genius of chefs like Gerard Craft of Niche and Kevin Willmann of Farmhaus to the farm-to-table philosophy of culinary gems like Winslow’s Home, writer Molly Rippinger didn’t miss a beat exploring how the trend is playing out in STL. Photographer Jennifer Silverberg perfectly captured the essence of the movement with the help of Winslow’s Home, whose team of chefs prepared an exquisite spread exemplifying the trend for our opening photo. Read the full story on p.80.

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This month’s fashion feature reached new heights—literally—as we took to the rooftop of J. Buck’s Downtown to capture model Tosh in the sleek, modern look of fall (p.66). The city’s skyline created the perfect backdrop for the shoot—a concept photographer Attilio D’Agostino, Fashion Editor Sarah Stallmann and stylist Tina Davis were excited to execute, especially against the 8-foot white wall constructed to juxtapose with the sky-high altitude. “The sleek styling was the perfect way to seamlessly usher in a new season—it’s fall fabulous,” Stallmann says. “Plus, we were able to pull looks from some of our STLFW participating designers, including Yigal Azrouël and Michael Drummond.”

Top photo by Brayden Olson. Middle photo by Jennifer Silverberg. Bbottom photo by Attilio D’Agostino.

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We just couldn’t get enough of our fabulous cover duo—which is why we’re sharing the musings of fashion power players and St. Louis natives Karlie Kloss and Derek Blasberg on ALIVEMag. com. Head to p.74 to experience the back-and-forth banter of the BFFs as they answer the same rapid-fire questions, ranging from how they got their starts in the biz to what life is really like on the international fashion scene and how they feel about their hometown’s booming fashion movement. Then, check out our Style Notes blog for the complete 411 on what the two fashion stars are up to now and why they’re thrilled to be honored at the Saint Louis Fashion Fund Gala this month.

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THE DISH Whet your appetite by poring over our “Around the Table” feature on p.80, highlighting the movers and shakers of the Midwestern Food Movement, and then head to ALIVEMag.com, where we have daily coverage of local nosh news on The Dish. From weekly openings and closings to our favorite date-night destinations, we have all-inclusive reportage of the best St. Louis area eateries. STYLE NOTES From featuring international designers at Union Station runway shows to commanding industry talent at the Midwest Fashion Conference, STLFW will be on the national fashion radar this month. ALIVE will be mingling with the hottest new bloggers and interviewing the most buzzed-about talent—and hopefully getting a word in with special guest Fern Mallis. Follow along with the exciting action by checking our comprehensive coverage on ALIVEMag.com’s Style Notes blog. Having trouble deciding what to wear to the STLFW Kickoff Party? We’ve got a lineup of stylish fashion bloggers ready to assist you. Wondering what local designers will be at STLFW and where you can buy their wares? We’ve got you covered. Make ALIVEMag.com your go-to fashion resource this October.

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STLFW TICKET SCAVENGER HUNT This year, STLFW follows St. Louis Design Week, presented by AIGA St. Louis. The week of workshops and symposiums running Sept. 22-28 inspires local creatives to continue bringing their ideas to life. We’ve teamed up with our friends at Design Week to bring you a weeklong scavenger hunt for STLFW tickets. Are they under your seat at The Business of Design panel? Are they hanging on the wall at the TOKY open house? Follow us on Twitter @ALIVEMagSTL for up-tothe-minute clues on where to find the free tickets.

On Oct. 18, the first Saint Louis Fashion Week Midwest Fashion Conference will be held on the Washington University campus at Steinberg Auditorium. Fashion-focused lectures, artist talks and workshops will feature distinguished, nationally recognized industry influencers. New York Fashion Week creator Fern Mallis; fashion financier and Hilldun Corporation CO-CEO Gary Wassner and Harper’s Bazaar Editor-at-Large and bestselling author Derek Blasberg are among the distinguished guests. Join us on Twitter and tag ALIVEMagSTL with your questions for our panel.

Top photo by Brayden Olson. Fried chicken photo by Jennifer Silverberg.

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Downtown fashion/art/vintage boutique CLR-MNSTR sets and reflects the fashion thermometer. Everything from crop-tops to jumpsuits help tip off STL to what’s hot.

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Lace up your sneakers for the GO! St. Louis Halloween Race Oct. 12 and join an expected 7,000-plus fellow runners in their Halloween best. Participants can choose a half-marathon, 10k, 5k or a 1-mile fun run through Downtown, with themed sights along the way. After the race, prizes will go to top runners, as well as best-dressed. For tickets and more info, visit gostlouis.org.

Get swept along as the wildly different worlds of Johnny Castle and Frances “Baby” Houseman collide and they embark on a summer romance in “Dirty Dancing,” opening Oct. 21 at The Fox. The theater adaptation incorporates hit singles from the original film, such as “Do You Love Me?,” “Hungry Eyes” and “Hey Baby.” For tickets and more info, visit fabulousfox.com.

