Issuu

LOOK GREAT ❇ DRESS SHARP ❇ LIVE WELL

Introduction

saisonnier Vêtements d'hiver

❋ FASHION JANUARY - MARCH 2017

LIFESTYLES

Music&Art

THE ULTIMATE ASSAULT ON OBAMACARE

Culture pop En couleur vivante

✛

HOW DONALD TRUMP WINS BY LOSING

A QUESTION OF DIVERSITY

19 ISSUE

Culture

✛

ISSUE NO. 19/VOL 5 USD:$16.00

SHADES OF WINTER VEIN & CLOTH PERSONAL STYLE

WINTER 2017

DISPLAY UNTIL JANUARY 2017

WINTER FASHION ISSUE

SWAGGA DIGITAL MAGAZINE

02 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

BEHIND THE PAGES

M D WWW.SWAGGADIGITALMAGAZINE.COM

EDITOR’S NOTE

This publication is dedicated to my mom whose courage, strength, tenacity and love has been a rock for me in the production of this magazine. There are so many people who are instrumental in the production of this publication, and I could not possibly name them all in this writing but I just want to thank all of you and you know who you are, for assisting me with its continued prodction. Many thanks to all of the wonderful and talented models, photographers, MUA’s, and Hair Stylists and Stylists. Reproduction of any material within this publication in whole or in part is, prohibted without expressed consent of publisher. The publisher assumes no responsibility to any party of the information, claims or ads herein to include errors, inaccuracies or omissions. By advertising the advertisers agree to indemnify the Publisher against all claims relating to or resulting from saidadvertisements and or promotional material. Ron Fulcher Editor-In-Chief

COPYRIGHT ©2009-2016 SDM PUBLISHING ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Reproduction in whole or in part without the permission of SDM The Magazine is prohibited. SDM The Magazine does not accept and cannot be held responsible for any kind of unsolicted materials. Published Quarterly, Four (4) Times a year. Available in Print, Mobile, and available for download to Apple, Android, Ipad and Tablets. Visit our website at www.swaggadigitalmagazine.com Need to send a email to the EDITOR: sdm_magazine@yahoo.com. For subscription information email us at: sdm_magazine@yahoo.com Printed in the USA, MAIL P.O. Box 3138 Oakland, California 94609 CALL 1.213.986.8351 CUSTOMER SERVICE: sdm_magazine@yahoo.com CONNECT WITH US EMAIL SDM_MAGAZINE@YAHOO.COM SOCIAL MEDIA: facebook/swaggadigitalmagazine, instagram/@swaggadigitalmag twitter/@blackberryron snapchat/@SWAGGADIGITALMAG Visit Issuu.Com,Blur.com and Magcloud.com Digital Newstands to download our digital version to IPAD, TABLET, IPHONE or your Andriod Device

03 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

M D EDITOR’S NOTE

VOLUME V, NO. 19 | WINTER ISSUE



WWW.SWAGGADIGITALMAGAZINE.COM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | RON FULCHER

BRANDING & STRATEGY

DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY | ARCHIE BRUMFIELD GRAPHIC DESIGN ~ CREATIVE SERVICES | SDM PUBLISHING PHOTO EDITOR ~ ART DIRECTOR | RON FULCHER ADVERTISING MANAGER | ARCHIE BRUMFIELD

SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK | SWAGGADIGITALMAG INSTAGRAM | @SWAGGADIGITALMAG SNAPCHAT | @SWAGGADIGITALMAG

SPECIAL THANKS SEE EYEWEAR SMART MODEL MANAGEMENT WESTCOAST LEATHER MK MODEL MANAGEMENT H&M CLOTHIERS SAMY’S CAMERAS MACY’S SAN FRANCISCO UNION SQUARE JACQUELYN VASSAR, HAIR & MAKEUP FAB STUDIOS, OAKLAND CA LIONSGATE PUBLICITY RCA RECORDS UBER RIDE SERVICES LEE RICKIE COLLECTION MARIO B PRODUCTIONS VEIN & CLOTH PHAROAHBRAND WARDROBE STYLIST URBAN OUTFITTERS

04 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

SDM

It’s more than just a magazine

it’s a lifestyle

05 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

06 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

Style matters rocrio designs

07 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

DIGITAL MEDIA

CONNECT WITH SDM. PRINT . MOBILE . SOCIAL . ONLINE . TABLET

Twitter is a registered trademark of Twitter, Inc. Facebook is a registered trademark of Facebook, Inc., Pinterest is a registered trademark of Pinterest, Inc., Tumblr is a registered trademark of Yahoo, Inc., All Instragram logos and trademarks are property of Instagram LLC. All Rights Reserved

