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EDITOR IN CHIEF AND ART DIRECTOR CHRISA TATAKIS FASHION DIRECTOR SHEILA WALDEN STYLISTS ALI MARINO ALEXANDRA GIASULLO ANGELICA ROBERTS ANTHONY BERMUDEZ CHANDRA HOOVER CHRISTIANA IONESCU ESNEDA CAICEDO JAIMIE KROITORO NICOLE KANHAI REMI JOHNSON RYAN DAOUST TRINECE GAFFNEY EDITORS CHANDRA HOOVER HEATHER TADRA NICOLE KRUYSMAN MODELS ALEXANDRA GIASULLO AMANDA KAROLINE ARLEEN CARAFINI CHRISTINA ANDE CAROLINA HERRERA ELI SE VALENTIN ESTEFANIE CUMBAS JACOB BARTON MODESTA MOIRA CAMILLA TELLEZ MARIE GOLDSTEIN NOEL VALENTIN NYOTA DUEY

DESIGNERS ANNE FONTAINE ARIELLE SUBERI DOLCE & GABBANA DIANE VON FURSTENBERG ELIZABETH AND JAMES ESNEDA CAICEDO INTRIGUE CONSTUME TATIANA COCHAGNE TERI & JON RUASAK EMA SAVAHL PHOTOGRAPHERS AREILLE SUBERI BENJAMIN HENRY EUGENIA CAROLINA HUMBERTO VIDAL LUIS QUEZADA REINA MARTA CORINA BRICENO DESIGN & LAYOUT ALEXANDRA GIASULLO ANDREA SABRIA CHRISTIANA IONESCU JAIMIE KROITORO LAURA LAFRANCE MARJORIE MANZANO REMI JOHNSON RYAN DAUST ERIKA SMITH WRITERS CHANDRA HOOVER CRISTIANA IONESCU ERIKA SMITH RACHEL KASLOW REMI JOHNSON STEPHANNIE RAMIREZ INDESIGN LAYOUT LAURA LAFRANCE

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Photographer: Reina Marta Model: Alexandra Giasullo

ebel walk is about women expressing their freedom through this classic and timeless trend. Leather is always a statement piece that symbolizes rebellion. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a jacket or a badass skirt, leather is the best trend that people obsess over every year. Designers such as mcqueen and gucci make beautiful leather garments every season, a sure thing that never goes out of style.

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Photography by Eugenia Carolina Fashion Styling by Ali Marino Model Arleen Carafini Make Up by Roselaine Bienaim Hair by Gloria Kelley

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Do you remember the question from when we were kids, “what do you want to

be when you’re older?” and usually we would say something outrageous like an astronaut or a princess? Well for Arielle Suberi, a shoe designer for Steve Madden, the answer has always been a fashion designer. Arielle believes that passion, such as hers, is amazing but can only get someone so far in his or her career. She believes that a foundation of skills from a technical standpoint has gotten her to where she is today and is very important to be able to go the extra mile in their career. Arielle is lucky enough to be able to travel across the world to China a few times a year and shop for her fabrics and materials. She stated, “The material market in China, which is amazing, is a place I could spend days. I find the best fabrics with what feels like unlimited selections. I can also get a feel for up-coming trends and ensure that I am choosing the perfect materials for my next collection.” Arielle explained that the most difficult fabric to work with thus far is synthetic leather; she doesn’t let that stop her from using it in her collections though.

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DESIGNER When Arielle was asked what she thought one of the biggest challenges in the fashion industry is, she answered with something that was not very expected. She explained, “You may think it’s a cliché, but the truth is, men who think they still run the industry is what is holding it back.” Next, we talked about how if she could, the only thing she would change in the industry are snobs. To her, a “snob” takes the style out of fashion, someone who only focuses on the name and price tag rather then they hard work and dedication put into a design. Lastly, of course the question of social media had to come up, so we asked if she thought that social media has affected the fashion industry. Her answer, which was no, was a little surprising so she explained, “the fashion industry controls the media, not the other way around. The fashion industry may find inspiration in what is going on in the world we live in, but without the industry none of these crazy stories would ever carry to be as big.” Getting insight through the eyes of the designer is one of the most authentic and raw ways of seeing the industry. Especially when it is through the eyes of a designer who started from the bottom and worked her way up. If there is one thing to take away from Arielle, it is to “always keep creating and stay true to the vision you have and build it.”