Sit Front Row

It’s the place to be for this season of Saint Louis Fashion Week, Oct. 9-18. Kick off the week at Neiman Marcus Oct. 9 for a fashion presentation featuring Jonathan Simkhai, Lisa Freede and Frank & Eileen’s Audrey McLoghlin before heading to Union Station for Saint Louis Fashion Fund’s Emerging Designer Competition, presented by Brown Shoe Company, on Oct. 15. The week continues with a runway show featuring Yigal Azrouël, Tess Giberson and Timo Weiland Oct. 16, the Saint Louis Fashion Fund inaugural gala Oct. 17 and the first-ever STLFW Midwest Fashion Conference Oct. 18. For tickets and more info, visit stlfw.com.

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Mingle with some of fashion’s most notable at the Saint Louis Fashion Fund Gala, Oct. 17 at Union Station. Featuring special guest, New York Fashion Week creator Fern Mallis, the event will honor influential editor Derek Blasberg and supermodel Karlie Kloss. Proceeds benefit the organization’s primary mission of launching a fashion incubator for emerging designers in St. Louis.

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Raise a glass at Couturier’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, an annual fundraiser for the National Council of Jewish Women’s Resale Shop, which impacts over 10 local community service projects. The Oct. 22 event will take place at the Contemporary Art Museum with a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception and a showcase of established local designers. For tickets and more info, visit ncjwstl.org.

Explore the intersection of chess and hip-hop at the World Chess Hall of Fame’s innovative exhibit “Living Like Kings,” opening Oct. 9. The carefully curated show features audio, photography and video on the surprisingly intertwined scenes of hip-hop and chess, and how both share a history of impact on our community.

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Say “Yes!”

Hum along as Jason Mraz strums his record-breaking hits in an all-acoustic show, Oct. 16 at Peabody Opera House. The two-time Grammy-award-winning artist is performing songs from his new album, “Yes!,” and will duet with LAbased, all-girl, rock-folk band Raining Jane, who collaborated with him on the album. For tickets, visit peabodyoperahouse.com.

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The Fashion Season The events you can’t miss, the designers to watch and the special guests you won’t believe—all at Saint Louis Fashion Week this month. by SARAH STALLMANN

ready for takeoff, capturing the momentum of seasons past and launching forward as one of the top regional fashion week events in the country. An elite roster of designers and special guests (Yigal Azrouël, Tess Giberson, Jonathan Simkhai and Harper’s Bazaar Editor-at-Large Derek Blasberg, to name a few)—paired with the premieres of the Midwest Fashion Conference, BUTIK curated marketplace and Saint Louis Fashion Fund’s Emerging Designer Competition, presented by Brown Shoe Company—have spearheaded the event series’ national acclaim. New York Fashion Week creator Fern Mallis also returns to STLFW this year, bringing with her a cast of fashion pros who promise to take this season of Saint Louis Fashion Week to new heights—and we can hardly wait. BUILDING CONNECTIONS Since its inception, STLFW has raised the fashion bar in St. Louis, providing priceless designer-to-industry connections, cultivating relationships and launching careers, in addition to showcasing an impressive roster of local and national talent. The launch of the Saint Louis Fashion Fund, a new organization with a mission of cultivating emerging design talent, will help further STLFW’s mission of supporting designers and promoting industry education. The Fund is collaborating on this year’s Emerging Designer Competition on Oct. 15 and will feature the largest award to date: $15,000, presented by Brown Shoe Company, to assist in the development of the winner’s design career. The competition will feature six high-level designers (Remi Canarie, Harbison, Daniella Kallmeyer, Jessie Liu, Collina Strada and Wai Ming) and a panel of jurors curated by Mallis: Refinery29 Editor-in-Chief

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Christene Barberich, top fashion financier and Hilldun Corp. CO-CEO Gary Wassner, renowned fashion designer Stan Herman, Saks Fifth Avenue Senior Fashion Director Colleen Sherin and designer Tess Giberson. The elite group of fashion professionals will offer contestants invaluable connections the second their collections hit the runway. The Fund will hold its inaugural gala two days later at Union Station, where board members will join fashion and business professionals, as well as civic leaders, to help raise money for its capstone project, a fashion incubator that would provide resources for designers to launch their careers in St. Louis. In addition to the incubator, the gala will honor the growth and development of the city’s budding fashion scene by celebrating St. Louis natives Blasberg and supermodel Karlie Kloss, the event’s honorees. For the first time in its history, STLFW will introduce the Midwest Fashion Conference, a one-day

