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MODELS WEARS THE SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION FROM STATURE BY KARISA MALCHOW. PHOTOGRAPHED BY EDWARD MOSS.

MASTHEAD

EDITOR'S LETTER

METAMORPHSIS

GLAMAZON OF STATURE

Jeans and oversized t-shirts became her uniform, designer, Karisa malchaow talks about her journey through her journey as a glamazon.

Attending Wayne State, Delgado always kept an interest in sewing and creating fashion sketches.

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EOU LOCAL

Designer Andrea Neill describes the roadblocks she faced in setting up and developing her brand, with a degree in fashion design and her successful fashion startup, in a "body-biased" Industry.

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Editor In Cheif

Fashion News Editors: Tevin Dixon, Joshua Whittaker

Beauty News Beauty Editors: Tevin Dixon

Culture News Culture Editors: Tevin Dixon, Saraya Vogel

Features Feature Editors: Tevin Dixon, Tiffany Cook, Saraya Vogel

Creative Director of Photography: Edward Moss Contributor Photographers: Video Editor: Carmen Manellie Director of Operations: Tiffany Cook director of projects & development: Saraya Vogel

Contributors Alanna Wright, Savannah HouseHolder

Letter from the Editor (Left) Augustin Delgado at Metro Community College showing his designs in the showroom after his debut at Omaha Fashion Week.

ADRIANNA STARS ON OUR JULY COVER, and it's hard to say that time has gone by considerably in her endeavors as a midwest model even throughout this COVID-19 pandemic. Adrianna is the same gorgeous, bubbly girl who mesmerized us when we first met her so long ago. Other models like to say that their chameleons, channeling new characters on every shoot. Not so with Adrianna. Whether in haute couture or athleisure, who you see is who you get. She wants to show others that you can be who you are. An enduring model like Adrianna, with all the attendant industry fascination, she ready to fully make her mark in the world of fashion. In this issue, We took the time to find ways to create a sense of relation into the creative craft that designers, models, photographers, editors can share within the MidWest fashion community. Throughout this COVID-19 pandemic, its been relatively difficult to keep up with the ever-changing health regulations, making it harder for local industry pros to conduct business as usual.

With current safety regulations from the WHO (World Health Organization) in place, designers like Karisa Malchow of Stature worked seamlessly with us. Karisa Managed to put her collection together while being able to juggle her family life as a wife, full-time employee with three adorable children in the middle of this crisis impeccable. Agustin Delgado of AD Designs had some drawbacks from COVID-19. With textile stores and embroidery shops closed, he found it very difficult to continue his creative vision. Never the less, Delgado works diligently to complete his collection, "Once upon a time in fashion"inspired by Rococo art with vibrant colors, for Kansas City Fashion Week this September. All in all, passion, commitment, and perseverance completely and wholly captures the focus of this issue. Though we're in an economic crisis, everyone has the same goal in mind: to create a positive and safe environment for our fashion community to grow and debut there style of aesthetics.

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THE GLAMAZON OF STATURE

LEFT MALCHOW TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO REINVENT HER AESTHETIC WHEN SHE ATTENDED CREIGHTON, POLISHING HER LOOK WITH HER OWN CREATIVE TOUCH. WITH HER OWN BEAUTIFUL AND COMPELLING DESIGNS IN THEIR ORIGINALITY, DISPLAYING WHAT A ELEGANT TALL WOMAN CAN FEEL.

but found shopping depressing and taxing as a high school student. Consequently, for her, jeans and oversized T-shirts became her uniform.

In turn, Malchow took the opportunity -feet, 2-inches tall, Karisa

to reinvent her aesthetic when she attended

Malchow, a marketing major, and a minor

Creighton, polishing her look with her own

in communications who played volleyball

creative touch. It organically grew from

at Creighton blue Jay, who knows first-

there, eventually formalizing into Stature,

hand the frustrations tall women face in

an online collection of original designs in

finding clothes. Karisa came to Creigh-

Omaha and sold nationwide. Malchow first

ton from Edmond, Oklahoma, on a volley- began working on Stature in the fall of 2017 ball scholarship. In the past, Karisa says

where she found the resources to help guide

she has always been interested in fashion

her brand with companies like the Startup

ABOVE KRISA MALCHOW PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE ABANDON BARN PHOTOSHOOT OUTSIDE.

ABOVE MODEL ADRIANNA GOULD IN POISE WITH DESIGNER KARISA MALCHOW ON SET AND WORKING ON HER FEATURED COLLECTION CAMPIAGN.

ABOVE TROY COGSWELL, CO-FOUNDER OF STATURE STANDS NEXT TO HIS PARTNER KARISA MALCHOW IN CHALCO, NEBRASKA.

