Tangerine

The Darling Life of a Blogger: Meet Jessi

Afshin, a fabulous Austin lifestyle blogger!

Shop ‘til you Drop:

Fashion as your everyday job

The History of American Fashion:

How American history has affected our everyday style

French Fashion Through Time: How have France’s designers and trends inspired our personal style?

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December 2014

ELLA NASI

About the Authors

HANNA BOTTEMA

One of Ella Nasi’s If you ever see favorite pastimes Hanna Bottema without a bar is to sing along to of chocolate the High School in her hand, Musical sound you know track. She will something’s randomly break wrong. She out into song consumes throughout the almost five tons day, bringing of chocolate joy to everyone per week. But her chocolate around her. addiction Ella knows how isn’t the only thing sweet about Hanna Bottema. daily life influences fashion and she loves matching She expertly accessorizes with every outfit, gaining different articles of clothing to make cute outfits. compliments about her necklace at least once a day.

ALABEL CHAPIN There have been rumors circulating about the actual humanity of Alabel Chapin.

Alabel would like to validate the rumor that she is in fact a vampire and will suck your blood. Vampire or not, Alabel also models.

Most recently, she modeled for fashion designer Gail Chovan’s Fall 2014 fashion show. She is known for sporting a new trendy outfit every day.

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KARI SIEGENTHALER

Kari Siegenthaler currently has two hours and 39 minutes of slow-motion videos of her cats on her cell phone. She uses her phone for other purposes too, like photographing fashion shoots for this magazine. She knows how to style people for the camera, bringing her expertise to the magazine.

Letter from the Editor “Fashions fade, style is eternal.” — Yves Saint Laurent

As stated by the iconic YSL, fashion comes and goes with the season, whereas style lasts for eternity.

Personally, I view fashion and style as an art form. Through the pairing of clothing and accessories, I am able to express myself, whether it be a flowy, embroidered top and my favorite Lucky Brand jeans or a bohemian dress from Free People. Let’s be honest, by wearing clothing that is à la mode, it immediately brightens your day. Fashion is a way of presenting yourself to the world.

Throughout the course of our magazine, we hope to unite readers through the unique styles expressed

by women within the fashion industry. Our different personalities have shaped Tangerine into a work of variety. This magazine has a little something for everyone, whether you’re a French history buff or a crafty, do-it-yourself kind of person. Whatever you’re passionate about, Tangerine has it! We hope you enjoy this exclusive, student-made fashion magazine.

XO,

Hanna Bottema

Editor-in-Chief

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table of contents

5 TOP AND WORST RED CARPET OUTFITS OF 2014

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17 THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN FASHION

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THE DARLING LIFE OF A WHAT SHOE BLOGGER ARE YOU?

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LIP AND BATH SCRUB DIY

THE POWER OF THE FACE

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SHOP ‘TILL YOU DROP

AUSTIN BOUTIQUE FAVORITES

16 31 LASH BLAST

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FRENCH FASHION THROUGH TIME

ELIZABETH CHAPIN Wally Workman Gallery

TOP

Michelle Dockery (Emmys 2014) dons a royal blue, green, and pale pink geometric Rosie Assoulin paneled dress.

Red Carpet Outfits of

Lupita Nyong’o (Oscars 2014) sports a lovely aqua Prada Dress.

Charlize Theron (Oscars 2014) wears a black V-neck Dior dress

that accentuates her figure nicely and ends in a full skirt.

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Lily Collins (Vanity Fair 2014) wears a nude dress studded with blue vines and flowers by Zuhair Murad.

Christian Dior is a French fashion designer who started the largest fashion house.

Cate Blanchett (Oscars 2014) sports an

Armani Prive champagne-colored dress covered in tiny white jeweled flowers,

Emma Watson (Emmys 2014) dons a sparkly black and silver flowing dress that hugs her hips by Vera Wang.

Viola Davis (Oscars 2014) wears a striking emerald Escada dress with a petal-shaped bodice.

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Amy Adams (Oscars 2014) wears a pretty Gucci royal blue dress with a fold and a train.

Lena Dunham (VMAs 2014) seemed to think that today was Halloween, and her unfortunate costume choice was cotton candy. (Giambattista Valli)

Worst

Red Carpet

Outfits of

Katy Perry (Emmys 2014) couldn’t come up with a good costume idea, so she took all the blue jeans in her closet, cut them up, sewed them together, and had some fun with a glue gun and glitter.

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Taylor Swift (Emmys 2014) thought she was going to a gymnastics competition.