event hosted at Washington University featuring panel discussions, speakers and breakout sessions with leading industry professionals. The conference will provide guests a once-in-alifetime chance to connect with iconic industry professionals and influencers, including Blasberg, Wassner and Mallis. From panel discussions and keynote speakers to sessions with leading industry experts, both fashion enthusiasts and professionals are encouraged to attend. Customized topic areas will include the business of fashion, styling and storytelling, marketing and production. In addition to the conference, there will also be a lively discussion and fashion presentation held at Neiman Marcus on Oct. 9 featuring designers Jonathan Simkhai, Lisa Freede and Frank & Eileen creative director Audrey McLoghlin. A LOCAL TOUCH St. Louis Union Station’s newly renovated Grand Hall will serve as a scenic backdrop to the events,

Photo courtesy of Derek Blasberg.

SAINT LOUIS FASHION WEEK is poised and

Tess Giberson

Photos courtesy of Tess Gilberson, Jonathan Simkai, and Colleen Sherin. Harbison photo by Amber JoIvon,

bringing a local flair—and a rich history—to the series. Union Station’s Midway, once a bustling train stop for travelers from all over the country, has transformed into an architectural wonder— the perfect canvas for the New York-style runway shows that will feature top designer talent, including Saks Fifth Avenue top-seller Yigal Azrouël and others. Upstairs, the fabulous Grand Hall, the most recent of the restoration projects, will house the exclusive STLFW after-parties that will take place post-show, following events on Oct. 15 and 16. Guests will climb the grand staircase to find

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the transformed space prepped for celebration. Both after-parties will feature drink specials, photo opportunities and exciting entertainment acts—including designer and DJ Timo Weiland, Big Brother Thunder & the Master Blasters and London Calling—in addition to celebrity hosts and special guests. STLFW will offer the BUTIK marketplace featuring a curated selection of wares from clothing to accessories. Curated by both the STLFW team and BUTIK co-chair and Fashion Fund board member Dorte Probstein, the new retail addition presents a fresh take on the fashion week market

concept that has popped up in other cities across the nation. Handmade jewelry, knitted accessories, wardrobe staples and accent pieces will be up for grabs during the pre-show cocktail hours, as well as during the Midwest Fashion Conference. The new venture not only highlights St. Louis’ vast array of talented designers but brings the concept of nurturing the professionals on our local fashion scene and connecting them with national designers and industry contacts full circle. For more information on the designers of STLFW and the full schedule of events, turn to p.64 for the exclusive STLFW magazine, or visit stlfw.com.

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Fabulous Fern

New York Fashion Week Creator Fern Mallis heads to Saint Louis Fashion Week for a second season, shining a light on the newest crop of emerging designer talent. by SARAH STALLMANN

A FORCE TO BE RECONED WITH on the international fashion scene and beyond, Fern Mallis has extended her support of the upcoming season of Saint Louis Fashion Week, bringing her industry expertise and an elite roster of guests—including Refinery29 Editor-in-Chief Christene Barberich, fashion financier Gary Wassner and veteran designer Stan Herman—along for the ride. We caught up with the New York Fashion Week creator as she prepped for upcoming fashion week appearances in New York, St. Louis and Charleston to talk fashion, trends and the laundry list of other highly anticipated projects on her roster. ALIVE: What are your feelings on the tremendous growth of the regional fashion

week concept?

FERN MALLIS: The fashion week concept itself was developed in other countries

and cities like Paris and Milan—New York just hadn’t formulated an overall production or event series aspect to it. Now it’s gotten a little bit crazy, but there is a definite proliferation of regional fashion weeks around the world and around the country. They all support their local designers, fashion community and retail community, they generate buzz, and they get people into the stores to buy new clothes to wear to those events. If it’s a new designer, they are gaining invaluable experience. They get a chance to put together a show, put it on the runway, have it photographed. It’s a big deal for a young designer. ALIVE: What’s your take on the increasing amount of emerging designer talent? FM: I’ve always been supportive of emerging talent. It’s what keeps the industry

ALIVE: What industry trends are on your radar? FM: Everyone is just trying to stay one step ahead of the curve. More and more

of it is about having a better and more dominant presence on the Web and in social media. That’s really where the industry is heading, and it’s creating a lot of opportunities. ALIVE: What projects are you working on now? FM: I work on a wide variety of initiatives and projects, and my freedom allows

me to do things that I really find interesting. I am on the board for a couple of companies—an Indian jewelry company called Tara and the Robert Graham company here in New York—and I consult for Charleston Fashion Week and Saint Louis Fashion Week. I have a radio show on SiriusXM called “Fashion Insiders with Fern Mallis,” in addition to live New York Fashion Week coverage that will air every day on Stars Channel 109. I am also very, very proud of my interview series that is now in its fourth year called “Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis” at New York’s 92Y, which has just taken off. The series is actually being turned into a book that will be published by Rizzoli that will document the life stories of some of the personalities I have interviewed. The final manuscripts are actually being finished now.

