PINK HEARTS CLUB || Designed by Jessie Peng, Written by Mason Gregg NEUTRALS || Designed by Emily Luo, Written by Lukas Jacyniuk Moskalis NATURALS || Designed by Sydney Nguyen, Written by Alanis Caref REFLECTIONS || Designed by Taylor Santucci ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT || Designed & Written by Erin Kim
Contents
On the Cover Photography Jose Hernandez Makeup Elizabeth Karlovics Stylist Elizabeth Karlovics Model Sydney Trimble
Editor’s Letter This issue celebrates before. Before COVID-19. Before classes were put online and shoots were canceled. This issue celebrates the eight weeks we got to create together on campus. Issue 05 marks milestones for the Fashion Network: We put on four photo shoots in a record amount of time. We tackled social issues surrounding body diversity and gender-neutral clothing. This issue celebrates our members. The looks they created. The photos they took. The words they shared. There is so much going on bigger than this club. Bigger than this publication. As college students juggling courses and jobs, there often is. But what we create is special. So as you flip through, please remember the community you’re a part of, the art you helped make, and the stories you helped tell.
Contact tfnuiuc@gmail.com Social Media @tfnuiuc President/Editor-in-Chief Sidney Madden Incoming President/Photo Director Jessie Peng Creative Director Taylor Santucci Marketing Director Mason Gregg Finance Director Kasey Kim Events Director Elizabeth Karlovics
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By: Mason Gregg
As you like it.
Model Alanis Castle Makeup Alanis Castle Photographer Favour Samuel Stylist Bella Castillo & Sahitya Peggerla
Babygirlyou work too hard. Take a break, take the beat
Let me show you something sweet.
Grab a gloss that glitters on your bow And let it smack. Grab a lace trimmed hear And bite it til it cracks
Grab a melody Hold it by the neck. And sweetheart don t s ea
Photographer Jose Hernandez
Models Jada Fulcher & Chester Wilson III Photographer Isabelle Ehao Stylist Heather Robinson MaIeLp :sther Armenta
Stylist Max Guo Model Joey Trupiano Photographer Isabelle Zhao Ma e!p li abe h arlo i s
Photographer Jose Qernan_eO Models >aGan ha Aeil @ Joey Trupiano Stylist Gily \uoJ\i y Au io @ Max Guo Ma e!p \u2as Ja yniu2 Mos2alis @ li abe h arlo i s
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That somethingmagnetizes all eyes, sized up like a full moon, diamonds clear and cut as royal tears fall begging at your hand hugs your waist, electrifies the pulse in your veins to a hum as sweet as summer rain; 8
That somethingIs so right. 6
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Collage Credits 1. Stylist Max Guo Model Max Guo Ma'eRp Taylor SantuccH Photographer Nancy Rodriguez 2. Model Samantha Beil Stylist Emily Luo/Litzy Bucioo Photographer ose Jernande Ma'eRp Lu as acyniu Mos alis 3. Stylist Caroline Field Ma'eRp Mason GregO Model Christine Chusta Photographer Fa our Samue 4. Model Kristine Moon Stylist Anush a Agra al Photographer Mohul .armI Ma'eRp Lu as acyniu Mos alis 5. Model Nubaira Kabir Stylist Angelina o)o ic Ma'eRp Esther Armenta Photographer Ki i Ra a9 6. Stylist Taylor Santucci Model Fiona SanabriI Ma'eRp Mason GregO Photographer Ki i Ra a9 7. Stylist Taylor Santucci Model enn ier AAuino Ma'eRp enni er AAuino Photographer Ki i Ra a9 8. Stylist Alanis Castle Model Bella Castillo Ma'eRp Bella Castillo Photographer essie eng
Stylist Model Photographe Ma'eRp Elizab
Mason GregO l Ruby hebut er essie enO beth Karlo ics
Photographer essie enO Ma'eRp Mason GregO Model Chelsey SolH Stylist Ling ei Liu
NEUTRALS
NEUTRALS
NEUTRALS
NEUTRALS
Stylist Emily Luo
Model Dareth Chow
Makeup Elizabeth Karlovics
Photographer Vishesh Anand
Stylist Bee Long
Model Sherry Wu
Makeup Kauryn Karmazinas
Photographer Jose Hernandez
Photographer Vishesh Anand
by Lukas Jacyniuk Moskalis
To many, the growth of non-binary fashion represents a shift away from cultural norms surrounding gender roles. It’s a representation of an era of liberation and progress, striking down unnecessary boundaries that act as relics of a more traditional past. After all, fashion has largely supported societal notions of masculinity and femininity in men and women respectively. But despite popular belief, these trends aren’t new to the 21st century.
