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| DANNY JUARE | Steve Trujillo | GIANCARLO BLANKS | Lanly Le | | Susie Bloice | FERNANDO MARTINEZ & TEAM | Jose Ferreira |

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photographer: giancarlo blanks of bvg photo assistant photographer & lighting: will ziegler model: brianna belong of kavir models

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PUBLISHER | David Kidd | EDITOR IN CHIEF | Jesca Alfano | CREATIVE DIRECTOR | Jenna Belt | BEAUTY EDITOR | Clarissa Burt

04 | STYLE Stage Competition

20 | TAKE ME HOME - Lanie

48 | AFTER SUNSET - Lanly Le

06 | STYLE Stage Sponsors

22 | NIGHT CIRCUS - Steve Trujillo

56 | ALL AMERICAN BEAUTY

08 | STYLE Stage Celebrity Judges

32 | EN VY BY KHANH

1 2 | STYLE Stage June Finalists 1 4 | GOLD ECLIPSE - Danny Juare

- Adam Truszkowski 38 | WEARABLE ART - Mark Johnson

- Giancarlo Blanks 62 | RETRO NAUTICAL - Barbara Schamber

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PEACE Faggot!! Hater!! These are powerful hurtful words. Neither can promote the cause of peace.

Someone calling another a “hater” because they hold a certain belief (religious or otherwise) is just as damaging to the cause of equality and understanding, as someone judging a Gay for their beliefs.

I have a very dear gay “brother” whom I love without equivocation. I love him for who he is, not for what he does. I do not judge his lifestyle, and would hope that he does not judge mine. Everyone, please, comprehend, that a Gay is not a “Sinner” for their lifestyle any more than you are for yours. “For all fall short” my friends.

Gays and their supporters need to understand, that someone is not a “Hater” because they do not support the agenda of the LGBT community. Do not seek retribution, because public opinion has swung in your favor. Instead let us all seek true peace, where we understand that a life contrary to our own, does not make it open to our judgment.

To Personal Freedom,

David Kidd, Publisher

photographer: giancarlo blanks of bvg photo assistant photographer & lighting: will ziegler model: brianna belong of kavir models

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STYLE STAGE CELEBRITY JUDGE PROFILE

Fashion Photographer http://franzszony.com #franzszony

My name is Franz Szony, and I am but a boy who paints with his camera. I approach photography from an illustrator’s perspective. Although my technique is more modern than my aesthetic, I deem to create a wondrous illusion that is photo-real. This way, the viewer can believe the illustration (no matter how fantastical) actually exists.

I blend my Neoteric perspective with my devotion to the Rococo, in essence this becomes my mantra to create a lush world that is ambiguous in character. An image that is unclassifiable in time or place with a celebration of the androgynous. My combination of traditional theatrical tricks together with digital illustration techniques create the illusion of a painting, even though the image is actually a photograph.

I do believe in beauty, but I also believe in the intention and thought behind that beauty. In my work the imagery is seductive, but the feeling will encourage you to understand the story. Much of my work is inspired by my dreams. The worlds and characters I’ve dreamt have influenced both minute details as well as entire works of art... visually and emotionally. The diary I keep next to my bed has been filled with sketches over the years. Most people think that when we are asleep, we are unconscious. However, many studies show that we are more conscious when we sleep than when we are awake. If so, I can’t help but think our dreams to be more real and truthful than the physical world.

If you can respond to the beauty, look deeper for the feeling, then go even further, you can find the “space between your thoughts.” My intention is to inspire the viewer into this state of mind. If I can propel the onlooker into a transcendental daydream, my magic has worked.

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To elicit a response to an image requires a good subject and an even greater photographer with a vision to share. How do you judge what makes a good photograph? Art is subjective. What gives the photographer an artistic eye?

Franz Szony grew up in Nevada. As the son of a casino manager, he watched all the shows that came to town. The show’s costumes clearly have affected his work.

He enrolled in art classes at the age of five and the legend was born. Lucky for us at an early age, Franz realized that he was destined to be an artist. He immersed himself in the craft by studying the history of photography and the techniques of other photographers then perfected his own style that would set him apart. Coming into his own over the years has had its ups and downs but he never lost sight of his path. He has no regrets and thinks the word “regret” should be banned.