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ALIVE: Is there anything in particular that you’ve seen during your travels to

various fashion weeks that has really impressed you?

FM: Some cities are inserting the market/trade show aspect into their series,

where each designer has a booth and guests can come by after the shows to see and buy the collections. That concept doesn’t really happen in New York, because everyone has a showroom there for the most part, so it’s an interesting inclusion to have that at the smaller fashion week markets. It really works and makes sense. People are able to go and see the shows and do the buying right there on-site. ALIVE: Do you have a favorite place that you have traveled? FM: I have lots of favorite places but I go to Mumbai a lot—I really love India. I’ve

worked at fashion week there for over 10 years and have probably made over 45 trips there. I also love vacationing in St. Barts or my house in Southampton. You can send me anywhere in Italy and I would be happy, too.

ALIVE: What do you consider your greatest achievement? I’m very proud of a long body of work, my connections and my friends. I would be crazy to say I wasn’t proud of New York Fashion Week. What happens to it in the future is anybody’s guess, but I was part of it at the point in time that it became a game-changer in America. I ran it for 18 years and was extremely proud of it for all 18 years and how it succeeded.

Photo courtesy of Fern Mallis.

fresh and exciting, and all of the industry players have been very supportive and encouraging of new talent. It is hard when there are 300 to 400 things on your calendar to keep up with who are the “ones to watch,” so you have to wait and see a little bit, but I think that’s a very positive part of the industry.

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Meet the designers of the Neiman Marcus fashion chat and presentation at STLFW. by RIKKI BYRD

FASHION FANS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE

to get up close and personal with accessories designer Lisa Freede, Frank & Eileen Creative Director Audrey McLoghlin and fashion designer Jonathan Simkhai when they descend upon Neiman Marcus on Oct. 9 for Saint Louis Fashion Week. Not only will attendees be privy to the latest looks on display at the fashion presentation (with ample shopping afterward), but they will also have an exclusive opportunity to hear firsthand accounts from the fashion pros, thanks to a lively chat session. Neiman Marcus PR Manager Cheresse Pentella says the event, which will benefit the Center of Creative Arts (COCA), is one of many that will keep fashion top-of-mind in our community during STLFW. “We’re lucky to have such talented designers coming in for this show and we’re excited to welcome Audrey, Lisa and Jonathan to St. Louis,” Pentella says. “It will be a night filled with energy, art and style.”

LISA FREEDE Fashion is something that comes naturally to Lisa Freede, the daughter of an interior designer and a professional model. The designer mixes luxury with affordability in her chic jewelry collections, which include Freede’s name-launching Huggie earrings and crystal motorcycle chain-link necklace. Before launching her eponymous line, Freede spent time as a fashion merchandising instructor at Brooks College, designed for television and film and

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held a career in wholesale and retail. Her ample recognition by publications has made Freede’s versatile and classic jewelry pieces favorites among celebrities like Lauren Conrad and Rihanna. AUDREY MCLOGHLIN Intertwined in Frank & Eileen’s exquisite Italian-woven fabrics is the legacy story of their creative director, Audrey McLoghlin. After the recession hit in 2008, the engineer-turned-fashion-designer launched Frank & Eileen, which specializes in men’s and women’s shirts. Each shirt pays homage to McLoghlin’s family history and is manufactured domestically. “My parents worked so hard to get here and to be part of the American dream that I felt the collection had to be produced in the USA,” McLoghlin says. In May, McLoghlin opened her first flagship store—a “shirt pub” in Tokyo, complete with a working beer tap. In the US, Frank & Eileen is featured in boutiques and at Neiman Marcus stores around the nation. To purchase tickets to this event, and for a complete Saint Louis Fashion Week schedule, visit stlfw.com.

Photos courtesy of Jonathan Simkhai.

JONATHAN SIMKHAI Simkhai recently joined the ranks of fashion power players Isaac Mizrahi, Rebecca Minkoff, Yigal Azrouël and more when he was inducted into the prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) in July. Beginning his career at age 14 as an assistant buyer, Simkhai climbed the fashion ladder, launching his clothing line in 2010. His womenswear collections draw from the opposite gender and incorporate fabrics like cashmere and wool to create sleek, feminine, modern silhouettes. The STLFW event will mark the first time Simkhai will be shown in Neiman Marcus St. Louis (the line is not currently carried in any other major retailers or department stores in STL).

