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TAKE YOUR STYLE TO THE STREET THIS YEAR BY MAKING EVERYDAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THIS YEAR’S RESOLUTION: LET OUT THAT INNER URBAN OUTFITTER AND MAKE YOUR DAY-TODAY LOOK ICONIC. CAPTURE THAT SWAG AND UPLOAD IT TO INSTAGRAM, AND ADD #STREETSTYLE.
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Table of Contents QUEEN 6.KALIFORNIA KYLIE JENNER’S INSTAGRAM STYLE
LOOK 11.LONDON ASHLEY MADEKWE’S BLOG
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BLOCK IS HOT 17.THE STYLE THAT SIZZELS KAT 18. KOOL WHAT MAKES A GOOD STREET LOOK NEW WAVE 22. NEW YEAR STYLE RECKLESS 23.PRETTY NEW YEAR STYLE IT SPRING 24.CALL NEW YEAR STYLE 25. INCEPTION NEW YEAR STYLE THE DAZE 28.REMEMBER NEW YEAR STYLE
SOUNDBOARD
OF 2014 31.SOUNDS ALBUMS FOR THE NEW YEAR FROM 36.LETTER THE EDITOR GREEN 37.GO WAYS TO RECYLE STYLE
STYLE REFLECTION
SIMPLE LIFE 43. THE STYLE REFLECTION ON BLAKELY HILL
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HOFFMAN 48.MARA 2014 SWIMWEAR VON FURSTENBURG 49.DIANE SPRING/ SUMMER 2014 TAYLOR 50.REBBECA SPRING/ SUMMER 2014
THE LOOKBOOK
52.BOHO-FIED 2014 STYLE WHITE BALANCE 53.2014 STYLE SCHOOL RULES 55. 2014 STYLE RETRO-RIGHT 58. 2014 STYLE FOR THE PAGES 60.FASHION BOOTH MOORE LOS ANGELES TIMES
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e know her best from her family’s reality show “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” and any given Sunday we see Kim Kardashian’s youngest sibling Kylie Jenner grace us with her swanky, soCal style with a Heroine Chic twist. Jenner describes her style as edgy and fun and dresses in a fashion similar to her older sister Kim, but adds her own embellishments that create an eclectic look. Jenner has already made style revelations with sister Kendall. The two revealed their new exclusive collection at Pacsun called Kendall & Kylie earlier this year, including a jewelry line exclusively at Nordstrom called Metal Haven. “We have this long sleeve skater dress [that I love] and it’s mesh in the middle.” Jenner said in an interview from Glamour magazine. “I [also] love leather pants--I’m obsessed with leather right now. Jenner also gets style tips from the fashion-forward Kanye West. When asked by Glamour Magazine if she had any favorite pieces from his latest collection she says she’s awed by all of it. “I love all his stuff,” Jenner said. “He’s been showing me a bunch of stuff but I haven’t really seen the final [product].But I might stop by the store and just get everything.” She uses Instagram to debut her style obsessions to followers interested in the same fashion. Through every filter Jenner rises as a style icon to the up and coming generation adding a 90s flare to a new wave of fashion.
THE POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY BRACELETS WATCHES, BANDS, AND THE ENDLESS LOOK MAKE FOR AN EVEN GREATER LIST OF FOLLOWERS AND A CLASSIC STYLE.
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MEN, LETS GET REAL, WE KNOW YOU ENJOY YOUR FASHION SPLURGES JUST AS MUCH AS SOME OF US GIRLS. EMBRACE IT, THERE’S PROBABLY A KID WONDERING WHERE YOU GET SUCH CHIC THREADS ANYWAY. SHARE YOUR INTELLIGENCE AND INSPIRE A LOOK.