Ariana Grande (VMAs 2014) took the leather jacket her boyfriend left at her house the night before and tied it around her waist.

Gwen Stefani (VMAs 2014) is not a Barbie motorcycle girl.

She’s a human.

Sarah Paulson thought it was a good idea to dress up in a black loofa and roll around in red paint on the day of the VMAs.

Kerry Washington (Emmys 2014) was getting a little too excited about Halloween

Laverne Cox (VMAs 2014) tried an unsuccessful mashup of Princess Leia and a Greek Goddess.

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Photos by: Jordan Afshin

The Darling Life of a Blogger By: Hanna Bottema

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essi Afshin walks along the streets of Austin, occasionally turning around to flash a smile as her brother snaps a picture. She models a goldenbrown, silk blouse that has been expertly paired with a pair of skinny, black jeans and leather

heels with a leopard-print design. She struts along the streets of Austin with her metallic, snakeskin Kelly Wynne shoulder bag, Kendra Scott studs and necklace. Weekly photoshoots are a small part of the process involved in developing posts for Afshin’s uprising lifestyle blog, The Darling Detail.

Afshin is a 22-year old merchandising/business major at the University of Texas. Her blog embodies elegance and everything darling. Through The Darling Detail, she hopes to help her viewers shape their sense of fashion through personal experiences and opinions expressed in her posts. Along with being one of Austin’s most successful lifestyle bloggers, Afshin is the production assistant for Camille Styles and an intern for Afshin sports a Zara dress along the streets of Paris.

Kelly Wynne handbags. The Darling Detail is growing rapidly and has a lot in store for the future.

In her senior year of high school, Afshin began to search for a career path to pursue. She was unsure of what to do, but she knew she didn’t want to walk in

“Instead of spending my college nights out on the town, I spent my time searching endlessly through Pinterest and Tumblr for visual inspiration.

I was thirsty for creative inspiration, and craved all things ‘darling and beautiful’.”

her parents’ footprints and have an office job. Afshin knew she wanted to persist in a field in which she could be creative and use visuals to do so.

Jessi wasn’t your average college student, she claims. “Instead of spending my college nights out on the town, I spent my time searching endlessly through Pinterest and Tumblr for visual inspiration.

I was thirsty for creative inspiration, and craved all Afshin uses the contrasting hues of her outfit and flowers to things ‘darling and beautiful’.” Her love for fashion create a colorful and bright picture.

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Jessi models one of her favorite dresses from Calypso St. Barth.

continued to flourish as she found more and more inspiration through social media. Through Pinterest, Jessi began to fall in love with the different blogs she discovered. For Jessi, the pictures were just a small part of what made each blog unique. She was also amazed by the writing and formatting involved in the creation of each blog. The uniqueness each one presented motivated Afshin to start her own, The Darling Detail.

Before she started her own blog, Afshin gained a lot of attention from her social media accounts: Pinterest and Instagram. In Afshin’s perspective, “Instagram is not just about the photographs, but also the writing involved and how the whole platform works and looks as a whole.” Her Instagram, @thedarlingdetail, showcases a variety of pictures with fresh, neon colors. Through her account, Afshin is able to directly communicate with her followers on the daily. On her profile, she posts outfit previews, inspirational quotes, daily activities, and many other things.

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“I like to think of myself as an inspiration blogger. I love to inspire, not just post pictures of myself wearing pretty things.”

Jessi started her blog in February 2013.

In such a short period of time, she has gained a huge audience, consisting of people living local and worldwide. Her dedication and hard-work has led her to success through her blog. Jessi’s blog may make her job look easy, but there are so many steps involved in creating a single entry. First, Jessi picks a product that she wants to focus on, whether it be an item she was gifted with or an item of her choice. Afterwards, Jessi and either her mother or brother scout the town looking for a darling place to begin taking pictures.

Jessi then models for about an hour until she is

satisfied she has a variety of shots to choose from.

Upon arriving in her office, she chooses the pictures she feels best portrays the products and go together as well. “I’m also quite fixated with anything visually appealing, which also contributes to my obsession with fashion photography.”

The name “The Darling Detail” came to mind when Jessi thought of what qualities she wanted to represent through her blog. “I like to think of myself as an inspiration blogger. I love to inspire, not just post pictures of myself wearing pretty things.” Through her personal stories, elegant writing, and eye-catching pictures, she hopes to help her readers find their sense of fashion. The Darling Detail is very unique because the blog incorporates multiple elements of art, such as photography, writing, and media design, in order to represent Jessi’s ideas.

