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EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Michael HIllier EXECUTIVE EDITOR Michael Hillier EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Michael Hillier MANAGING EDITOR Michael Hillier DEPUTY EDITOR Michael Hillier DESIGN DIRECTOR Michael Hillier PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTOR Michael Hillier CULTURE EDITOR Michael Hillier STRATEGIST EDITOR Michael Hillier SENIOR EDITOR Michael Hillier FOOD EDITOR Michael Hillier FASHION DIRECTOR Michael Hillier STAFF EDITOR Michael Hillier EDITOR-AT-LARGE Michael Hillier SHOPPING EDITOR Michael Hillier
Welcome to the very first issue of SoCal magazine. We couldnt be any more excited than to have made it to this point. Upon making SOCAL magazine, I thought of all the interesting things that an La Native would do, after all I am one myself. When creating a magazine you want to try and draw the reader in, I really put some strong thoughts down on how to make the reader flip from page to page. What better way than to keep up with the vibe Southern California. From Travel to food tips you won’t be dissapointed from what Socal Magazine has to offer you Thankyou, Michael Hillier SEPTEMBER 2013 / SOCAL 5
begin your new journey
Healthy Start A natural delight of fresh edamame
Written and photographed by Michael Hillier
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hile eating out in restaurants is a treat for many families, it has become a routine convenience for many other Americans. You receive benefits in the areas of nutrition, health and economics when you limit dining out and begin eating your very own homemade food. Eating at home allows you to control the ingredients in your food, so you can use natural ingredients instead of unhealthy processed foods. Processed foods, frequently served in restaurants or available in premade meals from the grocery store, tend to be high in sodium, fat and added sugars. According to the BBC, the World Health Organization recommends greatly reducing the intake of processed foods. Eating homemade foods lets you add in more fresh fruits and vegetables to your diets so that you can focus on all-natural ingredients.
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Enjoy a getaway in the wine country Written and Photographed By Michael Hillier
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he backbone of California winemaking is the tapestry of tiny wineries, family owned, each representing a vision and an idiosyncratic approach to the making of wine. They number in the hundreds and range in size from overstuffed garages to mansionsized facilities backed by hundreds of acres of meticulously-trained vines. At the low end of the size spectrum is a 2000 case-per-year specialist that is quickly gaining a reputation among the cognoscenti.
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Jericho Canyon Vineyard has only been making and selling their own wine for eight years. Before that they sold fruit to other wine makers, notably David Ramey and Rudd. Their 30 acres of estate vineyards comprise four of the five Bordeaux varietals (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot), Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. Three quarters of it is Cabernet Sauvignon, so that gives a clear signal where the gravitational center of the winery style sits.
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A visit to Fishermans Warf in San Francisco
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Written and Photographed by Michael Hillier
isherman’s Wharf is known primarily as a tourist destination. You cannot entirely avoid the souvenir shops, the silver-man street performers, and some of the over-priced and just-adequate food that any seaside tourist village tends to offer. At the same time, there are treasures to be found at the Wharf which are sometimes overlooked. The most interesting facet of the Wharf is its rich maritime history. San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park covers a large swath of the Fisherman’s Wharf area and is a beautiful juxtaposition of history against the blue of the Bay. Although the San Francisco Maritime Museum building is closed for renovation (until 2009), you can wander the exhibits of historic ships at Hyde Street Pier, or check out an actual lighthouse lens at the Visitors Center.
Themed windows make brilliant vignettes By Dagmar Winston Photographs by Kyle Swinehart
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ach semester at fashion school, FIDM, located in downtown Los Angeles, the 5th floor is host to a variety of window displays created by the Visual Communication students. Each semester they are given a theme and told to run with it. The results, quite often, are spectacular. This semester’s theme is nature and instructor Katherine LoPresti instructed students to build their window displays with “as much organic materials as possible.” The students work as teams to build everything from the dresses to creating the typography for the windows. The group effort pays off as the nine windows are often the center of attention for visiting parents and prospective students.
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A fashion Designer’s Thoughts on How Opposites attract in the Fashion world...
mma Calvillo started fashion design in her own back-roots of Southern California. When approaching Fashion, Emma feels the need to express that true beauty can be found amongst the attraction of opposites. She feels that when you place a beautiful object in an environment that is dirty an unkempt, this particular object attracts attention like no other. The dress she is wearing is one of her first designs that she had come up with. The dress is made up of an old prom dress that she had found and the only change she had made was that she had torched the bottom half creating a spectacular new look. This very design gave her the opportunity to work with Tommy Hilfiger, where she now creates wardrobes for their various fashion shoots.