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Photographers: J.K Mark Model: Carolina Herrera Stylist: Melanie C.

Photographers: Scott Teitler Model: Jacob Barton

Anthony Bermudez Written by Jovar Clerger Caught up with fashion stylist and friend, Anthony Bermudez to discuss the trials and tribulations of fashion and being a stylist. I sat down and received a raw and uncut of what it’s really like in the fashion industry

I am so honored and appreciative that you took the time out to do this. I’ve been looking forward to this interview because I feel like we are kind of alike in the sense of fashion and personality as well. I feel like we share a few of the same ideas about fashion. Yeah, absolutely! I love what I do and to be able to share and express my passion to world is the best feeling in the world. So, thank you for having me.

Of course! So, let’s get right into it. For those who aren’t familiar with you, know who you are, and what you do, tell me a little about yourself? What inspired you to become a stylist? I’ve been styling for about 7 years now. Professionally, 2 years. But, I think from an early age, I’ve always looked at magazines and wondered, ‘Is there a job in the industry?’ but I actually ended up going into the film industry for designing. So, I designed costumes for different kind of films thinking, ‘If I designed great costumes, then maybe someone catch on,’ and I’m doing styling as well but designing was my first outlet.

Exactly how did you go from designing to styling? Like every curious human being who are finding themselves and who they are, it all started with BARBIES! I think I was probably around the age of 7. I designed little garments for the barbies and styled them as well. Most of the barbies I had, I didn’t what they came with. So, I would ask around for old fabrics and socks

from my mom, and styled them the way I wanted. It was my niche! Clothes were and still are like a stress reliever, THERAPY! It was great.

Yeah, it’s a challenge. Because not only do you have to work with the designer but there’s hair & makeup, photographers, models, etc., and you have to all come together as a cohesive team. It’s the same for Editorial shoots and stuff like that. You have to come in and make it work somehow but if you’re the Creative Director of the show, fashion shows, that’s another thing because they are dealing the whole entire show. It can get crazy but it’s always fun. Also, you get to meet a lot of important people that can ‘Plato’ your work and take it to the next level. So, make sure, if you can, you attend!

Looking at magazine (not really sure you gave me my first magazine), it was never vogue. I always looked at COSMO! Isn’t that funny? It was everywhere! And then I learned about ‘Madamemoiselle.’ Little by little, I started learning more about clothes, designing, styling, fashion overall. Fashion Week! Might sound like a dumb question but, how important is fashion week? Because, I feel like people don’t really understand how major the job is for the stylist.

When you’re doing a shoot, how important it is to communicate with the photographer? I feel like a lot of people don’t realize how important a photographer is when it comes to doing a shoot. Oh! It’s VERY important. Just because you’re styling the shoot, you’re the hair & makeup stylist, or even the model, the photographer has every right to the photos. It’s their camera! They took the photos, therefore, they have every rights to any image. So, communicating with the photographer is extremely important. Like sometimes, what happens is, the photographer can hire you and then he or she can hire their team (which is includes hair & makeup and sometimes, models) for a shoot. They’ll send an inspiration board and ask if you can mimic that inspiration but, I mean, if you have a good relationship with the photographer, sometimes, they’ll provide the models and you take care of everything or vice versa.

Have you ever encounter an issue or disagreement with a photographer? Definitely! No one is perfect. There will be times when you’ll collaborate with a photographer and they will send you an inspiration of what there looking for, you come up with what you feel works best and they won’t like it. Weather it’s the clothes or hair & makeup, that just isn’t what they were looking for. So, you have to kind of sit down and hash it out and come to a compromise so that you can finish your task and move on. Because, it can affect your work and it will show but in my experience, I’ll just talk it out and we’re good. I’m still learning myself.