08 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

INTRODUCING SABIAN ZAKORY QUESADA

09 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

10 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

11 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

12 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

13 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

14 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

15 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

16 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

17 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

18 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

PROMOTION

19 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

WESTCOAST LEATHER where style matters

20 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

PROMOTION

21 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

PROMOTION

PHOTO BY: VINCENT GOTTI

22 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

PROMOTION

23 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

PROMOTION

24 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

PROMOTION

25 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

PROMOTION

26 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK READS 60 HOW DONALD TRUMP WINS BY LOSING WRITTEN BY: TIM WUM 64 A QUESTION OF DIVERSITY WRITTEN WORDS: RON FULCHER A QUESTION OF CULTURE 66 THE ULTIMATE ASSAULT ON OBAMACARE MYTH OR TRUTH

FEATURES 11 ON THE COVER SPLASH OF WINTER RED MODEL: SABIAN ZAKORY QUESADA STYLIST: MARIO B PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANT: CARLOS VONTEEÊ¼AGO ART DIRECTOR: MARIO B PRODUCTIONS PHOTOGRAPHER: RON FULCHER 32 SPLASH OF WINTER FASHION WINTER COLLECTION LEE RICKIE COLLECTION STYLIST: RICKIE LEE PHOTOGRAPHER: RON FULCHER

VOLUME 5 ISSUE 19

27 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

EDITORIAL 28 BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS MUST READS BOOKS IN PRINT I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO: JAMES BALDWIN HILL HARPER: THE WEALTH CURE THRILLER: JAMES PATTERSON BITTER SWEET LOVE: MICHAEL FAUDET 40 VEIN & CLOTH WINTER IN NEW YORK CITY A MODELÊ¼S PROSPECTIVE ART DIRECTOR: VEIN & CLOTH PHOTOGRAPHER: LILLIAN SNELLING

FEATURES 48 ROOTS: A POEM BY PHARAOH SADDIQ CULTURE WORDS BY: PHARAOH SADDIQ 36 A TOUCH OF SPRING PREVIEW OF SPRING ISSUE HIGHLIGHTED WITH FASHION IN BLACK & WHITE STYLIST: PHAROAHBRAND HAIR/MAKEUP: JACQUELYN VASSAR 54 POP CULTURE: IN LIVING COLOR PERSONAL STYLE WITH BLONDE HAIR MIXED WITH FASHION A SPLASH OF WINTER & SPRING PHOTOGRAPHER: RON FULCHER

B00 B00 B00

28 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

0KS 0KS 0KS

29 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

30 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE Raoul Peck is a filmmaker acclaimed for his historical,political, and artistic work. Born in Haiti, he grew up in Congo, France, Germany, and the United States. His body of work includes the films The Man by the Shore (Competition, Cannes 1993); Lumumba (Cannes 2000, HBO); and Sometimes in April (2005, HBO). He is currently chairman of the French national film school, La Femis, and recently completed his next feature film, The Young Karl Marx (2017). To compose his stunning documentary film, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck mined James Baldwin’s published and unpublished oeuvre, selecting passages from his books, essays, letters, notes, and interviews that are every bit as incisive and pertinent now as they have ever been. Weaving these texts together, Peck brilliantly imagines the book that Baldwin never wrote. In his final years, Baldwin had envisioned a book about his three assassinated friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. His deeply personal notes for the project have never been published before. Peck’s film uses them to jump through time, juxtaposing Baldwin’s private words with his public statements, in a blazing examination of the tragic history of race in America.

31 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

Ifilm, AM NOT YOUR Raoul Peck mined James NEGRO o,’shis compose stunning documentary acclaimed filmmaker Baldwin published and unpublished oeuvre, selecting passages from his books, essays, letters, notes, and Peck interviews as incisive that and are pertinent every bit that now astexts they have ever been. Weaving these together, brilliantly imagines the book Baldwin never wrote. his final years, Baldwin had envisioned a book about his In three ers, assassinated Malcolm X, friends: and Medgar Ev Peck Martin Luther King, Jr. His deeply personal notes project ’shave film never uses them been published jump before. time, private juxtaposing words with his public statements, in a for the blazing f-1’sthe examination tragic o ofto race in through America. Go tNotes on Tell I Baldwin James Baldwin was ahistory (1924 novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, Mountain critic, and the author more than twenty books. Hissocial first novel, h Fire e987) Next of n Native So ,aT appeared inthe 1953 toofexcellent reviews, and is essay collections and Time were bestsellers made him an influential figure the civil rights movement. Baldwin spent many in France, where he moved to that escape the racism and homophobia of thehears United States. He died inin 1987.

32 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

winter shades of

LEE RICKIE COLLECTION

33 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

34 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

SEE EYEWEAR

35 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

36 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

A Taste of Spring

37 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

38 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

39 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

PROMOTION

40 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

Vein & Cloth Photography by Lillian Snelling

41 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

42 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

43 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

44 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

45 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

46 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE

47 SDM MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE