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Stefano Padovani Editor & Ideator production@fashink.com Lucia Capelli Director Cristina Balestrini Creative Director advertising@fashink.com Andrea Tisci Fashion Editor fashion@fashink.com Elena Gentile Beauty Editor Stefano Guerrini Fashion consultant Talita Savorani Writer & Accessories contributor Isabella Gaspardo Foreing Consultant Anisoara Constantin Fitness & Healthcare Specialist Michelle Dorrell Baking Master Filomena Galietta Senior Logistic Coordinator

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Emilio Bergomi, Claudio Ciliberti, Mario Chiarenza, Michelle Dorrell, Davide Gariboldi, Samuela Nova, Davide Messora, Martina Pennacchio, Andrea Perego, Shelly Wahweotten, Lara Zibret

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FILOMENA GALIETTA

Focus point for Fashink editorials, Filomena became the Senior Logistic Coordinator for our fashion editor Andra Tisci.

DAVIDE MESSORA

The motorsports is part of his life, especially the motorcycle racing.

He have always been enthusiast about this wonderful world made of to two wheels, and he love everything he can capture of it.

LUCA ROSSINI

Luca Rossini, an in-depth expert of the world of basketball, after getting a degree in Communication Sciences has built up his specific knowledge of the field through his collaboration with several sports magazines.

LARA ŽIBRET

Born in Croatia, can’t keep for too long in the same place.

Addicted to traveling and completely in love with particular architecture.

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EDITORIAL Stefano Padovani

Talent is something we are born with.

It can neither be given as a gift nor bought, you cannot train in order to obtain it or attend schools or courses to learn how to make the most of it.

Child prodigies are born who as toddlers can do unthinkable things and who amaze us when their talent blossoms – be it sports-related, artistic, mathematical or musical. On the other hand, the vast majority of people is composed of ‘mere mortals’, people who were not as lucky as to be born with that extra something.

Some accept themselves just the way they are and peacefully go on with their lives, while others decide to try to somehow make up for this natural lack. Personally I’ve met athletes who have worked incredibly hard to perfect their skills and techniques and to reach their targets, and in fact have become champions. I’ve also met extraordinarily gifted sportsmen who sadly have wasted their own talent by adopting a wild lifestyle and indulging in all kind of excesses.

Over the last twenty years an incredible variety of schools has opened, teaching people how to cook, how to make tattoos (which is not the same as drawing), how to ride a bike and even how to become a porn star. I have no idea whether and how these courses can actually provide you with what can only be granted by talent and mother nature, but if there’s one thing they are guaranteed to give you is the illusion of having a chance of success – which rarely happens.

I believe that there is a specific destiny for every single one of us and that we all can make our dreams come true through self-discipline, persistence and a touch of recklessness. What is really important is to never give up and to fight back the dark side, that inner voice that too often tells us that we’ve had enough and that suggests that we should throw in the towel because ‘it’s not working’. According to a well-known sports world saying, the challenge is only over when you go past the chequered flag. We should keep on dreaming and never lose sight of the finishing line Stefano Padovani

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by TFG Fashion is a world by itself in the universe of style and its sovereign is King Giorgio.

The time when Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Gianfranco Ferré, Gianni Versace and many other masters of fashion dictated future trends is long gone.

Yet Giorgio Armani and his way of being, of thinking and representing fashion through his minimal chic style never went away: in fact, he once famously affirmed that ‘elegance does not mean being noticed, but being remembered’.

As a matter of fact, in his advertising campaigns elegant, sophisticated women and classy men are always portrayed impeccably, neatly, avoiding the use of any kind of visual trick.

In 2007, however, Giorgio Armani caught the whole fashion world by surprise. A new advertising campaign came out which broke away from his own classic aesthetic canons, featuring English footballer David Beckham, wearing nothing but a pair of Emporio Armani briefs and exposing his magnificent body in its entirety,

including his tattoos. It is precisely this detail that stunned most of the fashion insiders, given that so far the designer had never invited or approved of any eccentricity within the huge number of male and female models that had worked for him in his long career.

From that moment onwards, instead, his advertising campaigns have featured several tattooed models, as if sporting a tattoo had become some sort of ‘new normal’.

For us at Fashink noticing this huge change is definitely inspiring and reassuring.

If the King has consented to such a revolution, perhaps we are on the right track

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Cit. Giorgio Armani “[David] represents a notion of modern masculinity, as a sports hero, husband and father. He is also a man with a great sense of style”. There was a time when soccer players were not always considered to be fashion role models. David Beckham has helped to change that.”

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In issue #07 I told you about my journey through Thailand: now I will pick up from where I left you.

We left Bangkok heading to China, which for us was full of mysteries, after trying to get as much information as possible from tour operators.

Our first stop was Hong Kong, a metropolis that reminded me of the huge Western cities, with the obvious difference consisting in the local population. Our hotel was located on the 23rd floor and therefore had a breathtaking view, and even if the room was very small to us it felt like a luxury after our experiences in Thailand. After a quick shower we immediately went out to visit the

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tradition of making an offer, receiving some good luck little notes and burning them after reading them. During the three days that followed we acted as perfect tourists, taking pictures of everything and everywhere, wandering from small restaurants and food stalls to local attractions. This is something we could do this thanks to the fact that we were able to buy a professional camera for very little money, given that in this part of the world the extremely low custom fees make it possible to buy electronic devices at bargain prices.