FASHION IS SOMEWHAT CYCLICAL — IT IS A SERIES OF REACTIONS TO PREVIOUS TRENDS THAT EVENTUALLY LOOPS AROUND TO FIND ITSELF INSPIRED BY THE AESTHETICS OF THE PAST.
Fashion is somewhat cyclical — it is a series of reactions to previous trends that eventually loops around to find itself inspired by the aesthetics of the past. When the United States granted women suffrage in the 1920s, the feminist movement led to a cultural shift that challenged traditional feminity. One of the most notable trends of this era was the androgynous fit dresses that have grown into iconic symbols of the 1920s. The silhouettes, meant to promote more androgynous figures, were a reaction to the decline of the corset, defying the traditional notions of a female figure. However, as with most trends, reaction trends started to lead fashion away from the androgyny of the 20s and returned to “more traditionally” inspired fads.
Stylist Emily Luo
Makeup Elizabeth Karlovics
Photographer Isabelle Zhao
Model Tyler Hixon // Elizabeth Karlovics
After World War II, with many gender dynamics having been disrupted by the draft and women entering the workforce, there was a strong affinity for binary fashion. By the time of the 60s and 70s, oppositional counterculture trends started to once again contrast the strict binary roles of 40s and 50s fashion, forming what came to be known as “unisex fashion.� The trend brought androgyny to a new level, aiming to create clothes that could be worn by anyone. Designers found inspiration in second-wave feminism, as well as a desire to leave the 50s trends behind. A plethora of tunics and turtle necks were seen as the ultimate fashion statement, allowing people to express themselves without being limited to specific styles of clothing specifically designated for their gender identity.
Stylist Emily Luo
Model Elizabeth Karlovics
Makeup Elizabeth Karlovics
Photographer Isabelle Zhao
Stylist Grace Timler
Makeup Mason Gregg
Model Chester Wilson III
Photographer Isabelle Zhao
Stylist Bee Long
Makeup Mason Gregg
Model Heather Robinson
Photographer Jeffrey Hsu
Stylist Grace Timler
Model Jess Andrews
Makeup Mason Gregg
Photographer Jeffrey Hsu
Stylist Emily Luo
Model Dareth Chow
Makeup Elizabeth Karlovics
Photographer Jose Hernandez
NO LONGER FUELED
ONLY BY A REACTION TO PREVIOUSLY GENDERED FASHION, THE
CURRENT MOVEMENT
IS BASED IN
A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHOSE IDENTITY INHERENTLY REJECTS THE GENDER BINARY AS A WHOLE.
By the 80s, fashion trends reverted back to polarized styles for him and for her, symbolic of a societal shift toward conservatism spurred by the growth of right-wing political popularity following the height of the Cold War in the late 70s. “Traditional” trends in gender remained common for the following decade or so, fueled by an association of “atypical” gender roles with the LGBTQIA+ community, which was especially vilified following the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 80s.
The late 2000s saw a resurgence of social movements aiming to provide equal rights to the LGBTQIA+ community, the beginnings of fourth-wave feminism, and the 2008 recession. The feminist movement sought to deconstruct traditional gender roles in all facets of society, including fashion, as a means of deconstructing the structures that systematically discriminate against women. Likewise, the recession made a minimalist aesthetic more popular than more embellished styles which were seen as frivolous and unnecessary. As the 2010s started, there was a huge increase in the support of genderqueer and non-conforming individuals, which sparked many to use androgynous gender expression as an inspiration for androgynous fashion, firmly tying the fashion to a social movement. No longer fueled only by a reaction to previously gendered fashion, the current movement is based in a community of people whose identity inherently rejects the gender binary as a whole. There has been a steady increase in androgynous fashion throughout the decade, designer Rad Hourani released a unisex couture collection in 2015.