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Susan Barrett

The Art of Fashion

Susan Barrett launches Barrett Barrera to bridge the gap between fashion and art. Barrett’s launch of Barrett Barrera, an art-meets-fashion consulting company that will facilitate the efforts of design “in-betweeners.” Although she’s entering a fairly new category in the art world, the former director of the World Chess Hall of Fame has never been one to turn down a challenge. Inspired in part by her involvement with “A Queen Within,” the groundbreaking exhibition held at WCHOF last year exploring the fusion of fashion and chess, Barrett has taken on the mission of showcasing conceptual fashion designers on a fresh platform. Her close relationships with designers and influential industry experts, such as Director and Chief Curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology Valerie Steele, designer Azzedine Alaia, his assistant designer Hideki Seo and fashion curator Sofia Hedman, have helped move Barrett closer to her ultimate goal of placing unconventional fashion artists in galleries, museums and private collections across the globe— much as one would for a traditional artist.

showcase them in the same environments. We will be trying to get them into private collections, museums and gallery shows. ALIVE: What’s your plan to make it happen? SB: It’s very similar to art curation. “A Queen Within” opened so many doors—I got an immense number of phone calls and emails from museums and institutions all over the world, and they want to know what’s next, what they can do with this fashion-meets-art movement. I think that —especially for a city like St. Louis—it was an eye-opener to showcase fashion the way we did. You went into it thinking, “I know what this is about,” but it was more than that—you came out of it transformed. The entire thing was a leap of faith.

With her hand-picked team of art experts and curators —including “A Queen Within” assistant curator Kelly Peck—she is confident that Barrett Barrera fills an underserved niche in the growing art and fashion movement.

ALIVE: You describe the fashion art world as a movement. What began the surge in interest of this category of art? SB: After [Alexander McQueen’s] “Savage Beauty” became a huge phenomenon in New York, it opened the door for this type of art and pushed the boundaries of conventionality. All of a sudden there was this perfect storm in the art world of museums wanting to explore fashion and designers wanting to explore art, and there isn’t really a comfortable placement for it. The concept is pioneering change.

ALIVE: How do fashion designers you work with differ from traditional artists? Susan Barrett: Fashion artists are in this in-between space. It’s not necessarily wearable fashion, but it’s still art, it’s still sculpture, it still has to do with the body, humanity, identity—and that’s the most powerful form of art and expression. My idea is to pull together these “in-between” artist-designers to

ALIVE: What do you see as your role in the movement? SB: I was fortunate enough to come in contact with the young designers and artists who are doing this. Right now, they don’t have the same affordability and entry that traditional artists do. That’s what I would like to bring to the table—not only for the designers, but also for the benefit of the collectors, curators and traditional audiences to understand and embrace.

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The World Chess Hall of Fame premieres an outside-the-box hip-hop exhibit. by CHRISTOPHER REILLY

in the Jamaican tradition of speaking poetry and boastful quips over music in the community room at historic 1520 Sedgwick Ave., in the South Bronx of New York. Many consider those “house parties” the de facto birth of hip-hop, which grew quickly to include rap music, turntablism (DJ-ing), break dance and graffiti art. As hip-hop culture first spread through the Bronx and the rest of NYC, then to communities beyond urban borders, it influenced everything in its path. Now, in an unexpected twist, a much anticipated hip-hop centered show hits St. Louis, courtesy of the World Chess Hall of Fame. “Living Like Kings: The Unexpected Collision of Chess and Hip-Hop Culture,” shows Oct. 9-April 26, 2015, and offers an eye-opening look at how the ancient game of chess intersects with the powerful, creative expression in hip-hop culture. Organization of the exhibit began about two years ago under then-WCHOF director/now-consultant Susan Barrett, who was responsible for last year’s nationally lauded exhibit “A Queen Within,” merging fashion and chess. FUSION “A lot of people are under the assumption that there is no connection whatsoever between hip-hop and chess,” says Shannon Bailey, chief curator for WCHOF. The depth of that connection is surprising. Look no further than Adisa Banjoko, the inspiration for “Living Like Kings.” An author, educator and founder of the nonprofit Hip-Hop Chess Federation in San Francisco in 2006, Banjoko fuses chess and hip-hop to promote peace, knowledge and self-reliance among young people. Chess, in fact, was adopted early by hip-hop culture: Bobby Fischer has been mentioned in several rap songs,

