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richard avedon a portrait of an artist. Swag the things we want
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very woman has a passion of being a trendy, attractive, and stylish woman. That is why we started a new publication, Femme Fatale, your one step guide to the best fashion style. There are various categories in fashion: clothing, jewerly, make-up, shoes, hair and all other things. Girls need to learn and use the experts’ fresh tips and match all the fashion elements to be a real fashionista. Helping all women ďŹ nding their new style is our mission.
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CONTENTS SWAG. THE THINGS WE WANT. Introducing our choice: fabulous products for fashion and beauty.
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TOP SECRET TRAVEL. THE ISLAND OF THE PARADISE –BALI. Giving away our tips for you trip and introducing must-have items.
RICHARD AVEDON. A PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST. Richard Avedon’s amazing photography works and his story.
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TOP SECRET 5TH FLOOR. WINDOWS OF SURRENDER. Dramatic visual displays at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising 5th floor.
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COVER STORY - THE KATE UPTON EFFECT. AMERICA’S FAVORITE BOMBSHELL. Cover story about Kate Upton. The rise of Kate Upton from catalog to comedy.
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FEMME FATALE M A G A Z I N E Contributors editor hailey kim
senior editor Patrik Sandberg
managing director steven chaiken
art director cian browne
photo/booking editor Spencer taylor
online editor natasha stagg
contributing fashion editors melanie ward jane how nicola formichetti joe mckenna panos yiapanis andrew richardson clare richardson
associate market editors michael cleeson mia solkin
design berkeley poole alexa vignoles
contributing editors kevin mcgarry nicole catanese t. cole rachel
copy editors jeremy price traci parks
associate publisher john edward
advertising director lisa helms
production director melissa scargg
financial comptorller sooraya pariag
administrative assistant wyatt allgeier
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Editor’s Letter
TO ALL THE FEMME FATALES,
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emme Fatale Magazine is intended to be an one step guide to the best fashion style. Women need to learn and use the experts’ fresh tips and match all the fashion elements to be a real fashionista.
Every woman has a passion of being a trendy, attractive, and stylish woman. The most important thing of beauty is finding their own style because the range of beauty is extremely wide. When people find their own style that is suitable, unique, and stylish, they satisfy with themselves and can be more
confident. The style can be what they like or what they prefer but it is also significant to think about what style is better on themselves. Some people might like trendy looks only but matching well is more important. To improve the great perspective, people should see, feel, hear, and experience. Threfore, Femme Fatale Magazine will help the readers by offering useful fashion tips and information, lots of trendy and unique items, and secret inforamtion about the cover story. This issue basically consists of Top Secret section, featured story of Kate Upton who is one of the most popular fashion icons, swag products page with all the brandnew fashion items, and so on. With Femme Fatale, readers can find the brandnew style for themselves and finally follow their passion for fashion.
Your forever supporter,
Hailey Kim
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DONUTS
They say sex is like a doughnut: Even at its worst, is it ever really bad? Well, once you consume, in rapid succession, as many doughnuts as we have in the last few weeks, you start to believe it can be.
By Ali Trachta photographed by Chris, Tamara, Nick + Elyse
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o as an act of public service, we scoured the city for the best doughnuts around, all worth the sugar crash you’ll inevitably experience later. We focused our search on actual doughnut shops, as opposed to restaurants that serve them on the menu -- with the exception of one, because if you’re going to order a doughnut from a waitress, it seems fitting to do so at a 24-hour diner. Turn the page for our list of the Top 10 doughnuts in L.A.
10. Maggie’s Donuts:
There’s one main reason to swing by Maggie’s, and that’s the custard-filled iced chocolate bar, which is so, well, custard-filled, it’s literally bursting. Served split down the middle, you get a peek before you eat at the erupting cool vanilla epicenter, which couples perfectly with the soft and sweet doughnut shell. Some of the custard will spill out onto your fingers, and you’ll lap it up, and you won’t care how that looks. 2612 E. Sixth St., Los Angeles; 213-383-1511.