Stylist Emily Luo
Model Rachel Yuan
Photographer Bee Long
Makeup Elizabeth Karlovics
Stylist Bee Long
Model Michael Chen
Photographer Vishesh Anand
As a new decade begins, we are still seeing considerable shifts in fashion, makeup, and accessories. Propelled by gender-nonconformity itself, individuals are redefining the role of gender in fashion, reshaping the usual structure of androgynous trends. It is unclear whether this trend, in particular, will follow a path similar to those before it, or if its socio-cultural basis will make gender-neutral fashion an entirely new field that won’t decline as trends rise and fall. But what we do know is that fashion that contradicts “traditional gender roles� is not new, and has a significant history of being linked with social change. From androgynous cuts to a truly agender aesthetic, non-binary fashion has developed into a staple trend that highlights specific cultural epochs and milestones highlighting the dialogue between fashion and gender, a dialogue that is unlikely to end.
Photographer Grace Timler
Stylist Grace Timler // Bee Long
Makeup Kauryn Karmazinas // Mason Greg
Model Christine Chustak // Heather Robinson
Stylist Bee Long
Makeup Mason Gregg
Model Ruby Killingsworth
Photographer Mohul Varma
your skin which
makes you human breathe your treasures in
& love this nature deeply
Photographer — Eun Soo Jang
Model — Michael G. Chen
Stylist — Taylor Santucci
Our ribs
stronger when we laugh
(muscle tough when you smile)
Photographer — Sanghwan Lee
Model — Dhruti Pandya
Makeup: Miranda Liu
Stylist — Heline Kim
ref lections
Model: Rachel Yuan
Stylist: Kristine Moon
Photographer: Isabelle Zhao
Makeup: Lukas Jacyniuk Moskalis
Model: Lingfei Liu
Stylist: Jess Andrews
Makeup: Taylor Santucci
Photographer: Jessie Peng
Model & Makeup: Emily Luo | Photographer: Jessie Peng | Stylist: Taylor Santucci
“
When
I
think
about
the
word
ref lection...
Model: Kauryn Karmazinas
Photographer: Jessie Peng
Stylist: Christine Chustak
Makeup: Kauryn Karmazinas
...I think about a separation of some sorts. But not n e c e s s a r i l y i n t h e p h y s i c a l s e n s e ,
I view it as more of a removal of one’s inner self from an experience or situation in order to allow space and freedom for true introspection to occur...
. . .T h r o u g h t h a t p r o c e s s a h i d d e n t r u t h i s sometimes revealed, one that is free from
manipulation or distortion.� — F a v o u r S a m u e l
Left: Models: Karyna & Andreyna Miguel | Photographer: Jessie Peng
Right: Model: Sophie Duran | Photographer: Aidana Karipbayeva | Stylist: Christine Chustak | Makeup: Mason Greg
Model: Miranda Liu
Stylist: Yasmine Steele
Makeup : Mason Greg
Photographer: Isabelle Zhao
“ O b s
e r v i n g yourself, not just from a physical view but looking deeper with y o u r s o u l
a n d m i n d . ”
—Heather Robinson
Model: Karyna & Andreyna Miguel
Makeup : Kauryn Karmazinas
Photographer: Jessie Peng
Stylist: Taylor Santucci
“
W h o s e e s t h e
h u m a n f a c e
c o r r e c t l y :
t h e p a i n t e r,
p h o t o g r a p h e r,
o r t h e
mirror?
