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(TWSP THE MUSIC AND FASHION ISSUE SPONGE & RADAR....................................p.6 Brief Culture Updates +Concert Reviews FASHION...................................................p. 12 Fall Winter 2011 Trend Report RECAPS......................................................p. 16 Events + Concerts Album Reviews OP-EDS......................................................p.20 The Creative Process Explored Fashion vs. Music vs. Art DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE....................p.22 The Sounds of Spaces The Co-Evolution of Architecture and Music FEATURES..................................................p.25 LCD Soundsystem Lady GaGa HM’S Opaque Dubstep Hamlet Hipster Subculture A Day at Diane Von Furstenberg Fashion Passport INTERVIEWS............................................p. 33 Designer Nanette Lepore Teen Vogue’s Leigh Belz Designer Charlotte Taylor HM Alumns Stephanie Chou ‘05 + Maia Bernstein ‘05 Artist Aleathia Brown HM-Grown: The Dream Team &PEWX JVSQ XLI 4EWX ,1 8IEGLIVW 6IÂIGX PHOTO SHOOTS.......................................p.46 Andrew Catomeris ‘11 Artist’s Statement Color Field @ Wave Hill, Riverdale Teenage Dream @ Riverside Park, NYC Ready To Rock @ HM Front Cover Image: %QTPMÁIH 1EREKMRK )HMXSV %PI\ 1E · and FAD Staff Member Lauren Cantor ‘13 in their own clothing photographed by ZOE KESTAN ‘11 and Digital Editing by DAPHNE TARANTO ‘11.

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OH MY +%+% The music worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iconic sensation Lady Gaga takes fashion beyond--way beyond-conventional limits. AmpliFAD takes a look at her music & style.

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FEATURE

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INTERVIEW

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s l i a t de t o sho ANDREW CATOMERIS (‘11) ON HIS WORK IN PHOTOGRAPHY I fell in love with photography when my grandfather gave me an old Pentax camera when I was 10. His sentences are punctuated with “glass”, “aperture”, and “saturation”. The idea was appealing to become WYVÄJPLU[ PU [OL WOV[VNYHWOPJ SPUNV HUK [V ZOV^ V[OLYZ OV^ 0 MYHTL [OL ^VYSK 0 SV]L [V \ZL ÄST OV^L]LY the medium is incredibly temperamental, prone to

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Model Rebecca Shaw â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;14 wears a dress made by Noah Margulis â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13. Shoes stylistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own. This dress was featured in the 2011 spring dance concert. PHOTOGRAPH BY DAPHNE TARANTO â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;11.

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tree of life Rachel Ha ‘13 wears a hat customized by Daphne Taranto. Dress courtesy of Antonia Antonova ‘11. Shoes and scarf (worn as belt) stylists’ own. PHOTOGRAPH BY GINA YU. OPPOSITE: Model Dan wears all his own clothes; Rebecca wears dress made by Noah Margulis. Belt, gloves, shoes, and bracelet stylists’ own. PHOTOGRAPH BY DAPHNE TARANTO ‘11.

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hat attack FAD Vol. 2 No. 2 cover girl Rachel Ha ‘13 and Emma Garcia ‘13 sit atop a Wave Hill ivy-covered wall in their appropriately springy attire. On Rachel: Dress courtesy of Antonia Antonova ‘11, hat, and scarf (worn as belt), stylist’s own. On Emma: Dress made and silkscreened by Gina Yu ‘13 and Daphne Taranto ‘11, belt

by Alice Taranto ‘11, hat and sunglasses stylist’s own.

PHOTOGRAPH BY DAPHNE TARANTO ‘11.

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splendor in the grass This page, Rachel Ha ‘13 wears a hat styled

by Daphne Taranto ‘11. PHOTOGRAPH BY DAPHNE TARANTO ‘11. Opposite, Rachel wears dress and belt made by Alice Taranto ‘11. Shoes and headband stylists’ own. PHOTOGRAPH BY GINA YU ‘14.

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100-Watt Smile Dan ‘12 wears all his own clothes; Rebecca ‘14 wears dress made by Noah Margulis ‘13; gloves, bracelet earrings, sylists’ own. PHOTOGRAPH BY DAPHNE TARANTO ‘11.

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Sami Kreisler (‘11) and Andrew Catomeris (‘11) wear models’ and stylists’ own clothing. Makeup and hair by >SI /IWXER · ERH 3PMZME Chigas (‘12). Photo by >3) KESTAN (‘11).

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A L CH E M Y & INQUIRY PHILIP TA AFFE F R E D TOMASELLI TERRY WINTERS April 3–June 19 Garden Admission: Students $2 FREE Tue & Sat Mornings Fred Tomaselli, Dahlia, 2011 Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York/Shanghai | Photo: Erma Estwick Support for exhibitions is provided by the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc., Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State’s 62 counties.

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