9. Spudnuts:
Out of the chains around L.A., Spudnuts is our top pick. It’s a basic shop with a hefty handful of locations all around L.A. and the Valley. As such, it’s best to keep your order simple, too. If you’re gonna do chocolate, do it all the way with the chocolate-frosted and chocolate chip-topped chocolate doughnut. Even better, though, is the vanilla cruller, which is only lightly glazed, but manages to pack a really
bright vanilla flavor. 2775 Van Nuys Blvd., Los Angeles; 818-896-4678
8. Du-Par’s:
Du-Par’s certainly isn’t a doughnut shop, but if you’re near the Grove location, it’s worth braving the highly congested parking lot to sample one of the few varieties this diner has on its menu. The classic glazed is a champion of its breed, puffed up to a thick, chewy consistency that requires serious jaw action for each bite. Du-Par’s gets the glaze just right too -- hardened barely past the point of sticky liquid to form something shy of a crust. The bear claw isn’t your run-of-the-mill, boasting a delicious almond filling that’s reminiscent of baklava. And the fact that it’s served warm certainly doesn’t hurt. 6333 W. Third St., Los Angeles; 323-933-8446.
7. Ms. Donuts:
In the Echo Park/Silver Lake area, you could do a lot worse than this old-fashioned shop, especially when the line at Taco Zone is too long and you need some late night sustenance. The maple bar was a little on the dry side, but the chocolate was the exact opposite -- in a good way -- with a texture that suggested it could have been cooked about 30 seconds longer, but we were glad it wasn’t. The Old-Fashioned doughnut is also a winner here, with glaze so thick it softly crunches as you eat it. 1353 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles; 213-484-0927.
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THE ISLAND OF THE PARADISE —
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Femme fatale heads to Bali in search of some of the island’s most amazing experiences.
by hailey Kim
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he capital city of Denpasar in the south area island gives a social and business center point, which is a great beginning stage for Bali visitors. Located near Denpasar is the impressive Nusa Dua territory that is one of the Bali’s best hotels, restaurants and shops.Bali is a beautiful vacation spot that many of the individuals all around the world know it. It will be an exceptional occasion in the event that you and your family plan a trip to Bali for a holiday trip. Bali will give you the happy circumstances of tropical nation. You have very much enjoyed in sun bathing with no time limit, and climate in Bali is very warm in an entire year. You can additionally meet the extraordinary art and formation of Balinese society. Once you decide to visit Bali as your vacation destination, you have to equip it well. Bali is also
well-known and cost of living is very cheap in the world. You may experience sudden problems in the event that you don’t plan your trip is well. The most essential thing is deciding suitable lodge throughout your vacation there. Its cost also the important that time, its quality of service and its distance to all of your intriguing spots. Commonly, individuals pick lodging, yet in the event that you need more, you can choose to pick the villa as your hostelry. It might be the best decision that brings also your family or friends in the vacation or you plan your trip with a team that will helpful to you no need pay the lodge rent for each person in your family or friends.Bali is a one of the most beuatiful islands you might want to go to this summer and we are giving you some helpful tips for your amazing experiences.
eat cafe bali A popular French-colonical-style cafe with a relaxed European air. Jalan Oberoi Laksmana, Seminyak; 62-361/736-484; lunch for two $30.
ibu oka Famous for its babi gulung (suckling pic); come early for the crispiest skin. Jalan Suweta, Ubud; 62-361/976-345; lunch for two $10.
mozaic Bali’s most ambitious restaurant, serving creative riffs on traditional dishes. Jalan Raya Sanggingan, Ubud; 62-361/975-768; dinner for two $160.
must-have items
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PRADA round baroque $290
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River Island black/stripe $45
floppy straw hat GAP $18
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INTO THE SURREAL FIDM’s 5th floor windows celebrate the surreal work of Elsa Schiaparelli
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adder and more original than most of her contemporaries, Mme Schiaparelli is the one to whom the word ‘genius’ is applied most often,” Time magazine wrote of its cover subject in 1934. Coco Chanel once dismissed her rival as “that Italian artist who makes clothes.” (To Schiaparelli, Chanel was simply “that milliner.”) Indeed, Schiaparelli— “Schiap” to friends—stood out among her peers as a true nonconformist, using clothing as a medium to
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express her unique ideas. In the thirties, her peak creative period, her salon overflowed with the wild, the whimsical, and even the ridiculous. Many of her madcap designs could be pulled off only by a woman of great substance and style: Gold ruffles sprouted from the fingers of chameleon-green suede gloves; a pale-blue satin evening gown—modeled by Madame Crespi in Vogue— had a stiff overskirt of Rhodophane (a transparent, glasslike modern material); a smart black suit jacket
had red lips for pockets. Handbags, in the form of music boxes, tinkled tunes like “Rose Marie, I Love You”; others fastened with padlocks. Monkey fur and zippers (newfangled in the thirties) were everywhere. love of trompe l’oeil can be traced to the faux-bow sweater that kick-started Schiaparelli’s career and brought her quirky style to the masses. “Dare to be different,” is the advice she offered to women. Pace-setters and rule-breakers waved that flag through the sixties, the seventies, and beyond.