Even though the only other tattoo studio that we could visit looked very Westernized, we were happy to stop and say hello to the artists without being rushed out again. Finally we headed back to our hotel, thinking about our next destination: central China and the golden dragon tour

only did full-body works, he couldn’t stop working until he had finished them all. At the moment his message was not very clear to me, but it became clear later on. Given that he only did full-body tattoo, he couldn’t tattoo a single reminder on me because he would never have finished it. After hearing a sudden noise, he hurried us out through a secondary door, because the police was coming into the studio and the regime severely forbad to tattoo Westerners. At this point all that we could do was to continue our tour of the city, which could only be superficial given its size and the language problems. However we managed to see the main sights and in particular the magnificent temple that lies on top of it. We took the cableway all the way up to the temple and when we reached it I realized that I had become a sort of attraction, since nobody else had any tattoos. The view over the city was sublime and the energy conveyed by so many faithful was really special. We had lunch near the temple, where everybody follows the

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founder of Milanese barber group Bullfrog, who asked him to join the company as a shoe shiner: this is when he finally decided to explore in depth his first love, that is topquality footwear, which had always been part of his DNA, learning the shoe shining techniques and developing ‘the art of patina’.

Andrea Gatti, AKA Old Randa, was born in the early ‘70s in Vigevano, a city in Northern Italy that is the European capital of shoemaking.

Since he was a child he had always seen his parents painting shoe soles, and all the people around him had peculiar jobs: his father’ dad was a painter while his mother’s was a craftsman. In spite of this, in the mid ‘80s he became a musician and played bass guitar for about six years; however, once he saw that his income remained insufficient he turned his passion for music and the experience he had made into a wellpaid job – he became a back liner, following musicians on tour and working as their PA for about seven years, during which he was so lucky as to work with living legends such as BB King. At this point Andrea felt worn out after so much travelling and thanks to his dear friend Anna, a make-up artist, he entered the world of television and started his career as a stage director for several Italian TV programmes. Regardless of the glamour of this milieu, after a number of years he felt he didn’t have much to say anymore, so he took a sabbatical year. He then met the

Fashink: How did you start producing your first footwear collection?

Andrea: After spending some time shoe shining and learning how to treat luxury footwear, I started to search for craftsmen willing to manufacture my own collection in small quantities – something that is quite difficult to achieve, given that the production of unconventional shoe styles requires large minimum quantities. I hate to say it, but even though Vigevano is full of footwear laboratories every single one of them gave me a ‘no’ for an answer when I showed them my project.

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footwear for the Bullfrog customers who brought it in to be freshened up and restored. My work was much appreciated by these high-level customers, who paid me a lot of compliments and spread the word around about me: this led to more work and therefore more first-hand experience in this field.

particular, suggested that I should contact a manufacturer in Brianza [a part of Lombardy in Northern Italy], who produced his own collection and might be able to help me. I called this company and they asked me to meet them the very same day. When I showed them my ‘experimental shoes’, so to say, all the company’s partners were positively impressed, and in fact they decided to help me out in the production of the raw unpainted footwear.

F: So this was becoming a real job for you.

A: Exactly. About a year later, the partners of my manufacturing company asked me to create a few one-off pieces to be sold through their own channels. I was obviously very happy to oblige, also because the person who until then had been my business partner had lost much of interest in our project. The two partners, who happened to be brothers, instead asked me if they could enter my small business as shareholders.

F: Did you already have something in mind for these shoes that were being produced for you?

A: To tell you the truth, after my self-made training, consisting of watching hundreds of videos on the subject and trying to understand and capture its secrets and techniques, my first experiments were performed on these shoes, which I had required to be made in crust, a type of material derived from several types of hides but always raw, which means totally white – the usual colour of hide after it has been treated and tanned.

I began by dabbling with different kinds of colours and dyes to see what happened. I also repainted

F: It took you relatively little time to become well-known: it surely has to do with the quality and uniqueness of your pieces.

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few seasons now we have been the only Italian manufacturer invited to present its collection in their stand at MICAM [top level international footwear tradesfair, nt] in Milan: apart from accepting orders, at the stand I also do live presentations showing how my shoes are created.

men’s clothing and accessories tradesfair worldwide, nt] in Florence for the first time and that on top of that several quite interesting orders were placed during it – something that doesn’t happen very often to newcomers. Besides, some time ago my business partner was contacted by the Japanese delegation dealing with craftsmanship in the world of footwear production and for a

F: So your collection is also renowned abroad, i guess.

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A: Over the last few months we have started to build our own e-commerce website precisely to reach the International market.

However, I produce a maximum of 40-50 pairs of shoes per month, so mine remains a niche product, even though I work on a weekend too and sometimes also after hours...

Most of my clients are eclectic characters, very fashion-conscious but also aiming at being original and unique: the so-called ‘dandies’, men who look for shoes to match the colour of their jacket’s buttonhole and who focus on other eccentric details, fully understand the spirit of my product.

undisturbed, with the only company of my beloved dog. After spending so much time amongst other people when I was a TV producer and a musician, now that I have built something that for the first time I feel is really mine I’d rather continue working on my own than perhaps thinking in a bigger scale at the cost of running the risk of betraying my real nature.

I don’t follow the classic rules of the footwear world: I have decided to work my way. The same goes for my personal style, from the clothes I wear to my tattooes.

F: Do you draw your inspiration from anything or anyone in particular?

F: Where do you create your pieces, if we may call them that way, given that they are one of a kind?

A: I often draw my inspiration from historical characters who have nothing to do with fashion or trends. For instance, one of my lines is called Joan Zoan, after the man who invented the darkroom.

Pioneer figures fascinate me, and I feel that I’m a bit of a pioneer myself. Zoan was also an explorer, who travelled to faraway countries and used to draw the unknown creatures he saw, portraying them in an abstract and subjective manner,

A: I am an extremely energetic person who needs an outlet for all this stamina, so I built my own laboratory myself. It’s a small space, but it lacks nothing and it is full of reminders and souvenirs of experiences and objects that have been (and still are) part of my life.

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contact all the people that I’ve met recently and those who have dropped by at Pitti. I also want to collaborate with a high school in order to teach, or better to transmit my experience to young people. I withhold no secret to myself, so I am more than happy to teach or pass on my notions to young people. After that I mean to relocate to a warm weather island with my family (my wife and my two children), so that I can start being a mammal, as I like to say. I will bring along my colours and continue painting, given that this is my biggest passion

the way he remembered them. These drawings of inexistent creatures are etched on the soles of my shoes.

Another character who inspired me is Leon Theremin, who around 1919 invented the theremin, a forerunner of electronic musical instruments that works using electromagnetic waves and has a very evocative sound that is often used in sciencefiction soundtracks.

F: What are your plans for the near future?

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Clio, born in Bergamo, Italy, started out as a salesgirl in one of the most popular hi-tech stores.

Unhappy with this opportunity for a career, she soon decided to take the hardest path to reach her dream of becoming a well-established business woman. She is now worldwide famous and is admired by hundreds of teenagers and fitness addicts that follow her blog daily.

She stands as an example for those who wants to have a better body and a healthier mind: her creed is fitness, that is not being better than someone else but is being better than you used to be.

Now Clio is 27 years old and she is a personal trainer and an athlete, but her outset was very different.

At a younger age, pushed by her family and anxious to show off her creativity, she decided to study film

direction in Rome. She had always dreamt of being a famous film director, but little by little reality turned out to be different and after three years later she understood that the world of art wasn’t what she expected it to be. Unable to express her inner world and emotions, she felt that she had let down her parents and had failed in life.

Upset and frustrated, misunderstood by her family, once back in Bergamo she didn’t know what to do with her life: tired of her occasional works as a model and pushed by a sense of rebellion toward her origins and traditions, she started to get tattooed - her own personal a against the stereotypes of the modeling world. Clio chose to embody not the classical beauty of the glossy magazines with whom her mother (a famous fashion journalist) used 24

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her family could not give her.

After studying to get her personal trainer diploma, Clio decided to create her own job: online personal training.

This consists in approaching new clients online, working on more personal relations in order to achieve better performances and to provide better services with cheaper outlays and a flexible working times.

In the past few months, she entered a program sponsored by the European community for young women with innovative business ideas.

Being the boss of her new company, it became easier for her to introduce herself as a young entrepreneur despite being tattooed something that had always been a limitation in the past. This daily activity of personalized training schedules, supported by videos and by her blogging activity, obtained a large amount of visualizations and increased her visibility as an athlete in the main international fitness magazines. Tattoo culture remains an important part of her dark personality, mostly represented by symbols related to esotericism and medieval iconography. Something that in Italy used to be a problem in the relationship with others people (and sometimes it still is) has become a characterization that is appreciated

to work, but an alternative, colorful, punk, unusual look.

After her study years far away from her everyday reality and the places of her childhood, coming back to her hometown was a real shock, both physically and emotionally. It was like being stuck in a situation of non-acceptance in a house where she didn’t want to live again.

Her loneliness was dragging her down into a spiral, towards the point of non return.

Obsessed with the concept of a body that had to be perfect in all its forms and expressions, she started to experience eating disorders. Luckily Clio was able to put a stop to to this bad habit by motivating herself to workout at the gym every day after her work at the mall.

She went from being a super skinny and unhealthy girl to turning into a fit person: it was then that through her dedication and efforts she regained her confidence and self-love.

She began to discover a different dimension, a world in which there were no more anger, pain, anxiety or negative thoughts, just the strong desire to better understand how her body worked and to try to help other people who had the same problems.

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and requested abroad not just an ornament but part of her inner growth.

Today her activity has expanded through the collaboration with others personal trainers and companies, in order to promote and develop the core of the tailor-made fitness business using tutorials and live chats for a continuous and direct contact with the instructor. This means 24 -hour customer care, without the traditional cost for this kind of service. The new challenge for Clio now is taking part to two important international fitness model competitions, one in Rhode Island and one in Miami, as well as becoming an iconic figure and the first Italian tattooed fitness model

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Sammy Ramirez Hernàndez was born in 1960 in the San Juan de Diòs neighbourhood, in the heart of Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The first tattoo he got was a small apple, symbolizing the original sin, which his friend Joe made in 1974 using basic methods. In 1981 he got his first professionally made tattoo (i.e. made using a machine) at Centavo de Oro Tattoo Shop in Tijuana, Mexico.

Was the first ever tattoo studio to open publicly in the entire Mexican federal republic, so it can be said that from there Mr. Tattoo and his assistant Raul Aceves made history. At first Sammy worked as an apprentice in several Mexican tattoo studios, including

Daniel Olguin’s Nosferatu Tattoo Shop, where he was employed in 1982. With the help of his mentor, Frank Garcia, from Anaheim, California, he opened his own studio in 1983, while in 1986 he opened Sammy Tattoo Studio.

