BARGAIN WORLD UPSCALE THRIFT
PETALUMA GETS DAZZLED
SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER BRINGS OUT THE TRASH IN CLASS BAND LIFTED ANNUAL CELEBRATION A STAMP TOO!
Stories by Jasmyne Daniels
Congratulations! You have been nominated for Unnew Magazine: Thrift & Vintage Styling Publication’s Sussy Awards. Bestowed upon those who has continued to support the on going battle for sustainability and recirculation. Winners will be announced Monday, August 14, 2023.
LARGE STORE CHAIN OF THE YEAR
Goodwill
Eco Thrift
Savers
Freestyle Exchange, Northern CA
Crossroads Trading, Northern CA
Snowline Hospice Thrift
Deseret Industries
BOUTIQUE OF THE YEAR
W.E.A.V.E.
Upscale Thrift
American Cancer Society Discovery
Thrift
Pacific Thrift
TRUE
Old Gold Thrift
The Clothing Warehouse, ATL
Family Tree Thrift Shoppe
CONSIGNMENT STORE OF THE YEAR
ReLOVEIt Consignment
ReNew Consignment
Renaissance Fine Consignment
The Refinery Celebrity Retail
Article Consignment
Reinvent Clothing Boutique & Consignment
FASHION STYLIST OF THE YEAR
Hannah Be
Mario B
UP-FASHION DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Gerry Simpson— Gos
Terry Thompson—Culture Heaven5
Nevaeh Fauitina DeWitt
Broozi
Steven Peterson Punk Kouture
James Thomas Head
Rory Castillo
Brenda Davis Be-Neal
Lorna Mainess Coocoo Couture
FASHION SHOW DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Mario B Mario B Productions
Owen Geronimo SF
Marqeist—Cre8tive Connection Productions
Molly Spencer—Trashion Fashion
Cincanatus—North Bay Fashion Ball
Thrift Con
INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR
Polychrom3
Paul Stafford, N. Ireland, UK
The Dapper Dahlia
Stylecrone
Butchwasvintage
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Edward R. Carley III
Khiry Malik
Khore Mixon
Beth Buckley
TV STATION OF THE YEAR (Morning shows)
Ch 3 NBC
Ch 10 ABC
Ch 13 CBS
Fox 40 KXTV
FAVORITE MUSIC
Satin Dollz Performance
Manhattan Transfer Album
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Thrift Song
Barbara Streisand Secondhand Rose
FAVORITE MOVIE SCENES
Cruella Garbage truck scene
Lady Bird Shopping in thrift store
Jack Richer—Finding something at a thrift store
Lady Boss Jacket negotiation
To Wang Foo, Thanks for Everything!
Julie Newmar
Westley Snipes in attic scene
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Michael E. Reynolds Earthship.com
Lindsey Renee Rhythm and Soul Patrol show WPON AM
Magiceye Photography
MUA: Tisha York
Model: Tisha
Magiceye Photography
MUA: Tisha York
Hairstylist: David Cooper of Hair Street Blues
Model: Xenia
As you walk into the kitchen, your body seems to gravitate toward the refrigerator and seek out your favorite comfort snack. Whether it be a Hot Pocket or a simple bagel with cream cheese, a little toasty crunch to such comfort snacks could make it taste out of this world.
Oftentimes we go through the motions of this life, and the kitchen, using appliances that we don’t put any mind toward the evolution of. But one main staple in today’s kitchen appliance, the air fryer, has taken us by storm and seemed to take the evolution of cooking and kitchen modernism to a whole new pinnacle.
As the market for these kinds of kitchen appliances began to grow, so would the market for the food products that were used alongside them. The 1970’s would be an era that showcased a large boom in the frozen, pre-prepared food market. The market for efficiency and technological, industrious innovation would also be on the rise. As these inventions became more evolved, common, and compact in the home, the heir to the kitchen appliance world would soon come into fruition; Soon, the year
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Before the air fryer, the kitchen counters in America were lined with other machines like convection ovens and microwaves. Both models we are more commonly familiar with were patented 9 years apart, the convection oven(1967) and microwave (1976), and took kitchen appliances and cooking efficiency to a whole new level in both of their eras. Although the original models were heavy and expansive in size, they were considered some of the highest tier of professional baking appliances in the kitchen and provided much better efficiency in both the home and in these professional environments. They were compact and had numerous settings to choose from in order to conform to the user’s needs.