Other than the Darling Detail, Jessi is a part of two other blogs: Kelly Wynne and Camille Styles.

Kelly Wynne is a handbag designer that began in Austin. Jessi is in charge of “Kelly’s Blog”, a blog that connects with customers and gives more information about the founder and her accessories. Camille Styles is a lifestyle blog that Afshin is a production assistant for. She helps out by producing events, supervising photoshoots, writing posts, and styling models.

Afshin’s advice to her subscribers is to “find your true style and don’t copy others. There are so many styles out there to copy, but you should find what makes YOU confident.” Through her blog, she wants to inspire people to live life elegantly and dress with class. Jessi believes in the power of fashion, and how looking put together affects your overall influence on others. “The way you dress is a part of your message to the world. It has always been a vital aspect of my life to choose my message wisely, and I hope to communicate that message to others, and share its importance.”

I Wish That I Had Jessi’s Room

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Empty lip balm, Vaseline and coconut oil into your empty container. Mix them together using a fork to get an even consistency.

After all of the wet ingredients are combined, go ahead and pop that in the microwave for 30 seconds to melt the lip balm.

Add them salt and sugar to get the exfoliation. Be sure to add more sugar than salt to maintain the taste and consistency of a lip scrub.

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*pinch of salt *pinch of white sugar *2 tbsp of coconut oil *smidge of Vaseline *lip balm *empty container *microwave

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Mix everything together to maintain the grainy texture of a lip scrub. Keep in mind that the scrub must be rough enough to exfoliate.

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Pour some of the coarse salt into a bowl. Add some of your fragrance oil (I used vanilla extract) and stir. Keep adding until the salt smells how you like.

Go ahead and pour a few drops of food coloring in. Don’t worry, the food coloring won’t stain your skin when you use the scrub, it is just for visual appeal.

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After completing these easy steps you should be done! Now you can begin to put your product into the glass jar to save for bath time!

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Bath Scrub Kari Siegenthaler

You Will Need:

*fragrance oil *glass jar *epsom salt (or any coarse salt) *food coloring (optional)

Shop ‘til You Drop A profile on personal shoppers

By Kari Siegenthaler

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ydney Nagy rifled through her client’s closet, throwing out clothes left and right. “How long have you had these?” she asked, glancing at a pair of bellbottom jeans from the ‘80s. The pile of rejected clothing on the floor seemed to grow every second. The client sat back and watched with awe as Sydney sorted through the overflowing closet, slowly organizing the acceptable skirts, dresses and pantsuits that her client would wear to their new high-paced job. “The first part of an initial consultation begins in a client’s home assessing her current wardrobe,” said Nagy, a personal stylist, “Items that don’t fit, are too worn, or don’t work for her lifestyle anymore get removed. Pieces that fit well and work for her lifestyle get to stay.”

Nagy, Ashley Hargrove and Thea Wood are all thriving personal stylists in Austin, Texas. Nagy became obsessed with fashion back in high school, while she was on a teenager’s budget. She shopped in Sydney Nagy gazes off into the distance showcasing a bright orange dress covered with pink camels. This out of the box clothing items illustrates her fun style and love of fashion.

Photo from Sydney Nagy

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“The most important part of being a successful personal shopper is to be able to satisfy your clients.”

A good personal shopper does not push her own style on her clients, instead, she helps her clients elevate their own style.”

-Sydney Nagy

thrift stores and still enjoys bargain hunting. Hargrove started as a model, but soon decided to change direction to style consultations for commercials, television, magazines, and clients. Thea Wood worked in the business world of legal and entertainment industries. She then became pregnant with her son and decided to pursue a different career choice. Although all these stylists got into the job in different ways, they all flourish in their career choice.

Personal stylists must know how to advertise and keep records, but there is no set number of schooling years required for the job. The job is mainly self-employed, providing inconsistent hours of work. Personal stylists must be flexible for working hours because the job is completely dependant on client’s whim. Although the job is irregular, personal stylists have a rather large average income at $73,570 per year.

Nagy had an interest in fashion in high school, and has brought her insight from her past into her current flourishing personal styling business. Her business is thriving due to her expert qualifications and intuition. “The most important part of being a successful personal shopper is to be able to satisfy your clients. A good personal shopper does not push her own style on her clients. Instead, she helps her clients

Photo from Ashley Hargrove

into the styling industry with no true background in fashion besides working for Neiman Marcus. But by making a business plan and sticking to it, she became one of Austin’s most successful personal stylists. “If you want to succeed and be on the top in the fashion industry, you need to know how to relate to anyone and everyone at all times. You can’t have an off day and you always have to be planning for the next job. Organization is crucial.” said Hargrove. For her, organization is key.