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If something could represent my life, that something would be a painting canvas, on which I’ve been layering graphite, colours and emotions ever since I can remember.

My name is Giulia Del Bianco. I was born on August 4th 1988 and I distinctly remember myself aged three already using pencils and crayons and beginning to enjoy what would become the passion of my life – the theory and the practice of art.

When I was eight I decided I would go to art school, and this is what I actually did, studying for five years a number of techniques (classic figurative disciplines, etching, painting on glass and sculpture), anatomy and history

of art: my love for the latter drove me to go choose to get a degree in Science of Cultural Heritage, with a historicartistic specialization.

After getting a variety of different jobs, however, my life took a major turn when by pure chance I got hold of a tattoo machine (which happened to be pink) and started to perform on skin what I loved to do on paper. This marked the beginning of my current profession, but most of all of my greatest passion: transferring on skin everything good I get from people every day when I see them striving to improve themselves and to up the ante one day at a time, including my and their emotions.

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FASHINK: Nowadays lots of people like been tattooed and this means more work for you. How do you manage this without losing your artistic flair or diluting your creativity? Do you think that this can have a negative impact on your mind?

quite simply aesthetic motivations. I myself am a newcomer to this world, someone who still has so much to learn about it, but I am really keen on my clients having the clearest possible idea of why they are here in my studio – be it on personal, sentimental, emotional or purely aesthetic grounds.

SAMMY: For me it is very important to give each client all the necessary attention. Sometimes I choose to follow maximum two persons per day to assist them step by step in the realization of their tattoo. When I’m in Mexico, I happen to involve my whole family in the store, so that I’m able to devote at least two hours to each customer. I might actually have a lot more work, but I prefer not to take on more that I can manage, so that I can always give my best in each of my works, because it is thanks to my clients that I make my living.

F: Drawing permanently on people’s skin can be very difficult and requires a lot of attention and responsibility.

What made you choose this field instead of classic painting or body painting?

S: Because I come from the street, I started tattooing so that I could eat.

When I started out, I was part of a gang in San Andrés and I used to tattoo my friends and comrades in exchange for food and drugs. Later they began to come to me asking me to teach them what I knew. I started tattooing out of necessity, not because I had that much art in me. [It seemed that] Everything had already been decided, [fate decided] to make me a tattoo artist. In fact, it’s not me that tried to [enter the world of] tattoo, it is tattoo that found me.

GIULIA: Yes, I agree. Nowadays practically everybody has a tattoo and it could be said that tattoos have become a ‘must have’ (something that was hardly true twenty years ago), although personally I don’t see this as a negative thing, like many other people do... After all I myself, a tattoo artist, belong to the latest generation of tattooed people.

Therefore, in my opinion the issue is not so much why so many people get tattoos (which for us artists is obviously a mostly positive factor), but rather the reasons why they get them - conceptual, sentimental or

G: Working on somebody’s skin is a HUGE responsibility and I feel that most people unfortunately are not aware of this. I come from a painterly background and tattooing has allowed me to make the most of my artistic vein through my 36

profession, yet this fulfilment has a price and it’s the constant burden of this particular kind of responsibility.

So for me keeping in mind how risky this job is, and how different from other jobs this is in terms of everyday riskiness is crucial, and to me doing this job with the utmost passion is just as essential. I believe that the day this passion disappears a tattoo artist ought to be clearminded and honest enough as to give up tattooing.

for my mother, my father and my family. My job was to promote tattoos as a cultural expression. I did 22 tattoo events: [when I did] the first everybody was against it, the press, the mayor, everybody. But I am a man of culture and I’m teaching culture! At the beginning, when I was tattooing in the street, I was an ignorant person, but then I changed.

I now have two children, one 28 and the other 29 years old, and I am committed to make them study and complete their preparation, both artistic and cultural, because [when I was young] I had to go to Mexico City, which is eight hours away [from where I lived], to be able to introduce [my work] to the Union’s Congress [and] to educate people on tattoos. Back then, tattoos were [in a grey area] between legality and illegality, while now at last you can see tattooed people walking carefree down the streets.

F: The world of fashion still feels awkward about the world of tattoos.

In your opinion who or what can improve the relationship between them?

S: When I started out people in Mexico had a very closed mentality, [but now] they are much more open-minded: they see tattoos as a cultural expression and not as a [form of] denial or [of] aggression to the body. Because of the internet and [of] programs on tattoos, however, young people today are always looking for new tattoos that in the end have no meaning [at all], and [that] sometimes [are] not even worth engaging in...

Back in the day we were thirty mates with the same tattoo, because we did not have much access to art and creativity.

We used to always get new information every time we went to the marketplace to buy magazines

G: As I said earlier, in my opinion nowadays tattoos are part of people’s lives, of their look, of their way of communicating with other people, of expressing themselves, of rewarding themselves... In my opinion the Italian world of fashion is backwards on the matter, meaning that it has not yet fully accepted this phenomenon, yet I imagine and hope that this gap between reality and dummy-like models is overcome soon. By saying this I don’t mean to diminish or underplay the beauty 37

of a human body per se, but on the contrary to wish for a welcoming of those who instead have chosen to turn their skin into a much more ‘colourful’ canvas, so to say.

have asked for more! For me this is fulfilment, travelling the world to teach the meaning of tattoos.

