STARDUST Magazine The Premiere Issue Birth

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THE PREMIERE ISSUE

creative directors JUSTIN-JULIUS SANTOS SOPHIE CÉCILE XU photographers DANIEL WOODEN JUSTIN-JULIUS SANTOS SEAN GOMES SOPHIE CÉCILE XU ROSS ERICSSON

On the Cover

fashion HOLLY SMITH JACQUI DAVIS-MORANTI VINCENT-MARC SAWYER words RYAN HAMPTON

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special thanks to: BEER CAKES PHILLY CURATED GOODS STREET FOOD PHILLY photographer JUSTIN-JULIUS SANTOS model ANDREY PRIKHODKO (THE AGENCY REPS) marching band hat VINTAGE feather shoulder pads CUSTOM MADE

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CONTENTS

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REVISION DEFIANCE STARRY DREW GUISE LURE EMBODIMENT DAPPER

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beauty born captu color design discover drea give gold grow heal light love mix moment m reminisce repurpose revis taste touch wat 4

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ure chance change am enjoy experiment feel l inspire invent life music play real reinvent sion risk simplicity take tch words youth xxxo,

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dress MISS ASHLEE sunglasses DEISEL

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photographer SOPHIE CÉCILE XU hair and makeup CHARLETTE HOVE model HOLLY SMITH

dress MISS ASHLEE sunglasses DEISEL boots DR MARTENS PAGE SERIES socks URBAN OUTFITTERS

80’s jumpsuit VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS) sunglasses VINTAGE FOSTER GRANT clutch STYLIST’S OWN

band t-shirt “DEMONS” floral headpiece VINTAGE STYLIST’S OWN

floral dress VINTAGE BETSEY JOHNSON plugs OMERICA ORGANIC LOTUS INLAY

lace 50’s dress VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS) purse VINTAGE PRADA bracelet VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS)

pink blouse VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS) wedges JEFFREY CAMPBELL floral rain boots TIMBERLAND (CURATED GOODS)

DEFIANCE featuring

JULIAN photographer ROSS ERICSSON stylist BRENT ERICSSON assistant stylist LAURA GALINDO model JULIAN POPLAWSKI (THE AGENCY REPS)

shirt TOPMAN pants TOPMAN necklaces ALDO

blazer ZARA shirt XAGON MAN pants MODEL’S OWN shoes BEDISTU FOOTWEAR tie URBAN OUTFITTERS

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shirt LAURA GALINDO DESIGN grey scarf URBAN OUTFITTERS taupe scarf H&M the premiere issue birth

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distressed shirt H&M pants XAGON MAN

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sweater LAURA GALINDO DESIGN jeans MODEL’S OWN shoes MODEL’S OWN socks URBAN OUTFITTERS the premiere issue birth

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both pages: shirt HANS COFFEE-STAINED jeans MODEL’S OWN shoes VANS AMERICAN PRINT socks H&M necklaces ALDO

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dress SAZZ VINTAGE bracelet VINTAGE KENNETH LANE glass rose necklace VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS) hat VINTAGE

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Starry

featuring

CHARLETTE

photographer SOPHIE CÉCILE XU stylist, hair and makeup HOLLY SMITH model CHARLETTE HOVE

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dress BETSEY JOHNSON necklace VINTAGE MONET bracelet MARC BY MARC JACOBS

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watch VINTAGE MODEL’S OWN all jewelry MODEL’S OWN

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glass rose necklace VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS)

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FakingFashion.com Style by Holly Smith and Charlette Hove

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GRAIN featuring

DREW interviewer RYAN HAMPTON photographers DANIEL WOODEN & SOPHIE CÉCILE XU wood designer DREW LYNFORD

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Drew Lynford, a furniture designer and builder living in Philadelphia, chats with Stardust about working with wood, clients, and inspiration.

STARDUST: Has woodworking become your primary focus? Is this a recent development in your life?

DREW: Yeah, I’m trying to start my own company and my own furniture building and repair business. I’m still taking classes at Philadelphia Furniture Workshop in Germantown and working at the Academy of Natural Sciences fixing and building furniture. I’m reaching out and getting my own clients.

I have a love/hate relationship with cherry.

STARDUST: How is it working with clients? Do they tell you exactly what they want and what they’re looking for?

DREW: I wish they told me exactly what they wanted.

[Laughter.] It would make things so much easier. Usually I meet with them to get an idea of the style they’re looking

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for. I hammer out as much details in terms of the dimensions, and I try to make it out of really nice hard wood so I can build with all my own lumber and design everything myself. Even the screws and the glue, all of it is researched to the point where I know exactly what I’m looking for to get the result I want. And the customers love it and know the piece will last for fifty to a hundred years.

STARDUST: When it comes to wood selection, do they give you any ideas or do you already have in mind which types of wood you want to work with on the piece?

DREW: I have a general idea. I usually stick to local salvage trees, like walnuts or cherry.

STARDUST: I noticed you use walnut a lot in your pieces, and I was wondering what draws you to it.

DREW: I love walnut. I don’t know why in particular. It’s very easy to work and I like the finish on it. There’s a multitude of finishes you can use on it and they all come out really good.

STARDUST: What attributes do you consider when evaluating and selecting a piece of wood for a project? Are you looking at multiple pieces until you find the right one?

DREW: I was trained in furniture design, so I look for specific defects in the wood, and some of them I’ll highlight, and then I’ll look for defects that I can’t use. Wood is just so unpredictable. You’re constantly just working with the wood and figuring out where you can stretch it and where you can’t work around it.