By Jasmyne Daniels
Now, to all who indulge themselves in the world of fashion, we can all agree: “With fashion, there must come a passion”. As we look through time, we see this very theme sprawled through the many fashion shows and magazines, television shows, and performances nationally. But there is one movie from the mid1970’s that embodies this feeling of the passion that guides the love of fashion.
As we look into the development of honorable fashion film pieces through the years, we will take a look at a revolutionary fashion movie, one you can’t help but to say with emphasis: Mahogany!
The movie, Mahogany, was filmed and premiered in 1975 featuring acclaimed female actress Diana Ross along with other stars. She starred as a young and passionate Tracey Chambers in the film who was determined to make a name for herself in the rough city of Chicago, Illinois. During these times in the mid1900’s fashion was taking the world by storm as designers aimed to create more optimally modern styles for men and women similar to that of Tracy’s passion in the movie.
The world would truly begin to see the seams of fashion mending in the 1960’s. Not only did fashion events flourish in the world of the Mahogany movie and in real life during this era, but striking models would also emerge such as Grace Jones, Jean Shrimpton, and Pat Cleveland. Together the flame of passion to both put on a show and create one would hold a spot for the fashion industry at the pinnacle of success and demand.
Attempts at getting a foot in the door of the fashion industry’s scene proved to be tough at times for upcoming models
she a young woman of color, but she s and fashion designers like Diana Ross’ character, Tracy. Not only was Illinois’ famed city of Chicago. Although these areas were rough, fashion events would still be held such as the infamous Ebony Fashion Fair, also known as Fashion Fair Cosmetics today. These events were held locally and nationwide, allowing both disadvantaged designers and disadvantaged models into the industry to showcase their potential.
Eunice Walker Johnson was one of the main pioneers of fashion and one of the founders behind the Ebony Fashion Fair, holding a 65 year run in the fashion industry from 1958 -2009 until Johnson’s passing in 2010. Shows would be held nationally and featured majorly Ebony models and European stylists who would put on fashion shows in the designated cities. These events were held locally and nationwide, allowing both disadvantaged designers and disadvantaged models into the industry to showcase their potential.
She started as a designer who’s eclectic designs were hardly accepted by her peers and instructors at all. Soon enough, Tracy would find herself in similar situations rubbing shoulders with fashion icons as her career progressed, eventually leading her to her stardom in Rome. Seemingly cliche, the probability of stumbling upon such an opportunity was relatively high around these times as fashion was becoming very popular in the entertainment and advertising industry. Her career would take off with this new connection and the name, ‘Mahogany’, would be bestowed upon her as she made her way through the ranks in fashion.
Mahogany as a color represents luxury, strength, and resilience; You can’t help but think about flickering candles, ambient lights, and champagne glasses clinking as you look and think of the color. Just as
the color represents, Tracey Chambers’ strength and resilience shown throughout the movie is fitting for her name. From a lowly fashion assistant to blossoming into a renowned fashion model and designer, her passion outweighed the obstacles in the world of fashion.
Throughout the storyline of the classic movie, Mahogany we are revisited with the same recurring theme that, “with fashion, must come a passion”. The movie Mahogany was one of the major films that helped set the stage for the fire of passion that would burn in the minds and hearts of upcoming designers and models in the fashion industry for years to come and pass.
Home Appliances cont.
2010 would prove to be an impactful year for this upcoming appliance market. During the early 21st century we all experienced seeing those famous infomercials that always seemed to be loudly playing in the background at 3am after falling asleep with the TV on. Well, many times, that just so happened to be an infomercial on appliances such as the newly innovated air fryer. (Eric Thiess, PowerXL Air Fryer Commercial)
has it become a healthier cooking alternative, but also the quickest way to heat up your favorite comfort snack in the middle of the night without the microwave beeps! Ultimately, the air fryer has taken the kitchen appliance scene by storm and brought innovation to the kitchen environment overall, one Hot Pocket at a time.
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The original blueprint for the air fryer was made in 2005 shortly after a man named, Fred van der Weij, had trouble finding more efficient ways to fry his French fries outside of traditional frying and baking. This small dilemma he faced would gradually manifest into the physical world for nearly three years as he drew out prototypes for his new invention. Its debut at consumer electronics fair located in Berlin called, Internationale Funkausstellung, would be where the air fryer would receive its first patent through the Phillips company and be put on the market in 2010; a story that quickly became history and a kitchen appliance staple of many homes.
