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Headkrack talks about transitioning from the Bronx to Queens to Dallas then to Atlanta Ga. He talks about how he landed an opportunity to get on the radio for the first time and how he was met with adversity while pursuing career as a rapper. Even how he copes with the passing of his Mother and how he uses his experiences to maneuver through life.
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Accessories can be real statement pieces and a way to show your personality in an otherwise classic outfit. Fashion accessories are a great way to spice up any wardrobe, especially one that could use an updating. Are you interested in updating your appearance, at least in terms of your fashion? If you are, you may not only want to examine the latest in clothing fashion trends, but also the latest trends in fashion accessories. Fashion accessories are rapidly increasing in popularity, particularly in our celebrity-obsessed culture. But many of us still do not know exactly how to use them to our best advantage. The term “fashion accessories� is very broad and includes a number of products. Just like fashion clothing pieces, accessories come in virtually every size, shape and style under the sun. There are fashion accessories that are designed for children, teens, men, women, petite 8 sized, and plus sized individuals. Below are a few of the major fashion accessory items you might want consider in order to keep your look current and expand your coordination options.
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The most well known fashion accessory is of course, jewellery. For teenagers and children, fashion jewelry pieces that are popular often include colourful, oversized pieces, as well as charm necklaces or charm bracelets. For men, a popular piece of jewellery often includes large pendant necklaces, many of which display a cross or another popular or meaningful symbol. As for women, popular pieces of fashion jewelry include watches, earnings, rings, necklaces, bracelets, pins, and so forth. Another major fashion accessory that you might want to look at is a new handbag. While purses can also be trendy, it is the handbag that has become a real status symbol and major fashion accessory. They come in a huge array of different styles so it is common to own more than one if your budget allows. In fact, many women out there like to match their fashion accessories, including their purses and handbags, with the clothing that they wear. [Continue on Page 24] 9 Updating your handbag every season can be an easy and relatively inexpensive way to update your whole look.
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Modeling 101 Arcticle #6 Topic: Fashion Model’s Hello Model’s, I hope that this information will education and answer some of your desired question’s. Let’s get started. Keep these three thing’s in mind and act on them as well. 1.)Runway Training 2.)Education 3.)Advancement There is no specific degree or credential’s required to become a professional fashion runway model or commerial fashion model. This is mainly why many want to pursue a career as a fashion model since no educational investment is needed. As long as you have exceptional physical feature’s, confidence, and positive attitude then you have a chance to land a good modeling offer. However with a Associate Degree or Bachlor’s Degree in Fashion Merchandising, Design, Art’s and Drama will boost your fashion career. It is important that your compile all of your best photo’s in your portfolio so that modeling agencies, talent scout’s and other client’s can easily have reference of your past experiences. Those who have attended a runway training course will have a competitive edge. Make sure to prepare your composite (comp) card and resume so client’s can easily remember To work as a professional fashion runway model you must be flexible, versatile, neat adaptable, stylish, dependable, hardworking and good at taking direction’s. You also have to know how to convey the emotion and attitude of the brand that you are modeling , and able to properly represent the garment’s and wardrobe’s that you are wearing. A good fashion model is capable of wearing all types of clothing styles and will alway’s look good on them. Other qualities that client’s look for in a fashion runway model & commerial fashion model include the following: • a good sense of style • ability to look good at all times • must know how to dress up properly • knowledge about make up applications • has good walking posture • excellent stamina • familiarity in difference poses • great facial projection Salary: Income range of fashion runway model professional’s varies and are hard to determine. Basically their salary rates are dependent on the type of modeling engagement, their modeling experience, and popularity of the model. In average those who are just starting out can expect to receive $500- $ 5000 per modeling engagement. Well established fashion model professionals will of course earn higher rate of around $10,000 per engagement or more. Here is an estimate of their salary earnings: • Professional Photogenic Fashion Model : $500,000 more yearly • Typical Fashion Runway Model: $30,000- $60,000 yearly Start building your portfolio and get some professional training. Career Path: Print Model, Runway Model, Supermodel. Stay Beautiful, Angela Drisdel / Professional Runway Coach
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TAKES A LOOK AT YOUR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FROM A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE . FOCUSING ON SUBJECTS LIKE EATING RIGHT, AND WHEN. WHEN TO EXCERSISE ALSO WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS AND HOW NOT THINKING RIGHT CAN LEAD TO BAD PHYSICAL HABITS.
