Lifestyled

LifeStyled Spring 2017

Teachers

Reflecting on the the importance of teachers in a student’s life

Fit Foods

Exploring how to eat heathy and places that provide healthy meals

Fashion

What it takes to run a business in the fashion industry

YouTubers Looking into the growing profession of a YouTuber

Blogging

An inside look into this popular online industry

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EditOR’s letter CONTRIBUTORS page HEALTHY FOOD FASHION IN HISTORY YOUTUBERS TOP 3: YOUTUBERS BLOGGING SALAD BAR TEACHERS TOP 15: WARDROBE FASHION LIFE HACKs

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From the Editor

Âś Welcome to our magazine! At the beginning of this project, our team debated constantly about what topics we should cover in our magazine. We all had diverse interests, but found a common thread that ran through them all: everyday lifestyle.

In the end, we created Lifestyled to inspire others to look for joy in everyday experiences and to allow you to learn more about current trends. As high school students, we understand the monotonous tedium of daily life and found ourselves cycling through the same routine over and over. We believe that life is best lived when it is fully enjoyed, and we wanted to provide you with the latest in fashion, media, food, fitness, and recreation. Throughout the magazine, you’ll find in depth stories, tips and tricks, and other fun and interesting tidbits.

We urge you to go out and explore your passions and discover new interests along the way and hope that our magazine can help to play a part in that discovery.

Enjoy!

Gabrielle Jabour Editor in Chief of Lifestyled

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About the writers Arsal Farooq Arsal has lived in Austin for 8 years, and has been playing tennis for just as long. He likes to watch lots of sports, watch YouTube, and listen to music in his freetime. Arsal plays tennis for the school, and spends lots of his time doing homework.

Daylyn Gilbert Daylyn Gilbert is 14 years old. When she was growing up her mother raised her as a strict raw vegan. This sparked her intrest in the health industry and the maintaining of one’s body through food choices. She sees the rapid growing of the healthy food industry as a chance for people all over to learn about how food ties to emotions and overall health.

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Georgia Breston Georgia is interested in fashion and will occasionally visit some small boutiques near her. Georgia enjoyed hearing about what it takes to create a small business in fashion and learned about an aspect of the fashion industry that is not commonly publicised.

Matt Dalgeish Matthew has lived in Austin his whole life and enjoys playing soccer the ATX Knights and has been playing ever since he could walk. However soccer isn’t his only passion in his free time he enjoys playing real time strategy game. In Matthew’s feature story he discusses the importance of teachers in our lives, the article is in part inspired by his love for school.

Gabrielle Jabour Gabrielle Jabour is a native Austinite who enjoys fashion, food, traveling, music, and hanging out with friends.

She loves reading local and national blogs and enjoyed getting the opportunity to learn more about some of her favorite bloggers and their journey to success.

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H

ow Hard is Healthy?

Inside the modern world of health

By Daylyn Gilbert

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Healthy food has become a cure for lifestyle, including saving close relationships. With such a fast growing health conscious modern world keeping a healthy lifestyle is not as hard as it is perceive it to be.

Recently that transition from unhealthy to healthy is becoming an easier transition.

Dellicious green salad with pomegranate seeds, chicken, and baby spinach. Photo from Pexles

“Food is the modern day cigarette” -Kent Walker Texas restaurant owners Rishi Dhir, Jordan Feiner, and Kent Walker give an inside look on what it takes to live a happy healthy modern lifestyle in 2017.

“It’s really difficult start because food is the modern-day cigarette, The modern-day drug you know if you look at some research sugar is more addictive than some of the drugs out there that are widely known as super addictive,” Kent Walker, cofounder of True Food Kitchen said

Kiwi, apple, orange, grapefruit , and guava salad. Photo by: Daylyn Gilbert

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en and Flower Child with several locations in Texas and California.

People that start from an unhealthy diet and try transitioning into a healthy well maintained diet say that it is “very difficult,” Jordan Feiner, owner of Leaf restaurant gives us some more in insight on this difficult transition he has seen from observing his customers.

“It seems like a good challenge for most of our customers I feel like we have provided a niche to help these people so it’s been a little easier but yes, I feel like it’s been a lot harder for our customer base. Thank God we’re here because I mean, we are wanted,” Feiner said.

