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KETTLE * ART

Interview by Mike Vensel JS: My name is John Soukup, also known as Kettle MV: How long have you been an artist? JS: Since I was a little tike, around 5 yrs old or so. MV: Where are you from? JS: From Central City, Iowa MV: How has growing up in Iowa affected your work? JS: Well living in Iowa, as long as you understand that there isn’t any wrong answer, when its you that creates what truth is, it makes things easy, understanding the burden of being one of the top artist, hence leader in a field or idea, this can at times, be stressful when the masses look to you for their inspiration. MV: What inspires you? JS: Wow...lets see... seeing happiness in a beautiful girl’s eyes, music that can move me, seeing the good that I create. MV: Is there a common theme that runs throughout your work? JS: I want to express what I dream of (when I do sleep) or what I want my time hear to be, a place where the little crap isn’t an issue , somewhere without all the drama, instead somewhere where people can go for a hot dog and a shake, and listen to the eels or cake on the CD player. MV: What would you like to communicate in your work?

JS: A scene of playfulness with a taste of desire, a wanting-ness, People may communicate differently, but we all want the same things, most just don’t admit to it openly. MV: What do you like most about being an artist? JS: The fans are nice, when people from a thousand miles away, contact me and want a custom painting or just call and say how much they dig my work, that’s very cool. But, mostly it’s being able to create something out of nothing, like meeting someone out of the blue and falling in love with them. MV: What do you like least about being an artist? JS: I have seen such beautiful things and I know I don’t have enough time to express it all... so the answer to the question would be lack of time. MV: What advice would you give to and aspiring artist? JS: I would say just to create as much as you can, remember that there isn’t a wrong way to do it, if it comes from inside purely, do and see as much as you can, never be shy about anything. MV: What can we expect to see from you in the future? JS: More juicy greatness, Kettle’s art in Art-o-mat vending machines, a line of toys, books and Kettle clothing.

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IRINA VOLKONSKII * DESIGN Interview by Mike Vensel

II: My name is Irina Volkonskii. I am Russian. I make jewelry. My jewelry is French Expressional. If somebody is born with a spoon in her mouth, I make a really nice spoon. I play with words, I play with everything and with this I make jewelry. MV: How long have you been designing? II: 5 years MV: What are your signature designs? II: My handcuffs and watches that don’t have hours and whistles. MV: What inspires you? II: French, Russian and English Expressionism. MV: Can you tell us about your current collection? II: You need to see it, it’s really difficult for me to speak about this.

MV: Do you live in Russia or Paris? II: I lived in Russia for 25 years and now i live in Paris and I have a really nice place here with lots of assistants. I like this, I have a crazy showroom. MV: What is the difference between Russian fashion and French fashion? II: It’s completely different. My jewelry is not possible for Russian girls, they don’t understand what it is. It’s so expensive and its so easy, you need to only express a reflex. It’s understood by Italians, English and Japanese. For more visit: www.irinavolkonskii.com

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READYMADE FC * MUSIC Interview by Mike Vensel

JP: My name is Jean Phillipe Verdan. I have an artist name, want to know it? It’s Readymade FC. Readymade because in a former life i was a student in a fine art school. I was really interested in Marcel Duchamps work, which is a really famous Avant Garde artist in the 30’s, and after the second World War he developed a concept around Readymade into thinking that everything could be art, putting the wheel of a bicycle in a museum and pretending its art, and I thought to myself maybe thats what I am doing. To make art things and that ends into a small object that is a cd, which is kind of a shitty object and at the same time it’s music, it has that double id as art and marketing a little shitty object, and I am a musician and a composer. MV: How long have you been a musician? JP: I’ve always been a musician, because my whole family is musicians. At home everyone is playing instruments, so there have always instruments at home so I play. At first i played piano. Professionaly I am in this business for ten years. I was a graphic designer first and then I did music and I was signed with a label at the same time so I had to share my time between graphic design and music and it was horrible. I had to choose and I decided to be a musician. MV: How has graphic design influenced your music? Do you see music? JP: That’s a good question, I think i see music visually, when I imagine my music I always talk about the colors because its the best way to talk about music, and i dream music, i hear melodies and I compose most of my tracks sleeping. MV: When did you decide to focus on music? JP: About 8 years ago, it was hard to do interesting work. I was doing a lot of work for major companies and cinema, but it was big pain for me to explain to people that the typography has to be not short and not too big. I was the only one in my family that had not been in a conservatory, so I had to convince myself that I was a musician. I’ve never been taught, so I think my wife pushed me, “be a musician”.