When you receive an inspiration board, where would you go to get the clothes? Do you receive a budget? Do you come out of pocket? Well, if the inspiration board is very upscale or high-end, I wouldn’t fly out to New-York and go to Prada unless I was working with a major magazine. It really depends. Local magazine, sometimes, do not not have that kind of budget so you would have to come out of pocket or a “pull letter.” Which is a letter authorizing a stylist to borrow samples for an editorial shoot or celebrity appearance. You take it to the Market Director of the store and they make the decision whether to approve it or not. So, it all depends. Name your top 3 must-haves in a styling kit. 1. A sowing kit 2. Clips 3. Double sided tape How do you stay current with the trends? Fashion? Street style. I always look at what people wear. Of course, magazines. I just do a lot of research and exploration and make smart choices. You have to understand that Style and Fashion are two completely things. Style is you. It’s what defines you. The way you perceive things. Fashion is what’s out now? What’s current? The designer creates, and if it’s hot, it’s HOT!

Photgrapher: Eugenia Carolina Model: Modesta H&M: Heather Blair

Photographer: Luis Quezada Model: Amanda Karoline H&M: Evy Edelman

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MY SHOES

Written by: Erika Smith

ime is something that we all yearn to hold on to but it always seems to slip through our fingers like sand. In the dynamical fashion industry that never sleeps, time is something that will be the very essence of my survival. Trends come and go and at the blink of an eye a new idea can be born. I have to always be one step ahead. Strive to be in the right place at the right time because opportunity comes far and wide.

People say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;money makes the world go roundâ&#x20AC;?, this is an understatement in this industry. Not having the money to get my business from the first floor to the penthouse can be very challenging, stressful and draining. The fact that the fashion industry is so high-risk also makes it almost impossible for fashion designers to receive a start

up loan from any bank. This means that saving my money will be vital to begin my journey to the top. Support in this dog-eat-dog world we call fashion is significant. Knowing that I have someone in my corner who believes in me and is cheering for me to keep going is an unbelievable feeling. It makes me want to keep going to make them proud. There are also some people in my life that think this may not be the best career path for me. The people that feel that way also motivate me, they motivate me to prove them wrong and show them that I will follow my passion if they support me or not. I have to constantly dust myself off and get back up again, which is the exact mind frame anyone needs to be successful in this industry. Rejection is something I

can never hide from and I will never let it break my passion or me. I am learning to turn every rejection I receive into something positive, something that will make me stronger. Everyone will experience rejection at some point in his or her live, it just depends what you do with it in the end. This industry is tough as nails and being resilient is key to being successful. The hunger I have for my passion is insatiable. I will not allow anything to deter me from the direction Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going in; which is nowhere but up. Not time, money, support or rejection, because I know what I am here for. I know what I want. I am claiming it and it will be mine. I refuse to let any of these obstacles shatter my dreams into oblivion.

Photographer: Reina Marta Model: Christina Ande Stylist: Jaimie Kiroitoro

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PHOTOGRAPHED BY HUMBERTO VIDAL WRITTEN BY CHANDRA HOOVER

Photographer: Humberto Vidal Model: Noel Valentin, Elise Valentin, Cristina Ande, Estefanie combas Designer: Tatiana Cochagne Stylist: Angelica Roberts, Chandra Hoover

atiana Cochagne is drumming up excitement wherever she goes with her new collection, Eterna, inspired by the greatest monarch, Queen Elizabeth 1. Influenced by the Renaissance Era, Tatiana adds a modern twist to the severely tight corsets from Her Majesty’s period by exposing the neck and shoulders while maintaining the influence, control, and power.

The textiles, colors, the hand of fabric, and the silhouettes were the main focus of her aesthetics. Upholstery fabrics in rich, muted colors, geometrical prints and defining silhouettes were widely received during Tatiana’s debut at the 2016 New York Fashion Week. “Queen Elizabeth represented power, elegance, and beauty. She was married to her country, and I am married to my profession of being a designer. I felt that power and beauty in New York.”

Tatiana, a native from Peru, praises her grandmother for the gifts that were instilled in her. She taught Tatiana how to hand stitch, hand embroidery, and introduced her to the craft of making her own thread from the cotton raised on their farm. Then she moved to the United States to further her education in Fashion Design at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. It was at the school where Tatiana became a lab monitor to assist students in their sewing classes. She loved helping the students out so much, she decided she wanted to share her talents with them. She wants to teach fashion classes in the near future. But in the meantime, Tatiana will be showcasing the Eterna collection. She just wrapped up the Fort Lauderdale Fashion Week and Ryazan Fashion Week in Russia. Her next big show will be at the annual Hispanic Women of Distinction Fashion Show in August. Tatiana will continue to work at her studio in Fort Lauderdale where she specializes in patternmaking and making samples for emerging designers. She is starting her own brand and just finished shooting a video that will be released in fall 2016. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I encourage my fellow fashion designer students to never give up. We can accomplish our dream through hard work and discipline. Error and practice makes us better in our craft, but mostly have faith in yourself and your skills as a designer and a builder. Then you will see that your hard work will pay off all of your sacrifice.â&#x20AC;?