G: I changed many jobs before I started tattooing, but as far back as I can remember I’ve always been a little girl with pencil and crayons in her hands and a thousand things in her head.

To be honest I would never have thought I could make a living through my passion for art: years ago I wrongly thought that turning it into a profession would spoil it somehow, so I always kept it at a distance, protecting it so that it could be enjoyed only by myself and few other people. A lucky chance, or better, strong pressure from a person I love very much, pushed me to start along this road, with a great deal of effort and reluctance... I can never thank this person enough for insisting, because now my job has become an essential part of me.

F: Before you became a tattoo artist have you had other jobs? What were your childhood dreams? What are your dreams today?

S: When I started tattooing I had two jobs: I worked in a factory and in the meantime I was a freelance tattoo artist.

However, when I saw that tattooing was becoming successful I left the factory job to devote myself full time [to tattooing]. April 7th marks 29 years since my shop opened to the public: it is the oldest in my country. Ever since I was little I’ve [always] been sure that my destiny was to [become a] tattoo artist. My dream was to be happy, and I am happy. I’m 56, I’m a millionaire, I have eight grandchildren, couldn’t 38

F: Every artist has his own style and the best ones are often copied. Is this a sign of success or does it bother you?

F: How much does your work affect your wellbeing?

S: Tattooing does not take up much of my life, it IS my life 24/7! It is the life of my children, of my wife and of my family. Sometimes we have to split up to be able to take part in different conventions around the world, because this is our life.

S: Now with Photoshop some tattoo artists alter a tattoo and obtain a custom design without [having to] sweat [for it]. I can even spend two months on a design to make it perfect, and this sometimes is tiring, but I know that this is the only way for me to give my best.

You have to be as original as possible: you can copy too, [but] then you [have to] just give it your own touch to make it unique.

G: I reckon that being a tattoo artist has such a deep influence on your way of life that it permeates your entire existence. There is not a single moment in your day when you are not a tattoo artist, you don’t think as one and you don’t feel like being around people who share a common passion – or at least, this is what it’s like for me. Living next to someone who is part of this world is not easy at all: you can either love it or hate it, but you cannot just stand aside and watch it from a distance

G: The day I ever worry about other artists copying my work means that I will have deserved it, and in that moment the last thing I will worry about is the fear of being copied. I think everybody should be sensible enough to understand by themselves how far they can go in this.

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S I M O N E F O N TA N A

Ever since he was a very young person Simone has always tried his hand at a number of different things.

He started studying accountancy and bookkeeping, but then he decided to choose foreign languages and then again community management, in which he got a diploma.

Today his personality hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changed one bit, and in fact he says that if he could turn back time he would choose yet another education field.

As soon as he finished school at the age of eighteen he started to look for a job, which turned out to be much more difficult than he thought due to the way he

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looked. Simone in fact had started to get tattoos done when he was thirteen, and by the time he finished school he had some of them on his face too. Before he got his tattoos he would tell his mother he wanted to get piercings done – the only problem was that he was only eight years old, so given that for obvious reasons his wishes could not be granted he resolved to express his eccentricity by using every possible kind of dye on his hair. His determination to get a tattoo done was however his reaction to a tragic moment of his life, the death of his beloved aunt, and in fact the writing on his back ‘proteggimi’ means ‘protect me’. This is why his parents, while naturally disapproving of his choice, deep down understood his reasons and accepted it. What they hadn’t taken into consideration, instead, was the fact that this might be only the beginning. As soon as he turned eighteen and therefore legally an adult, in fact, Simone started to get tattoos in the most visible parts of his body –his hands, neck, face and head. In spite of his definitely unconventional look, he finally got a job as a sales assistant in an international fast-fashion chain store. He is keen to stress how today it is much easier and common for people like him, who have a body image that used to be unwelcome, to get a job, and he is convinced that nowadays an ‘alternative’ look often actually opens doors for you instead of closing them. Things were getting surreal, to 46

the point that Simone now recalls with a smile young people walking up to him adoringly and asking to have their picture taken with him, as if he were some sort of celebrity. As a matter of fact, soon after that he was spotted by a number of model agencies and worked as a model, because in the meanwhile he had decided to become a tattoo artist and needed extra money to pay for his course. Simone was also a talented footballer and played with several Italian youth teams, including world-famous A.C. Milan.

The team managers, however, required him to remove his piercings before both trainings and matches, something which he could not oblige with anymore when he started to get tattoos, and these constrictions eventually drove him away from a potential career in football.

For young people his age Simone became an icon, equally loved and hated â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a striking contradiction that keeps on reappearing in his life. He got booked for events and occasions, yet there were people who were almost repelled by his look. He took part in TV shows, music videos by international pop stars and fashion shows both in Italy and abroad, seeing this as a little private revenge for all the times he had been rejected. On the other hand, being recognized can be a bit of a nuisance, especially when one wants to spend some time on oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own, or at least away from other people â&#x20AC;&#x201C; something he loves to do together with his much-loved dogs.

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Perpetual change is in his blood, so Simone began to think that Italy was merely a starting point for him. In countries such as the UK and Germany he almost felt alienated, precisely because of the indifference, the ease and the lack of prejudice with which â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;extremeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; characters like him were treated over there, while instead things went very differently in some parts of the Middle East.