MV: How has your music evolved or changed since you’ve started? JP: First I’ve always had a lot of bands when I started with friends and then I discovered electronic music at a rave in Paris and I was totally shocked by the music because for the first time in my life i wasnt into nostalgia. I discovered a music that was in our time and that belonged to my generation. It became easier to compose music alone with computers than to be in a band where you have to talk about everything except music, there is always a compromise. There are a lot of egos and alot of wasting time. So first I went into electronic music just because it was easier to me and I like the idea of working alone and then I was really interested in what is electronic music and what does it mean to make electronic music. There are a few problems because I missed alot of accidents. Computers don’t make mistakes and I don’t want to have the label of electronic musician so I just remembered I had a life before electronic music. I am more interested in doing what I want to express in music. MV: Can you tell us about your current album and the influence behind it. JP: When it was clear to me that i didn’t want to do something like the first album, I met an American girl when I did the music for Dior and she is really fascinated by the 20’s and 30’s. We had long conversations and she helped me discover many musicians from all over the world. I really liked the sound of the 78 and was interested in how it was made and how it was composed. Most were coming from big arrangements and making little songs. MV: What can we expect to hear from you in the future? JP: First i want to see if its possible to perform my album on stage. I am preparing the 3rd album and producing some artists here in Paris, which is hard because France is a hard place to do music. For more visit: www.readym.com

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SANDY LAKDAR * MOVIES Interview by Mike Vensel

SL: I am Sandy Lakdar and I am an actress in Paris. MV: When did you start acting? SL: 3 years ago. MV: Can you tell us about your acting experience? SL: I made a short movie 2 years ago. It was a great experience because I had never directed a movie before. I was a current character in a sitcom which was shown daily on French television and I was the girlfriend of the principal actor. I was supposed to be 18 which was funny because I am actually 24. It was cool and funny, it was a good experience. The last thing that I have done is a tv commercial for Samsung and it was directed by an American guy, which was cool because it was the first time I had worked with an American and it is a different way to work compared to French directors, so it was a good experience as well. It was weird because the actors were French and English, the crew was American and we were shooting in Amsterdam. MV: Do you prefer acting for television, film or stage? SL: Film. MV: Why?

SL: Because it’s a longer story. I made a film that is going to be release next month in Paris. I have a little character but its a big film with big stars, and i really love them. It’s a movie about rock stars and groupies, and I am one of the groupies who is running after the car and crying in front of the hotel. MV: What do you like most about acting? SL: To be someone that I am not. MV: What do you like least about acting? SL: Going to castings, its boring and hard. MV: How is it to be an actress in Paris? SL: It’s very competitive, especially for girls around my age, there are MV: How is it to be an actress in Paris? SL: It’s very competitive, especially for girls around my age, there are much flexibility, I like structure and I love calendars and I just really had to let go and say... ‘I don’t know what I’m doing next weekend’. Plus I love the work! For more visit: www.sandylakdar.com