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(Left) KARISA MALCHOW WITH HER HUSBAND DOUG MALCHOW.

want women who are tall to feel confident, sexy, and badass!”, Karisa stated. She was passionate about that statement when I meet her onset of are photoshoot back in March. Such conviction and passion in her craft that she put such considerable time and effort into the creation of such classic, streamline, and statement color garments. It’s without saying, Juggling full-time employment and family with a startup is no easy task. that she always had her loved "I want women who are tall to feel confident, sexy, and badass!" - Karisa M.

Collaborative, a local business that helps local startup entrepreneurs >pg.14 with prioritizing, networking, marketing, and proper business management to increase the value of a startup. Eventually, Karisa Connected with representatives from Omaha Fashion Week (OFW) along with other designers, and manufacturers. In doing so, Karisa was able to debut her first collection at OFW as one of the featured Headliners in August. “ I

ones there by her side, her husband, Doug Malchow, with a BA, whom she met freshman year at Creighton, encouraged her to pursue her passion. She always tries to involve her three children, whenever she can. In 2020, Stature is said to be expanding production. Karisa is continuing to get the word out about her brand, but also to inspires strong women to be more confident and in the words of Stature “They Stand Tall, Walk Proud, and Rule The World!”

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The World of Dreams

was a tailor as well, so he was well equipped with the equipment and skills needed at a young age. Agustin left Mexico, leaving his grandmother, to live in Seattle, Washington, meeting his parents in the United States to fulfill his American dream of becoming a designer. Over time, he moved with his father to South Dakota for a business endeavor in the cattle industry for some time. Sometime during his junior high and College years, Agustin and his family were in turmoil. From his family visa expiring, to the loss of paperwork in the immigration bureaucracy created setbacks and complicated restrictions that forced him to put his passion for fashion on hold.

As luck would have it, in 2014, Delgado and his fiancee hired an attorney to help him with his prolonged situation. Within a few weeks of vigorous communication, Agustin was able Designer Agustin Delgado presented his collection during Omaha to obtain his green card Fashion Week as he graces his present at the end of the runway and could finally conalong with one of the models wearing his creation Growing up with his great-grandmother, tinue his dream pursuit. Though he did Victoria Hernandez, in the city of Guada- not initially pursue it at the time, Aguslajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Agustin at an ear- tin attended Wayne State and pursued ly age was already in a family in clothing an education degree, wanting to teach English as a second language. and textiles. His great grandmother was a seamstress that created handmade garThough he attended Wayne State, Delments with details that featured embroidery and beadwork. Agustin's great-uncle gado always kept an interest in sewing and creating fashion sketches. He

CLOSE UP (Right) Augustin Delgado at Metro Community College showing his designs in the showroom after his debut at Omaha Fashion Week.

would create custom designs with Avant-garde, Haute Couture looks in his spare time. Finally, with some encouragement from friends, Delgado decided to take fashion design classes at Metropolitan Community College. There, his dreams came to reality. Attending MCC, Augustin immediately sparked his creative intuition, drawing inspiration from designers like Alexander McQueen, Guo Pei, and soaked in all the additional knowledge needed to excel. A lot of Delgado encouragement and Influence comes from his instructor, Nancy.

Spirits of the Opera, an event for Opera Omaha, from 3 years. He was also in Encounter Magazine in August 2018, along with the Ronald McDonald event in 2018, 2019, and Omaha Fashion Magazine in both 18/19 issues.

His fashion designs featured at the World Food Prize building in Des Moines. Delgado has been invited to multiple fashion weeks around the country, attending overAgustin Debut his creations at Omaha seas fashion week and a representative Fashion Week and won for his spring extended an invitation to be part season 17 of Project Runway and World of Wearcollection, Enchanted Dreams in March 2018, with a confident grace- able Art in New Zealand. ful return to OFW Fall 2019 featuring Now forty plus years, He is an American citizen who resides in Omaha, Ne designhis Queen of the Night Collection. Agustin designs have highlighted in er Agustin Delgado living in his world of dreams.

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(The Bridal Designer) Andrea Neill, the lincoln bound designer from Nebraska endeavors to change the bias standard of bridal couture.

Reign of Bridal Change

Designer Andrea Neill describes the roadblocks she faced in setting up and developing her brand, with a degree in fashion design and her successful fashion start-up, in a "body-biased" Industry.

