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WHAT’S INSIDE
Vintage Norma Kamali dress (available at V by 69)
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ASCOT FRIDAY featured blogger
AN ISOLATED OBJECT fine art
WELCOME
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FEATURED BLOGGER(S)
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fashion
JOIE ET TRISTESSE
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THIS IS EAST VAN
JOIE ET TRISTESSE fashion
FIRE GIRL
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MARKET
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fashion
BEAM AND ANCHOR
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AN ISOLATED OBJECT fine art
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fashion
welikewelove
a magazine about sharing the things you like & love
issue 12 * our MAKE YOUR MARK issue!
ALYSSA YUHAS Creative Director / alyssa@welikewelove.com
LIZ FIELD Managing Editor / liz@welikewelove.com
MAKE YOUR MARK SHANE YUHAS Staff Photographer / shane@shaneyuhas.com
JOSH NAUD Copy Editor
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FRONT COVER PHOTOGRAPHER / Taylor Kent American Apparel Chiffon Skirt SwayChic Denim Acid Washed Bustier SwayChic Arrow Armband / PG 46
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“Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.” - Barack Obama We believe that each person is capable of making a mark on the world. To create something positive and meaningful in our communities, cities, countries - wherever we find ourselves. We also believe this is hard work. Wherever you find yourselves in the midst of this journey this spring, we encourage you to keep going. We want to encourage you to not allow failures and set backs long the way to harden your hearts or to shame you into inaction and apathy. We want to encourage you to persevere, to hold fast and to keep doing the hard work required to find your place and make your mark. Because we think you're pretty special. – from the WLWL girls
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FEATURED BLOGGER ascotfriday.typepad.com LAURA, Senior Visual Manager at Anthropologie, Los Angeles, CA
Born and raised in SoCal, went to school for Fashion Design, married 10.5 years with 2 little boys. I love going on adventures (big or small) with my family, documenting life with video & pictures, and we seem to always have a house beautification project going on. I work full-time for Anthropologie as a Visual Manger. I like to make the most out of my weekends by packing in as much fun as possible!
5 LIKES & LOVES 1 tortilla chips 2 vintage t's 3 warm weather 4 arrows 5 the weekends
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FEATURED BLOGGER targetdoesitagain.tumblr.com
FOUR QUESTIONS Why did you start blogging, and what do you love about it? I started blogging almost 5 years ago as a way to gather and place things that inspire me in one place. I love being inspired daily by other bloggers, and in turn love being able to inspire the people that read my blog. When you aren't blogging, what would we find you doing? Thrifting or going to Target or on an adventure. We love your style! How would you describe your style & how has it changed (or remained the same) since you started blogging? Who are your style icon(s)? Layered, edgy, bohemian // the Olsens (cause they layer better than anyone else), Erin Wasson (cause she always looks so effortlessly cool), and Australia (cause the style that comes out of that continent is crazy good). What are some must-have items or trends you are excited about for Spring/ Summer 2013? Printed harem pants, rings on all fingers, ankle boots & distressed denim.
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FEATURED BLOGGER bjonesstyle.com/blog BETH, Fashion/Lifestyle Blogger & Stylist, Orange County, CA
I started out with theatre in my future, then landed in boring corporate America. Loved fashion forever, but never saw it as a career until I moved from South Carolina to California in 2002. After some stale, uncreative jobs I started a blog called The Vintage Society in 2007. The blog started taking me in the direction I'd always wanted to move in, but never knew how to. I also signed on as a brand ambassador and online fashion editor for Quiksilver Women. I started styling and re-named my blog to be B. Jones Style. From there my brand grew and my blog became my full time gig.
FEATURED BLOGGER
FOUR QUESTIONS Why did you start blogging, and what do you love about it? I started with a blog called The Vintage Society in 2007, and then changed it to B. Jones Style in 2011. I love the creative freedom that comes with having a blog, and I love that I can do it whenever and wherever I am. When you aren't blogging, what would we find you doing? Playing with my son, who is only a few months old. I'm exploring life as a new mom. I love spending time with my husband doing just about anything or hanging out with friends. Other than that, I'm probably digging through a thrift store, flea market or antique shop on my own time. We love your style! How would you describe your style & how has it changed (or remained the same) since you started blogging? Who are your style icon(s)? I'm pretty eclectic, but usually my looks involve vintage pieces. I love being inspired by a quirky vintage piece and building my look around that. Of course, my style has changed some since blogging because it's been six years but overall the ideas are the same. I've always worn vintage pieces and played with new and fun ideas. Taking photos of myself did help me to learn what actually is flattering and looks good on me, so that has changed some. I'm also way more exposed to fashion now than I was in 2007. The blog/internet world hadn't exploded then so I didn't see looks from all over the world all the time. What are some must-have items or trends you are excited about for Spring/Summer 2013? I love the black and white trend with a 60's spin. I'm also having a major 90's moment right now too.