She mainly styles for commercials, advertising campaigns, TV, film, print, multiple magazine editorials, designer look books, also focusing her business on personal styling. Hargrove focuses on persistence to get affiliations with businesses, constantly networking so her name is well known throughout the industry. “If someone doesn’t like you and doesn’t take you seriously you will never be Ashley Hargrove, a prospering personal stylist, chills out hired again and word spreads fast. Be as organized, with her fashionable sunglasses. Dressed in a pink patpassionate, and friendly as you can possibly be and terened shirt, and a gold statement necklace, you can tell you will succeed.” she said. she shops for a living.

Hargrove urges people starting in the business elevate their own style.” said Nagy. to be friendly, persistent and organized. She, along with

Nagy gets a variety of clients looking for a new many other people in the personal styling business, sense of fashion. Most of her clients are women and came to the industry as a second career. She started men looking to tweak their current wardrobe. They are in a life transition, some switching jobs, going back to work after maternity leave...etc. She helps many people find their personal style, while still keeping most of the clothes they had before. Her wardrobe consultation costs $250 and her consultation is $35 an hour. Nagy is also partnered with an accessories company named Stella and the Dot, bringing their style into her work. Nagy said, “The most rewarding part of my job is helping women, and some men, feel good about how they look. Helping people feel good about themselves is utterly rewarding.”

Ashley Hargrove was a model for various well-known companies such as Neiman Marcus and Southern Thread before she became a personal stylist.

Personal styling is a competitive industry especially in Austin, known for it’s live music and “keep austin weird” fashion. Austin is also continuously growing, providing more customers every day. Hargrove came

“If you want to succeed and be on top in the fashion industry, you need to know how to relate to anyone at all times.” You can’t have an off day and you always have to be planning for the next job. Organization is crucial.”

-Ashley Hargrove

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“When a client stops crying and starts loving walking into her closet... they credit me for helping them, and I’m happy to share in their joy.”

lifestyle questionnaire, wardrobe audit, and a one on one shopping trip.

All of these personal stylists came to the business after previous full time jobs. They all have varying levels of education and former jobs. This profession harbors a variety of successful people.

Many fashion oriented teens might want to consider personal styling as a feesible possibility for a future career. All the job requires is a sense of style, good social skills, organization, and a basic schooling to become prosperous. Thea Wood said, “I measure my success by how well a client has taken what she’s learned and applied it for amazing results. When a client gets the job she interviewed for because she was styled and poised for the position. When a client stops personal shopping at Neiman Marcus in Fort Worth crying and starts loving walking into her closet. When while she was in architectural school, but ended up a client says she feels great when she walks into a party. loving personal styling so much that she decided to Yes, these are their accomplishments -- but they credit do as a full time job. “It is an amazing feeling to create me for helping them, and I’m happy to share in their someone’s style and see the joy on their face when joy.” they can go into their closet, pick something out and Thea Wood poses expertly decked out in red. Her red shirt, feel confident that they look amazing.” Ashley said. black and red scarf and white accessories compliment each

Thea Wood has been featured on various tv other perfectly. Who wouldn’t trust her to tell them what Photo from Thea Wood shows including Fox News. She also came to personal to wear? styling after having previous jobs in the entertainment and legal businesses. She has a book published about styling for the camera (if you want a copy email her at thea@theawood.com and mention LASA for a 20% discount) that is flying off shelves. Admist all her other obligations, Wood runs a very successful blog based in Austin. “I really enjoy all aspects of working with my clients. Lately, I’ve been getting into group presentations and contributing to national media like Fox News Magazine. These activities enable me to reach many people at once for broader impact and get my creative juices flowing.” Wood said.

Many of Wood’s clients are women close to her age, over 35. Many of them work in a male dominant profession such as high tech, legal, or finance. Wood is able to help them with professional attire due to her history with high level professions. “Being a people person is very important. Wanting and knowing how to communicate with people in a positive manner is key. By getting to know your client, you help them create a signature look that says who they are and where they’re going.” Her signature styling program costs $1865 and includes custom color analysis, body architecture analysis, personal assessment, style and 15 | tangerine 2014

-Thea Wood

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Estee Lauder

The brush is comb shaped, allowing each lash to get evenly coated. The formula is very wet, so keep a look out for smears and clumping when you are applying it. This mascara is very dark and is good for light haired people who need to make their lashes darker.