E S C A Q U I Esneda Caidedo attended a party when she was 17 and there were two other girls wearing the same dress as she. Although an embarrassing moment for her, this inspired her to begin the design; and the birth of Escaqui, (a combination of her first, middle, and last name) was born. To be different was her motive and different it is. Rooted from beautiful Cali, Colombia, Esneda Caicedo has been designing for eight years. Already establishing an education from Colombia of the fashion industry, she decided to migrate to the United States to receive greater insight in the business of fashion management. “I came because I wanted to know what I was missing in order to compete in the industry, I needed to learn the way the American mind thought in the sense of fashion business management,” Esneda explained. “The reason I chose to design by knitting is because its different and even if someone wanted to duplicate one of my designs they couldn’t easily find someone who knows how to knit”. Different became her motive and different is surely expressed through each and every one of her garments. (Magazine Name) proudly presents ESCAQUI by Esneda Caicedo. - Stephannie Ramirez

Designer and Stylist: Esneda Caicedo Makeup Artist: Francis Navarro Photographer: Ben Henry Model: Nayota Duey Venue: Louie Bossiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ristorante Bar Pizzeria

By: Remi Johnson

here did you learn how to design clothing? “Actually I never learned. Since I was very young I loved to dress up my dolls, then a little later on I dressed up myself, then, my friends. One day I started to selling clothes. I moved from Italy to America and I started working in a store that had vintage clothing. I asked them if I could redesign their clothes, they were happy for me to do it, so I started to design vintage clothing and was very successful at it. They made me partner, and I was getting 20% of everything that was selling. After that I started to build up my confidence and I went to the best store with my drawings and I sold my collection, they sold everything. I produced more, and the buyer of the store offered to represent my line. Then we got a few more stores at a time, I hired a couple of ladies to help me, we did the first magic show, and from there we just kept growing.” What was it like growing up in Albania? “It’s very different for sure, it’s like 200 years ago. Great food, friendship, and a lot of time to enjoy life and nature. There is no rush, no stress and the government takes care of everything. Plenty of time to express yourself. However, there is a lack of freedom, you can’t do much because it is a poor country. You cannot leave to travel, you can only express one-self with the parameters of communist law, which is more or less kills the individual and promotes group. It was good in one way because I am very harmonic in groups but it took me awhile to discover my individuality. This business has become of me expressing myself in different levels.” When did you first have that ah-ha moment that your method of creating fabric would be something that woman wanted? “It all happened at the same time, I created this hand painted butterfly top and Paris Hilton, Brook Burke, Paula Abdul and Lil Kim all wore my stuff at the same time. So I was like “oooo I’ve got something in my hands” and then I had the pressure to keep creating that same piece that attracted this much attention so I kept doing it for years. The whole collection was circled around this piece.” How much of a thrill is it when you sell something you created? “I’m like a really right brain person, my pleasure is in creation. It’s nice to sell but my thrill is in seeing what I had inside my head become reality. I am very appreciative in the sales and all, without that we don’t have the engine to keep moving. Seeing my photo-shoots with everything I had pictured in my head being a reality. It’s like really exciting.” What do you see your brand becoming in the future? “I think that as I am evolving as a person the brand becomes more complex, so at the beginning I just designed beautiful clothes that make women feel good and very comfortable. That’s my signature, comfort. Then it became a little but more expressing the person, the individual, and giving a message to the world wearing it. Then little by little as I became deeper and more spiritual, all of my dresses have messages. They have codes and expressions of a new person that I become as I grow. So since I think I’m just part of