”
—Pablo Picasso
Model: Amanda Awaya
Stylist: Kristine Moon
Photographer: Sharad Doshi
Makeup : Lukas Jacyniuk Moskalis
Left: Model: Elizabeth Karlovics | Photographer: Jose Hernandez | Stylist: Yasmine Steele | Makeup: Elizabeth Karlovics
Right: Model: Sydney Trimble | Photographer: Vishesh Anand | Stylist: Elizabeth Karlovics | Makeup: Elizabeth Karlovics
Model: Joey Trupiano
Stylist: Emily Luo
Photographer: Yasmine Steele
Model: Rachel Yuan
Stylist: Kristine Moon
Photographer: Favour Samuel
Makeup: Lukas Jacyniuk Moskalis
Model: Tyler Hixton
Stylist: Jess Andrews
Photographer: Favour Samuel
Makeup : Elizabeth Karlovics
E R I N
K I M
@erinkimphoto
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
w r i t t e n & d e s i g n e d by e r i n k i m
question one
HOW DID YOU I N I T I A L LY F I N D TFN?
joined TFN because I had a
fashion or if I said that I
i nvo l ve d f ro m t h e b e g i n n i n g .
wa s t h a t I l i ke d l o o k i n g a t p re
n e e d e d a n ave n u e t o ex p re s s TFN had open positions.
W h e n I j o i n e d , T F N wa s p re
HOW DID YOU G E T I N V O LV E D ?
f ro m w h a t i t i s t o d ay. T h e l a r
were biannual fashion show
c o m m i t t e e s c o n s i s t e d o f eve s o c i a l m e d i a , P R /m a r ke t i n g , design. And, to be completely
the member who came to a cou I m a j o re d i n b i o - e n g i n e e r i n g i n u n ive r s i t y.
h e re a n d t h e re a n d t o o k a
I t ’s w i l d l y d i ff e re n t t h a n w h a t m o s t p e o p l e
w h e n eve r I h a d t h e t i m e .
ex p e c t, a n d a t 1 7 ye a r s o l d , I wa s d e fi n i t e l y c h a s i n g a d e l u s i o n a l a n d d i s t o r t e d d re a m o f
A s t h e s ay i n g go e s , go o d t h i n
p re s t i ge a n d i n t e l l e c t u a l s i g n i fi c a n c e . T h a t
a n d , o n l y a s t h e ye a r e n d e d , I
b e i n g s a i d , d u r i n g my fi r s t Q u a d D ay, I
I h a d s o m a ny t a l e n t e d a n
s i g n e d u p f o r m a ny d i ff e re n t e d u c a t i o n a l
individuals arou nd me. Af
and professional clubs: engineering
d i s c u s s i o n we we re a b l e t o p
s o ro r i t i e s , E n g i n e e r s Wi t h o u t B o rd e r s , e t c .
minute photo shoot and trus
A l t h o u g h I l ove d b e i n g a p a r t o f t h o s e
s ay t h i s , I k n ew n o t h i n g a
o rga n i z a t i o n s , I wa s c rav i n g a s p a c e w h e re I
t o ge t h e r a p h o t o s h o o t. T h e e
c o u l d b e c re a t ive a n d b e a c t ive s o l e l y f o r
T F N i n c l u d e d a L OT o f go o g l i n
the sake of enjoying my time. As a
i n g , a n d t r y i n g t o re p ro d u c e o
s o p h o m o re , I wa s p re t t y n e r vo u s w h e n I s aw
a r t t o g row o u r t e c h n i c a l s k i l
t h e Fa s h i o n N e t w o r k o n t h e Q u a d , b u t
t h e s e p h o t o s h o o t s we re s m a l l
t h o u g h t, “ w hy n o t ? ” a n d p u t my j u n k e m a i l
ex p e r i e n c e a n d d e c i d e d t h a t,
o n t h e i r e m a i l l i s t. I ’ d b e l y i n g i f I s a i d I
t u r n T F N i n t o a p l a c e w h e re p e
a passion for
I was super
. A l l I k n ew
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ws, and the
ent planning, a n d we b s i t e h o n e s t, I wa s
uple meetings f ew p h o t o s
