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Walking into Joyrich’s flagship store on Melrose is like walking into Pop Wonderland – it oozes retro pop with futuristic badass aesthetics. Joyrich is notorious for wearable art pieces boasting overzealous designs that collaborate the animated Japanese streetwear with LA’s carefree chic. Your wild style needs are accommodated with sunflowers, eyeballs, skulls, fanny packs, and tops it off with slutty Barbies! The label is a friend to strong, cult-like celebrity followers like Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Rita Ora, Ciara, Wiz Khalifa, Jessie J and more. In the past, the brand has successfully worked with big name brands like Disney, LeSportsac, Zound Industries, The Keith Haring Foundation, and most recently partnered up with Baby-G for a limited edition leopard print watch. Joyrich quickly lifted off with their first collection in 2007 under the genius duo - David Melgar and founder Tom Hirota. Shortly after graduating Riverside Community College, Melgar went on to intern for Jeremy Scott, who eventually introduced him to the founder of Joyrich. Tom Hirota then offered Melgar the job as he was enthralled by his designs and the two have been inseparable since. David’s inspiration was drawn from his background as an LA native and his obsession with Japanese street wear which quickly evolved into designs of his own style. With over six locations internationally and counting, Joyrich’s innovative retrofuturistic flair boasts a mix of cult favorites and pop art graphics that are inevitably covetable by fans all over. The joys of wearable fashion and badass “richery” are so iconic; welcome it – welcome the good, the bad, and the weird. Oh, and the loud spunk. By: Candice Lee Lensed by: Cassandra Rubio
“There’s no real specific meaning behind Joyrich but to be joyrful and rich in anything and everything that you do. It doesn’t necessarily mean rich finically but rich in life and love, and to always enjoy every moment of life.” – David Melgar from Electricsekki
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If I knew then what I know now, if I knew now what I’ll know then- well wouldn’t that be wonderful. The greatest investment of all is indeed knowledge. I stand completely in awe of the talents within these pages that educated us in their approach to gaining and utilizing their knowledge. While education is key, understanding is the undeniable component to applying that knowledge to life. In between the versed backgrounds of high school dropouts and college graduates, the application of diverse knowledge unravels with every turn of the page.
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Ashton Michael Stemming from a child modeling background, what led you to design?
I grew up in a very creative house so design was just one of the many facets that stemmed from my up bringing, my parents were always very sup supportive of creative expression. Being a child model I was surrounded by fashion. Be that as it may, in the early 90s and it was kids clothes I still remember how amazing it felt when I got to wear a special item. There was a sense of empowerment. I realized at a young age the power that clothing can have over one’s mental state of mind not just its physical attributes. As I grew older I wanted to be a part of that movement that eventually becomes timeless and historical.
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Ry lee-Breen Maver Australian fox Rylee-Breen Maver has rapidly captured the attention of some of LA’s finest tastemakers. With a budding career and bright future ahead of her, Rylee’s journey contains dreams, ambitions, failures, hopes, compassion, & love. Did you find modeling or did modeling find you? I believe it found me, i never really took it seriously and just did it for fun as a way to express myself. For me
and support network and step out of my comfort zone. What does fashion mean to you? I find fashion is all about expression and how you are feeling.
it’s like a snowball effect, one job leads to another
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and then another. I consider myself very fortunate
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industry.
and making it YOU!
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past, so that you can move fully into the future,
Starting my own label with my best friend and focusing
for no one truly lives while the past dominates.’
on taking my businesses to bigger and better places. I
What have you had to sacrifice to be where
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you’re at now?
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Moving from tiny Brisbane, Australia to Los Angeles
the industry.
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Catapulting from a fashion student creating high-end leather belts,to one of the most prominent up-and-coming musicians, this Harlem-born artist is here — dazzled grills and all. Dropping his first full-length album, “Trap Lord,” released in August, A$AP Ferg showcases his versatility, rhythmic flow, and his noncommercial commerciality — and this is just the start. ANNEX
“I am the Lord of my Trap, and my Trap is Rap,” pretty much sums up A$AP Ferg to a T — he’s an all encompassing artist, rooted in old school styles, yet refreshingly current with new school dictions. He channels both rough, hard-hitting sounds like “Dump Dump,” and “Let It Go” while also exuding more emotionally involved, sing-songy tracks like “Hood Pope.” Culminating this musical diversity into his first critically acclaimed album Trap Lord, Ferg successfully exhibits stardom qualities, rivaling his fellow A$AP Mob counterpart A$AP Rocky. “It’s like the youth in me, it’s like Renaissance meeting the future with Trap. It’s like a whole gumbo filled with creativity.” Speaking of A$AP Rocky, he makes a couple guest features on “Trap Lord,” along with Thugs-n-Harmony, Aston Matthews, Oynx, Trinidad James, Schoolboy Q, Waka Flocka Flame, French Montana, and B-Real. Ferg plays on this amalgamation of artists by presenting an assortment of party anthems, softly passionate tracks, and a mishmash of thunderous hooks. At times, this makes Trap Lord feel like a full-length mixtape, but Ferg’s album serves as a testament to his uniquely polished ear for mixture and eccentricity. Real name Darold Ferguson Jr., Ferg originally started out as a fashion student, following the footsteps of his late father Darold who owned a celebrity-catered clothing boutique. Therefore it’s not shocking that Ferg would eventually run into the A$AP Mob—a Harlem collective of visionary individuals known for their outlandish fashion, immersion in music, and creative work in production—which launched his music career. “Me and Rocky just started making music together. Everybody else [in the A$AP Mob] was all about fashion and clothes and things like that. But me and Rocky were the rappers.” From the release of his Billboard topping single “Work,” to “Trap Lord,” A$AP Ferg has proven to be a fresh talent with much room to grow. Understanding that this flourishing success is an affirmation of something larger than just his craft, Ferg interprets his popularity as a rectification of anomalous expectations: “I am showing kids that you can make it out the hood and I’m coming to give back. I’m basically the stamp. They say that you are the product of your environment, but I’m showing you that you don’t have to be.” With that, A$AP Ferg gives us something special — miscellaneous pieces that are conceptualized with smarts and triumph.