CREATING HEALTHY HABITS Breast Feeding Month Back to basic with Breastfeeding August is National Breastfeeding Month. The Breastfeeding Committee of United States is very passionate about supporting every effort to assist mothers with breasting their children even when they are back in the work force. Breast feeding is your body’s natural ability to provide for your baby all the nourishment they need. The milk your body produces is superior to any manmade or manufactured substitute. (Do you ever notice that even the baby formula companies market their product as being “the next best thing the breast?’) What’s in Breastmilk? Breastmilk is designed any nature to meet the special nutritional needs of infants. It also protects your baby from disease. Human breastmilk contains a special combination of nutrients including: Fat, Omega-3s, Protein, Vitamins, Minerals and Iron and Immunities, especially Colostrum which is a concentrated form of breast milk that is easier for newborn babies to digest and contain important antibodies designed to provide a natural form of immunity against disease. The Rhythm of Breastfeeding Breastfeeding is more than a way of getting inrushing milk into your baby. It is a life style, a way of mothering your baby and responding to their needs. Breastfeeding works best when you follow your baby’s cues about when he needs to eat. Newborns nurse eight to twelve time in twenty-four hours. Sometimes they go three or even four hours between feedings at other times of the day, especially in the late afternoon and early evening, they will fuss and went to nurse every hour or two. A normal, healthy baby who is sucking well at the breast is very good at deciding for themselves just how much milk they need. In addition, when you nurse when the baby is hungry the body will produce enough milk for the need. When breastfeeding you learn to trust your body’s cues about what they need and the baby trusts that you will be there to feed and comfort them when they are hungry or upset. Baby get an immediate response to his hunger cues. There’s no delay while mom goes to the kitchen and warms up a bottle or formula. Mothers get good feedback from baby when they breastfeed, too. The hormones released when baby nurses have a relaxing effect on mom’s mind and body. Plus, it’s easy to see that babies enjoy breastfeeding, and that’s another thing for new mothers to feel good about. I have learned so much as a L.E.A.N. Expectation Health Coach from Dr Sears. Find one in your area to aid your through this magnificent time or find information at my website that will link you to other resources. Happy Living! Andrea Townsend, RN,BSN,CHC, CEO Wo-Men in Touch Health and Wellness, LLC WIThealth-wellness.com
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If your wardrobe is filled with classic pieces that flatter your body shape and suit your colouring, then simply choosing a new trendy handbag can instantly bring your look up to the minute. Travel bags are also considered a fashion accessory, but differ from handbags in that a lot of them are designed for both sexes. A travel bag is generally a small bag that can be used as carry-on luggage for a plane ride, a nappy/diaper bag or a laptop carrying case. It can also be the so called “man bag” that is increasing in popularity all the time. Many major fashion labels also have their own luggage line as well. Shoes are also a fashion accessory, although many do not necessarily consider them to be. Most often, women’s shoes are associated as fashion accessories, as opposed to men’s shoes. One of the reasons for this is the amazing array of women’s shoe style available, for example: athletic shoes, casual sandals, elegant sandals, flat dress shoes, stilettos, kitten heels, sling backs, mules, pumps and the list goes on. As with handbags and purses, most women own multiple pairs of shoes and aim to coordinate their shoes, especially for work, with the rest of their ensemble. Shoes can make or break an outfit, so think about the type of image you want to portray and make sure your shoes fit with that theme. Belts are also a major fashion accessory. While for many men and boys, belts are not necessarily a fashion accessory as much as a fashion necessity to hold their pants up; the same isn’t true for women. Women’s belts come in a number of different sizes, shapes, and styles and virtually every season there is a new “must-have” style. There is everything from casual, crocheted belts to wear with jeans, to elegant, black leather belts as a pair of slimline black trousers for work. Belts, handbags, purses, travel bags, jewellery and shoes are just a few of the many fashion accessories that you can use to make a good outfit into a great one. 32
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Sharonda Ja’Nea Sharonda Ja’Nea is a plus size model and actress based out of Columbus Georgia. This 38 year old single mother of one decided to become a model in 2017. In that time she has modeled in such shows as Virginia Full Figured Fashion Week, District of Curves, Essense of Curves, Full Figured Fierce, and the WonderFULL World of Fashion just to name a small few. She has also been published in several magazines and has played small roles in a few short films. Sharonda Ja’Nea has used modeling as a platform to help women who suffers from low self esteem feel more confident about themselves. As a person who has spent many years struggling with it herself showing other women that self love is important is one of her main goals. MUA: Sharonda Smith PHOTOGRAPHER: Khyle Martin DESIGNER: Innovative Designs HAIR STYLIST: Tristan Talley HAIR STYLIST: Sharonda Smith