Once one begins to eat healthy, it is important to watch what is eaten not only at home in the kitchen, but especially when going out to eat as well. 25% of americans claim that they do not eat healthy when going out to eat.

“If you were going to eat out find places that make their own food, and that’s weird to say because everyone thinks restaurants make their own food, but it’s rare in our industry. Most people are buying prepackaged food or frozen things that were made somewhere else and are just putting them in the microwave. if you can find a restaurant that buys whole ingredients meaning what comes through their back door is a fish or a chicken or a steak and a bunch of vegetables in boxes and they break it up from there the food is always going to be better for you,” Walker said.

In the past couple of years this new industry has been booming. The healthy restaurant concept is brand new and changing the restaurant scene. struggle of maintaining a healthy diet when going out to eat.

“It’s not what people think health food is. It’s not the dried kale and boring foods of that nature because you can eat at True Food Kitchen and say ‘wow that was good that satisfied my palate’ and ‘oh yeah that was healthy rather than a lot of

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Taco Salad Photo by: Daylyn Gilbert

healthy restaurants like you know this is good for me but it just doesn’t taste that great’,” Walker said.

But why are these restaurants suddenly becoming so popular? Is the nation as a whole becoming healthier?

“The Internet helped create a lot of health-conscious era there is so much more influx of information people get on the Internet from searching for stuff but two the city has attracted so many people that live here it is attracting those kind of people that want to be health-conscious,” Feiner said.

Healthy food is also not what many think it to be.

It is not the “hamster food, the pure lettuce, or the strange dry flax breads we think about when we hear the word healthy eating”. Eating healthy does not even require being a vegetarian or a vegan. It is just about eating the whole unprocessed foods.

It is also especially helpful to not be exposed to unhealthy food daily. When at home if all that is available is healthy, then that is what will be eaten.

“When you go to the grocery store just shop on the outer circle hit the vegetables hit the meat section if you are going to get cheeses and things of that nature stay on the outside and kind of stay out of

Doritos and Mountain Dew’s and things of that nature and if you cook that way too it tends to be healthier,” Walker said.

However, just because one is staying healthy doesn’t mean it’s not okay to treat yourself every once and awhile.

Another important thing to remember when choosing foods is knowing one’s body and what is good for that specific person. Keeping in touch with the body consuming the food that is put into it is key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

“I have a big chunk and portion of foods that I will never give up no matter how healthy I get that I absolutely love I can’t deny it but I am I still a huge sucker for pizza and I am still a sucker for a really good hamburger no I have my ebs and flows I eat a wonderful salad here every day i’m not saying that balances out my other cravings,” said Feiner.

“Knowing your own bodies and what is good and bad for your allergens whether it’s pork intake or fat intake each individual person has to know what is good for their body and an up side is we can tailor a salad for anybody over here at Leaf,” Feiner said.

Eating healthy has all sorts of benefits to the people who decide to take that route. It can change the brain’s mental state to having a more positive outlook on life creating stronger relationships with the people in close communities.

Our changing world is allowing new research on the benefits of eating healthy. Whether it is saving a relationship or just trying to lose a few pounds it may just be worth while.

Overall, eating healthy has benefits to everyday lifestyle, relationships, and living happy and healthy.

“Blatantly I think it makes you live longer. 50 years ago people smoked and didn’t really believe it was going to kill you. We look back and laugh at it I think we’re going to do the same thing in the future of I think we’re gonna look back and be like did you believe that people use a drink Mountain Dew?” said Walker.

What if eating healthy is also partially a perceived health? Consuming a salad and expecting the results to be a slimmer figure or a happier state of mind could be a piece of the reason it makes life so much more enjoyable.

“It is little more ethereal I think it helps to my knee and I think if people feel whether they eat a healthy salad or it’s kind of a perceived health so people feel better when they are eating salad,” Feiner said.

Can Can pure mango juice photo by: Daylyn Gilbert

Rishi Dhir agrees.

“I can definitely see the difference in how I feel and how my body performs. I get less sickness, have more energy, sleep better, and have better mental focus when my diet is better,”Dhir said.