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The new it girl, former swimsuit model Kate Upton ups the game BY: ROBERT SULLIVAN PHOTOS: TERRY RICAHRDSON
UNTIL
Kate
Upton
came
along,
the standard procedure for
breaking into fashion had pretty much stood the test of fashion time. You walk the runways, starting with smaller shows. You get noticed, maybe land an editorial shoot, which might lead to walking for more established designers, which then might lead to an appearance in a designer’s advertising campaign, for instance, and more editorial work. When things start to get planetary, a cosmetics contract could come your way. And then, at some point—if you are, say, Kate Moss—you break out and shift into the world beyond, not that anything is beyond fashion.
MISS
Upton
commits
to
a
reverse
commute. As is well known, she
started out in swimsuit modeling. Yes, swimsuit modeling is modeling, but it is a kind of modeling that has little in common with what’s going on in the studios of Joseph Altuzarra or Michael Kors, designers who have taken notice of the Michigan- born, Florida- raised former competitive horseback-riding champion. But let’s be clear: Upton was not thinking about high-fashion modeling when she became the Queen of the Bikini. “Coming from a sports- fanatic family, I really didn’t know a lot about the small fashion circles,” says the 20- year- old. Reaching the pinnacle of swimsuit modeling was her goal, pure and simple. “When I was able to accomplish that, I slowly started figuring things out—and when I have a goal,” she says, “I do everything to accomplish it.” In other words, the fashion world should get ready, as it is now at the top of her list of things to conquer. And the industry seems to be noticing her, as has the rest of the world, through both her swim covers and her “Dougie” tutorial on YouTube. Why now? “You know, actually, I don’t really know why they’ve chosen me,” she says, “but I am excited because I love fashion. And I am excited to be in a place where I can be a good example.”By good example, she means she’s not stick-thin. Upton makes a point of eating, sleeping, and exercising—a potential ambassador of fashion- model health, as she sees it. “I don’t want to starve myself,” she says. “I still want to hang out with my family and be a normal girl. You have to be confident, and that doesn’t mean starving yourself.” Personal trainer David Kirsch is one of her biggest fans. “I have trained a lot of models and celebrities, and let me tell you, she is so determined and willing to do whatever it takes,” he says. “She’s incredibly smart and driven.”
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She’s
A phenomenon that— if we lay the nation down
on a couch—seems to recur at particular moments in our national history, moments when we seek to lift ourselves out of economic depression, when gilded wealth is punctuated by populist expression. You remember the stock- market crash of 2008, but do you recall the Panic of 1893? Back then we clung to the Gibson girl, an hourglass image of a woman, a Kate Upton–like picture of wholesomeness and vitality. America has now taken to Upton with an enthusiasm (and millions of YouTube hits) that harks back to the likes of Christie Brinkley, a swimsuit model at a time when the country was jogging itself out of another national economic malaise. (Note that the Monroe, Michigan–born Brinkley held a CoverGirl contract in the job-producing 1990s.)
“She is beautiful, sexy and all-American,” says
Steven Meisel of Upton. “Not only is she hardworking and focused, but she is also very funny, upbeat, and has a really positive attitude. It’s hard to take a bad picture of her.” Sunniness and optimism, it’s easy to say, are what speak to Americans at the moment, as we sense (or attempt to sense) a move forward, as Upton takes her first steps into the fashion world and competes for her place in it. And compete is the word. Upton is out to win, a feeling you get pretty quickly when you spend a little time with her. Recently, she was working a shoot in New York, and she spoke of it like a slot on an Olympic team. “The Uptons,” she says, referring to her extended Michigan-based family, “are very competitive. “I definitely get my competitive instinct from my mom,” she continues. Upton’s mother, Shelley, was a state tennis champion in Texas, as well as an avid participant in nearly every other sport. She and Upton’s father, Jeff, met while playing intramural basketball at the University of Denver. “My father called her Hoops because she was so good at it,” Upton says. Kate followed her older sister, Laura, into competitive horseback riding, where she first learned to win, though not as often as her sister, who still rides and has won close to a dozen world titles.
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THE UGLY LEGEND COMES TO AN END. Written and photographed by Michael Hillier
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hatever you call it—the camper, the microbus, the hippie van, the breadloaf—the classic VW bus is one of the most iconic cars in the world. The VW bus debuted in 1950 and became a counterculture icon the following decade; a tie-dyed microbus was the perfect vehicle for free-spirited hippies on the go. Volkswagen America stopped importing the bus in 1979, but the classic vehicle lived on in other parts of the world,
notably Germany, Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil. Production worldwide gradually tapered out, and eventually, Brazil was the only country still producing the beloved passenger van (in Brazil, it’s called the VW ‘Kombi’). Sadly, the Kombi’s days are numbered. Volkswagen in Brasil recently announced they will end production of the vehicle after a record-breaking 56-year run. The final limited edition, called the Volkswagen Kombi Last Edition, will feature 600 light blue and white buses with a numbered plaque inside. SEPTEMBER 2013 / SOCAL 27