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C NEEON * FASHION

Interview by Mike Vensel DO: My name is Doreen and I am one of the designers from C Neeon in Berlin. MV: How long have you been designing? DO: Designing this label since March last year. I met my partner Clara in Art school and we have been doing projects together for the last 5 years. MV: What are your signature designs? DO: Prints and big forms - it’s a little bit constructive and asymmetric and the prints are not just for decoration. The prints and the shape go together, the prints support the shape and the shape supports the prints. MV: Who is the C Neeon customer? DO: We have different customers. We have people in Germany that buy the sweats and people that buy the sporty style and the crazy stuff in Japan and we also have some tailored stuff in the collection. MV: Is C Neeon influenced by German style? DO: To live and work in Berlin is quite important for us because we work in an open house and it’s many people living together; artists, graphic designers and musicians and the inspiration is from all of these people surrounding us. MV: Can you tell us about your current collection? DO: The theme is really about feeling and we call the collection, “Do you remember the first time?” Are you excited? Or exhausted to do something? Before and after these things happen and it’s about butterflies. We will do a catwalk show here in London and for the girls we don’t use so much styling, we use the prints and the shapes as the styling, its quite clean but still us.

MV: Why did you choose to show in London? DO: We didn’t choose, we won a festival this year and received a sponsorship to do the exhibition and the show here. So thats why we came here to do the show. MV: How do you feel about German fashion design? DO: I think German fashion design is good but many of the designers are not working in Germany because we don’t have any support there from government. That’s why known brands from Germany work abroad in France or in England. I think new fashion is not so important for the environment in Germany. Many people wear Jill Sander or Hugo Boss and if you talk about as a small designer you are not so interesting for the small boutiques in Germany. MV: What do you like most about design? DO: You can work in a lot of different ways. It’s in three dimensions and it includes many things. We could do other things but for the moment we like designing clothing. MV: What do you like least about design? DO: In fashion sometimes its about the people you know and not about the quality of the design. For more visit: www.cneeon.de

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ION FIZ * FASHION

Interview by Mike Vensel JF: My naMy name is Juanjo Fiz and I am designer. I have a fashion company called “Ion Fiz.” MV: Where are you from? JF: I live in Spain, in Bilbao, Vasco country. MV: How long have you been a designer? JF: I’ve worked with my company since 2002, but since 98, I have been working like a free-lancer designer to others’ companies and designers. MV: When did you decide to become a designer? JF: When I was very little. I love to draw, fabrics, clothes. I have always wanted be a fashion designer. MV: What are your is your signature designs? JF: I deisgn two lines pret a porter mixed with haute couture and a second line more accessible and young. I am the designer of all mycollections, I supervise the process from the drawing until the final prototypes. MV: Who are your clients? JF: I design for men and women. MV: Can you tell me about your collection? JF: The winter collection 2005-06, has the name “Naked,” and it is inspired in denudate, but with all the meaning: internal and external. MV: What is your design philosophy? JF: My philosophy is to draw consistantly and to change every six months, completely. MV: What do you like most about being a designer?

JF: I like to create an idea or an image, all with a philosophy. The aestetic style, developed in six months and seeing the final results is very rewarding and stimulating. MV: What do you like least about being a designer? JF: It’s very hard, difficult and a lot of work. Until you become recognized and everything established, you need to have a lot of discipline, you have to love this profession, not hate it, and have patience. MV: What influences you? JF: A lot. Fashion shows, awards,Spain, France, Japan, conferences, art galleries, expositions. MV: Where or how do u want be in 5 years? JF: I would like to have everything more established or more easy, To be designing my collections and that it becomes recognizedin others countries. I’d like to be traveling for vacations and be in fashion weeks out of Spain. MV: What advice could you give for a new designer that is starting? JF: Patience, working a lot, sharing experiences with others designers, loving what you do, and everyday be learning in life. For more visit: www.ionfiz.com