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Fashion Throughout History Exploring trends from the past seven decades

By Georgia Breston

Clothing was loose and flowy and consisted of many skirts, jersey dresses, and bell bottoms. Frayed and high waisted jeans were popular along with jumpers and glamorous dresses. Typically hair was long and layered.

People admired Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly and typically women never left the house in a mess.

It was common for women to wear chemise dresses and to have short curly hair.

1950’s

1970’s 1960’s

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“Hippie” looks were popular along with, miniskirts, box dresses, bright colors, fun patterns, and boots. It was also common for people to have low maintenance hair.

People dressed casual, typically wearing flannels, crop tops, and t-shirts with jeans. The grunge style was popular along with wearing slip dresses over a t-shirt. The “Rachel cut” inspired by friends was common in addition to bobs and bangs.

1990’s 1980’s

Shoulder pads, tiny skirts, leggings, leg warmers, and hoop earing were popular. Clothes tended to be neon and often hair was big and makeup was over the top.

2000’s- Present

There is alot of freedom in hair and style including the popularity of many accessories, denim and bright colors. Trends seen in past decades have also become popular.

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Video Life

by Arsal Farooq

The channels that create the videos for YouTube

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able television has been encompassed by the emerging YouTube, which now has overcome all US cable networks in viewership from the age division of 18 to 49. YouTube has completely transformed, not by luck, but by its own ability.

YouTube was created in 2005 and has grown massively in the 12 years since, now having a little over 1 billion users. This all is possible because of the uploaders of the videos and workers behind it, and the many who are trying to become the next big thing, spending lots of their time and effort into it, becoming their job and life.

“I started on YouTube in 2006 because it was a promising video sharing site,” Basinger said.

Basinger runs the Lazy Game Review channel on YouTube, and has reached 500,000 subscribers on it. He is 30 and has been doing this for seven years. People like Basinger making YouTube videos mainly for just fun and they had seen other channels that had burst to popularity and used them as inspiration.

“We had high hopes in the beginning. We wanted to be a lot like Smosh. But we realized it would take a long time. Things started to look up once we started a the logic series. But most of all we’re just happy to have a solid fan base that enjoys our work,”Brian Kissig said, one third of the CK production YouTubers.

People on YouTube end up being drawn in with the idea of becoming famous but soon they realize that it will be quite hard to actually achieve. Mainly people just want to keep growing their channel and also have their current subscribers stay with them.

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Picture of Lazy Game Reviews Channel creator, Clint Basinger provided from Facebook

“My only goals are to try and keep my channel growing, there is no specific number of subscribers I want to have, I am very happy with how my channel is grown and all I want to do is to keep people who watch my videos and get more people to watch then there are that do now”

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“My only goals are to try and keep my channel growing, there is no specific number of subscribers I want to have, I am very happy with how my channel is grown and all I want to do is to keep people who watch my videos and get more people to watch then there are that do now,” Basinger said.

YouTubing can be a pastime or with lots of work it can become their job. All the time that it takes to edit and record the videos contribute to this.

“It all depends on the videos coming out.

It typically takes about two weeks to edit a typical logic video or a Smash Bros Madness because of all the visual effects and sound work. Since I have a full time job I find myself editing about 10 to 15 hours a week sometimes more sometimes less. Corrupted took the longest. I had to have logged at least 100 hours working on the one,” Kissig said.

CK Productions consists of three people that all work on making videos that are making comedic videos about different games. Usually YouTubers spend lots of time making videos, because almost any video that is made can be a hit and could possibly go viral.

Illustration of Max Moran

“It is very hard to predict how a video is going to do, so I like to try and keep my expectations low for how they will do. That way when I make a video that ends up getting way more views and gives me lots of support to my channel, it is always a lot of fun to see happen,” Max Moran said, founder of the self named MAX MORAN channel.

Max has only been a YouTuber for two years and is currently just a side thing that he does whenever he is free, but for some people it becomes a job. Lots of YouTubers are like Max and do it just for fun, not expecting anything out of it.

Photo of phone running YouTube, from Pexels

“It is very hard to predict how a video is going to do, so I like to try and keep my expectations low for how they will do. That way when I make a video that ends up getting way more views and gives me lots of support to my channel, it is always a lot of fun to see happen”

“YouTube definitely feels more like a job to me at this point, simply because it has me running my own business, paying all my own taxes, and dealing with legal stuff. But it’s like no other job I’ve ever had in that I actually like it still,” Basinger said.