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Lucky London girl, how Ashley Madekwe summed herself up in three words to Glamour UK magazine, but we think she might have left out stylish. From her trendy style on ABC’s “Revenge,” Madekwe takes her street chic style intertwined with a playful palette to Instagram. “Creating a character is about what they look like,” she said to Cosmopolitan magazine. “The look speaks volume to the audience. Our costume designer is good at letting me be involved. She brings me a rack of clothes and we go through them together. The styling is ultimately up to me.” Madekwe also has a fashion blog called Ring My Bell
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What you wear when you’re walking down the street, in the car, and just out with friends says something about you. Whether it’s slacker chic, trendy, edgy, sophisticated, or cool it’s time for people to recognize. Men’s fashion has definitely transcended from cargos and t-shirts, let them see you through style. Get your style on point this new year, and get comfortable in your own skin, not just what you think you should wear. Go out and discover new ways to do things, put them together, and explore your options. Everyone has a look, what’s yours?
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Explore your style this New Year by taking it wear it’s never gone. New Year means new look, develop a palette by first starting with things that you feel that you’ve never really thought you could pull off. There’s no better time to reinvent. Show a different side of you this new year by seeking out the no man’s land of your style spectrum.
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Menswear PRETTY RECKLESS This year take a left turn, and do something dangerous. There’s nothing better than a guy who can take a risk here and there with his appearance. New Year’s resolution: don’t play it safe with style— embrace your wild side.
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With Spring on the rise there’s no better time to start planning. Pull out all those boisterous colors that weren’t so appropriate for the fall, and see what you can make of a colorful wardrobe. It’s time to get loud with your look, let your personality come through this season.
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REMEMBER THE DAZE Look back at what you’ve done in the past with your style. What do you want to take with you? And what can stay in the past? It’s never wrong to look back as long as it’s in support of the current look you’re in favor of. Remember, in order to develop a style you need consistency. Find a piece that’s always worked out and incorporate it with what you want for the new year.
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D E C# OR YOUR CLOTHING CRAZE ONLY TAKES UP ABOUT 45 PERCENT OF YOUR STYLE, IT’S TIME TO DEBUT THE OTHER 55 PERCENT: DECOR. RELEASE YOUR INTERIOR INTELLIGENCE WITH #DECOR, AND FIND OTHERS THAT HAVE A SIMILAR DESIGN TASTE.
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WELCOME TO FASHION ADDICTS ANONYMOUS, SHARE SOME OF YOUR BIGGEST STYLE WEAKNESSES AND THOSE THAT YOU’VE EXPERIMENTED WITH.
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Letter From the Editor
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n this issue of the Catwalk we decided to do things a little differently with adding not only a menswear section, but a section for everything looks, the catwalk, and music. Including one for our very own style reflection which features junior Blakely Hill. We decided to put Blakely on the cover, she has the very sweet and simple style but through her own embellishments and creativity there’s a sense of fashion that’s she has mastered and created into an everyday look. This edition mainly focuses on style goals for the new year. With a resolution for almost every page. We wanted to share our style expectations for the new year with the ultimate resolution that this year we should all let out style out of the closet. It says so much about the person who wears it, and it’s time we all own up to wanting not only to be “in” but to be ourselves. What better start off the year than to make the promise that 2014 you will look like you. Another special thing we added to this issue was more social media, with spreads featuring some of the most popular fashion hashtags out there including Instaglam spreads featuring Kylie Jenner and Ashley Madekwe. I can already tell we’re ready for 2014 . New Year, new style with a new attitude. Stay true to you with your new year style!
COVER LOOK: Blakley Hill
CALL IT SPRING: menswear look
INSTAGLAM: Kylie Jenner and Ashley Madekwe Instagram style.
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Haute Hippie jacket, swan multi, $495. Sleeveless blouse, moss, $195 at Nordstrom and nordstrom.com. (Nordstrom/MCT)
COLOR CODE
The color of clothing matters, if it’s something that looks close to the shade that’s in keep it, and pair it with something from the current season.
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SOMETHING OLD + SOMETHING NEW
Some designers like to look back in order to come up with something new, and that applies to the patterns they’ve used in the past. If you see the same style on a current rack somewhere reuse that bag that’s a couple of seasons old.
Sometimes you may find yourself in dire need of that old pair of jeans, or that shirt. If it’s something that looks amazing with something that you’ve recently purchase why through it out? Save it for a rainy day.
BLURRED LINES
Hudson Jeans ‘Krista’ stripe super skinny jeans ($154); Theory ‘Sorcha’ silk top, $170 and Lauren Ralph Lauren silk infinity scarf, $45, all at Nordstrom and Nordstrom.com. (Nordstrom/MCT)
USE ON OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED STYLE HASHTAG ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, AND DOCUMENT YOUR EVERYDAY STYLE. CREATE YOUR ONLINE LOOK BOOK WITH A SERIES OF PHOTOS WITH #OOTD.
Instagram: @fashionablehits, @fashionaddict495, @caroline_helene, @__Petra_x, @mongrammedprep, @bulletprooflights
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GOOD DEEDS If all else fails and it’s time to depart from that once great piece of clothing take it to your local Goodwill, and give it to someone who would love to have it.
BEAUTY MARK Sometimes all a good piece of clothing needs is your touch. Add your own embellishments to it, and create not only a more current look, but something that resembles you.
RETRO CHIC
Those pieces of clothing that haven’t seen the day of light in ages could potentially benefit your New Year style. Retro works, see what you could pair your vintage finds with that can make them look like they just came off the runway.
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Fashion trends for spring include global prints, like those found in this Marc by Marc Jacobs mixed-print jersey dress, cotton, multi, $258. In Individualist at Nordstrom and nordstrom. com. (Nordstrom/MCT)
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The Catwalk
MARA HOFFMAN
It’s only January and yet we’re already scoring Mara Hoffman’s 2014 ready-to-wear swimwear line off of Bloomingdale’s, Saks Fifth, and anywhere we can find such an eclectic print. Hoffman’s previous collections feature a very similar design, but this one shines brighter with greater hue. This collection also features tie die pieces, something that hasn’t been on our radar since early 2011. A relaxing bohemian look is something this collection offers with a playful tone that’s bound to make Spring Break through Memorial Day a time of whimsical leisure.
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DIANE VON FURSTENBURG Diane Von Furstenberg debut her Spring/ Summer line with a radiant, gaudy color scheme, eclectic patterns and cuts that resemble a very simple yet refreshing style for the season to come. It all seemed so calm and put together, with easy pieces to develop a chic look for the next summer style. Pieces that could work for dressy and casual encounters were both displayed all with a hint of elegance we knew Ms. Furstenburg would of course add.
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REBBECA TAYLOR A perfect combination of floral chic prints and a diverse Spring flare defined Rebecca Taylor’s 2014 Spring/ Summer collection. She was right on the dot with this collection, classic but with an edgy twist that features pieces that say so 2014. The consistency and eclectic style of each item balanced itself, and ultimately created the idea of what we wanted to see this season. Anything goes with this collection simple elegant pieces that transcend into suave-esq, casual blends that add a certain relevance to what a look should define this year. Light and playful meets an exciting twist with looks so clean and easy to put together we’ve already ordered half the line from Neiman’s.
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#BAG A BAG SAYS A LOT ABOUT ITS CARRIER. SHARE THAT HOT NEW TOTE YOU’RE SPORTING THIS NEW YEAR WITH #BAG.
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BOHO-FIED Relax this year, and let style choose you. Enter the New Year with a bohemian vibe. Eclectic patters, shoes, and gaudy jewelry will make 2014 a time of leisure and good spirits.
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WHITE BALANCE Go neutral this New Year with a simple color palette that will make your look clean and chic. Whites, taupe, and greys will make a more simplistic look spectacular.
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PAY TRIBUTE TO SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE STYLE ICONS WITH A PICTURE OF A LOOK BY THEM THAT YOU’RE IN ABSOLUTE AWE OVER.
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WHO DOESN’T LOVE KARL?
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SCHOOL RULES Go back to school with a new attitude and a new look that goes with it. New Year’s resolution: style you the way you want people to see you. Make a mark on fashion in your own sense so that years down the road you have something you can remember those dreaded years by.
T’S FRIDAY NIGHT, YOU’RE OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS IN THE FINEST PARTY ATTIRE. TAKE A MOMENT, SNAP A PICTURE OF HOW GREAT YOU’RE LOOKING AND SHARE IT.