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LUTZ * FASHION

Interview by Mike Vensel MV: How long have you been designing? LU: I’ve been designing my own collecion for 5 years and I’ve been working for 10 years. MV: When did you decide you wanted to be a designer? LU: Fairly late actually. I always wanted to do something with popular culture and I wasn’t sure whether it was going to be music or film or design or whatever. I decided to go into fashion when I decided to go to art college actually. MV: Can you tell us about your experience at St. Martin’s? LU: It was great. In the begining you do everything. You do sculpture, film anything there is. It was really good to do everything for a little bit and then decide which area you wanted to go into. That’s it and I decided to do fashion. MV: Where were you born? LU: Near Cologne in Germany. MV: And when did you move to Paris? LU: After college i had a job offer actually and thats when I decided to come to Paris. MV: Are you more influenced by German design or French design? LU: I’d say it’s a mixture of everything really. The whole collection is done in a way where its not based on anything in particular, it’s just a mixture of everything.. sportswear, evening wear, masculine, feminine. It’s a little bit French, It’s a little bit German, it’s a little bit stark but it’s also a little bit playful. It really is everything. The one thing I don’t like is when you set yourself rigid. It’s nice when you are open to everything, really. MV: What are your signature designs? LU: One thing that I’ve done through all of the collections now is a sort of tuxedo coat that’s merged with a trench coat. I’ve done it for several seasons and its really nice. I think the signature is really more jackets, coats, overthings.

MV: Who is your customer? LU: Anyone who doesn’t find anything else to wear in any of the other collections I’d say. I don’t think there is a special customer in the sense. It’s more a way of dressing, seeing clothes, so it can be someone who is 20, someone who is 60, someone glamorous, someone who is a secretary. At least I hope it’s that way. MV: What do you like most about design? LU: The possibilities that it gives you, the white page that you start with, it never is boring, which is great. MV: What inspires you the most? LU: People, in the end. What I do is design clothes. It’s for people, it’s not something that is going to hang somewhere without being used, it is something to be used and that’s what I like best about it. It’s about people, its about dressing people. MV: Can you tell us about your current collection? LU: Well there are several themes. One theme was an idea to integrate jewelry into clothes, so there are dresses where the inside of the collar is printed in gold, so when you pull it out it looks like a chain. There are grey cardigans that are almost sporty or masculine and they have sequins on the inside so there is always this mixture of something that is banal, everydayish is mixed with something glamorous. I always like it when something is not just one thing but something else as well, so you can’t actually tell what it is anymore. It gives off all of these different signs that make it so it’s more difficult to judge or put into a corner, its about contrast. MV: What is your design philosophy? LU: I’d say it’s just about being free, being yourself, having your own identity, inventing your own identity with all of these different things, with all these contrasts.

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GASPARD YURKIEVICH * FASHION Interview by Mike Vensel

MV: How long have you been designing? GY: I’ve been designing for 8 years. MV: What are your signature looks? GY:My signature look is urban glamour. MV: Who is your customer? GY: My customers are people who are very interested in fashion, the cut, the research of a look and the the quality of expensive stuff. MV: What inspires you? GY: Energy and creative people, but more the mechanism of their creativity than the result, and also exhibitions, movies and all that is culture. MV: Can you tell us about your current collection? GY: I always used to say that I don’t change my items every season. It’s more a development of my identity, so the identity is all around. How to sophisticate something casual or how to make it believable as something very glamorous, so it’s all around urban culture. MV: What do you like most about being a designer? GY: I love clothes. I think you can’t do this job without liking clothes and what I like in my situation is that I am totally independent and totally free, and I can make a very good collaboration and focus on my fashion show. It’s very interesting because it’s something both very public and something very intimate because I work with my team for a few months on the clothes and then it’s a sort of celebration when you show it to everybody. So it’s a big contrast and I like this, and I travel a lot and I think it gives me a lot of satisfaction.

MV: What do you like least about being a designer? GY: Running after the money. Sometimes it’s not about the designer, it’s about the company and in France it’s quite hard to have a company because if you are the boss you are not respected, and unfortunately for me I am the boss. In France if you are the boss you are an asshole, if you make money you are an asshole and for me it’s not at all like that. So in France it’s very hard to develop a company but it’s very exciting too. MV: How do you view French fashion? GY: French fashion means nothing in my mind. I work on the cliche of what French fashion means. If you take a big label like Chanel or Dior they are not French for me they are more like international fashion. If i have to give a definition of Paris, it’s a cosmopolitan situation, very different culture are mixed in the town, and its small comparing to big cities like London or New York. The town is both a big city in it’s energy and a small town. For more visit: www.gaspardyurkievich.com

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NYC Fashion Week / Spring Summer 2006 Photos by Mike Vensel