With the closing of Szony’s first show in Los Angeles, and after he finished perfume ads for fashion designer, Furne One, I wanted to know more about Szony’s path and how he perfected his “artistic eye”.

I like to think of my photography in the terms of fashion. My fine art photography is my couture, and customer-commissions are my ready to wear.

However sometimes these cross paths, and my customer commissions want the fine art, this is almost always in the form of advertisements.

My fine art photography (like couture) is my vision completely; it represents the fantasy and the unattainable.

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FURNE AMATO

STYLE STAGE CELEBRITY JUDGE PROFILE

Celebrity Fashion Designer

http://amatohautecouture.com & http://furneone.com

Amato Haute Couture and brand, Furne One, created by eccentric fashion designer, Furne Amato has never been more sought after. This illustrious creative is esteemed worldwide in the fashion and entertainment industries in anticipation of each lavished couture piece that graces bodies of the glamorous. It’s no wonder it wasn’t long before Amato’s Dubai-based designs and face were foreseen to take the red carpet and center stage, globally.

From an early age living in the Philippines, young Furne was captivated by fashion. Already sketching at age ten, he used his inherent interest in aesthetics, gleaning appreciation from his Mother and Grandmother’s own admiration for beautiful appealing apparel.

By 1994, Josie Natori and other foundational fashion players took notice after his competitive win for the MEGA Magazine Young Designer of the Philippines Award with his Furne One line. He was Natori offered an apprenticeship

by Natori, herself, at her design house in New York. That same year, Amato received the first prize at Japan’s Women’s Wear Awards. All of his exploration and intrigue paid off, as his next notable accolade was as finalist at Manila’s Fashion Designer Awards three years later.

In 2002, the elite clientele in Dubai were thrilled as Furne opened his first boutique. He called it, Amato. Meaning “beloved,” it was no wonder his idolizing patrons had first glimpses of Furne’s unique creations. Again, Amato’s work set the stage for an inundation of offers including Swarovski’s request for a highly embellished bridal dress for their 2007 limited edition book, Unbridled. This opened a collection partnership with them yet again for its Crystalised Swarovski Elements events.

In 2008, Germany’s Next Top Model invited Amato as a special guest designer for the show’s season finale with supermodel, Heidi Klum.

This initiative launched international response, and influenced his repeat role for the following three years!

While International Fashion Week(s) from London, Dubai, Los Angeles and Miami, desired this rising designer on their catwalk, he was marked as a favorite, bringing monumental success. This brought the acclaim of celebrity status, as sensations including: supermodel, Heidi Klum, and singers, Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry, Shakira, Nicole Scherzinger, Amber Rose and Nicki Minaj considered his creations a musthave. Excitedly, the brands’ first boutique in the US opened successfully in Los Angeles (2012) with more cities to come. Furne One and Amato Couture are a result of diligence.

With so many talented designers it’s interesting to include that he believes his luck was inclusive of “being in the right place at the right time.”

Either way, it is time for Furne Amato to shine.

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PHOTOGRAPHY | USA

PHOTOGRAPHER | Danny Juare

photographer : danny juare http://dannyjuare.com model : tatiana campos slepovaÂ

photographer : danny juare http://dannyjuare.com model : tatiana campos slepova fashion designer: carolina ceceña http://carolina-cecena.wix.com/ccbdesigns mua : kristina-monique assistant : kathryn elizabeth location : presidio park in san diego, ca

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TAKE ME HOME | UNITED STATES

http://azhumane.org

Lanie is a beautiful Shiba Inu mix with a sweet, easygoing and good-natured personality. The mellow 5-year-old was found wandering the streets, searching for the family she had lost and eventually made her way to the Arizona Humane Society.

There are many wonderful qualities about a dog who is already broken in/housetrained, leash-trained, having a grasp of basic commands and Lanie is all that, as well as loving and loyal. When she isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happily chewing a bone and lying at your feet, she enjoys mingling with other dogs and showing off the tricks she has mastered. She prefers a life of leisure and this quite canine is the ultimate house pet. However, when she hears the leash jingle, she leaps to her paws and is ready to explore. She enjoys a casual stroll around the park each morning. Bring the whole family down to meet this sensational canine.

Lanie is available NOW at the Campus for Compassion located at 1521 West Dobbins Road in Phoenix.