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Who is America Carillo? ICONIQUE MAGAZINE “Art paves the way for self-acceptance, which is the key to happiness and creative expression” quote by America Carrillo America chose a Graphic Design major because of the income potential where she earned her BSA. Her collaging began when she faced a last-minute deadline, with nothing completed and only 5 hours left to finish the project. She had been cutting out images from magazines for inspiration, but nothing came to her. Finally, she decided to make a collage out of desperation with the images and the rest is history. She’s become addicted to collaging because of the thrill of not knowing what will be created by her clippings and cuttings. The pieces of beauty, carved picture by picture, images that spark the interest of an amazingly complex and sometimes dark mind. The ‘zone’ she becomes transfixed in while creating is meditation to her, the creative energy building in her head, frenzied ideas stuck in her mind’s eye that pour themselves onto the canvas, a mix of painting and scraps torn from their page in magazines, nurtured, cajoled, caressed, pasted and brushed into Art, stunning and thought provoking when gazed upon by those lucky enough to pass their glance upon them. Her mission is to inspire with her Art, whether it takes 2 or 30 pieces to capture the message she is trying to convey. She believes all living beings have a right to live, to not be destroyed for mass production and consumption and that is why animals show up in a majority of her collaging. To America, creative expression is the only healthy way for her to deal with stress or depression. She doesn’t drink or smoke, eats a vegan diet and does these things because of her firm belief that there are healthier ways to deal with frustration or boredom. Her first collages, when she looks back on them, are not compositionally pleasing to her, but they served a purpose. She has sold a few and given away many to friends who were inspired and touched by them, which absolutely made America’s day and she carries those feelings with fond remembrance. Art allows America to get the attention she needs, she can be loud or really big with her creations and they are costumes for her that she wears proudly. When she first began to exhibit and put her Art “out there”, it was intimidating for her. She was afraid she wouldn’t make an impression and that it wouldn’t move someone like it moved her. She wants people who view her Art to “feel what I feel”. When she displays her Art and is asked what it means, she is disappointed that it needs to be explained, “It’s like putting wrapping paper on an elephant, an elephant should be left to its own device to be appreciated and not put into a box with words”. She believes consumers of Art should stop spending so much time looking for an explanation of the Art and concentrate on how it makes them feel. America’s proudest Artistic moment, to date, is the Martini Glass permanent Art installation she and I placed on top of a historic building in downtown Fort Wayne that currently houses Club Soda restaurant. She wants to be loud with her Art and thought that should include putting something on top of a building if she wanted. We built the Art as a fundraiser for Cancer Services to provide patients with Yoga and other positive outlets to help them manage their disease. The piece is a 10’ diameter by 11’ long clear plexi-glass Martini Glass that had 1300 blue balloons cascading out and had matching donations for the patients with each balloon. This Art installation project inspired America to move into a totally new direction with her loud, big, beautiful and incredible Art. She is currently creating a series of murals in all 50 states, called ‘America paints America’ and this would On the Rise St Louis Model give her the distinction of being the first Artist to accomplish this feat. This, also, affords her the opportunity to collaborate and learn with other Artists from around the country, soak in the different styles and personalities of each and marry bits and pieces of each into her own personal collage of internal Artistic talent. She loves the solitude of the road, traveling in her van with her cat, ‘Lady Gaga’ from state to state, hanging out with friends and family when needed. She loves the exposure the intrastate paintings give to her Art by allowing more people to see it in person. She’s painted in 6 states currently, with each new mural being her favorite piece and plans to try to finish this project within the next few 40 shit, I can’t believe I pulled this off, people will like years. Her thoughts upon finishing her first big mural were, “Holy this.”
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America is a complex and beautiful Artist who marches to her own beat, she’s tough, shy, scared, happy, introverted and extroverted all at the same time. The images trapped in her mind are vivid, haunting, beautiful and inspiring. Her desire and drive to express her feelings in Art and word is truly moving and the lives she touches with her presence are changed forever.
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ICONIQUE MAGAZINE JUNE 2018 EDITION National Poetry Month National Poetry Month was established in 1996 by The Academy of American Poets. The purpose was to help put poetry on a platform and give it the respect it deserves. While poetry and spoken word have been around for centuries, they have yet to receive the acknowledgment that other components of the artistic world has garnered. It’s true that poets like Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and the more colorful Dr. Seuss have gained notoriety, but poets and poetry as a whole have never been highly respected or given the correct acclaim. Although a large number of spoken word artists travel and share their gifts, none are really compensated in a manner that match their counterparts in the performing arts and aside form Maya Angelou, no other has never really gained a sense of celebrity. Now, that doesn’t mean that they aren’t working. Poets like Georgia Me (who appeared in Tyler Perry’s “Madea Goes To Jail”) and Lemon Andersen (who appeared in a number of movies including “The Pianist” and “Inside Man”) have been on their big screen grind. Speaking of Georgia Me, she in 2008 started The Tamika Fest; an annual, weeklong festival that takes place at the end of April in Atlanta, GA. The festival celebrates poetry, spoken word, and For All of your Photography Needs. Conthose workEnt. diligently at keeping the genre All tactwho Secure Photography. Serving relevant. While the festival sees a large number 50 States of attendees who flock from every part of the world the festival, in its 10 year tenure, has yet to be mentioned among other huge festivals like Coachella, SXSW, AfroPunk, and others. Like the Tamika Fest creator, Tamika Harper AKA Georgia Me, others have attempted to place poetry and spoken word in the limelight. Television shows like Def Poetry Jam and Verses & Flow saw temporary success with great alums like M’Reld Green from Chicago; Abyss, Tommy Bottoms, Theresa Songbird, and Queen Sheba all of Atlanta, DDE the Slammer of Indianapolis, and Black Ice of Philly just to name
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