DOO RI * RUNWAYS

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MATTHEW EARNEST * RUNWAYS

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London Fashion Week / Spring Summer 2006 Photos by Mike Vensel

SINHA STANIC * RUNWAYS

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London Fashion Week / Spring Summer 2006 Photos by Mike Vensel

MICHIKO KOSHINO * RUNWAYS

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SHOPPING * RESOURCES / LA Barracuda 7600-B Melrose Ave. Los Angeles With their graffiti inspired murals, collection of vintage keyboards, designer vinyl toys, mod furniture, plus in-house DJ, Barracuda is one of the standouts on the mostly trite and trend-trailing stores on the Melrose strip. They carry a wide selection of men’s and women’s hipster streetwear and silk-screened tees, carrying labels like GSUS, Paul Frank and Fornarina, plus many independent designers and surprisingly stylish from labels like Nike and Stussy rarely found anywhere else. Don’t overlook the jewelry selection! Bleu 454 S. La Brea Ave. Hollywood 323.939.2228 A bit far down the strip, Bleu carries a wide selection of local and international designer pieces with a wonderfully ethnic feel. They also offer lots of colorful and comfy tees and lacy lingerie. H. Lorenzo 8660 W. Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood 310.659.1432 This is a must-shop locale that carries high-end designer pieces from the likes of Helmut Lang and Alexander McQueen.

Kitson 115 S. Roberston Blvd. West Hollywood 310.859.2652 An ongoing celebrity favorite, every square inch of Kitson is literally crammed with ultra-trendy clothes, shoes, bags, gifts and beauty products like an It Girl’s dream swap meet. Pleasantly overwhelming, be ready to push through the constant crowd of shoppers to get to the heaps of hip and colorful accoutrements. Madison 113 S. Robertson Blvd. West Hollywood 323.651.3662 Another Robertson favorite, Madison supplies the top American and European designers along with cutting-edge new fashions. Yellow 605 N. La Brea Ave. Hollywood 323.525.0362 Don’t be too irked by the very un-PC title accompanied by Chinese characters. This store out in the boonies carries ultra-fashionable national and international brands including local golden boy Brian Lichtenberg. Lots of colorfully deconstructed, sequined, and silk-screened pieces, they also carry a small collection of vintage clothes upstairs.

DINING * RESOURCES / LA The Belmont 747 La Cienega Blvd. Hollywood 310.659.8871 Stylish guests line the bar and tables are adorned with everything from steaks, seafood, pastas and all other nouveau-American favorites. There is a smoker friendly patio that adds to this restaurant’s fun cocktail lounge atmosphere. Cobras and Matador 7615 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles 323.932.6178 Located in an updated Spanish tavern, this tiny restaurant is regularly packed with urban hipsters and the occasional celebrity. This restaurant serves up 17 different varieties of tapas along with Spanish cuisine with an authenticity rarely found outside of Spain. Falcon 7213 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood 323.850.5350 This chic, open-air restaurant serves up tantalizing Californian cuisine in a stunning and sprawling modern environment. Traditional comfort foods get a cosmopolitan twist here, and stick around for club hours when the place turns into a hip Hollywood nightspot.

The Ivy 113 N. Robertson Blvd. West Hollywood 310.274.8303 A cottage on the trendy shopping stretch of Robertson, this well known and constantly packed American-Cajun eatery offers a cozy interior with fireplace and an outdoor patio perfect to star-gaze the likes of Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan making their way through the shops. Koi 730 N. La Cienega Blvd. Beverly Hills 310.659.9449 Sexy and sophisticated, this restaurant caters to the Hollywood elite. The huge layout consists of four dining rooms, a lounge, a patio with fireplace and a busy sushi bar. Its décor mixes traditional Asian flair with chic modern furnishings with Buddha statues, black leather booths, bamboo stalks lining the walls. Nobu 3835 Cross Creek Rd. Malibu 310.317.9140 Another addition to world-class chef’s Nobu Matsuhisa repertoire, for many local celebrities, Nobu’s delectable Japanese cuisine is a daily rendez-vous. Try the rock shrimp and the jalapeno yellowtail sashimi.