Sometimes you need to buy a little extra stock and be okay with leaving some wood and moving forward.

STARDUST: Back to working with clients.

Do they give you creative license or do you have to be completely faithful to the original plan?

DREW: I try to guide the client into making a decision that works for them, so they’ll end up with a functional yet an artistic piece. There’s nothing I hate more than woodworking that isn’t functional.

STARDUST: Right. Nice to look at, but not functional in any way.

DREW: Yeah. I mean, wood is strong. It’ll last a lifetime if you know how to build with it.

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STARDUST: If walnut is the easiest for you to work with, what is the most difficult?

DREW: I have a love/hate relationship with cherry. It’s gorgeous when you find the right board, but sometimes you don’t get the tone you want and it’s just very difficult to work. It’s a very dense, hard wood, and you can burn it really easily or it’ll chip out. It’s tough on your tools, and you constantly have to re-sharpen. I just did a piece where the table top was made out of curly maple, and that was my first experience with it. It was extremely difficult, just because there were so many surprises from that board that made me grow and also made me want to throw that piece out the window. [Laughter.] And I almost did. But the result was great.

STARDUST: And it probably makes you appreciate it more when you’re done, because you went through that frustration to get there.

DREW: Yeah, it makes me appreciate quality craftsmanship.

It’s tough and it’s frustrating, but you really do gain a sense of appreciation for it when you’re done. It’s very satisfying.

STARDUST: Do you have any specific influences you use for inspiration?

Drew: I really like Nakashima. I guess that’s like a cliché for woodworkers, but I dig his style. I also went to the

Wharton Esherick Museum last summer and I thought that was great. His whole house is like a piece of art. The floors, the walls, the staircase, the desks, pretty much everything was built by hand. It’s just wild. And I really like Chippendale, which is weird, because I used to hate that kind of fancy crap. But now that kind of craftsmanship just blows my mind. I couldn’t imagine how people put together furniture in the fifteen hundreds.

STARDUST: What made you change your mind about it?

DREW: Going through classes at night, realizing I can’t make any of that stuff.

[Laughter.] And they’re five hundred years old, which kind of blows my mind.

STARDUST: At this point, it seems as though you’re just following your own interests and seeing what works out.

DREW: Yeah. It’s great to build stuff for yourself and your friends because they’ll

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always appreciate it. But when you work with clients, you really have to achieve their vision and not yours. I’m finding that I have to pay attention to what the client wants more than what I want and to be able to take a backseat so I can meet their goals. It’s kind of humbling and rewarding at the same time.

Visit etsy.com/people/dlynford for more of Drew and his work.

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G U I SE FE ATURING A N D R E Y photographer JUSTIN-JULIUS SANTOS stylist JACQUI DAVIS-MORANTI hair and makeup JENNA CZYZEWSKI model ANDREY PRIKHODKO (THE AGENCY REPS)

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top CUSTOM SANTOS-FERGUSON jeans PAPER DENIM & CLOTH diver’s watch VINTAGE ZLATOUST VODOLAZ

top LUNGA de FANCY LONDON

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jumpsuit CUSTOM MADE sunglasses VINTAGE FOSTER GRANT socks AMERICAN APPAREL

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leather patchwork jacket VINTAGE lace top VINTAGE jeans FILIPPA K boots CUSTOM SANTOS-FERGUSON the premiere issue birth

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photographer Sean Gomes makeup Jen Ford and Jessica Ford hair stylist Jeremy Clark models Julian Poplawski (The Agency Reps), Matt MacWilliams (The Agency Reps), Mark Valeriano (The Agency Reps), Steffan Lubbe, and Ben Keller (MMA)

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featuring

JULIAN

is wearing Philosykos by Diptyque.

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STEFFAN is wearing Gris Clair by Serge Lutens.

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MARK

is wearing Arabian Wood by Tom Ford.

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MATT

is wearing Limited Edition by Narciso Rodriguez.

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BEN

is wearing Guilty Intense by Gucci.

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BEER #uknow

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EMBODIMENT FEATURING

SARAH photographer SOPHIE CÉCILE XU stylist JUSTIN-JULIUS SANTOS hair and makeup DOREEN IPPOLITI model SARAH KEMP

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wedding dress VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS) necklace VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS)

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blouse MAX MARA corset bodysuit VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS) stockings WOLFORD belt VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS)

pink nightgown VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS) headpiece VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS)

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ballgown dress VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS) bolero jacket FREDRICK’S OF HOLLYWOOD gloves VINTAGE STYLIST’S OWN all jewelry VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS)

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cardigan PINS & NEEDLES sequin top VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS) skirt BB DAKOTA shoes GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI headpiece VINTAGE STYLIST’S OWN

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bohemian dress VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS) cameo bracelet VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS)

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DAPPER featuring

NICHOLAS photographer JUSTIN-JULIUS SANTOS model NICHOLAS GIRTAIN

blazer YOKO DEVEREAUX sweater TIM HAMILTON pants HART SCHAFFNER & MARX hat VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS)

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suit VINTAGE CUSTOM MADE shirt VINTAGE EAGLE necklace STYLIST’S OWN

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suit HART SCHAFFNER & MARX sweater LANVIN shoes JOHN FLUEVOG

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jacket VINTAGE HAMMONTON PARK fur vest ANDREW MARC shirt VINTAGE EAGLE jeans FILIPPA K crocodile boots YVES SAINT LAURENT

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suit VINTAGE (CURATED GOODS) sweater PRADA socks CHARLES TYRWHITT

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