Today Simone is a full-time tattoo artist and seems to have found the perfect means to express his passionate personality and the memories of the considerable amount of experiences he has collected over his short yet intense lifetime. He is still an iconic character, looking like a rebel yet with a kind heart. His presence is still requested by showbiz and fashion, but now more than ever he accurately selects his public appearances, since he is keen on maintaining a low profile. He was in fact offered to take part in a very successful Italian TV show, where he had to act as a controversial, arrogant and conceited commentator, but given that these features have nothing to do with his personality Simone immediately turned down the proposal

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Urban Sky Simply, this is the reason why I fell in love with architecture

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“Abandoned factories and forgotten, construction, railway stations, modern buildings, man-made architectures for human but immortalized free from his presence, the “non-places”, where the space is empty, where the corners, facades, heavy metals, glass and cuts that willingly blend with the sky create a single body, waiting to be frozen in a moment.”

Croatian photographer Lara Zibret sharing her moments.

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Fashink: Do you think that being tattoed makes you look more fierce to the eyes of the other team athlete?

to them and even more so now because I know the pain they went through to get their tattoos, so they are not afraid of pain. Some people say tattoos don’t hurt but I’m sure the artist that tattoo them hit one or two spots that are seriously painful.

So To answer your question it’s half and half for me. But you still have to put the ball in the basket. All the

Patrick: Yea I think in alot of ways it does. Depending on the tattoos.

Alex: That’s a good question. I know when I look at other guys that are tattooed I pay a little more attention

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Carrere: 2004-2008 Lake Howell High School St. Joseph’s Hawks Pro Team

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A: Man if I could change one thing it would be my height. I know you might think why.

“I’m already Tall” but one or two more inches definitely makes a difference in this game. Other than that I’m cool.

tattoos can’t save you from playing ball and competing.

F: What would you change about yourself if you could and why?

P: I wouldn’t change anything.

Nobody is perfect, people have faults, the only thing we can do is work to be better.

F: Historically U.S. Basketball Players Have Always Been No. 1.

Alex Acker Born: Height: Weight: Position:

Compton, 21 /01/1983 196 cm 84 kg Guard

Carrere: 1998-2002 Eisenhower High School 2002-2005 Pepperdine Waves Pro Team 2005-2006 2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009 2009 2009-2010

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Do You Think This Is Still A Fact?

that if we played US basketball and had NBA refs and rules there would be def no comparison. Night and day.

P: There’s alot of talent in other countries now, moreso now than ever before. But the U.S is still the dominant country in basketball.

F: Do you follow fashion trends, and if so who are your favorite designer?

P: I do a lil bit. Since moving to Europe I’m definitely more aware of the clothing fashions and trends.

Clothes wise I don’t really have any particular favorites but I’m a fan of Gucci sneakers. I have about 10 pairs.

A: For sure I do. The game of basketball has evolved and is doing a great job at that. But These guys in the NBA or Summer Leagues out here and California/Chicago/ Atlanta/Philly/NYC really take the game to another level. It’s easy to say that some national teams around the world could give the USA national team some problems but honestly we don’t even have enough of our best players playing, and second the USA team is playing by the European rules and basketball. I honestly believe

A: I really like Saint Laurent/Zara/ Dolce Gabbana/Louis Vuitton/ Christian Louboutin but I’m big on accessories, watches Rolex and Audemars Piguet. As well as glasses.

You need glasses in California (a must).

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F: Given that athlete have always been considered mostly for their performance, what do you think of sportsman becoming fashion icons and appearing in advertising campaigns?

James on the cover of GQ I think it says alot about the way the fashion industry is diversifying itself A: I love it. I think it brings a different side of their personality that most people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see. Most people think that athletes arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even real so times like they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get tired and eat or have any other side to them but Nike/Reebok/Adidas/Under Armor etc. most athletes love to get dressed and show their style/swag/ how they get fresh. Each person is different in their own way.

P: I feel like marketing campaigns are now leaning more towards celebrity rather than natural beauty.

You see so many more athletes, actors, and and popular socialites like the Kardashians leading the way nowadays in the fashion industry.

When you see a guy like Lebron

Special thanks Studio Arte Photo

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BLEACHED BROWS Bleached eyebrows can give an extra twist to make up: ethereal with pale and soft skin with pastel color, or punk- rock with smocky-eye and red lipstick.

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KALEIDOSCOPE BLUSH Color palette taken from the 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122; style : electric, neon, acid colors applied from the eyelids to the temples for an ultra fresh result.

No more conturing, only blush to sculpt your cheekbones.

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BEAUTY

by Martina Pennacchio In collaboration with Sun-Sun Solarium Lissone

Martina was born in Milan, the capital of fashion. Her passion led her to become a professional beautician and make-up artist.

She then specialized in beauty treatments and became a consultant for a prestigious Milanese spa and its discerning and elite clientele.

She will guide you in her Fashink Beauty & Body Care pages with her experience and skills she will give you tips on how to take care of your body.

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Sun protection is essential to skin cancer prevention â&#x20AC;&#x201C; about 90 percent of nonmelanoma skin cancers and about 86 percent of melanomas are associated with exposure to UV radiation from the sun.

SUN PROTECTION

However, new research suggests that some exposure to UV rays is essential for good health, and may even protect against other forms of cancer.