Her adoption fee is only $35 and includes her spay surgery and vaccines.

For more information... call 602-997-7585 x1045 and ask for animal ID number A445394.

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FASHION DESIGN | USA

AT SCOTTSDALE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS

PHOTOGRAPHER | Steve Trujillo SMOCA ADVISORY MEMBER CONTENT | Oscar De la Salas

Upon our initial meeting with the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), the museum development staff charged us with creating an exciting new benefit gala that raises funds to support the mission and vision of SMoCA. “Night Circus at SMoCA” is loosely based on the novel “Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern. This inaugural fundraising event was created to benefit the Museum, its exhibitions and arts education/outreach programs. The goals of the museum were to engage the community, raising visibility in the community of the Museum’s programming and fundraising.

photographer : steve trujillo of trudge photography http://trudgephoto.com smoca advisory member : oscar de la salas http://whatwould oscardo.com scottsdale museum of contemporary arts http://smoca.org

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The evening was designed to immerse guests in a wildly colorful arena. Intriguingly costumed characters in custom environmental installations were designed alongside the living art, video art and décor of each gallery and supported an entire and complete engagement of the senses.

The Museum galleries and Sky Space were individually transformed into thematic surreal magical, dream-like circus environments. Each turned into a new environment beckoning guests as they encounter ‘living art, immersive videos, tables serving delectable treats, peruse a variety of chef-prepared food stations and signature cocktails created especially for this event. This site specific event in its design as a immersive labyrinth and experience that engulfed the museum and also brought focus at the end of the labyrinth to the existing MASH-UP Exhibition at the time of the gala still showing at the museum.

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Artistic Director, Gregangelo Herrera, has been performing in the arts for the last 30 years. He is a graduate of CCA with a multi-media degree with an emphasis on textiles and costume design, his signature aesthetic fuses multicultural, multigenerational designs with science and technology. His team of twelve artists for this event included, film makers, multimedia artists, costumers, make-up artists, a libretto, musical composition, sculptors, animators, riggers and technical specialists. Conceptually for the event it was a year in planning and execution, this event was made financially possible for SMoCA by a partial sponsorship. Financially for Gregangelo & Velocity, the event was made possible by design and use of our existing inventory of many years of costumes, props, equipment and music created by Gregangelo & Velocity Arts and Entertainment over the years for commissions that included the de Young Museum’s John Paul Gaultier exhibition, “From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk”, The de Young’s commission of costumes for public programs surrounding “The Treasures of King Tut” exhibition and other museum commissions as well as a commission from the HBO Game of Thrones. All of the Media, films and video were site specific and custom created for Night Circus at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.

Featured in the Red Lounge was an extraordinary haute couture costume inspired and created for public programs surrounding the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. This costume “Gilded Lady” was created in house, along with several costumes for the de Young programs. The aesthetics of the permanent SMoCA Lounge Installation created in 2011 “Beneath the Wave” designed by Janis with assistance from Effie Bouras created a perfect backdrop for the “Gilded Lady’s” gold infusion. the Egyptian costumes that accompanied the Gilded Lady in the Red Lounge were created for the Treasures of King Tut Exhibition also at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, this living, moving installations of haute couture costumes meet performers in ancient to contemporary attire were leashed together via three red organza ribbons to show transition and connection of time and fashion from ancient to contemporary, the film lighting and projecting behind the living installation was designed to showcase imagery and transitions of the sun from ancient to contemporary.

The planetary seasons were represented In the Night Garden by opulent hand crafted, detailed large scale umbrella “trees” we crafted alongside opulent costumes for each umbrella “tree”. These umbrella “trees” represented trees throughout the various seasons in their respective colors and design. These “trees” of seasons also served as environments where themed characters to the season and guests immersed themselves interacting, mingling and playing. Characters in the Night Garden included an Ice Empress, living flora and fauna carnivorous plants, green queen, 10 foot living tree, aerial pan, satyr, queen nymph and a water sprite. The soundscape we create for the environment used classical music inspired by natural world flora and fauna, layered with wind, water birds and other wildlife to create an actual sensation of being in nature.