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The RZA and The GZA of Wu-Tang Clan were participants in the 2008 Chess Kings Invitational Championship Belt, and the list goes on. The centerpiece of “Living Like Kings” is a commissioned, immersive, multimedia experience created by artist Benjamin Kaplan that will be organized around seven themes that chess and hip-hop share: history, strategy, spirituality, process, creativity, education and symbolism. Hundreds of media will be used, including archival and original video, photography, music, custom-designed type, illustration and voice-recorded interviews of hip-hop and chess experts, musicians and players. Examples include Banjoko, International Grandmaster Maurice Ashley, Wu-Tang Clan member RZA, women’s grandmaster Jennifer Shahade, groundbreaking turntablist DJ Qbert and Eugene Brown, whose life inspired the film “Life of a King,” released in January and starring Cuba Gooding Jr. All of these will explore a linear narrative, and by using inventive projection techniques, the exhibition will surround visitors in sights and sounds. LEARNING LAB The second-floor gallery of WCHOF will house a companion learning lab for the show, where visitors can immerse themselves in the exhibition through video and music stations, hands-on art opportunities, and educational or creative presentations like break dancing lessons, poetry readings and nights of freestyle rapping or dancing. To show the connection between hip-hop and art, the WCHOF will bring in graffiti artists to do chess-themed murals on the walls. With the exhibit running six months, each month will feature an additional focus on one of the six chess pieces: the king, queen, bishop, knight, rook and pawn with interpretations that are both creative and historical.

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Lens of Glamour

An art-lover, a curator and a gallerist explore “The Pathology of Glamour.” by KRYSTIN ARNESON

Photo provided by the William Shearburn Gallery.

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has worked with guest curators in the past, but none quite like Susan Sherman and Kimberly Jacobs, who collaborated with him to organize a new fashion photography exhibition, “The Pathology of Glamour.” Opening at the William Shearburn Gallery on Oct. 17, the exhibit coincides with the last events of Saint Louis Fashion Week. But the artwork doesn’t celebrate the spectacle of fashion; instead it analyzes how society and glamour shape and reflect each other. “It’s a very interesting mix of artists and very accessible,” says Sherman, who makes her curatorial debut with this exhibition. “I’m confident the show is going to wow both fashionistas and the community at large.” Artist Heather Bennett provides the show with the local connection the curators desired. An adjunct professor of photography at Washington University, she’s just back from an exhibition in New York. Her pieces for the Shearburn show replicate luxury ads, perfume especially, but provocatively strip them of their commercial roots by erasing all hints of branding. Sherman, Jacobs and Shearburn also have strong ties to the art world, which allow them to pull in other names that have dazzled New York. Christopher Makos’ large-scale black-and-white portrait captures Andy Warhol in what Shearburn calls the “ethereal,” liminal phase between makeup and full drag. Then there’s Jessica Craig Martin,

whose photographs have graced Vogue and Vanity Fair. Her closely cropped portraits of A-listers and socialites display all the trappings of glamour— cocktail glasses, jeweled clutches, silk dresses—but erase the individual who wears them with cropped-out body parts and faces. “There’s a certain level of vulnerability with those cropped, weird angles,” says Shearburn. Acclaimed artist Ellen Gallagher will show “DeLuxe”—what Shearburn calls her “tour de force:” 60 individual ads depicting beauty aids and hair products marketed toward African-American women. Also in the Tate Modern’s collection, her work examines how notions of beauty are created, idealized and reflected within and between cultures. “What we think about as fashion at a deeper level with how it reflects who we are as human beings boils down to the deeper nature of ‘What is glamour?’ ‘What is beauty?’” Jacobs says. “It can take on many forms and many definitions. Giving it that scientific definition is to think about glamour in various ways, and not just what we think is pretty.” “The Pathology of Glamour” at the William Shearburn Gallery, 665 S. Skinker Blvd., runs Oct. 17-Nov. 28. A public reception will take place from 5-7pm on Oct. 17. A portion of proceeds from sales will benefit the Saint Louis Fashion Fund. For more info, visit shearburngallery.com.

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ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS that take diners away from the traditional dinner table are popping up around town. From culinary tours guiding foodies through the restaurants, bars and breweries of a specific neighborhood to underground supper clubs with innovative bites, there are plenty of ways to dine outside the box. These unique dining concepts are quickly gaining momentum in St. Louis, with a handful opening this year alone. Here’s a look at a few of our favorites. BREWERY TOURS OF ST. LOUIS

The Concept: Participants hop aboard an air-conditioned party bus for a 3.5-hour tour through four different craft breweries, which could include Urban Chestnut, 4 Hands, Morgan Street, Perennial, Square One and Alpha. Guests spend about a half-hour at each spot, allowing brewers to give a history of the brewery and samples of their craft beer styles. A behind-thescenes tour for a better look at the brewing process is typically squeezed in at one brewery. The Organizers: Rand Wilson and Dave Worthington (two friends with a shared interest in craft beer who worked together at a freight-broker business for years) first launched Brewery Tours of Indianapolis. When the business took off quickly, they decided to expand to St. Louis. What We Loved About the Last Event: The bus is equipped with coolers to keep purchased growlers cold, and each participant gets a pint glass to take home at the end. When To Go Next: Catch a tour Thursday evenings, Friday afternoons and evenings, Saturday afternoons and evenings, and Sunday afternoons, year-round. More Info: brewerytoursofstlouis.com EAT SAINT LOUIS FOOD TOURS