The dream for the people on YouTube though never ends, always seeing the end of the tunnel.

“I plan on continuing this channel as long as I possibly can and hopefully developing it into a business someday,” as Kissig said.

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#1: Pewdiepie

Subscribers: 54 Million Total Views: 15 Billion Last 30 day subs: 368,000 Content: Gaming/Comedy

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#2: HolaSoyGerman #3: ElrubiusOMG

Subscribers: 31 Million Total Views: 3 billion Last 30 day subs: 263,000 Content: Entertainment

Subscribers: 23 Million Total Views: 5 Billion Last 30 day subs: 368,000 Content: Comedy

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Charlton (Chottie) Hamilton models an outfit during a shoot for her blog. Photo by Chottie Hamilton.

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The Blogging Boom

A glimpse into the journey of three bloggers in the growing age of social media.

By Gabrielle Jabour

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n the time that it took to read this sentence, posts because blogging was still a very novel two blogs were just born into the blogoconcept. sphere. In fact, statistics show that a new

“When I first started blogging, I was blog is created every half second. Had the aver- probably writing five times a week and honestly age person heard the word ‘blog’ 20 years ago, it no one was reading it for the first three years would have meant nothing. But today, the word because people were not used to that kind of is representative of an entire online empire medium,” Ko said. “People were still reading known by millions. newspapers; people were reading

The recent rise of for content.”

“Blogs have evolved magazines social media has caused

For Dallas fashion and so much. At the end lifestyle blogger Amanda Kushner, forms of digital content such as blogs to expand important to know that she of the day, our world itwaswascreating exponentially across the her blog Glitter and is changing.” internet. On average, Spice for the right reasons. over 14 million readers “Really at first it was just a crespanning the globe tune in daily to their favorite ative outlet and a way for me to share my perblogs to read and view content on virtually any sonal style,” Kushner said. “Freebies are always subject matter. However, many readers do not nice and fun, but at first I didn’t even realize realize all the fine details and work that goes there was a chance of me getting big enough behind the scenes of running a successful blog. to the point where I could get any freebies, let

As an experienced blog owner, local alone be paid for taking them and posting about Austin food and travel blogger Jane Ko has them.” learned the ins and outs of the online industry

Working with brands and sponsorships through seven years of first hand experience. Ko has brought rise to new forms of advertising began by reading national blogs in college and and information gain. Essentially, blogging has eventually created her blog, A Taste of Koko. In allowed individuals to become a new force of the beginning stages, she wrote constantly but advertising that challenges traditional media. noticed that not many people were reading her

“I started getting restaurants that would

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invite me over to eat, and I started doing restaurant coverage and people really liked that content.

That’s when I really started, I guess you could say, getting recognition in Austin,” Ko said. “At that time, people would only go to newspapers like The Statesman and The Chronicle for information on where to eat, so I just really identified myself as an expert in restaurant coverage. Four years later now I’m official restaurant expert for the city of Austin.”

As blogging became more known as a social platform, an increasing number of brands began to take notice of the industry.

“I think blogging has become more and more mainstream,” Kushner said. “I’ve been able to work with more retailers and food and beverage companies and also with different hotels.”

Although blogging has many perks, fashion/lifestyle blogger and owner of The Retail Vault, Charlton (Chottie) Hamilton, notes that owning a blog is a lot more time consuming than people think.

“There’s a lot more that goes into it, even the little tags and how you save your image so that it pulls up better in a search bar,” Hamilton said.

“It’s those little things people don’t realize. There’s a lot of little details in it.”

According to a survey of over 800 bloggers, finding and dedicating time to blogging is the number one struggle faced by blog owners.

“Honestly [the biggest challenge is] just having enough hours in the day,” Kushner said.

“I probably spend 20 to 30 hours on the blog per week in addition to being a full time student and trying to have a social life, so it’s just a lot.”

There are often many misconceptions about the workload of blogging. The process of producing a blog post, which contains many components, is one of them.