In order to protect your tattoes also from fading, high sunblock protection (spf 50+) formula designed to protect tattoos from UVA and UVB rays are available in the market. It helps to prevent ink discolouration while providing intense moisture to brighten tattoo colours.

I suggest to do some session of artificial tanning to prevent from burning under the direct sun light.

Make sure to apply your sunscreen on your face and body 30 minutes before you plan to do your session, so the ingredients have enough time to absorb into your skin.

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There is more than one type of sunbed and most tanning salons will consist of three different types, these being low pressure beds, high pressure beds and a booth.

Low pressure beds are traditional tanning beds. UV rays are emitted in a spectrum that is similar to natural sunlight. The lamps produce color quickly but the risk of sunburn is highest in this kind of bed. If you do burn easily this bed is NOT recommended.

High pressure beds emit a higher proportion of UVA rays (UVA penetrates deeper layers of skin and stimulates tanning, UVB rays are the ones that can cause sunburn if abused). In this kind of bed you will get a deeper, longer lasting tan, but it will be slower to build.

Usually this bed is slightly more expensive, but if you have fair skin or burn easily this will be the better choice of beds for you.

Booth, also known as Stand-up Beds, are a vertical tanning bed.

Instead of lying down, you stay standing up. By going on a stand up bed you are free to move and put your body in any position you want to catch a tan (excellent for a more even tan, especially under your arms or between your thighs). Plus itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great option for anybody cautious of the lie down beds and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like to be to in enclosed spaces.

After the tanning bed turns off your skin will continue to tan and produce melanin for at least another 12 hours. It is important to keep your skin moisturized during and after this process. Tan accelerators such as Carrot Sun are designed to continue to keep your skin hydrated well after you have finished your sunbed session. You may also want to use a cooling Aloe Vera gel because it can get warm in a tanning booth. This will leave your skin wonderfully soothed, cooled, and moisturized.

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DIET HEALTH GUIDE

by Davide Gariboldi

Davide Gariboldi is a Personal Trainer who is very much in demand at the moment; his clients are individuals who aim at achieving perfect physical fitness and very competitive sport performances.

Many of them are in fact sport professionals, who trust in his expertise. Davide is also an outstanding operator when it comes to post-trauma rehabilitation.

He never misses an edition of Mister Olimpia in Las Vegas and of Arnold Classic; he is in excellent terms with many athletes and with some of the top-level trainers in the body-building world.

Just to name a few, Davide is both a close collaborator and a good friend of Chad Nichols (Ronnie Colemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long-lasting trainer) and Dave Palombo.

He is currently busy keeping fit and following his clients full-time.

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KETOGENIC DIET After the detox diet featured on the previous issue, the next step in taking care of your body is the ketogenic diet, which is based on the limitation of the daily amount of carbohydrates to 30 g and relies on fats and proteins for energy supply. About 72 hours after stopping the introduction of carbs into the body, in fact, glucagone turns fats into ketons, which the body and brains will use as fuel. As a consequence, this is an easier diet to follow, since the energy provided by ketons has an anorectic effect, while on the contrary when sugars are taken away one feels constantly hungry. The mothers of all ketogenic diets are of course the Atkins diet, relying on an unlimited intake of fats and proteins, and the metabolic diet, during which five days of ketosis alternate with two days of carbs to mitigate ketosis; it was thought that ketosis might become toxic for some individuals, while it has been discovered that this diet can be maintained for long periods. Studies have in fact demonstrated how in peoples living in the extreme North of our planet, who have practically no access to carbs, heart attacks and strokes are extremely rare, due to the fact that without sugars and carbs fats decrease. It is very important to keep to the 30 g daily limit for this diet, so if it is not possible to follow it exactly one should keep to fats and proteins: for example, in case of hunger it si advisable to eat a spoonful of peanut butter or an egg instead of an apple, to avoid that the sugars contained in the apple stop the ketosis process. My version of this diet is based on high-level fats such as wild caught salmon, peanut butter, nuts and omega 3-enriched eggs, laid by hens fed with linen seed-integrated feed. I suggest to follow this diet for at least two weeks, which include one meal free of any limitation, so that by eating carbs the body can exit its state of ketosis for a few hours and balance the thyroid hormone, that cannot properly work without liver glycogen. Once the diet is over and the desired optimal body weight is reached, carbs can be reintegrated with moderation, so that an ideal balance of proportions is achieved: this takes place because the insulin receptors, which have remained idel on for some time, have not become much more sensitive and therefore send carbs directly to muscle cells instead of fat cells.

For practical purpose I suggest to eat protein powder to substitute sweets, since generally these products are flavoured precisely to satisfy these lacks. I also advise to use a vitamins and minerals supplement during the diet.

For a custom dietary programmes please contact: dave@davidegariboldi.net

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by Ani Constantin

Anisoara Constantin, fitness model and personal trainer, was born 28 years ago in the beautiful region of Bukovina, Romania, and has always been very passionate about sport.

She is one of the top international fitness models and personal trainers. In the past 10 years, Ani has become an icon in Italy, where she lives and works as a fitness model.

She will give you suggestions to live a healthier life.

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1. Arm flex Stand with feet wide apart, knees relaxed, holding dumbbells in a goal post position. Brace abs into spine and extend arms straight overhead. Slowly lower your elbows to return to starting position.

Do 2-3 sets of 20 reps.

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2. Dumbbell plunge Hold a pair of dumbbells next to your sides and stand tall with your feet hip-width apart.

