002houston July 09:002houston
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
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Photography by LastnightPics.com
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cue from fashion designers, our cover and fashion spread are full of colorful optimism. As we try to move forward with our newly acquired responsible consumerism, decked out in our newly acquired Louboutins which we scored at one quarter of the price – we can’t help but smile at the thought of what was once unattainable. While department stores are slashing prices to the dismay of designers who slave over production and design, a slew of shopaholics are glued to gilt.com or outnet.com snatching up the deals of a lifetime. How long will this last I wonder?
BEATRICE VALENCIA | CARLA VALENCIA de MARTINEZ
If the above was a completely foreign language to you – consider yourself lucky. Fashion has been at the forefront of our culture for years, dictating how we want people to perceive us. I battle with this. My love for all things well made, limited edition and beautiful can be at times frivolous (and expensive). I’ve learned that if I don’t LOVE it, dream about it and simply cannot imagine life without it – I don’t need it. I don’t remember when I was a girl having friends say that they wanted to be a designer or model when they grew up. But my close friend Milo’s daughter Isabella answers, “I want to make the clothes the models wear.” Proving my point that fashion has saturated mainstream and is perceived as a fun, glamorous realm. On that note, the fashion issue is always fun to produce! At this month’s photo shoot we had an abundance of interns, writers, stylists – Edward Sanchez for hair and makeup who is himself a party in a box – to make our shoot, well, fun! Turn to page 42. We’ve added a special section this issue called The Scene where we wrap up an über-social spring season of events with post-event coverage. This pic of me and our Associate Editor/Sister/BFF Beatrice Valencia was taken at the culmination of our Are You the Face of Houston? contest at the Alden Hotel. Read all about that and a plethora of others on page 30. Learn how to fix unsightly hems and sew a button in this month’s it’s cool to be sew crafty on page 56. Or learn how to paint, as our not so artistically inclined Jeff Lane learns on page 24 at a new concept in Houston. Enjoy this vibrant issue of 002houston and embrace your inner fashionista!
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PUBLISHER alejandro martinéz ext 16 a.martinez@002mag.com EDITOR AT LARGE | FASHION DIRECTOR carla valencia de martinéz ext 13 c.valencia@002mag.com CONTRIBUTING EDITOR victoria bartlett ART DIRECTOR alex rosa ext 17 arosa@002mag.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR | EVENTS beatrice valencia ext 11 bvalencia@002mag.com ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER william king ext 18 w.king@002mag.com ADVERTISING EXECUTIVES carlos valencia ext 12 cevalencia@002mag.com jarrod klawinsky ext 15 jklawinsky@002mag.com
isabel terraso ext 14 isabel@002mag.com beenish ahmad beenish@002mag.com PHOTOGRAPHERS kim coffman, kennon evett, jill hunter/wonderful machine, jaime lagdameo, gabriella nissen, daniel ortiz, jack potts, anthony rathbun, aaron m. sprecher, sofia van der dys CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS jacob andrzejczak, bernard bauri, m. butler, james evans, gochman, jennifer’s photography, monica kressman, ralph smith, federico villamayor, jenny wang, michelle watson for lastnightpics.com, arnea williams CONTRIBUTING WRITERS michael andre adams, allison bagley, michael garfield, sarah gish, patricia gras, sandra gunn, travis jones, jeff lane, hal lynde, nadia michel, tim moloney, jenni rebecca stephenson, kristina vaquero-nemec, lance scott walker, jenny wang, scott ward INTERNS mary rose kesser, aide ramirez, mindy schultz FOR SUGAR LAND SALES
Bright and Blooming Photography: Gabriella Nissen Models: Thomas Urgento + Jasmine Boone for Page 713. Art Direction: Alexandre Rosa + Carla Valencia de Martinéz Styling: Beatrice Valencia + Carla Valencia de Martinéz Makeup + Hair: Edward Sanchez Neiman Marcus neimanmarcus.com | Houston Premium Outlets premiumoutlets.com/houston | The Find thefindhouston.com | J. Silver 713.807.1644 OOPS!
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