& Annex: Back in school you studied Fashion and Fine Arts, and even had your own line of high-end belts. What made you switch over to the rap world? A$AP Ferg: Rapping was easier
for me at the time. I had to pay for materials, which was very expensive—you know global levels were paying hundreds of dollars on materials just to make belts it was just kind of hard keeping up with that. With rapping, you just have to pay for your sessions, get a dope beat from somebody, and everything else is just from you. What is your creative process like? My surroundings are what basically inspire me. And I like to watch silent movies and I just like to be in environments where I feel free to let my creativity run free. 67
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In just one short year ,director and cinematographer Jon Jon Augustavo jumped from being a thriving Seattle artist to one of the country’s most recognized upand-coming filmmakers. Directing Macklemore’s three major videos “Thrift Shop,” “Can’t Hold Us,” and “Same Love,” alongside Ryan Lewis, this dynamic trio proved to be chart-breaking forces to recon with; landing the number one spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 and gaining a collective total of over 532 million views on Youtube. There is more to this six-time MTV VMA nominated creative genius, and Annex was sure to get the answers. Reflecting back on school, inspirations, and future plans, we got all the details about the man behind the curtain: Jon Jon.
Macklemore: We are both from Seattle, and I started making independent music videos in the Seattle scene a few years back. And then Ben has been making music for over a decade so it was inevitable we would meet and work together. Along the way that happened and when the timing was right they asked me to shoot “Thrift Shop,” last summer and as they say the rest is history. Working with Ben is amazing and refreshing he is a one of a kind artist who is down to earth and down to do whatever. Doesn’t complain and is ready to go at the drop of a hat. Take for example shooting “Can’t Hold Us.” We were on a massive pirate ship in the middle of the pacific, ten foot swells, everyone is throwing up sick - but when it was time to shoot - Ben was up on his feet and ready to perform. A true professional. I really enjoy working with him.
School: I went to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. I would say the most valuable thing I really learned there was teamwork, filmmaking is collaborative process by nature and at school I built a really good team whom I definitely use on most of my videos. I also learned a ton of technical skills and narrative storytelling but what trumps all of that is the relationships I built along the way.
Can’t hold us: This video was insane and really took an entire team of people to complete. It was very life and time consuming - each day was a full shoot day. I’m talking 12 hour days, 16 times over two months. CHU is the most labor intensive video I have ever done, and I think it shows in the scale of the video. We chose to shoot in so many locations because of two things, 1. Ben and Ryan are always touring and 2. To capture the feel of the flag going all over the world and through all seasons we had to shoot all over to really capture that.
Inspiration and influences: As far as influences or inspiration I would say a lot of that comes from my friends, Mego and Adam and my creative guru Lauren. I really look to a few special people to help guide me along the way when I am unsure. There are also a few established directors like Spike Jonze, David Fincher, Darren Aronofsky who I definitely look up to and study their work.
Advice for up and comers: Find someone you respect and study their work - then grab a camera and shoot any moment you are breathing, if you’re not shooting then be watching films or videos or writing ideas. Make sure you have a notebook where you store all those amazing thoughts and just keep shooting - if you are good, someone will take notice.
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ly leading to personal requests by celebrities. This led to his first photo shoot with Ben Foster jumping off a building. Tyler’s photos have continued to carry a provocative sensibility. They explore a buried secret within his subjects and emphasize these impalpable peculiarities on the camera screen - boundless and shocking in manner, Shields approaches his shoots in a conceptually distinct way. “I just kind of see things in a very specific way and I like to utilize people’s talents. When I shot Lohan, it was at a time when people thought that she was going to die. It’s like everybody has these opinions about everything. And I said, ‘Let’s show em’. Let’s show em’ what it would look like.’” Much like his work, Tyler’s life has always been atypical. Never attending high school or college, nor caring much for partying, Shields’ professional skateboarding, “hellion”-like personality contributes to his unique creative visions. “My life is unlike any one else’s that I have ever met. And because of this, I feel like it gives me the ability to view the world unlike anybody else.” This perhaps allows him to surpass the glitz and glam surrounding his young Hollywood models, and uncover the unhinged beings brewing within. “I was always more interested in chaos.”
You can purchase Tyler’s work at agallery.co.uk
“My life is unlike any one else’s that I have ever met. And because of this, I feel like it gives me the ability to view the world unlike anybody else.”
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