“First I’ll start with the idea and I’ll put together the outfit and then go shoot the outfit and then edit the pictures,” Hamilton said. “Then I upload them, do all of the backend SEO type of things, write the post, and use affiliate networking to try to make commision off of the items. I have to go through and create little gadgets, implement

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Hamilton documents many of her favorite food, style, and travel moments on her Instagram, charltonleeblog. Here, she poses in Rome. Photo by Chottie Hamilton.

them on the blog, schedule the post, promote it, post it, and then share it once it’s been posted.”

Through the growth of the blogging industry, the sheer amount of blogs and competition has greatly increased.

“It’s definitely a lot of competition. If you want to succeed, you gotta be the best of the best,” Hamilton said. “From there you kinda just have to let it be organic. If you force growth then people can tell that and they don’t want to be just another person being sold to, they want to feel like they’re connecting.”

Especially with the large number of blogs available, it is incredibly important to choose the right sponsors and stay true to yourself and to readers.

“Just try to be your own person, try not to give into all the pressures to conform because everybody feels those,” Kushner said. “Don’t accept every single collaboration that comes your way.

According to the 2017 State of Blogging Report, 20% of online blogs (over 36 million) cover the topic of lifestyle, which includes design, travel, food, fashion/style, and much more. Photo by Pexels.

I made sure very early to only agree to sponsorships that really fit my style and fit me. I’d rather be honest to myself and my style and keep that consistent, and I know that my readers appreciate that too because I’m not just filling their inbox with random stuff. That’s not what they signed up for.”

Social media has played a large role in the growth of the blogging world. It is critical to getting blog traffic and growth, as well in furthering reader engagement, connectivity and networking.

“Social media is key for everything,” Hamilton said. “I definitely am trying to constantly post and engage.”

When used hand in hand, social media and blogging have had the power to change the way people do normal online tasks such as shopping and finding out information.

“I don’t think bloggers would be able to do what we do right now if it wasn’t for Instagram. I think Instagram has completely changed how people consume content,” Ko said. “For example, I never go to Yelp to look for restaurants recommendations

and I don’t think my readership goes to Yelp to look for restaurants recommendations. Instead they go to me. I think Instagram in general is how people shop, travel, and eat now.”

In terms of expansion, setting media related goals is critical to running and growing a successful blog.

“I definitely have social media goals.” Kushner said. “I think when you get to a point where you’re not making goals for yourself then that means that you’re no longer interested in what you’re doing, so I try to always have new goals.”

As time goes on, the blogging industry is expected to continue to heavily influence advertising and social media and climb further to the top of the online world.

“I think blogs have evolved so much,” Hamilton said. “At the end of the day, our world is changing.”

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Romain Lettuce

Arugula

Cucumber

Feta Cheese

Strawberries

Watermelon

SALAD BAR

Olives

Orange slices

Grapefruit

by: Daylyn Gilbert

Three different ideas for a healthy lunch, salad, or just a snack!

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Onion

Tomato

Greek Salad

Snow Peas

Apple Slices

Spring Salad

TIP: When chosing a

Fruit Salad

salad dressing consider what type of lettuce is being used, Romain tends to taste better with creamy dressings such as ranch or caesar dressing. Greens such as arugula taste better with a lighter oil or vinaigrette such as balsamic or olive oil.

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eachers, the unsung heroes

The story of two seprate teachers, and how their profession effects their life By: Matthew Dalgleish

Austin 7th grade english teacher Ms. Hart rolls out of bed and rushes to her espresso machine, after downing her daily dose of espresso she runs up the stairs to wake her daughter Evangeline for school. After dropping off her daughter, she rushes to school in order to get there in time to greet her students and enrich their lives with education.

“I believe that all my teachers impact me”

Hart, however is not the only person with this routine. Millions of teachers across the US have similar routines every morning. Hart and Kelly Morledge (History Teacher) are two teachers at Kealing Middle School in Austin, Texas. Teachers are woven into the very fabric of who we are.

“I feel teaching is a vital job within society as my job as a teacher is to prepare students to be an active participant in that same society.” Moreledge said “Unfortunately I do not think others always see it that way.”

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“I believe that all of my teachers impact me.

They mold me into who I am, and I even sometimes rub off on them. It’s really cool.” Said Zeeshan Yazdani 9th grader at LASA High school.