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As the producer, Jeffrey Lazos Ferns provides leadership in design, artist development/management, arts administration, business development,marketing,public relations, community partnership, community relations and strategic planning. His foresight and long range planning skills has contributed to a significant growth in the regional, national touring and special events markets for Gregangelo & Velocity Arts & Entertainment. He has been working closely with Gregangelo on large scale multi-platform events and public commissions for the past 17 years. Currently he is the project director for Encoded Textiles Arizona, a multi disciplinary, 3 year project in partnership with ASU Project Humanities that includes a touring exhibition of encoded/augment traditional native art and 3 full length documentary films, In addition he is a costume designer, event planner, has a catering company that specializes in edible desert plants integrated with traditional indigenous medicine men and women, and is a consultant/ advisor in developing Circus School of Arizona into a premier fitness and professional training studio for circus arts in Arizona. He identifies primarily as a cultural worker and uses his multifaceted skill set and endeavours to create dialogue and advance communities through art/social interactions and public programs.

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The aerialist in this black and white gallery was costumed in red and represented the flight of the imagination of the guests and was a direct reference to the novel Night Circus.

Exterior walls of the Dreamatorium were projected with films of Velocityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Neptune act which has a cosmology base and aesthetic.

The films were edited with scenes from around the room and were layered with various holographic images from floor to ceiling to add to an affect of floating in space.

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FASHION DESIGNER | VIETNAM/USA

PHOTOGRAPHER | Adam Truszkowski Born in Vietnam in 1983, and coming to the US in 1992, Khanh Nguyen lived with parents in Chandler until recently.

Obtaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts from ASU, while sneaking in one fashion related class - Introduction to Sewing - Khanh had prepared himself to turn a drawing and sketching hobby into a career.

Now living in Phoenix with his partner Tom, Khanh is growing his label through such events as Phoenix Fashion Week and other fashion events around the Phoenix area.

Lending his garments to various fashion photo shoots being published in fashion and industry magazines is also helping to spread his signature look. Khanh being inspired by fashion greats, such as Dior, McQueen and Vera Wang, seeks to create a line and brand, that invokes a sexual appeal in the opposite sex and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Envyâ&#x20AC;? from other women.

photographer : adam truszkowski http://about.me/atimagery fashion designer : khanh nguyen of envy by khanh http://envybykhanh.com model : brianna lucia of the agency az http://theagencyaz.com model : whitney nelson of courtier agency http://mycourtier.com mua/hair : hailey buschar

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FASHION DESIGN | USA

photographer : mark johnson of when light falls studios http://whenlightfalls.com wearable art : neda stevic model : krysta marie moy of intrigue talent mua : mija of intrigue talent http://intriguetalent.com hair: jen bruder

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photographer: mark johnson of when light falls studios http://whenlightfalls.com wearable art/fashion design: neda stevic model: krysta marie moy of intrigue talent mua: mija of intrigue talent http://intriguetalent.com hair: jen bruder

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PHOTOGRAPHY | USA

photographer : lanly le http://www.lanlyle.com model : amanda siobhan lyons

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photographer : lanly le http://www.lanlyle.com model : amanda siobhan lyons wardrobe : divaz boutique & grand central clothing http://grandcentralclothing.com jewelry designer : mandy manus off the chain jewels beauty/styling : amanda siobhan lyons

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photography : giancarlo blanks of gvb photo http://gvbphoto.com assistant photo & lighting : will ziegler model : brianna belong of kavir models http://kavirmodels.com

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PHOTOGRAPHY | USA

PHOTOGRAPHER | Giancarlo Blanks

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PHOTOGRAPHY | USA

photography : barbara schamber of jolie la photographie http://jolielaphotographie.com model : emily ahlers mua/hair : jolie noelle schamber of world reknowned beauty

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PHOTOGRAPHER | Jolie La Photographie

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PUBLISHER | David Kidd | EDITOR IN CHIEF | Jesca Alfano | CREATIVE DIRECTOR | Jenna Belt | BEAUTY EDITOR | Clarissa Burt

68 | SHEMALE - Paolo Prisco 72 | STYLE GURU - Chris Garland 75 | DREAMER - Susie Bloice 84 | COLORS OF THE CITY - Fernando Martinez & Team

90 | WAITING & WISHING - Jose Ferreira 100 | GOOD VIBES - Jamie Howden - W Photography 106 | OJOS DE LEON - MM Runway