5 LIKES 1 My husband 2 My son 3 My family & friends 4 My pup 5 My life
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Joie et Tristesse Creative Direction & Styling / Leah Van Loon, leahvanloon.com Photography / Gerard Yunker, gerardyunker.com Hair / Jessica Smith from Hedkandi Salon, hedkandisalon.com Make-Up / Nicki Befus from Artists Within, artistswithin.com Model / Janessa Dornstauder from Mode Models, modemodels.com Florals / Lil' Pink Daisy Floral, lilpinkdaisyfloral.com SHOT ON LOCATION AT the Westinghouse Foundry, westinghousefoundry.com Uniquities, uniquities.ca (available for rental)
Paul Hardy top and skirt, Chantelle lingerie
Dolce & Gabbana dress, Paul Hardy choker and shoes, Stylist's own socks
Paul Hardy top and bracelet
Paul Hardy cape and cuffs, Stylist's own gloves
Paul Hardy top, pants, and bracelet
Paul Hardy dress, shrug, and belt
Dolce & Gabbana dress
beamandanchor.com
In the Winter of 2011, Robert and Jocelyn Rahm had a carpe diem moment and decided that life was too short to not pursue their dream. With a passion for great design and the desire to support local makers, Beam & Anchor was born. They found the ideal venue for their vision in a handsome yet neglected 7,000 square foot building amidst an industrial landscape in North Portland. Along the way, they met Currie Person, who has since become an integral partner in the creation of the retail experience. The Beam & Anchor store is comprised of an evolving selection of carefully curated pieces, including custom-made furniture, art, ceramics, jewelry, home goods, and beautifully crafted items for travel, work, and living.
When I first walked into Beam & Anchor, my senses were a bit bewildered and not at all prepared for what I found inside. Housed in what was once a old car repair garage, the seemingly industrial architecture suggested a cold and stark interior when I approached the building. Instead, I was invited inside by something of quite the opposite. Soft lighting and the smell of handmade soaps, oils and perfumes took me first. Bathed in this soft light, it was as if the exposed wooden beams and concrete floors were given the chance to show their warmth and protectiveness, instead of having to always prove their strength and industriousness. They welcomed me next. As I made my way through vintage and refurbished furniture, hand-crafted leather goods, jewelry, and stationary, I felt more like I was in a museum than a retail space. Founded by wife and husband duo Jocelyn and Robert Rahm, and run with a team of talented makers and thinkers, Beam & Anchor is home to a retail space downstairs, as well as a creative workshop upstairs. In the upstairs studio space furniture makers, leather workers, upholsterers, and soap makers operate their businesses and make up only a fraction of the goods sold in the retail space. “My husband and I wanted to do something collaborative for years, so it was this ongoing conversation we’d been having. We got unhappy enough with what we’d been doing that we decided to do what we wanted... we just had to find what that thing was, and how to make it viable,” says Jocelyn.
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As many who bravely step out into the world of following their dreams would tell you, timing often has a lot to do with it. In this case, blogs seemed to be dominating the design world making it more accessible and more consumable to a wide and varied audience. Jocelyn also accredits the accessibility of the creative environment in Portland to the store's success. With a cost of living that allows people to entertain their creativity at a different level than residents of San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York, the citizens of Portland have created a burgeoning community of creative expression. Both with backgrounds in community development, the Rahms wanted to engage with this community further and revive their dormant artistic skill sets.
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“We really wanted to create a vehicle that facilitated that community and what was happening. We put those ideas together and it just made sense to have a retail space where we could showcase local makers and generate community. We wanted to have a space that allowed for dialogue and cross pollination and collaboration. That was really the vision. And then it was just a matter of lining things up: the right space and finding the right people who would also be invested in the vision that we had,” says Jocelyn. In total, Beam & Anchor has curated goods from more than 300 vendors throughout the retail space, approximately 75 per cent of which are local. Customers are usually design savvy or willing to pay to invest in local makers and support products that are meaningful to them. The shop is filled with found and new objects that have compelling stories. An object has texture and history because it's been around for a while, or it's been reinvested in, giving it a new story, or the maker created it and gave it a story. “Our market is a group of people also compelled by those stories, and willing to pay for those stories. They’re willing to pay a little more for hand crafted beautiful things. Even customers who aren’t design savvy, they walk in and there’s this experiential element about what we’re trying to create at Beam & Anchor. And they can’t necessarily articulate why they might like it, but they do.” And for those of us not living in Portland, we can rejoice - an online shop will be up soon! For more photos of the Rahms' beautiful space, information about Beam & Anchor's resident makers, and to stay up on the latest, visit beamandanchor.com.