1. I first realized I wanted to pursue a career in fashion when I was in high school. I went to try on prom dresses and couldn’t find any of the ones I had like in my size. Instead, they would’ve made me pay even more to get it custom ordered for myself. So, I ended up playing the game of luck with buying a dress from an Online retailer. 2. I realized then and there that I wanted to create couture gowns that were more easily accessible to women of any size and walk of life. You shouldn’t have to have a ton of money and be tiny to get the dress of your dreams. The dress of your dreams should be made to fit you. 3. My biggest rookie mistake was almost

letting my failures define me. When I didn’t get into Omaha Fashion Week the first time, it completely ate away at me from the inside; I almost decided to give up right then and there. But thanks to the help and support of my amazing friends, family, and mentors I decided that it was completely irrational to do that. I then went to create my mini-collection “Blossom” for the July 2018 RAW Artist’s Showcase in the matter of two months. 4. When I first began to realize my dream, the fashion industry was very streamlined and almost felt like everyone was trying to fit into the “cookie cutter” mold. Everyone was trying so hard to be the next big thing

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Edward Moss of EAMimages provides the opportunity to explore the creative process, to fill a void that the technical side can't quite satisfy. With an outgoing yet diligent persona, Ed offers an enjoyable and fun outlet, an escape into the world of imagination allowing himself to experiment with composition, vision and new styles with his clients and colleagues. Eds photographic interests are wide with experience in landscapes, aviation (like the use of drones) and commercial photography. He currently continues to expand his experience through collaboration in portraiture, fashion, and glamour – always trying new concepts and ideas with businesses like Eou Magazine, Omaha Fashion Week, Gaia Models and more. "I welcome your ideas, your vision, and I would like to explore them with you. If you want to work with me, I want to work with you!" - Edward Moss

in the industry and lost their voices along the way. Now it has almost done a full 180 to where everyone is back to using their voices in their work again. They are focusing more on the styles and strengths that make them unique compared to everyone else. It inspires me more and more every day to try and stay true to my voice and produce the designs I feel inspired to put out instead of trying to fit the mold 5. My favorite part about being a designer is being able to interact with so many different people. It allows me to be able to interact with so many different artists at events and photo shoots and learn about their amazing stories and backgrounds. It also helps me to open my eyes and stay humble and true to myself knowing that I am not the only one out there that is starting from the bottom and building my way up. 6. Being a designer also gives me the chance to meet younger designers and help to inspire them to pursue their dreams. When I was first starting I reached out to a few local designers and asked them for advice. Since then, they have become such great mentors and friends to me. I strive to give that positive energy back to the younger designers and hope to help guide them and help them to find their voices as others helped me. 7. I decided in 2014 during my junior year of high school to fully go for my dream of being a designer. I was sitting in class sketching some dresses one day and I got so many comments from my friends and classmates that they loved the sketches. It inspired me to want to do it knowing some people loved my work and supported

me. The dream started to become a reality when I applied to the top 3 fashion schools in the Midwest in 2015 (Kent State, Iowa State, and UNL) and got accepted into all of their programs. 8. My philosophy about the “art” of fashion is that it’s another way to use your voice in your work. Often we use our designs and creations to voice the opinions of the things we are too afraid to say out loud. We usually, almost literally, put our opinions about certain issues and circumstances in the world into our garments. Fashion itself is just so vast that there is no right or wrong way to do it and it allows the creator a freedom of expression that we often don’t get in society. 9. Hands-down I would work with Paolo Sebastian realistically, but if I could dream, Geo Node Exuding Andrea Neill Designs; elegance and poise at play with a jeuxtapose geo-centric asthetic.

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I would’ve loved to have been able to work with Alexander McQueen. As a child, I grew up playing fashionista type games and McQueen’s designs were plastered everywhere and I was just in awe of the sheer beauty of each piece he created. I would’ve done anything to have been able to work with him just once and ask him for advice on how to be so unapologetically yourself in your work. Paolo Sebastian I found after he created his Disney Once upon a Dream Collection. I was completely in utter awe of all of the immaculate detail every one of his dresses had. If I could I would want to learn how to use just the right details to try and portray the story I am trying to tell to my consumers through just the use of beading, words, and pictures on my garments from him. 10. They are both most definitely influential to me. Both designers are both so unapologetically true to their work and I strive to be like that. I want to be able to create beautiful pieces that push boundaries and I don’t want to be scared to push that envelope. There are so many reasons to be scared to change the status quo, including failure. However, many of the great designers we know today faced so many failures, including bankruptcies, on their first attempts and now they are some of the biggest Couture Houses in the world! I want to strive to be brave like them both and just go for it instead of letting the unknowns bring me down. 11. My sense of style does have a slight influence, but more so on the side of how I try and style my designs. My style has large extremes; I tend to dress more elegantly and out-there for fashion events, while I tend to be more athleisure and laid back when relaxing at home or going to classes. I try to find

a nice medium between both of my sides most days though. The elegant side tends to influence my designs more, but that is mainly in the details you will find in my garments since I am a bit of a perfectionist. Otherwise, I tend to watch what my friends and colleagues are looking at for dresses to formal events and weddings and I use that to ultimately decide the silhouettes I want to create. The rest comes from the crazy places I find inspirations (such as video games, nature, spirituality, etc).*

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