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photographer : fernando martinez http://fernandomartinezphoto.com top model : gabriela salles of francina models http://francinamodels.com mua/hair : emma gaspar buxeda http://emmagaspar.com stylists : mireia sanchez & alex vinash http://alexvinash.com jewelry designer : maria galán footwear designer : patoh collection http://patohcollection.com

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PHOTOGRAPHY | MONACO

photographer : paolo prisco mua/hair/styling : paolo prisco http://paoloprisco.fr model : mila caceres

PHOTOGRAPHER | Paolo Prisco

photographer : paolo prisco mua/hair/styling : paolo prisco http://paoloprisco.fr model : mila caceres

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clothes, shoes and accessories: zara, h&m, sonia rykiel for h&m, janine delbono. vintage and customized clothes belong to the photographerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s private collection.

STAR WARS - PART 2 (Welcome to the future) - The lights are on but nobody’s home!

Disinformation is the new God! Welcome to the future! So how do you find your way through the minefield of dis-information in this new style-code digital war zone? How, for example, cool, is cool anymore? How do you read the signs and decode the messages of digital wonderland? Well, here are some useful tips! If, like 99% of the people working in current music, fashion, art & design, you are simply imitating someone else’s idea and trying to pass them off as your own! And have slowly woken up to the horrifying reality that fashion and all of the other related industries are in a state of grossly mediocre uniformity and a terminal meltdown! However much you hide your head under the cover of outdated branding and marketing smog, it ain’t gonna go away, brothers and sisters!!

STYLE GURU | UNITED KINGDOM

So space cadets! Turn On! Tune In! Plug your brain in and see if you can get get a little spark of imagination, enlightenment and originality churning away in that junk food damaged consciousness and discover an antidote to all the pseudo junk culture designer tyranny of passionless conformist aggressive normality!

So! Fasten your safety belt’s because here we go!

1. If you are a company don’t build brands! Sell images and ideas! We’re moving into a post branding, post marketing, post commodification culture (and you can trust me on this.

I get paid a lot of money for this kind of disinformation).

2. Sell the product as entertainment! today we are all in the entertainment industry!

Whatever your chosen profession, you have to give the best show possible (or someone else will). So, you have five seconds to get your act together and get yourself in the frame!

And you better improve those communication skills! learning to read might be a good start, there’s this cool thing called literature & history! ever heard of it? and don’t talk to me about ‘passion’ or ‘on trend’! This really is for people with an imagination by pass!

3. Don’t react to trends, don’t follow them, don’t spot them, why? Because they don’t exist, they are simply a figment of your own and someone else’s artificially created illusions!

4. Ignore the fashion press (Apart from FFM that is! As they publish me, they either know something the rest of you don’t know or, have a self destruct mechanism!)

5. The concept of fashion is for people living in a time warp.

6. Avoid the next big thing kind of hype!

7. Don’t hire people with qualifications, fire them! Hire people with talent, ideas and imagination!

8. Don’t hire trend scouts or stylists, fire them! There are no trends and anyway these people are well past their sell by date, with no ideas at all, certainly none of their own!

9. If you need a stylist you are third rate no hope schmuck anyway! Did the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Captain Beefheart, Kraftwerk, Joy Division, Sex Pistols, The Clash, etc, etc... need stylists?

10. There are no age group categories anymore, only scenes and cultures! Age space & time... have no meaning, in a world of middle aged twenty something’s lost in their new global retrocentric terminal conformity or geriatric hipsters with the sixties still flowing through their veins like an acid latté!

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OK, here we go! Fasten those safety belts and get ready to kick out the jams, brothers and sisters!

TEUTONIC ZEN! Here beginneth the 1st lesson!

The prime mover! The key element! The coded alchemy of what was and is really happening!

Blue eyes stare and the look is cool, hard and minimal, in the cafe’s bars and clubs of Berlin’s neon, steel and concrete subculture. The music relentless, pulsing, driving, electronic! So cool that it’s hot! An irresistible, addictive alchemy of sexuality and noise. It’s the look and indeed sound that’s been threatening to explode around the world for almost two decades! Where are we? Where else but Germany!