The Concept: The guided walking tour is a “Taste of The Hill” that moves through the historic homes and Italian restaurants of The Hill neighborhood, with stops for St. Louis-style pizza, cured Italian meats, Salam de 34

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Testa sandwiches, cocktails and gelato. The Organizers: Pete Manzo, former owner of Italian salsiccia shop Manzo’s Sausage Kitchen & Market, got to know The Hill and its eateries at an early age, tagging along with his father and brother as they delivered tomato products, olive oil, flour and cheese to Italian restaurants in the neighborhood. What We Loved About the Last Event: Manzo’s commentary shows he knows the food, the history and the people—so much so that it’s common for local drivers passing the tour to roll down their windows and shout hello. When To Go Next: Thursday afternoons, Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings, April through November. More Info: saintlouisfoodtours.com DINNER LAB

The Concept: The members-only dining group hosts flash pop-up dinners in unique, off-the-beaten path locations—think abandoned warehouses, helipads or motorcycle factories. The food is prepared by up-and-coming chefs, who are rated by the diners after the meal to help them perfect their craft. The Organizers: A group of five friends started the concept in New Orleans in 2012 when they realized there wasn’t a good spot to get high-quality late-night grub. Now, they’re in 19 cities, including St. Louis, which saw its first dinner just last month. What We Love About the Events: The rating cards for each course not only give the chef feedback to improve from week to week, but also give diners an opportunity to play restaurant critic. Chefs remove items from the menu, add dishes or enhance certain flavors based on what the diners tell them. When You Can Go: Members pay an annual fee and then purchase tickets for seated dinners or happy hours that are usually held weekly. More Info: dinnerlab.com

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BEFORE IT BURST ON THE SCENE in August as one of the year’s hottest restaurants, The Peacemaker Lobster & Crab Co. was Kevin Nashan’s vision of “a place where I want to eat every single day.” Although he wouldn’t mind dining daily at his legendary Sidney Street Cafe, the award-winning chef had something else in mind for this laid-back venue. Three things, actually: “yummy, fun and interesting.” Those adjectives describe both the food he grew up loving and the WHERE TO GO environment he wants The Peacemaker his own family to grow Lobster & Crab Co. 1831 Sidney St. up in—somewhere that 314.772.8858 has the thought process Entrees $7-$24 and philosophy of SidHours Mon.-Thur., 4:3010pm, Fri.-Sat., 4:30ney Street, but where no 11pm, Sun. 1-9pm. one cares if “stuff falls on the floor.”

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Nashan’s love of both lobster rolls and po’boys was an influence on the menu’s blend of Northeastern and Louisiana cuisines. In fact, the signature dish is a fried oyster po’boy with remoulade. But he’s on to something with the North-South combination: A creamy potato salad, rich with chunks of hard-boiled eggs and mustard grains, is good alongside a sandwich, whether it’s a succulently tender lobster roll with butter or a catfish po’boy dressed with lettuce, pickles and tomatoes. Cayenne-spiced hush puppies, dense and tender, are delicious with a green goddess dipping sauce filled with chives. The sauce is equally good on the peeland-eat shrimp, especially for youngsters who can’t handle the cocktail sauce’s bite. Though he grew up in New Mexico, Nashan has worked in both New York and New Orleans, so he knows a thing or two about sourcing seafood—allowing him to offer a raw bar with confidence. The oysters and crudo on the raw bar change daily, depending on what’s freshest. It’s a definite pleasure to tie on a bib, pick up a lobster cracker—or, especially at the end of a ALIVEMAG.COM

Top dish: The warm, Connecticut-style lobster roll, with chunks of butter-drenched lobster stuffed into toasted brioche, with a side of housemade potato chips Popular pour: A frozen Dark and Stormy, with Gosling’s black rum and ginger beer Best place to perch: Near the raw bar, to watch the oyster-shucking, crudo-slicing and iceshaving team in action. Insider tip: Anything goes for the dress code— lobster bibs accessorize equally well with both high heels and flannel shirts.

long workday, a wooden crab mallet—and set to work on a big pot of seafood boiled with corn, potatoes and andouille. This is hands-on food, from the raw oysters to the steamed mussels to the “steamers” (aka clams, fellow landlubbers). Nashan has clearly had fun with the menu. The corn dogs are a signature item and a favorite among the servers. Then there’s the lobster-Frito pie, incorporating pork rinds and crème fraîche. (For the record, it’s impossible to type a sentence that includes those four foods together without breaking into a smile.) But nothing tips the scales quite like the shaved ice. The menu calls them snow cones, but these are honest-to-goodness New Orleans-style delicacies with housemade syrups in flavors like apricot, lime, cherry and passion fruit. (One passing server, noting with a smile that my sons were off watching the mesmerizing ice shaver, confided that he likes those syrups so much he’d eat them by the spoonful.) INTERESTING