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_ A N I S O L AT E D O B J E C T _ Photography / Lisa Sorgini, lisasorgini.com
20 / Lisa Sorgini is an Australian photographer currently based in Melbourne, Australia. 'An Isolated Object is a series captured over a period of two months travelling throughout Europe. Each image presents a pronounced discrepancy between the empty and at times aimless veneer of global tourism and the rich cultural and historical memory to be found hidden within the surrounding environment. When viewed as a series, these isolated objects, detached from their context, reveal fragments of a history left behind by its inhabitants, suggesting that the landscape we move within is more than the sum of its physical and or tangible parts.'
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Les Jardins d'Eiffel, 2012.
Spreepark 2, 2012.
Jordaan, 2012.
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Bordertown, 2011.
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Spreepark ,2012.
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Les Jardin des Tuileries, 2012.
Louvre, 2012.
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Corniglia, 2012.
FIRE GIRL
Photography / Jennifer Dickinson, jenniferdickinson.ca Styling / Chelsea Asher, dear-edithe.com Hair & Make-Up / Angie Di Battista using Make Up For Ever cosmetics & Kevin Murphy hair care, angiedibattista.com Model / Bri with Elmer Olsen, elmerolsen.com
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Vintage 1930s overcoat (available at Rescue Vintage)
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LEFT / Vintage lace robe Wilfred slip Stylist's own belt Caitlin Power pant Gravity Pope shoes RIGHT / Vintage jacket (available at V by 69) Vintage dress Stylist's own belt
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Vintage blouse Caitlin Power leather shorts
Vintage Anne Klein blouse and leather pant (available at V by 69) stylist's own scarf
LEFT / 1960s beaded jacket (available at Rescue Vintage) Vintage silk blouse Stylist's own tie RIGHT / Sam & Lavi blouse (available at Rescue Vintage) Vintage Norma Kamali trouser (available at V by 69) Gravity Pope shoes
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Caitlin Power dress Wilfred slip Vintage Calvin Klein belt stylist's own leather jacket
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Caitlin Power leather peplum top and pencil skirt
" Culture is something we build as a community. It is wonderfully layered, complex, dirty and beautiful. It is respecting the place you live, the people in it and celebrating every aspect of it." LIKES & LOVES ROB: I love catching a good matinee – it feels like you're somehow cheating the world. I love a good slightly dirty, loud Vietnamese restaurant. I love my lady and literally everything about her. I love my neighbourhood. I also love a nice scotch. ERIN: stories of all kinds, friends and family, home and the person I share it with, watching the trains from our balcony, a good dive bar in a new city.
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thisiseastvan.com “Much like the progressive community that is East Vancouver, the photos demonstrate the diversity of its people, art, design, food and architecture. It soon became clear that the This Is East Van project was going to be a candid snapshot, an authentic glimpse, of this diverse neighbourhood right now. Real images, by real people, in a very real, and vibrant community. The collection of photos in the books give just a taste of East Vancouver. It would be impossible to capture it all, and that of course is part of the neighbourhood’s allure.” - from thisiseastvan.com
East Vancouver has a long history as a diverse urban community whose fabric is woven together by varying ethnic communities, a vibrant artistic presence and progressive thinkers. This strong sense of identity is the pride of many of its residents. Two such residents, Erin Sinclair and Rob Forbes, wanted to celebrate the many sides of East Vancouver through community art. Together, they are the faces, brains and hearts of This Is East Van, a photography project that publishes books of photos by community members showcasing what East Vancouver is to them. Since its inception in 2010, thousands and thousands of photos have been submitted, two books have been published (with a third in the works) and a community has rallied around Sinclair and Forbes to join in their celebration. They took some time to chat with us about where they started, what the experience has been like, and what they have up their sleeves for the future.