n g s t a ke t i m e re a l i z e d t h a t d passionate ter a quick u t o n a l a s tt me when I bout putting
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photo by Caili Chung Photography
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03.2015
My first (and last) fashion show at the dimly lit C l y b o u r n e B a r. I r e a l l y h a d no idea how to use a camera at this point
10.2015
My first TFN sponsored photoshoot at Illini Grove. I t wa s my fi rs t t i m e t a k i n g photos and had no idea how to pose the models
09.2018
My first TFN photoshoot as p re s i d e nt. Pl a n n e d a n d organized with Caitlin D oy l e ( C re at ive D i re c to r )
p u r s u e a l l d i ff e re n t k i n d s o f c re a t ive m e d i u m s through photoshoots — styling, makeup, w r i t i n g , p h o t o g ra p hy, g ra p h i c d e s i g n , yo u n a m e i t ! A s I t ra n s i t i o n e d f ro m a ge n e ra l m e m b e r t o a m e m b e r o f t h e exe c u t ive s t a ff a n d u l t i m a t e l y p re s i d e n t, i t wa s a l s o i m p o r t a n t t o m e t h a t T F N wa s a p l a c e w h e re p e o p l e c o u l d l e a r n f ro m a n d t e a c h o t h e r s , a n d f a c i l i t a t e g row t h re ga rd l e s s o f s k i l l l eve l . Wi t h t h a t m i s s i o n , T F N b l o s s o m e d i n t o s o m e t h i n g m u c h b i g ge r i n t h e f o l l ow i n g ye a r, a n d I h a d t h e wo r l d ’s g re a t e s t p l e a s u re o f wa t c h i n g T F N t ra n s f o r m u n d e r t h e c a re a n d guidance of some amazing, passionate, and
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i n c re d i b l y t a l e n t e d i n d iv i d u a l s . Ja s m i a t O yo l o l a ( fi n a n c e d i re c t o r ) wa s t h e re h o l d i n g my h a n d f ro m t h e ve r y s t a r t. T h e t wo o f u s h a d m e e t i n g s , r a n g i n g f ro m l o g i s t i c s t o c re a t ive exe c u t i o n . I t r u l y b e l i eve t h a t w i t h o u t h e r c o m m i t m e n t, T F N wo u l d n o t h ave ex i s t e d . O u r s e c o n d s e m e s t e r, w e w e l c o m e d C a i t l i n D oy l e ( c re a t ive d i re c t o r ) o n t o t h e t e a m . S h e wa s a n d i s a c re a t ive p owe r h o u s e i f I ’ve eve r s e e n o n e . S h e ' s w i l d l y t a l e n t e d i n b o t h p h o t o g ra p hy & creative vision and truly brought the “ f a s h i o n” i n t o t h e Fa s h i o n N e t wo r k . B e i n g a b l e t o l e a r n f ro m h e r a n d wa t c h h e r wo r k h e r m a g i c wa s a n a b s o l u t e d re a m . Pa u l a n d Je n n ( eve n t
03.2019
My last TFN photoshoot organized and planned by new staff in training ( S i d n e y M a d d e n & Ta y l o r Santucci)
p l a n n i n g d i re c t o r s ) we re a b l e t o m a ke T F N h o m e f o r a l o t o f m e m b e r s , a n d by f a r, s o m e o f my b e s t c o l l e ge m e m o r i e s a re f ro m t h e n i g h t s we a l l s p e n t t o ge t h e r. Fo r m e , T F N wa s re a l l y a n a m a z i n g s p a c e t o n o t o n l y g row c re a t ive l y b u t a l s o t o m a ke l i f e l o n g f r i e n d s .
TFN is an amazing space to not only
g r o w c r e a t i v e l y,
but also to make
lifelong friends question two
W H AT H AV E Y O U B E E N DOING SINCE TFN?