What do you see your brand becoming in the “I think that as I am evolving as a person the

brand becomes more complex, so at the beginning I just designed beautiful clothes that make women feel good and very comfortable. That’s my signature, comfort. Then it became a little but more expressing the person, the individual, and giving a message to the world wearing it. Then little by little as I became deeper and more spiritual, all of my dresses have messages. They have codes and expressions of a new person that I become as I grow. So since I think I’m just part of the bigger system, we are all one pumping heart, my personal growth is a lot of other people’s growth.” What do you feel is the biggest threat in the fashion industry? “Well there is a huge amount of con-artist, people that promote themselves for more than they are. It was very new to me because where I come from, I come from a world of sport. In sports you are very honest the whole world will see how high you jump or how high you spike. In fashion, that resume, whatever people say they are. It’s not in your face so you discover months after, you put so much effort in it, and yourself that very often these people have exaggerated their resume and saying things that they can do when they can’t.”

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What designers have been your biggest influences? “Alexander McQueen I think is brilliant, I really love him. I get inspired by a lot of artist, not necessarily designers. I never totally belonged to the fashion world, more of the new art that is coming; the new expressions, the moods. Painting has been my passion since I was very young, so I combined fashion with art because painting has been my muse since I was very

What advice do you have for women wanting to join the fashion industry? “Wow maybe you guys aren’t going to like this. What I have noticed when I have hired many young girls is there are too many rules at school. Too much of how not to do it, and everybody is guided toward a train track of how it’s supposed to be done. I think that is very dangerous, everybody is kind of following the same path and the competition is fierce. I think we live in a very moldable reality that we create with our thoughts and emotion. If school can allow the kids to be more expressive with their thoughts and creations, then they’d be able to discover new ways to create collections. I think they should promote the student that is expressive and different, courageous as opposed to the ones that follow the rules.” “My advice if you’re getting in the fashion world to be prepared, be strong emotionally, because you are going to be confronted with many difficulties over and over again. Your idea can have integrity, don’t let it become like everything else.”

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Photographer: Kelly Sinuchi Model: Noel Valentin Stylist: Ryan Daoust

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CUBA City The New “ Havana Fashion Capital? ”

Photographer: Corina Briceno

Art Director: Cristiana Ionescu Photographer: Humberto Vidal Hair/Makeup: Reina Marta Lima Assistant: Andrea Sanabria

he times we live in are one of the finest moments as it allows us to be whom we are. There are many facets to ourselves, whether we are at work, at home, the gym, or socializing at our favorite place. It is when we are alone and vulnerable that we reveal our true identity. Our style, the clothing and accessories we wear are an extension of ourselves, but even then, we are trying to fit in the societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s norms. We need to believe in ourselves.

Skirt: Elizabeth and James Jacket: Tery Jon Lace Top: Intrigue Couture Model: Moira Tellez

Dress-Elizabeth and James Earrings-Swarosky Frost Model: Moira Tellez

e should not be ashamed of who we are. We are divine and what if the facet that we are hiding is that one missing connection that someone yearns? What we are hiding is our true magical side within each of us.

Top, Dress: Rudsak Models: Kate Goldstein, Moira Tellez

While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information in this magazine, no responsibility can be accepted for the quality of goods and services provided by advertisers or printerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s errors. This magazine is a result of a class project from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale: MAR 3939 Current Topics for Fashion taught by Chrisa Tatakis. We also would like to thank everyone involved to include the students of the class:

Brieceno, Corina E. Caicedo, Esneda Clerger, Jovar Cumbas, Estefanie E. Daoust, Ryan A. Espejo Lander, Mariana Gaffney, Trinede T. Giasullo, Alexandra Rose Hoover, Chandra L.

Ionescu, Cristiana Johnson, Remi Amanda Kanhai, Nicole Kaslow, Rachel L. Kroitoro, Jaime Kruysman, Nicole Kirstine LaFrance, Laura Manzano, Marjorie P. Porter, Nicole

Ramirez, Stephannie Robertson, Chelsea Robinson, Ashlee Deneen Roy, Samantha Sanabria, Andrea del Carmen Smith, Erika Latoya Suarez, Maria Camila Tadra, Heather Wilson, Richelle A

Photographer: Humberto Vidal Designer: Chrisa Tatakis Model: Natasha Wasliewski, Monty Broome

Art Director: Cristiana Ionescu Photographer: JK Mark Model: Yine Sosa Hair and MUA: Valunthinee Phoung Post Production: Michael Lipski