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NIGHTLIFE * RESOURCES / LA Beauty Bar 1638 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Hollywood 323.464.7676 Where else can you order a martini with manicure for ten dollars? This stylish 50’s reminiscent atmosphere with the glittered walls and vintage salon chairs serves up anything from underground rock to top 40 nights. Any local knows this place is a must!

The Standard Rooftop Bar 550 S. Flower St. Downtown L.A. 213.892.8080 Soaring atop the Standard Hotel, this rooftop bar and club offers the most amazing 360 degree view of downtown Los Angeles. Previously a bank building, the hotel amazes with its playfully sleek take on 60s Mod design.

Cinespace 6356 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood 323.654.1268 Known to have anything from concerts, to fashion shows, to after parties, this upscale restaurant and bar offers cozy dinner and movie nights in their sprawling screening room. But for those can’t sit still, it also has a dance floor, smoking patio and two fully stocked bars.

Spaceland 1717 Silverlake Blvd. Silverlake 323.661.4380 Nestled in Silverlake’s artist district, Spaceland is the perfect place to check out the newest local band and peruse a crowd of hipsters and music snobs. The run down rock n’ roll atmosphere is perfect for those wanting to avoid the door scenes and pretentiousness of most Hollywood hotspots.

Forty Deuce 5574 Melrose Ave. Hollywood 323.465.4242 Ivan Kane’s new venue is a throwback to the roaring twenties featuring a modern take on the art of burlesque. Sexy dancers striptease their way down a bar that doubles as a runway. Cheeky décor and cozy atmosphere, call ahead if you want to enjoy the show while sitting at one of its highly sought out tables.

Star Shoes 6364 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood 323.462.7827 A tiny dimly lit dance club, it features glass cases displaying their collection of one of a kind vintage shoes and shoes designed by local artists. Radio on Wednesday nights is one the best places to be to see fashion shows, concerts, and playful theme nights where the artists, musicians, hipsters, fashion designers and trendsetters alike love to get down.

CULTURE * RESOURCES / LA Fashion District Between Broadway, Wall Street, 7th Street and Pico Boulevard Downtown Los Angeles If you would ever have the need to buy knockoff designer anything, cheap anything, or anything from colored contacts to LED belt buckles, the Fashion District is your haven. Santee Alley is the district’s primary vein where shops of all kinds are condensed into one long alley. The colorful surrounding areas also house the Fabric District, the Jewelry District and the Toy District.

LA County Museum of Art 323.857.6000 www.lacma.org LACMA has a permanent collection that includes about 100,000 works of art spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present, making it the premiere encyclopedic visual arts museum on the west coast. Located on Wilshire’s “Museum Row” that also houses the La Brea Tarpits, the Peterson Automotive Museum, the California Craft & Folk Art Museum and the Carole and Barry Kaye Museum of Miniatures.

Getty Center 1200 Getty Center Dr. Los Angeles 310.440.7300 www.getty.edu Located up on the mountains above the 405, this sprawling museum of visual arts not only holds some of the most high profile exhibitions in the world, but also has many lush gardens and pools with breathtaking views of the city. The J. Paul Getty Trust is an international, cultural, and philanthropic institution devoted to the arts that features the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, the Getty Conservative Institute, and the Getty Grant Program.

Museum of Contemporary Art 250 South Grand Ave. Los Angeles 213.621.1741 www.moca.org The museum for the younger and hipper crowd, MOCA features artists and exhibitions that are more avant-garde and modern than LACMA; which is more historical. Designed by Arata Isozaki, MOCA’s uncommon forms combine with unusual materials for a distinct profile. MOCA’s “Members Only” art openings and previews are some of the top nights for the Los Angeles’s arts and entertainment elite to wind down and network. There are two other MOCA branches are located at the Pacific Design Center and The Geffen Contemporary.

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KITTEN SUNDAY FUNDAY FASHION SHOW / LA

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