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Loreal Telescopic

This mascara fully extends your lashes to create a long, full lashed effect. Even after only one coat, your eyelashes are transformed, giving you even wider, bigger eyes. The wand is thin, perfect for getting to the root of every lash.

Lash Blast

By Kari Siegenthaler

1. Loreal Telescopic 2. Maybelline Lots of Lashes 3. Clinique Lash Doubling 4. Benefit They’re Real 5. Estee Lauder Sumptuous

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Benefit They’re Real

This mascara is constantly raved about, and deserves most of the hype. It volumizes, curls, and lengthens with only one coat. But throughout the day it has been known to smudge and flake off.

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Clinique Lash Doubling

Looking for that perfect thickening mascara? Look no further. This mascara fully coats every lash creating fuller and thicker lashes. Watch out for smudging though, this formula is very wet.

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Maybelline Lots of Lashes

This mascara is the best of both worlds. It lengthens and thickens at the same time. Everyone and their mother has tried this mascara and loved it.

Just be wary of clumping, which it is prone to do.

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HISTORY AMERICAN FASHION OF

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BY: ELLA NASI

rom the classy flapper dresses of the ‘20s to the over-the-top shoulder pads of the ‘80s, it’s no surprise American fashion has drastically changed overtime. But, knowing the trends of different decades isn’t the whole story. The catalysts for these changes have not only defined our fashion--they are an integral part of American history.

Huge shifts in fashion occur during America’s most prominent historical events. World War I, World War II, the Women’s Rights Movement, the Great Depression, 9/11, and many other history-making events have influenced the way we express ourselves. These events affect our emotions and perspectives to shape world culture.

The 1920s

At the beginning of the 1920s, World War I ended and women won the right to vote. This advancement in women’s rights pushed aside the restrictive silhouette (which included corsets) of the late 1800s. At that time, clothes were perfectly fitted and very structured. Now, women wanted to look younger instead of older, and tried to give the appearance of a straight figure that is the super model look of today. With so many men away at war, women began trickling into the workforce. They became more mobile, so they couldn’t wear the stiff, pre-war clothing from before.

“Not as many women were doing work,” says Jane Clarke, the owner of Amelia’s Retro-Vogue & Relics boutique in Austin, Texas.

“But they were working outside the home, they were autonomous. They were in control of their own lives... [The ‘20s] was a craze that just really assisted in that transformation of women’s fashion.”

Photo by: visforvintage.net

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“They were in control of their own lives... [The ‘20s] was a craze that just really assisted in that transformation of women’s fashion.”

The 1930s

During the ‘30s, the Wall Street crash and Great Depression drastically impacted fashion.

Women mended and remade clothes instead of buying new ones in order to save money. People stopped changing clothes multiple times each day, and just wore one outfit. At the beginning of the ‘30s, fashion still resembled the ‘20s. However, people wore deeper, muted colors and used more sophisticated looks. But in the late ‘30s, there was more emphasis on the sleeve and brighter dye colors, similar to the late ‘40s fashion.

The 1950s

By the 1950s, the Dior look became overwhelmingly popular and its creation resulted in one of the biggest shifts in fashion history. It featured a tiny waist and a fuller skirt, and was a brand new look that excited everyone. Women tried a more feminine look after the war because they were tired of wearing bland clothes and fighting fabric restrictions. Girls wore saddle shoes (Oxfords) for the first time, and stilettos also emerged from of the highlighted femininity of the decade.

Photo by: Jane Clarke

The 1940s

Before the early ‘40s, many American designers copied trends from Paris and made cheaper reproductions of their ideas. When France fell to Germany during World War II, America no longer had access to the inspiring French designs.

The War Production Board restricted the use of raw materials and textiles in clothing, so outfits had less A view of some of the gorgeous vintage items at Amelia’s fabric and were worn throughout all seasons. This Retro-Vogue & Relics boutique in Austin, Texas made silk, nylon, and leather extremely hard to find.

Since the majority of men fought in the war, many The 1960s women joined the workforce and needed practical In the ‘60s, the youth of America chose their clothing. After 1945, America transferred into “post- own trends for the first time. In 1961, Kennedy took war prosperity”, a term that reflects the extravagant office. His wife, Jackie, had a great sense of style that clothing that emerged after having to conform to earned her the title “Queen of American Fashion”. wartime restrictions. “I like the use of material, the Major changes included big hair and shorter skirts, but things they indulged in, that makes me really happy for the most part fashion was formal and restricted. to see the combinations they pulled off,” says Clarke. “When I was a junior, we would wear gathered cotton “One of my favorite outfits was to wear a 40s jacket skirts and then we would starch our petticoats,” says with men’s pants.” The Dior look was invented in Linda Copt, a talented seamstress who lived her youth 1947, but did not gain widespread recognition until in the ‘60s. “They would stick out, and the more they the ‘50s. stuck out, the better.”