In a now more technologically advanced contemporary society, we see many more kinds of advanced, efficient, compacted designs of such home appliances. One study from The NY Times has even shown that 36% of Americans alone own an air fryer in their home- nearly half of America! Not only
Winning Designer Brittney Kurde has won the competition multiple times and plans on continuing winning more..
flowers. Don’t miss the perfect dew drops created from melted Vodka bottles, on both the dress and wings. To make the armature she used her food processor to make a slurry of cardboard and glue and formed it into wing branchThe glass of the wings is built from clear plastic containers, easter bunny clam shells , oreo cookie packaging and other found plastics. This is truly a reworking of materials to form a trashion fashion masterpiece
Oy Vey on the Runway Designer & Model: Rhonda Goodman
Fashioned from 30 potato and onion bags from a she’s gathered together this vibrant It’s her first Trashion Fashion entry and the 3rd time she’s made a dress. No potato
Her pleated skirt of vividly colored bags is topped with a yellow hay bale jacket completed with a fan collar, framed on a turkey roasting pan. No sewing was involved. It’s completely assembled with hot melt glue, staples and Velcro. She’s accessorized the jacket with kitchen scrubbies and buttons of potato mesh flowers.
Don't miss her earrings and jewelry. She’s’ transformed the toilet paper roll into a cuff with a gem from a toilet brush holder. And a bracelet of coffee pods. Topping it off with a Carmen Miranda inspired hat. Excess is the aspiration; too much is never enough.
4rth Place, Adult: “From Me and Mine to You and
Kate Jernigan, Sofia Carlson, Heather Gobbe and Michelle Jernagin
1st Place, Junior: “Spring Awakening,” designed by Art Quest High School Students: Jupiter, Lucia and Vanessa
By Molly Spencer Director of Engagement Sanoma Community CenterPublisher/Editor-In-Chief
EDITOR
Xenia Araujo
STORIES
Jasmyne Daniels
R. K. Pannell
PHOTOGRAPHY
Khiry Moore, Magiceye Photography
MAKEUP ARTIST
Make by Tisha York
HAIR BY David Cooper
Hair Street Blues Xenia Araujo
Tisha York—Tisha York & Kalia Zachery
FEATURED STORES/DESIGNERS
Upscale Thrift
Bargain Thrift
Trashion Fashion
Sonoma Community Center
North Bay Fashion Ball
Petaluma, CA
MODELS
Xenia Araujo
Tisha York
Kalia Zachery
Designer Rhonda Goodmen stands next to her creation made of colorful onion sacks. She also designs bracelets and other jewelry.
1st
HighSchoolStudents: Jupiter,Luciaand Vanessa
PlaceWinner“Spring Awakening,” designedbyArtquest
PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH
“FromMeand MinetoYouand Yours”
KateJernigan, SofiaCarlson, HeatherGobbe andMichelle Jernagin
By Jasmyne Daniels
For many reasons we celebrate love in many expressive ways. Love is a language that is universal and without it the world would be an extremely, metaphorically colder place for us all. That favorite individual in your life wouldn’t be as important and many other kinds of relationships in your life would hold less weight in the balance of your heart and life. But as you contemplate on this ideology and how it would apply to your own life, we also face another curious rhetoric that we overlook: Who created this concept of ‘love’, or at least what it has evolved into in the time that has passed leading up to contemporary society. Believe it or not, the oldest known fact about love dates back to the age of human evolution. At the time being referred to, humans were mere apes of course, but they’d begin to remove their animalistic characteristics soon after they began developing emotional attachments to one another. This attachment would be the start of emotions we refer to now as ‘love’, and that would stem into creating other aspects of society like families or packs to help one another survive the young, chaotic, progressing world. The phenomena of love stemmed from a very survivalistic and emotionally reciprocated place amongst the developing society and that kind of mindset would branch out into the far reaches of human society. During the time period surrounding the 17th -19th century, many of the individuals who pondered on love were often seen as foolish. Love was an obligation that was utilized to catapult the individuals involved through the socio-economic ranks. Marrying someone usually meant that you’d now be obligated to share things such as land, money, and prestige. This outlook on love would remain as a direct correlation of love established during the early stages of human evolution. But as time progressed and spilled into the 20th and 21st century, and as technology advanced, love would begin to take a whole new shape in the lives of those who once called it ‘foolish’. As the movie business became more expansive, so did
the ideology that surrounded love. You can find numerous 20th century movies that romanticize what it feels like to be in love. They often depict the man ‘saving’ the woman from her hopeless romances and ‘living happily ever after’. This capitalization in the movie business on the emotion of love allowed people to expand their own perspectives of love and how it is applied to relationships whether they are romantic or platonic. And as the world became more open and accepting of all creeds, so did the world of love. Now we are in contemporary society and the contemporary ideology that surrounds love. Not only are we still flooded with overly-romanticized novels and movies about love, but we also have social media and the internet to make finding love easier as well. It is now super easy to download an app for dating and set up a date in an instant. You can also connect with many different kinds of people through the numerous social media apps that have been created and find both romantic and platonic relationships to indulge in. The ideology surrounding love has also changed immensely. First, it was established as a sole partnership meant for survival and socio-economic gain needed to live comfortably. Now we have seen a complete shift into the embracing of feeling and being in love with somebody on account of emotional pleasure. Technology and changes in the ideology of love has contributed majorly to both love and the survival of humanity. So next time you interact with that close friend of yours or pursue that romantic venture of yours, make sure you’re intent on doing it for the love…of love.