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WLWL: WHAT SPARKED THIS IS EAST VAN (TIEV) INTO EXISTENCE? TIEV: We started TIEV because we felt like there is something happening in East Vancouver right now that is begging to be captured. The growth can be seen around every corner with the neighbourhood changing at a pace and with an energy that is unlike anywhere else in the city. Because the changes are so substantial, we wanted to capture the community in a tangible way. To us, the answer was a book. GETTING IT MADE: CREATIVE PROCESS AND HOW TO DECIDE ON ALL THOSE PHOTOS TIEV: Our process with the first book grew and morphed as the project came into its own. Forming a plan as the project developed, made for a very steep learning curve. Because of this, the second book was much more planned, organized, and, well, sane. The way in which we chose the images is gut instinct first and then asking if the photo visually answers the question "What does East Van mean to you?". This is all done digitally and as soon as the photos arrive in our inbox. After the first round of edits, we print our choices and tape them all over our apartment walls, basically wallpapering our apartment with the most amazing images of our neighbourhood. We then spend a few weeks with the images, discussing their strengths, their stories, grouping and organizing them, and essentially keeping the strongest images that
portray East Vancouver. It's kind of crazy but it works for us. SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY In terms of sponsors, a lot of them contacted us which we have always thought of as a lovely reflection of the project itself: something that invites people to join in and to celebrate the place they call home. Other sponsors like Hemlock (our printers) we approached ourselves. The second book would not have been as beautiful, not to mention hard cover, if it wasn't for Hemlock and their generous donations. The project struck a chord with the Kouwenhoven family (who owns Hemlock) and they were behind us whole-heartedly. Andrew and Michelle at Scoutmagazine.com (our favorite website) have been staunch supporters of the project from the get go and have become great pals because of the project. WLWL: TIEV HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A COUPLE YEARS - WHAT IMPACT HAS TIEV HAD ON THE COMMUNITY IN EAST VAN? VANCOUVER-WIDE? TIEV: Its tough for us to see the project's full impact on the city because we are so close to it. What we can see is that it has created a micro-community of people interested in photography and community based projects. Some of our favorite stories are hearing about people being inspired to pick up a camera again because of the project. WLWL: WHAT DOES HAVING A LABOUR OF LOVE LIKE TIEV MEAN FOR YOU? TIEV: It means not a lot of sleep, but the addition of so many great people and their stories in our lives. A trade off that doesn't feel like a trade off at all. We are honoured to facilitate TIEV, not only because it continues to be one amazing adventure but also because it has made us fall in love with this part of the city and the people in it, again and again. WLWL: WHAT DOES CULTURE MEAN TO YOU? TIEV: Culture is something we build as a community. It is wonderfully layered, complex, dirty and beautiful. It is respecting the place you live, the people in it and celebrating every aspect of it. WLWL: WHERE DO YOU SEE TIEV IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? TIEV: We would like to do a third and final TIEV book and then take the project in an entirely different direction. Stay tuned!
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Model / Hannah Jones with Industry, LA Models, America's Next Top Model S.16 Photographer / Taylor Kent, taylorkenttakesphotos.tumblr.com Stylist / Lexington Matix, swaychic.com Hair & Make-Up / Meagan Schmitz, meaganschmitz.com Photo Assistant / Nicholas Weber, nickweberphotography.blogspot.com SHOT ON LOCATION AT the Hollywood Farmer's Market and the Melrose Flea Market
SwayChic Rust Pleated Trousers Apostrophe Front Tie Blouse Arie A. Beaded Shawl H&M Floppy Hat Jeffery Campbell Platform Sandals
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Eudia Teal Hat ElevenLand Mint Leggings SwayChic Floral Peplum Top Steve Madden Nude Pumps Hand Tooled Leather Vintage Purse StantonJames Gold Hoops SwayChic Tri-Glam Statement Necklace SwayChic Emerald Chain Necklace
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SwayChic Secret Garden Pants Kimchi Blue Floral Tank Block Island Blue Blazer SwayChic Owl Nacklace Vintage Ivory Rose tassle SwayChic Egyptian Earrings Lush Natural Green Turquoise Ring Eudia Silver Fish Necklace
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Shakuhachi Oversized Blazer SwayChic Floral Shorts SwayChic Pink Fringe Tank StantonJames Geo Necklace Urban Outfitters Brown/Tan Oxford Shoes
Mushrooms LA Funghi www. LAFungHI.com SwayChic Garden Of Versailles Chiffon Blouse SwayChic Just USA Shorts SwayChic Black Sheer Bodysuit Mrs. 88 "Los Angeles" Sneakers (88 Facebook Page) Urban Outfitters Gold Wristwatch Gold Chanel Earrings
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StantonJames Silver beaded bracelets SwayChic Sahara Cuff Black hat from Melrose Flea Market Handmade Rose Purse sold at "88" Beverly Hills SwayChic Black HighLow Dress "Vintage" Brand black boots
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Rossmore LA Silver Triangle Earrings Rossmore LA Crystal Earrings Stanton James "Safari Tusk" Silver necklace Mrs. 88 Sneakers (88 Facebook Page) Forever 21 Floral Pumps Vintage Paris Blues Jean Jacket SwayChic Mint Condition Swing Dress SwayChic Triangle Wrist Ring
Handmade Rose Purse Sold at "88", Beverly Hills (88 Facebook Page) American Apparel Chiffon Skirt Forever 21 Floral Pumps SwayChic Denim Acid Washed Bustier SwayChic Arrow Armband Gold Necklace sold at "88", Beverly Hills Earrings, Rossmore LA
Aleixia "Rock Angel" Scarf Jeffery Campbell Platform Sandals Love Mert Brown Leather Bag Nightcap Lace Bell Cutters H&M Denim Vest Josephine Chaus Corduroy Blazer
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Our mantra this issue is: { MAKE YOUR MARK } It is simple. Write it on your hand. Put it on your fridge. Don’t forget it.