Everyone has had roughly 40 teachers by the time they reach college. This fact could be part of the reason why many are forgotten. However, they are so incredibly important in molding our life and who we are. Teachers have to dedicate their life to their jobs. They have little free time, and unlike other professions when they go home they still have work. The only free time that teachers have is over the summer.

“Here is very little free time… The summer is a true break though and allows me to travel and see different parts of the country and world,” said Morledge.

(Top Right photo) Selfie of Ms. Hart, 7th grade English teacher (Middle photo) Photo of Zeeshan Yazdani, 9th grader at LASA High Schol (Top Left photo) Portrait of Ms. Moreldege 8th grade history teacher at Kealing middle school.

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Due to teachers having little free time, their job tends to consume them, and they become their job.

Ms. Hart when asked about her lifestyle; she respomded “Teaching is so much a part of who I am that I’m not sure it really affects my lifestyle anymore. It just is my lifestyle.”

We affect our teachers just as much as they affect us. Teachers dedicate their lives to teaching in order to help further our society by brightening the minds of young individuals. As much as the teachers shape our lifestyle, theirs are shaped by us.

Teachers are so influential peoples lifestyle, and vise versa. Next time you see one of your teachers, maybe you won’t mess around and you’ll pay attention.

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Top 15 essential Wardrobe Pieces Say goodbye to the days of having a closet full of clothes but nothing to wear, and meet the fifteen basics that will transform your outfits and wardrobe.

By Gabrielle Jabour

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PROFESSIONAL SKIRT

Dress it up

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The goal: versatile, buildable, and wearable Why invest in good basics? Basics are the foundation of any wardrobe and can be used in many different ways. Use them to balance out statement pieces, transition from day to night, and add depth to your outfits with layers. As they say, with good basics the options are endless.

BASIC COAT

SIMPLE JEWELRY

SWEATER

BLACK OR NUDE PUMPS

STRUCTURED TOTE

DRESS

SUNGLASSES NEUTRAL BOOTIES VERSATILE BLOUSE

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“I feel like it is a good job because people are always going to want to look good and they are going to seek out people to help them do that.”

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A popular shoe sold at Eve Couture Kate Compton Owner of Eve Cotoure

A model showcasing one of Somogyi’s designs Csilla Somogyi designs. Austin, TX www.csillawear.com

A rack Eve Coutures inventory Kate Compton Owner of Eve Cotoure

A Passion For Fashion

An inside look into what it takes to be seccessful in the fashion industry

By Georgia Breston

The world clothing and textile industry reached almost $2,560 trillion in 2010. The fashion industry is a big part of everyone’s lives, most people rely on it just to get dressed in the mornings.

Lesley Tracy is a stylist in Biddeford Maine; Kate Compton owns three boutiques in Austin, Fredericksburg and Marble Falls; Csilla Somogyi designs her own clothes and owns two stores, one in Austin and one in New York.

All three were able to create a successful career in the fashion industry which can be difficult in modern day America. This piece explores the fashion industry through the eyes of three different professions in fashion, giving an inside look into what it really takes to have a career in the fashion industry.

“I feel like it is a good job because people are always going to want to look good and they are going to seek out people to help them do that.” Tracy said.

Tracy knew from a young age that styling was something she had a passion for and wanted

to pursue.

“I actually went to beauty school when I was 16, graduated when I was 17 and I started doing hair at that time,” said Tracy. “So I knew from the time when I was really young that hair and makeup was something that I was very interested in.”

Csilla Somogyi had a similar experience; at age 13 she began making her own dresses to wear on the weekends because her school made her wear a uniform. After working for some larger companies, Somogyi decided she wanted create her own designing business.

“Working for a few large companies was excellent for experience for when the time came to try it out on my own,” Somogyi said.

Experience was crucial to understanding the field and was excellent preparation for having the responsibility of their own business. Tracy would donate her time, working with makeup artist and hair stylist to learn from them and begin networking. Kate Compton went to school to pursue physical therapy when she decided she wanted to begin a career in the fashion industry after working at a boutique in her town for eight years.

“Girls who just like fashion can’t just assume that they will be successful at having a store,” Compton explained.