Photocredit Portrait: Irving Penn Windows: photographed by Carlos Diaz
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1. Red Shoes Christian Louboutin’s very prive patent red peeptoe pumps 2. Walking Prints Repetto’s zizi femme leopard oxford in animal 3. Limited Repetto x Mary Katrantzou collaboration zizi 4. High Platform Marni’s color-blocked platform sandals 12 FEMME FATALE
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5. Fall in Love with Red Prada’s saffiano patent leather bag
9. Go for Rouge YSL’s Rouge pur couture 01 le rouge
6. Black Scent Valentino Valentina oud assoluto
10. Glossy Night YSL’s encre rose #17 glossy stain
7. Shades Prada’s 270s minimal baroque red gradient max0a5 sunglasses
11. Perfect Touch Up Givenchy’s mister perfect touch up pencil
12. Bling Bling Rose 8. Cover Everything Chanel’s white and red leather boy bag with Chanel’s les beiges healthy glow sheer powder crystal roses
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ONE OF THE BEST SWIMSUIT CATALOG MODELS – KATE UPTON. THE RISE OF KATE UPTON FROM CATALOG TO COMEDY. PAGE 16
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THE RISE OF KATE UPTON FROM CATALOG TO COMEDY.
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ate Upton may be one of the most desirable women on the planet, a crossover star who has successfully made the leap from the salt mines of modeling to the high-fashion arena, but don’t hate her because she is beautiful. As Upton explains, with made-for-talk-show candor that belies her usual perky self, catalog modeling is not as easy as it appears, and her journey from nowhere to everywhere has come at a special price. Photography Izen & Vinoodh Fashion Nicola Formichetti text horacio Silva
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Sort of. “I now suffer from Catalog Tourette’s,” says the 21-year-old Michigan-born sexplosion, in a cheeky attempt at deadpan that quickly dissolves into a hearty chortle. “I can switch a pose like it’s no one’s business,” she adds, with accompanying sorta-kinda-maybe vogueing moves. “As soon as I hear a camera click, I’m on. I tell you, it’s a serious nervous condition.” The thought of her having a Pavlovian response to the sound of a camera is amusing (no wonder she claims to be uninterested in click-click-click runway work).
But to spend time with the personable Upton is to know that
even when she is writhing around in the backseat of a convertible Cadillac for a Carl’s Jr. Super Bowl commercial that was so hot it was banned, she is still very serious about her hotter-than-Hades career.“Kate has an incredible joie de vivre,” says Ivan Bart, the
“If I pull a goofy face, it doesn’t look cute; I look like a dying animal. but i guess someone likes what i am doing.”
starmaker at IMG who took a risk with Upton and her Marilyn Monroeesque brand of All-American glamour when no one else would. “She walks into a room and she kills it–some can and some can’t. People tend to focus on how bubbly she is,
but she is also extremely ambitious.” By Upton’s own reckoning there was never any Plan B, and the idea to go into modeling full-time, hatched as a 15-year-old obsessed with the charter members of the Swimsuit Sisterhood of Cindy, Nikki, Heide, and Co., was hers alone. (The only condition set by Upton’s “ridiculously supportive” mother, Shelley, was that she had to finish her high school degree online with a view to attending college.) Even before she decided, at 18, to hightail it to New York, because things weren’t moving fast enough in her adopted Florida, she made sure to do her homework. “My life isn’t as manufactured as people think,” she offers, in between sips of coffee. “I have dreams and I express them. But it’s a business and you have to be a good observer if you want to do your job properly.”
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KATE UPTON
“I don’t compare myself with other models,” Upton but she is always Kate. It’s actually very rare, and only the
says, sitting upright, her perfect posture betraying years of
supermodels transcend fashion in that way. It’s almost
competitive horseback riding. “For me, modeling is really
like she’s an atress. She’s an actress plyaing a model.”
about competing with yourself, becoming the best you
Now, with her supporting role in this April’s The Other
can be. But the truth is that I can’t do facial expressions
Woman, a latter-day First Wives Club revenge comedy
like Coco and others do. If I pull a goofy face, it doesn’t
starring Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann, Upton is set to
look cute; I look like a dying animal. But I guess someone
show off her acting chops and further insinuate herself
likes what I am doing.” No kidding. Since the curvaceous
into the collective consciousness. At the center of the
cutie first burst onto the scene, in 2011, with a multi-
novel’s filigree of relationships are Helen, the daughter of
platform attack that included hijacking social media
a widowed plantation owner, and Moll, the slave girl she’s
with her “Dougie” tutorials, her high-fashion debut–by
given on her tenth birthday.
