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Profiles
On the Runway MARY-KATHRYN WERT
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ashion can just be the clothes people wear every day, but for senior Caitlin Vaca-Washington, they are the way people are represented. “The clothes that I design are clothes that fit me, and they represent who I am, and I know there are a lot of people who are like me, so I want to represent them too,” Vaca-Washington said. Vaca-Washington will be attending the University of San Francisco next fall, majoring in fashion marketing and entrepreneurship. According to VacaWashington, while fashion design is her main goal, she is also interested in learning about what it takes to be financially successful in her future career. “I want to learn how to run a business and get a good feel for that, so I don’t just have the fashion aspect but the money and managing skills as well,” VacaWashington said. Her decision to go into fashion was
Twin-tastic SINDY GARCIA
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bond that will never be broken is what senior twins, Abby and Mandy Henshaw have, a strong sister relationship with different types of creativity. “All four of us kids would do crafts all the time,” Abby said. “We were always drawing, we had a playroom with a big table, and we were always drawing on it for hours.” The Henshaw twins are two creative people with bright minds and unique projects up their sleeves. “Mandy is creative, like right now she’s building a dollhouse,” Abby said. “She’s always doing new crafts.” Mandy has worked on a new project for a while now; she estimates at around 50 hours total she has been working on her dollhouse that she started from scratch. “When we were little, we used to like making doll houses out of cardboard,” Mandy said. “At the beginning of last year, we were joking about what if we did that, but like actually tried. ”So then I started
inspired by her passion and admiration for others in the fashion industry. “I like a lot of Off-White,” VacaWashington said. “I like the way that Virgil does not do anything that everyone else does. The things he does are simple, but they are something I would never have thought of.” Besides fashion, she was also interested in pursuing a degree in marine biology before deciding to go with her current decision. “I was also interested in being a marine biologist because I love the ocean, but I love fashion more.” According to Vaca-Washington, the risk is what attracts her to the fashion industry. She likes the | MARY-KATHRYN WERT uncertainty and the opportunity to Vaca-Washington every day as she prove herself despite the odds. designs her own pieces of clothing. “If you just put yourself out there and “One phrase I’d use to describe my take a risk, you never know where you style is out there,” Vaca-Washington said. could end up.” “It can’t be confined in a box.” Taking a risk is something that inspires
sketching and then in December, I made a total sketch in like, dimensions, and everything in the house. Then I just got a piece of plywood from Home Depot and just kind of started because I’m like, ‘Hey, who cares if I’m 18-years-old, and I threw away all my Barbies?’ I’m gonna buy one more and make a dollhouse.” Creativity takes a big role for the Henshaw twins. While Mandy shows her creativity by making and creating things, Abby shows her creativity by expressing herself through writing and art. “I really like writing and doing creative stuff and that’s why I really like yearbook’s,” Abby said. “I love to paint and draw, paintings my favorite and I | ISABEL COPELAND also really like writing.” Even though both Henshaw twins They both have plans to stay connected will be attending different colleges with each other, said Mandy. due to different majors they want to study “It’s not gonna be that bad because I journalism and architecture, they will think we’ll be FaceTiming, and she’s gonna always be connected to each other. “It’s definitely going to be really hard not be bombarding me with Snapchats 24/7,” Mandy said. “But we can’t be conjoined at to go to the same college as each other,” the hip forever.” Abby said.