A very late arrival at it’s own party, Germany seems blissfully unaware that it created the key elements of audio-visual style culture, that have been pirated by style-gangsters around the world ever since Kraftwerk programmed their first beat, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder shot his first Polaroid. Without Kraftwerk, much of contemporary music/looks and practically all dance music would simply not exist, to listen to their 1977 recording of “Trans Europa Express” is to listen to a piece of music unbelievably ahead of it’s time. Their visual style was of equal importance, along with DAF, Die Krupps, Einsturzsnde Neubauten, Malaria and many others, who, unlike most of their contemporaries who desperately tried to imitate the Anglo-American look and sound, they and Kraftwerk with a brilliant stroke of strategic irony, celebrated their own national cliché’s and invented the future, creating a definitive style, look and sound, that has been globally imitated and plagiarised ever since. The late German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, was equally innovative and was the first post war German film director to actually create a German aesthetic, by portraying “Germans as Germans” with all the conflict, passion, melancholy and warped longing, that implied. The images portrayed in his films are disturbingly beautiful, even today ,the actors and actresses in these films have a unique beauty and power which is hard to define but, unmistakably German. Like Kraftwerk, Fassbinder was far more admired and respected internationally than in Germany, indeed film makers such as David Lynch and many contemporary Anglo-American directors refer to Fassbinder as the Hitchcock of his time.

The list of German Artists who are the elements of this powerful and potent alchemy is endless and of course stretches back to Fritz Lang and Leni Riefenstahl. It should also be remembered that it was Germany that first seriously embraced the Yohji Yamamoto aesthetic! And indeed Yohji went on to develop close friendships with Pina Bausch, the most innovative and visually stylish dance theatre in the world, for whom he designed the most stunning costumes and sets! And also with the innovative German film director Wim Wenders.

So all you retro timewarpers out there, better start studying your history and find out where the real source material is!

Forget ‘rock/punk/grunge revivals’ and start living in the ‘cool teutonic 21st century’!!!

OK that’s it, style junkies! What are you doing reading this stuff anyway? Get a girlfriend/boyfriend, get a life, invent something, create something, design the future! Go out and get some fresh air! And remember, Facebook is the last exit before death for terminally, prematurely middle-aged losers!

What else!!!! Well, if you want to get connected to the rest of the key future alchemy, then you better take your next vacation in China, Japan or Korea, because that’s where anything cool, happening and alive is going to be coming from (other than Berlin that is!).

Watch This Space! ‘Ich Bins’!

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photographer : laura tiliman model : jude tsang at model team http://modelteam.co.uk makeup artist : susie bloice for complexions http://complexions-perth.co.uk hair stylist : louise quinn http://louisequinnhair.co.uk stylist : abagail donaldson

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photographer : fernando martinez http://fernandomartinezphoto.com top model : gabriela salles of francina models http://francinamodels.com mua/hair : emma gaspar buxeda http://emmagaspar.com stylists : mireia sanchez & alex vinash http://alexvinash.com jewelry designer : maria galán footwear designer : patoh collection http://patohcollection.com

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PHOTOGRAPHY | SPAIN

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jacket - victorio & lucchino camista - alex vinash necklace - maria galan short - diesel bracelets - thomas sabo handbag - guess

PHOTOGRAPHY | PORTUGAL

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PHOTOGRAPHER | Jose Ferreira

photography : jose ferreira http://joseferreira-photographer.com model : estefânia silva of just models http://just.pt stylist : maria pimentel mua : joana silva bellucci

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hair : carla dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oliveira

photography : jose ferreira http://joseferreira-photographer.com model : estefânia silva of just models http://just.pt stylist : maria pimentel mua : joana silva bellucci hair : carla dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oliveira

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PHOTOGRAPHY | UNITED KINGDOM

photographer : jamie howden of w-photography http://w-photography.co.uk fashion designer : christine watson of c.watson model : kirstin gribbin of superior model management http://superiormodelmanagement.net

photographer : jamie howden of w-photography http://w-photography.co.uk fashion designer : christine watson of c.watson model : kirstin gribbin of superior model management http://superiormodelmanagement.net mua : susie bloice of complexions makeup artistry http://complextions-perth.co.uk hair : louise quinn of louise quinn hairdresser http://louisequinnhair.co.uk

FASHION DESIGN | MEXICO

photographer : martin lares of out of box photography fashion/jewelry designer : ojos de leon model : sherlyn alvarado agency : mm runway http://mmrunway.mx mua : allan torres

Apparel reflecting contemporary Mexican identity and culture

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