The North Bay Fashion Ball is an attempt to better organize the local independent art and fashion scene. As you will read, most of these queer or female local business people are under pressure of being shut down or pushed out. Each is a star in their own right but in banding together they can fill a room and inspire each other to lift their ambitions and put together a collection that is a statement that pushes the creative conversation forward. Even though they are themselves a cause and a charity in themselves their organization - the North Bay Fashion Ball will be donating all profits to Face to Face. Which is at the forefront of non-judgmental and compassionate medicine in the areas of safe sex and harm reduction. In the latter they are one of the biggest and most trusted needle exchanges and distributors of Narcan in Santa Rosa. Their director, couture in a princess dress from the princess quinceanera boutique of Santa Rosa will be giving a presentation and an appeal. Her royalty will be crowning the winners of our three amateur categories. All of the looks on the stage will be for sale.
By bringing passion and compassion together this event expresses the two sides of love. This year with the help of the great Coco Siles we are developing the output of our 4 local photographers into a annual glossy mag: North Bay Vogue. It will be the catalog of the show and include ads for the constellation of artists and businesses that make this event possible !
This year we are also a recipient of the Supervisors Sonoma County Community Investment Fund, personally selected by Supervisor Chris Corsey to receive support and wear (as a requirement) the county seal.
Featured labels include: Marta Koehne celebrated her 40 anniversary of Hot Couture Vintage, in part with this show. She has seen the vintage industry change and arc almost from its inception. Whereas at the start it was about exact period specificity it is now anachronistic, post-modern, and genderless. She has changed with fashion and is considering succes-
sion. And reflecting both she is putting forward her two longtime staffers, Kennan and Tristain to put together a 10 look collection of genderfluid, natural fiber looks and hiring local actors to be her models! IG: hotcouturevtg. Jenny DeYoung, owner of the recently closed incredibly beloved Disguise the Limit is using this event to step into the next phase of her career, reviving her fun, gay, sexy, and child-like innocent line of festival wear. I think the community would be overjoyed to hear about this continuation of the story. IG: jendee_designs. Suzy Berry, owner of the Dainty Rascal label and of Heart of Gold Rescue Horse Sanctuary in Forestville. The former funds the latter. She is living the dream she dreamt at age 7 to ride horses and play dress up forever! She deserves a story herself - as do all of these artists. IG: daintyrascal JH, owner of the label Heterogross. Each year we allow for one profound teacher to come and exhibit and enrich the artistic diolog in art and fashion. JH divides his time between Oakland and the Phillipines. Talking to him you find he has the mind of a genius academic but chooses to make clothing with the impact of incisive cultural critique IG: heterogross.
Another survivor on Main Street, Buck Lucky, ran by Lena Claypool who operates her collective as a standing vintage faire. She was the hit of the last Fashion Ball and has come on board this year as a coorganizer and likely successor to Cincinnatus (me). Her collection this year is inspired by Marie Antoinette and the court of the sun king! IG: buckluckycollective
By Cincinnatus Hibbard Director North Bay Fashion Ball
Mon-Sat 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Sun 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
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