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Photo by: MShop NYC

“We were introduced with the short skirts, like the mini skirts… and that is in style today,”

By the mid ‘60s, the mini skirt reigned in America. “We were introduced with the short skirts, like the mini skirts… and that is in style today,” says Copt. In the late ‘60s, the hippie look emerged and the rise of music genres like punk and rock n’ roll influenced bolder, more alternative styles.

Photo by: Eric Copt

The 1970s

The ‘70s saw another sharp increase of women in the workplace. Women began to wear men’s shirts, and the popularity of blue jeans continued to rise from the ‘50s. This was a huge change because back in the early ‘60s they were viewed as very informal.

A high school girl would never wear such casual clothing to school. “When I went to high school… we could only wear skirts or dresses,” says Copt. “We were very restricted in what we could wear… we could [wear jeans] if we wanted to, but we only wore them on weekends.” Fashion reached new levels of creative expression when disco danced its way into the spotlight, bringing go-go boots and glitter to society.

Linda Copt wearing a black and white lace dress she created, along with white gloves and bouffant hair

Michelle Alleyene, an Assistant Professor of Fashion Marketing at the Parsons New School of Design

The 1980s

The flashiness of the ‘80s makes it a well-known time period for American fashion. Popular music and MTV were enormous influences on fashion. Shoulder pads came back from the ‘40s and a fitness boom made exercise clothing appear on the streets. Neon and spandex appeared as well. “The ‘80s colored hair and pant width [is popular in current fashion],” says Michelle Alleyne, an Assistant Professor of Fashion Marketing at the Parsons New School of Design.

Fashion has the ability to change us in many ways. “It [can teach us] individuality, a sense of taste, and even self confidence,” says Alleyne. “Clothing is so very tied to human emotions, it’s an extension of oneself so for example: after 9/11 the colors went to camo, khaki, browns, muted tones, less flashy, much like the Great Depression.”

“[Fashion is] a creative expression, it’s a costume,” Clarke believes. Culture is never stagnate, so fashion is constantly changing. New trends replace old ones and some come back in style decades later.

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KENDRA SCOTT AN AUSTIN JEWELRY DESIGNER LOCATED ON SOUTH CONGRESS

WHAT SHOE ARE YOU?

1 WHAT IS YOUR GO-TO OUTFIT?

if you were given $100, how would you spend it?

a casual dress

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what kind of music do you listen to? classical rap

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pop

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princess diane serena williams

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coco chanel

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mother teresa

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ponytail

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you tend to go with the flow and wear cute clothes that are very popular. your friends love that you are laidback and friendly. if you’re looking for some cute new sandals, buy a pair from circus by sam edelman!

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you have a high end style, and you enjoy shopping for beautiful clothes and accessories. your friends think you are put-together and deserve the spotlight. you can find classic and modern ballet flats from mossimo supply co!

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Austin Boutique

s Kat Farlow Maya Star/Co Star Favorite Things About Maya Star I like that every day is different and things are constantly changing. I love seeing the new products come in week to week and working with the owners to see their vision fulfilled.

Beauty Essentials My favorite beauty essentials are a good toner and moisturizer for my face. I also love mascara and a tinted lip balm. My favorite right now is the Color Quench Lip Tint in Guava Berry by Pacifica.

Fashion Essentials A great pair of jeans, boots and a timeless white tee.

Everyday Outfit A pair of jeans with a cute top and either a pair of sandals or boots depending on the weather. I also always have on at least two rings and my gold Nixon watch.

Maya Star in One Word Fashionable.

Favorite Brands Sold at the Store Olivaceous, Moon Collection & Satya Maya Star Influence It makes me more aware of my style and encourages me to dress up sometimes. I also like to experiment with my wardrobe by mixing the old in with the new to see what new styles I can come up with to keep things fresh and on trend. tangerine 2014 |

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Rachel McKee Blue Elephant Favorite Things About Blue Elephant I love the location in the heart of central Austin because we really get the most typical Austinites as customers, which is so great. I also love the mix of merchandise we carry-- from apparel, accessories, and jewelry, to skin care, hair care, and gifts.