photographer Sebastian Faena and famed editor Carlyne
Cerf de Dudzeele, in the pages of this magazine–and
when they come of age and Moll is forced to marry, with
landing the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover,
Helen rationalizing her father’s decision. “The lives around
she has become the fashion industry’s new certified
her are mapped by a higher hand, and she has learned to
superdupermodel. “She has global appea,” says Nicola
trust this,” Helen thinks. “If she began now to doubt, if she
Formichetti, who styled her for this shoot. “To me, she
studied unhappiness rather than duty, she might find her
is more than fashion. She puts the clothes on and she’s
own life vulnerable.” But Helen’s faith is shaken as she runs
still Kate. In fashion we try to force these head-to-toe
up against the limitations of her own fate—and falls in love
looks on the girls and turn them into these characters,
with a pirate-soldier.
What begins as a kind of friendship turns fraught
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top 10 salaries of female models
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#1. Gisel Bunchen Pocketed $47 million. The world’s highest paid model for the eighth year in a row.
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#5. kate upton Earned $7 million.
“ I don’t ever want to be a person that I’m not.”
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Earned $4 million.
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: A Portrait of an Artist Fahey Klein presents a major retrospective of the photographers work. By Kely Smith
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hat do Jean Genet, Jimmy Durante, Brigitte Bardot, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jacques Cousteau, Andy Warhol, and Lena Horne have in common? They were a few of the many personalities caught on film by photographer Richard Avedon. For more than fifty years, Richard Avedon’s portraits have filled the pages of the country’s finest magazines. His stark imagery and brilliant insight into his subjects’ characters has made him one of the premier American portrait photographers.
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Born in New York in 1923, Richard Avedon dropped out of high school and joined the Merchant Marine’s photographic section. Upon his return in 1944, he found a job as a photographer in a department store. Within two years he had been “found” by an art director at Harper’s Bazaar and was producing work for them as well as Vogue, Look, and a number of other magazines. During the early years, Avedon made his living primarily through work in advertising. His real passion, however, was the portrait and its ability to express the essence of its subject. Many sought out Avedon for their most public images. His artistic style brought a sense of sophistication and authority to the portraits. More than anything, it is Avedon’s ability to set his subjects at ease that helps him create true, intimate, and lasting photographs. Throughout his career Avedon has maintained a unique style all his own. Famous for their minimalism, Avedon portraits are often well lit and in front of white backdrops. When printed, the images regularly contain the dark outline of the film in which the image was framed. Within the minimalism of his empty studio, Avedon’s subjects move freely, and it is this movement which brings a sense of spontaneity to the images. Often containing only a portion of the person being photographed, the images seem intimate in their imperfection. While many photographers are interested in either catching a moment in time or preparing a formal image, Avedon has found a way to do both. Beyond his work in the magazine industry, Avedon has collaborated on a number of books of portraits. In 1959 he worked with Truman Capote on a book that documented some of the most famous and important people of the century. Observations included images of Buster Keaton, Gloria Vanderbilt, Pablo Picasso, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Mae West.
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“All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.” –Richard Avedon
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Around this same time he began a series of images
and collaborators for more than thirty years. For all of the
of patients in mental hospitals. Replacing the controlled
1970s and 1980s Avedon continued working for Vogue
environment of the studio with that of the hospital he was
magazine, where he would take some of the most famous
able to recreate the genius of his other portraits with non-
portraits of the decades. In 1992 he became the first staff
celebrities. The brutal reality of the lives of the insane was
photographer for The New Yorker, and two years later the
a bold contrast to his other work. Years later he would
Whitney Museum brought together fifty years of his work
again drift from his celebrity portraits with a series of
in the retrospective, “Richard Avedon: Evidence”. He was
studio images of drifters, carnival workers, and working
voted one of the ten greatest photographers in the world
class Americans.
by Popular Photography magazine, and in 1989 received
Throughout the 1960s Avedon continued to work for
an honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Art in
Harper’s Bazaar and in 1974 he collaborated with James
London. Today, his pictures continue to bring us a closer,
Baldwin on the book Nothing Personal. Having met in
more intimate view of the great and the famous.
New York in 1943, Baldwin and Avedon were friends
Avedon died on October 1st, 2004.
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“ “ the speed at which fashion trends move can be fun, but it can also be a bit overwhelming. So here is Femme Fatale’s quick guide to what’s in and what’s definitely beginning to look a little tired this season.
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