Keeping your torso uptight, take a large step forward with your left leg and slowly lower your body until your left knee is bent to 90 degrees and your right knee nearly touches the floor.

Step back to starting position and repeat with the other leg.

Continue alternating the legs. 2 sets of maximum 40 reps, with a 60 seconds rest.

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3. Bulgarian split squat Place a step or a box behind you and stand up tall.

Position your right foot on top of the step, bend your knees and lower your hips until your left thigh is parallel to the floor.

Return to starting position and repeat. Keep your back straight, your chest open and keep looking in front of you. Maintain your balance by engaging your core and keep your weight in the front heel.

It is a great exercise to improve your balance and your knee stability and also to target your posterior chain muscles, hamstrings and gluteus.

Do 2-3 sets of 10-12 reps for each side.

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4. Crunch with legs elevated When you crunch in that position you get a very nice squeeze in your abdominal muscles: just lifting the leg is not enough, you must work until you get a nice squeeze from the lower part of the abs.

When you keep your feet on the ground make sure that your butts are close to the leg of the chair to achieve a nice squeeze.

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$%& COOKIES & CREAM FUDGE BROWNIES Lined Brownie Tin Ingredients 165g butter 200g 70% dark chocolate 3 whole eggs 2 egg yolks 1 vanilla pod 2 tbsp self raising flour 1 tbsp cocoa powder 100g Oreo Cookies A pinch of salt Method for making 1. Preheat the over to 180C° Gas 4.

2. Line the tin with greaseproof paper.

3. Melt the butter in a saucepan, remove from heat.

4. Grate the chocolate and add to the melted butter.

5. In a bowl add the eggs and whisk until light in consistency. Whisk in half the sugar and then gradually add remaining sugar, whisking until light & fluffy.

6. Add in the chocolate mixture, flour, cocoa powder and salt & fold the mixture together.

7. Crush the cookies roughly and fold in half to the mixture.

8. Pour into the Brownie Tin, placing the remaining crushed cookies on top.

9. Cook for 25-30mins. Check after 25mins, if soft in the middle then it is ready.

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by Talita Savorani

Summer is finally here and we, at Fashink Magazine, pointed out the fact that some of you could need some help concerning beach issues and what to wear for this upcoming and lovely season.

Polyvore, a website where you can choose from Reebok, Nike, Vans, Superga and other famous brands. Want to match your shoes with the perfect “sandy” outfit? Get your bikini, bra and panties or full swimsuit at Dolcifollie.co.uk. The “Paolita” range of swimwear will let you go crazy for those traditional and 50’s inspired prints. Moreover, looking for something comfortable to lie on and to enjoy that beautiful day at the beach with your friends? Pick your beach towel, choosing from a wide range of prints and tattoo-inspired artsy stuffs, directly at Secret6. You will not be disappointed!

Summer reminds us late-night parties, the sound of the waves and the chance to wear whatever you want; it’s hot outside so show your best miniskirts, summery shoes and matching swimwear! In order to be perfect during your holidays too, and not only in the city, here some suggestions about your new pair of sneakers with a tattoo print - from Vans for example or maybe customized by yourself! - or floral ones for your bae, from

First, let’s start talking about sneakers: you’re looking for something comfortable and fresh to wear during next summer and still don’t know what. For him, what about a Vans pair of sneakers? They’re available with tattoos prints directly on their website - www.vans.it - but if you want something more personal, you can customize them by yourself using paintbrushes, paint and a finisher. Several tutorials are available on the web! You can also look for a shop near your place of a DIY website which can offer you this service, if it seems easier or you’re not so fond of art. Grab yours and make them unique!

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too, so surf the net and look at Polyvore.com which is selling tons of floral-print shoes; so fashionable for this summer. Walk far away and make new experiences riding the road with those beauties! Choose your new model between Nike, Reebok, Superga, Gucci, Vans, Adidas and Converse. Life is beautiful if you walk side by side with flowers..

Keeping this ladies side, remember that good shoes are matching with a extremely hot and sexy swimsuit.. If you want to keep that “50’s” but modern look, go surf Dolcifollie. co.uk and search for the “Paolita” brand.

You’ll be overwhelmed by those lovely and cute creations, perfect for your summery afternoons and cocktail parties by the sea.

Several bikinis are showcased: the first one is available in red and blue colors with a rope print all over the fabric, available in bottom + top or one-piece swimsuit.

Then, there’s the tattoo collection available in two different options: a bikini with bra and bottom full of tattoo prints or the Belladonna swimsuit, a unique and single piece adorned with traditional and old school prints. Just decide which one is yours and get it..

Last but not least, match your outfit with a perfect beach towel to be the coolest at the beach.

Society6.com offers affordable art pieces available on.. everything!

What do I mean? You can put that lovely artsy masterpiece on t-shirt, canvas, bags, pillows, tapestries, curtains prints, blankets, phone cases, mugs, notebook and..?

Beach towels of course. I will probably talk about this curious website later in another issue, intriguing and unbelievable stuffs are available at this community. Anyway, a perfect beach towel will definitely match your outfit of the day and gives you extra points!

Just discover your fantasy while wandering through realistic, mandala/geometric patterns, old school and traditional but also back and white tattoos. Affordable art pieces for this unforgettable summer!

Enjoy your holidays and have fun, remember to show your best outfit and celebrate this season and its nights in the right company..!

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