Beauty Essentials Caudalie cleanser and moisturizer, Kiehl’s eye de-puffer, bareMinerals primer and foundation.

Fashion Essentials I like classic pieces that I can mix with edgy and trendy accessories. Everyone needs a black shift dress in their closet, as well as a great neutral bootie. A great MBMJ handbag can last forever and make your outfit look more expensive. Right now, capes and kimonos are a must-have.

Everyday Outfit I like wearing soft knit shift dresses that I can make pop with a statement necklace and accessories. I dress by the rule of wearing three pieces, be they jewelry, accessories, or layering a jacket. Three pieces always make you look put together.

Blue Elephant in One Word Relevant.

Favorite Brands Sold at the Store Current/Elliott, Marc by Marc Jacobs, and the Blue Elephant in-house label.

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French Fashion through time By: Alabel Chapin

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ust as American fashion has transformed from Audrey Hepburn’s pearls and black dresses to today’s crop tops and high waisted shorts, French fashion has also been constantly changing. In 1925, France’s own Audrey Hepburn walked the streets in her little black dress. Coco Chanel was a respected, powerful woman who changed fashion everywhere. French fashion, through every decade, has been an inspiration to what we wore and wear in America.

France’s history and fashion world have been intertwined for ages, one depending

on the other. Trends and styles have changed depending on historical events and

leaders, and have slowly trickled down to affect trends even in America. “Trends come from all around us, everything we see, hear, do,” says Eve Nicols, a fashion professor at the University of Texas who studied textiles in London. There is “constant development, reflecting of the attitudes of society and culture.” Major designers and events throughout history have affected what people wore and brought trends all through the world. In the late 1700’s, Rose Bertin was at the height of her career. She personally designed dresses for Marie Antoinette, who visited twice a week to go over ideas for new creations, and received 150 gowns a year. Antoinette paid heaps of money for Rose Bertin’s designs, so Bertin was able to make rich confections of fabric and color that were coveted by women

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iin France at the time. Bertin had the power to dictate trends, and became the first French “fashion designer”. Before, dressmakers were at the beck and call of women wanting dresses. But then, people came to Rose Bertin ready to pay outrageous prices (about the amount that an average French worker made in a year) for her luscious designs. There was a great aura and mystique about the woman, but it was lost during the French revolution. She was exiled from the country and quickly forgotten.

In the 1860s, Queen Victoria lost her husband and began wearing black. She developed black dresses and black jewelry in England, providing quite a contrast to Marie Antoinette’s dresses of flamboyant colors and patterns. Queen Victoria then launched a whole new black “look” which later inspired Coco Chanel’s little black dress. And even later, in the 1980’s, the Japanese brought another influx of black clothing to France.

In the late 1860s, the first real Haute Couture house was founded by Charles Worth, an Englishman who moved to Paris. All of a sudden, the designer was dictating the “trends.” Worth worked on his own collection and customers came to him. He was no longer the dressmaker who made what other people commissioned him to make. Suddenly, power was placed on the shoulders of designers.

Later, Madeleine Vionnet and Madame Gres introduced major trends. Vionnet was born in 1876 and became a master of pleating. She could do any sort of cut on the bias, cutting silk so that it would lose all of its weight and just drape. In 1903, Gres ordered huge bolts of wide fabric because she didn’t want to have to cut into the cloth. She just wanted things to suspend and hang.

Then came Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, and countless others who have inspired many. But it’s not just the designers. Brigitte Bardot, an actress, singer, and model in the 1950s and 60s, and Francois Hardy, a singer in the 1960s, used their influence to greatly inspire fashion trends.

All of these individual designers have changed the face of fashion over and over again. They have introduced new trends that affect everything we wear today. Even so, many designers have been bought up by huge corporations and held to a strict schedule of churning out so many collections per year for buyers and department stores. With this huge intensity for marketability and mass

production, and the pressure to be somebody, the quality and the element of creativity has been diluted. And now, with quick access to the internet, everything happens so fast. Everyone can view a fashion show on their computer a day after it is on the runway. With a designer’s ideas being translated directly to the public, they have the opportunity to spread their business and make more money, but there is also even more of an intense pressure to produce. “The process has changed a great deal,” says Jackie Chapin, who used to work for Calvin Klein, designed for Ralph Lauren’s purple label, and was the head designer for Barney’s in-house label.

“There was also no internet or mobile phones!

There were fewer designers, fashion houses and shows. The fashion business has exploded and is

“Although there are many more fashion houses and designer products, it’s still very hard to find something exquisite, that makes a difference.” much more democratic. Although there are many more fashion houses and designer products, it’s still very hard to find something exquisite, that makes a difference.” says Chapin.