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RETRO RIGHT Go retro this New Year, and take style back. Let 2014 in as a time to look back at all those fashion trends gone wrong, and pick apart the still chic styles that you could wear today.
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FASHION FOR THE PAGES BOOTH MOORE LOS ANGELES TIMES
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“Perry Ellis: An American Original” is the first monograph devoted to the 1970s- and ‘80s-era sportswear designer who mentored Marc Jacobs, Isaac Mizrahi and many others. The lavish book includes editorial, ad campaign and runway images unearthed from the archives of L.A.-based photographer Erica Lennard, with whom Ellis worked almost exclusively, as well as sketches and other historical material. Ellis, born and raised in Virginia, came on the scene at the same time Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein were launching their businesses in New York. But instead of Anglo American heritage or Minimalist polish, Ellis built his brand on clean-cut American style in the form of effortless soft tailoring, including giant-shouldered coats over straight corduroy skirts and baggy pants worn with shrunken hand-knit sweaters. Much of his clothing had a collegiate feel that the designer himself described as “the slouch look.” And, indeed, the book tells the story of his first major fashion show, for the fall 1978 season, for which Ellis imported Princeton’s cheerleading squad to lead a pep rally on the runway. The book offers insight to connect the dots to Jacobs, who was mentored by Ellis at the Parsons School for Design and who eventually took over the brand in 1988 after Ellis died. Jacobs showed his own “slouch look” with the 1992 grunge collection he designed for the Perry Ellis label. As Jacobs writes in the foreword, “Perry, for me, offered the possibility that American fashion could be fashion as I imagined it. It could have a voice: young, personal, whimsical, emotional, creative _ something that pulls at your heart.”
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#COLOR OF O IN WITH A BANG THIS NEW YEAR AND START OFF WITH THE FESTIVE ORCHID COLOR STYLE CASTERS AND PANTONE PREDICTED. STYLE RESOLUTION: ADD THIS PLAYFUL HUE TO FIT MY WARDROBE FOR THE NEXT 365 DAYS.
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EDITOR
Tyler Hooks
COVER LOOK
Photographed by Tyler Hooks Featuring Blakely Hill
SOCIAL MEDIA STYLE
Photos from Kylie Jenner’s Instagram Story written by Tyler Hooks Photos from Ashley Madkewe’s Intagram Story written by Tyler Hooks
MENSWEAR
THE BLOCK IS HOT Photography by Kristina Wilde and Juanjo Zanabria Masaveu “What makes a good street style” written by Tyler Hooks MEN’S STYLE GUIDE Photography by Jon Millner
SOUNDBOARD
1. Yeezuz, 2. Helios, 3. Mind Over Matter, 4. 20/20 Experience, 5. St.Vincent, 6. Pure Herione, 7. Underground Luxury, 8.Louder, 9. Native, 10. Somewhere Somehow, 11. Bad Blood, 12, Midnight Memories, 13. Beyonce, 14. Basic Vacation, 15. Journals, 16. Artpop, 17. Paradise Valley, 18. Random Access Memoires, 19. The Wire, 20. AM, 21. Bangerz, 22. Plans, 23. Yours Truly, 24. The Blesses Unrest, 25. Good Kid, Maad City, 26. Direct Hits, 27. Tattoos, 28. Magna Carta/ Holly Grail, 29. Bankrupt!, 30. Red, 31.Love in the Future, 32. Halcyon Days, 33. Modern Vampires of the City, 34. Nothing Was the Same, 35. Night Visions, 36. Prism
STYLE REFLECTION
Photography by Tyler Hooks and Colin Morris Featuring Blakely Hill
THE CATWALK
Photography by Christopher Macsurak Reviews written by Tyler Hooks
LOOK BOOK
Photography by University of Salford Press Office “Fashion for the Pages” written by Booth Moore (c)2013 Los Angeles Times Visit the Los Angeles Times at www.latimes. com Distributed by MCT Information Services
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LAST LOOK Make this year something to remember, by adding your personality to your style. Make it about you, and what you want to see. New Year’s resolution: make everyday something to remember, and to let your personality shine brightest in your style.