I ’m c u r re n t l y wo r k i n g f u l l - t i m e a t a t e c h s t a r t- u p i n S a n Fra n c i s c o a s a n h e a l t h c
c o n s u l t a n t. M o re s p e c i fi c a l l y, I wo r k w i t h u n s t r u c t u re d t ex t t o d e l ive r d a t a - d r i
i n s i g h t s t o p h a r m a c e u t i c a l c o m p a n i e s . T h a t go e s t o s h ow, yo u re a l l y h ave n o i w h a t l i f e ’s go i n g t o t h row a t yo u ! A n d a l t h o u g h my d ay t o d ay i s n o t a s c re a t ive h o p e d , i t ’s re a l l y b e e n q u i t e a p l e a s u re t o ex p e r i e n c e t h e t e c h i n d u s t r y i n t h e h o f S a n Fra n c i s c o !
E n o u g h a b o u t t h a t. M o re i n t e re s t i n g l y ( I t h i n k ) i s t h a t I ’m a l s o p u r s u i n g a s e c
j o b a s a we d d i n g p h o t o g ra p h e r. I s l ow l y s t a r t e d my b u s i n e s s w h e n I wa s a s t u d
b a c k i n C h a m p a i g n , b u t h ave h a d a n a m a z i n g o p p o r t u n i t y t o c o n t i n u e t o g row b my c re a t ive a n d b u s i n e s s c h o p s i n a l a rge r c i t y ! A s o f n ow, I h ave 2 0 + we d d i n g s e n ga ge m e n t s e s s i o n s p l a n n e d f o r 2 0 2 0 . I t ’s d e fi n i t e l y c h a l l e n g i n g t o m a n a ge
j o b s , b u t u n ive r s i t y h a s p re p a re d m e we l l , a n d I ’m l ov i n g eve r y s i n g l e m o m e n t o f
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question three
H O W D I D T F N P R E PA R E YOU FOR THE CAREER Y O U H AV E N O W ? In terms of technical skills, TFN t a u g h t m e h ow t o u s e my c a m e ra , a d va n c e my c re a t ive v i s i o n , a n d p l a n /exe c ute p h o to s h o o t s . B ut m o re i m p o r t a n t l y, i t t a u g h t m e t o b e b o l d & c o n fi d e n t. W h e n I fi r s t m ove d t o S a n Fra n c i s c o a f t e r s c h o o l , I d i d n’t k n ow a nyo n e a n d wa s re a l l y i t c h i n g t o p i c k u p my camera. I sat down with my journal and came up with a couple ideas, but finally decided to o rga n i z e a C h i n e s e we d d i n g s t y l e d s h o o t w i t h o t h e r we d d i n g ve n d o r s i n t h e S F a re a ( l e f t: p h o t o f ro m t h e s h o o t ) . Wi t h o u t T F N, I wo u l d n’t h ave h a d t h e c o u ra ge t o t r y n ew things, which can be especially d a u n t i n g i n t h e c r e a t ive r e a l m . This one small photo shoot (TINY i n c o m p a r i s o n t o T F N ) b ro u g h t many new relationships and u l t i m a t e l y p rov i d e d m e w i t h t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o l a u n c h my b u s i n e s s i n t o p ro fi t a b i l i t y i n i t s fi r s t ye a r.
TFN
also
taught
me
an
a b u n d a n c e o f s k i l l s t h a t I ’m a b l e t o u t i l i z e i n my d ay j o b. B e i n g a full-time student and also the p re s i d e n t o f a l a rge o rga n i z a t i o n wa s i n s t r u m e n t a l i n b u i l d i n g a strong foundation in project, t i m e , a n d p e o p l e m a n a ge m e n t. Collaborating
with
other
s t u d e n t s o n c re a t ive p ro j e c t s s e t m e u p f o r s u c c e s s i n b o t h my j o b s w h e re I i n t e ra c t w i t h a n d s e r ve c l i e n t s eve r yd ay ! I ’ve b e e n f o l l ow i n g a l o n g w i t h T F N ’s wo r k t h i s p a s t ye a r a n d I ’m t r u l y a s t o u n d e d by t h e wo r k t h a t h a s b e e n c re a t e d t h i s ye a r. TFN is a phenomenal RSO made up by dedicated and brillant students,
so
I
encourage
everyone to continue to be i nvo l ve d , c re a t e yo u r ow n p a t h , a n d m o s t i m p o r t a n t l y, e n j oy t h e f re e d o m t o c re a t e !
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