So, all of these designers are beginning to lose their strong voice. Much of what we have today comes from history, and from the individual designers that came before the modern push for production and consumption. “It’s sad, to say the least” says French inspired fashion designer Gail Chovan.

The Haute Couture designers who produce the wild ideas and trends are now in opposition to the ideas trickling up from the street, and what people are wearing in their everyday lives at home. These two sources somehow meet, and that’s how new trends are created. Marc Jacobs sends people to flea markets, and they buy vintage or old clothes off of the street. Then he recreates the outfit onto tangerine 2014 |

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the runway. He makes a runway example of what everyone wants to wear.

On the other side of the spectrum, there is designer Rad Hourani, who moved from Canada to Paris to design the first unisex fashion line in 2010. Before, there had been things that could be worn by both men and women, but Hourani brought it into style and put it on the runway. He brought his new idea into the public’s mind. He is an example of creating the “trickle down”, as Gail Chovan calls it.

How does this relate to us, to America? So many French designers have brought their ideas into the United States. Coco Chanel, Isabel Marant, Marc Jacobs, and countless others have their designs inspiring what is on American shelves. So much of the fashion world around us has French roots.

Chovan, a designer living in Austin, Texas has been inspired by France’s culture and clothing. Gail Chovan started the Blackmail Boutique in 1995 and has since been producing her own collections by hand, working primarily with black leather, silk, and cotton. Many of her designs are constructed of several pieces of draped cloth stitched together that hang on the body in interesting and geometric ways that could be inspired by Queen Victoria’s black trend. Chovan was first inspired by French fashion

Photo by Susannah Joffe

A model waits backstage in black leather at Gail Chovan’s show, “Unprecious”

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when she was in Paris getting her masters degree in French literature. Gail was teaching literature in the 1980s when she had an epiphany. “I noticed, at the time in the 1980s, people were dressing differently than they were in the United States. And, I thought I would be a college professor of French literature, but then something said, ‘I’m really interested in this’, and I had been making my own clothes at that point, and something in me just clicked.”

Chovan seeks to find a middle point between the classicism of French fashion, and the challenge of something new and surprising. “I think in general, the French are very classic, and fairly conservative, and they have this obligation, or this desire, to

“Construction of a garment is much more that just putting together an outfit that’s pretty. And, that’s what I think the essence of French fashion is. There’s something innate, or engraved in the psyche of French fashion.” create, and to push the envelope, and be avant garde, but they’re not...I guess I follow that inspiration of a respect for classicism, but wanting to think outside of the box,” Chovan says.

Gail Chovan often travels to Paris with her children to talk to designers, teach, and gather new inspiration. She says, in terms of fashion, there is nowhere to go but Paris. When she teaches in the Sorbonne, she pays attention to what people are wearing. Chovan often questions the international students about what they see people wearing on the street and at school versus what they see at home, because she believes that “youth is the key to a collective consciousness.”

Chovan says that when she teaches about the history of French fashion, she always goes back all the way to the French revolution “because there’s so much other stuff before, but that is when it really

tthe level of specialization, attention to detail, level of refinement, and dedication to design can be found in all of my favorite French things.”

So much of what we put on our bodies today comes from the minds of so many inspirational individual French designers and ultimately from the roots and the history of France.

A model wears a short black dress with long sleeves , side slits, and a lovely red pattern

Photo by Susannah Joffe

took hold, and there’s so much to talk about in terms of history from the French revolution on that is just inspiring to me.”

Chovan says that French fashion is different from the fashion of any other country.“I adore the history and the roots of French fashion because I think that it is academic, and it’s studied, and I think that today a lot of people think that they can be a designer without having the roots, or the basis of how to construct a garment. And, construction of a garment is much more that just putting together an outfit that’s pretty. And, that’s what I think the essence of French fashion is. There’s something innate, or engraved in the psyche of French fashion, and I think maybe because France is a much more philosophical country...that maybe it’s more thoughtful.” French fashion has always been an inspiration to the American image. In fashion, there is a “constant development, reflecting the attitudes of society and culture,” reflects Eve Nicols.

Jackie Chapin also mentions the impact of French culture. “French fashion at its best possesses their commitment to French culture. For the most part,

A model walks down the steps that are part of the “runway” dressed in a black gown decorated in red poppies.

Photo by Susannah Joffe

Photo by Susannah Joffe

A model walks down the steps in a short white silk dress stained with red wine

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