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the salon she is often styling people behind the scene for commercials, shows, films, and music videos. This side of the industry can be chaotic, at times boring, and often requires for Tracy to travel.

“On a commercial there are a lot of people telling me what they want the people to look like. A lot of times someone will come in and I’ll have the director, the art director, or the cinematographer come over and they will say ‘you need to make them older’ ‘can you grey their hair or make him look like he has wrinkles’,” said Tracy.

Tracy also has the unique experience of working with celebrity clients and explained what working with that status of people entitles.

“Taylor Swift has a distinct look, so with somebody like that you have to try to accommodate to what ever their wishes are to make sure they are happy and comfortable in their surroundings.” Tracy said.

The day to day operation for a boutique is very different than that of working as a stylist.

“The inventory, I’m constantly moving things around, redoing displays, there’s obviously the paperwork side of it too, I have to set aside days for that.

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But the main thing is having really great people that work for you,” Compton said.

According to Compton the constantly evolving fashion industry requires some boutiques to adapt to the new trends.

“I like to be fashion forward but there are stores that stay classic and that customer knows what they have and that’s what they always wear and that works for some people. So it just really depends, there are some years I sell that it seems like the turnaround is a lot quicker because the fashion is really fun and people like the color,” Compton said.

Similarly, Somogyi is affected by trends in the industry but differently because she is producing her own clothing. She caters to the desires of her clients while staying true to her own designs.

“I come up with new designs to suit the needs of my clients or from my own inspiration and add those to the line,” Somogyi explained.

Styling requires Tracy to know what the new trends in the hair and makeup industry are because of her work on commercials, music videos and just the day to day requests in the salon.

“You have to keep up with the latest fashion.

Csilla Somogyi is a designer based in Austin and New York

Lesley Tracy is a local stylist in Biddeford Maine

Csilla Somogyi designs. www.csillawear.com Austin, TX

Makeup and Hair

by Lesley Tracy

Kate Compton Owner of Eve Couture

“This is what I get up for every single day.

I’m at all the stores and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”

Hair and makeup changes from year to year,” Tracy said.

The competition is something that has proved difficult for my sources, particularly with other businesses offering lower prices. However, both Tracy and Compton said that it is the quality of what your offering that will make it worth spending a little extra money.

“You just have to create an experience that is going to be worth maybe spending a little bit more coming in here versus going to Target,” Compton said.

Compton, Tracy, and Somogyi emphasized that these professions demand constant hard work on a daily basis. Often a day working in the fashion

Kate Compton at the Westlake location of Eve Couture

industry require long hours, traveling, and staying on top of the inventory, employees, and the day to day operations.

“It’s easy as far as the goal is to make everybody happy that you work with, but it is a lot of hours and you have to be really flexible,” Tracy said.

However, all these women seem to love their jobs and and have a passion for the career they choose.

“I love it and this is what I get up for every single day. I’m at all the stores and I wouldn’t trade it for the world,” Compton shared.

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Simple life hacks that you need

By: Matthew Dalgleish

Intigrate these super simple, super easy life hacks into your lifestyle, and watch the results. You will feel fantastic!

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Watermelon! Watermelons are great: Fruit of champions. They are about 92% water depending on the watermelon that you get, and are loaded with vitamins A, B6, and C. You think that’s it? It’s not. Watermelons also contain lots of lycopene, amino acids, and a good amount of potassium. The high amounts of lycopene in watermelon, according to several studies significantly reduces your risk of heart disease, strengthens the regenerative properties of your cells, and lowers blood pressure. If you are feeling hot, try to watermelon to cool off!

Sleep plays an important role in good health and well-being throughout your life. Getting enough quality sleep at night can help protect your mental health, physical health, quality of life, and safety. Sleep deficiency can affect you in an instant, for example you being too tired to notice the car merging into your lane and you get into a crash. It can also affect you over time by increasing your susceptibility to diseases (Heart and liver), high blood pressure, and stroke.

Water is one of the most important substances that you can put into your body. Water flushes the bad out of you, and helps hydrate your cells. You. being a human are 70% water so why not give water a try!

Exercise is one of the most important parts of keeping your body at a healthy weight. Exercise helps people lose weight and lower the risk of some diseases.