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The nautical theme avoids kitsch, thanks to the emphasis on wood and tin. Metal accents

are everywhere, from the French Tolix chairs and stools at the bar to buckets of utensils and menus to upside-down washtubs as light fixtures. The distressed wooden beams, whitewashed brick and prints of lobster fishermen and oyster shuckers give the space a worn feel that’s completely different from its former vibe when it housed the fine-dining destination Niche. There’s a bar along one wall, but instead of an extensive cocktail list, The Peacemaker offers a few well-crafted drinks, including a tasty slushy bourbon punch that comes in Ball jars. However, the diversity of seafood dishes begs to put wine to the test. Among the possible pairings is a Spanish Albariño with the lobster rolls and a German Riesling with the catfish po’boy. Beer-drinkers need not fear a lack of lager: Options that include a brew from Nashan’s hometown of Santa Fe are behind the bar. Given the restaurant’s immediate popularity, customers will have plenty of time to peruse the drinks and decor unless they have an earlier dinner or make a reservation. Clearly Nashan’s “yummy-fun-interesting” trifecta is a winner on the dining scene. PHOTOS BY JENNIFER SILVERBERG

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Dabble lets users teach or take classes on a wide range of specialty subjects. by CHRISTOPHER REILLY DO YOU LIKE TO DABBLE in new things? What if you took a fencing class or learned how to start your own Etsy business? Do you think you can teach a class about something? Anything? Dabble is a new service that brings the two together: people who teach and people who want to learn. Founded in 2011 in Chicago by Erin Hopmann and Jessica Lybeck, the company recently relocated its headquarters to St. Louis after winning a $50,000 Arch Grant—one of 20 non-equity grants the organization gives each year to attract startups to St. Louis. “It’s social learning,” newly appointed Dabble CEO Jay Swoboda says. “There are websites where you can learn how to do a lot of things online in your pajamas, but what we’re really passionate about with Dabble is that people are getting offline and going out in their community and meeting real people. They’re disconnecting with technology a little bit.”

CREATIVE CURRICULUM The company’s Chicago operation currently has more than 20,000 users with more than 170 classes being offered at any given time, accounting for 80 percent of Dabble’s revenue, with the remaining revenue coming in equal amounts from Denver—which started when one of the founders moved there—and St. Louis, the territory the company is now building. If Swoboda gets his way, St. Louis will soon offer an array of classes and events that will rival even Chicago. A glance at the Windy City’s homepage shows classes such as BYOB Sushi-making, Do-It-Yourself Solar Electricity and Zombie Survivor Training. By contrast, the new St. Louis market has about 400 users and currently is offering 30 classes that, though small in number, are no less interesting and wildly diverse, like Designing Rainwater Harvesting Landscapes, Raising Animals for Food and Scotch 101. TECH FOR TEACHERS Essentially, Dabble is a marketing tool. “We provide teachers a way to market their business and monetize those skills in 38

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a way that really didn’t exist before Dabble,” says Swoboda, pointing out that posting fliers at coffee shops or on social media doesn’t guarantee people will show up. Dabble handles registration, payment collection and email communication to both teachers and students, and also offers suggestions to help teachers spread the word or modify their classes in ways that will attract more students. The teacher knows 24 hours in advance who is on the class roster and how much they’ll be earning. Following the class, students can leave public feedback on the experience. All a teacher needs is a space to hold the class and the 10 minutes it takes to register it on the Dabble website. Classes cost an average of $30 each. EDUCATION OF THE FUTURE But why move to St. Louis? In spite of a strong concept and platform, immense scalability and ease of duplication in city after city, the company failed to attract any critical Series A funding over three years; however, during the six-month transition to St. Louis, the company has had some of its highest revenue numbers ever. “The Arch Grant gave us a nice injection to help keep it going,” Swoboda says of the grant, which was used to hire part-time class scouts, marketing interns in Chicago and St. Louis, and Zach McCullough as community manager in St. Louis. Company leaders intend to deepen Dabble’s presence in Chicago and Denver and continue to grow in St. Louis, drawing on Swoboda’s deep local roots, beginning 17 years ago when he arrived at Wash U as a student and stuck around. When the company has a solid foundation to work from, expansion into additional markets, such as other areas of the US and Europe will follow. The goal is to grow to 1 million users by 2017. Swoboda is encouraged about Dabble’s future. “Everybody’s interested in something.” Swoboda says. “Everybody has a passion.” PHOTO BY ATTILIO D’AGOSTINO

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