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LOS ANGELES
Local Wolves Founder and editor in chief, Cathrine Khom, launched Local Wolves when she was still in high school. Four years and nearly 40 issues later, you’ll probably recognize some big names on the covers of this popular music and lifestyle magazine. Despite great success, Local Wolves hasn’t lost the scrappy spirit and close connections within the community that helped build it.
Q&A with Cathrine Khom founder and editor in chief of Local Wolves
Q: How does L.A. inspire what you do? I find inspiration from hanging out with my friends. I’m in Long Beach, but we go into L.A. a lot, and they take me to a lot of different places. I get inspiration from all around L.A., because I see a lot of creatives walking around and they’re obviously doing something fun and cool. It’s really easy to strike up conversations with these people at places like coffee shops. I don’t have a set-in-stone place where I find inspiration, it’s just bits and pieces here and there. Local Wolves, August 2016
Nude Magazine Nude Magazine is an issuu newcomer, but their beautifully-styled content makes them a publisher to watch. Twenty-two-year-old Raylene Pereyra, Nude’s founder and editor in chief, wanted her magazine to be by the people and for the people — specifically creatives living in Los Angeles. Her motto of “Real, raw, and true.” is evident in each issue, and she makes a point to handpick every person featured to keep that message alive. (Right) Raylene Pereyra
Fun Facts about Nude Raylene can complete one issue in 2 weeks.
We featured Nude in a blog post about The Devil Wears Prada.
Q&A with Raylene Pereyra founder and editor in chief of Nude Magazine
Q: How did you get started? Coming out of high school, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I went to college, but I wasn’t into it and after a year and a half I left. After creative directing for a jean company called Foxy Lux, I found that I loved that, so eventually I stopped working for them and started doing my own thing. Seeing all the creative people around me in L.A. inspired me to start Nude because I really wanted to give them some exposure. It’s also called Nude because I want it to be real and raw. Anything you say goes.