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FE ATUR E S editor’s note

6 Smarter, Not Faster

about town 12 Time Travel

A road trip through form, function and the evolution of car design at the Murphy Auto Museum.

profile 21 The Masters Touch

The eclectic tastes of interior designer Amanda Masters.

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Rhonda P. Hill looks toward the future of fashion.

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he environmental and social impact of the garment industry is well documented. Organizations like the European Parliamentary Research Service, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, environmental consultancy Quantis, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and the Environmental Protection Agency (just to name a very small handful) have done deep-dives into the price the planet pays for the manufacturing of clothing.

According to the World Resources Institute in a 2017 article: “Cotton farming is . . . responsible for 24 percent of insecticides and 11 percent of pesticides despite using about 3 percent of the world’s arable land.” The same article also notes that garment manufacturing accounts for 20 percent of industrial water pollution.

That’s just one set of statistics, found after a twosecond Internet search. But numerous other studies point toward the same message: Fast fashion isn’t sustainable.

Which is why we need people like Rhonda P. Hill.

As the founder of E D G E (Emerging Designers Get Exposed), Hill is working towards reinventing fashion as both an art form and a sustainable industry. Her focus is on up-and-coming designers who fit some specific metrics: talent and artistry, cultural significance and sustainability. She thinks of this work as fashion intelligence, and she aims to foster it by supporting designers who care about their world and their culture, and apply that to wearable art. Her scope is global, and she sheds light on designers from all over the United States as well as Africa, Asia, Europe . . . and some here in Ventura County, too.

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The subject of our cover story is not interested in fads: Hill’s on the lookout for clothing that is smart. Original.

With something to say and minimal ecological impact.

Clydia Richardson of Green Goddess Boutique in Camarillo feels similarly. “We must be mindful of what we buy, how much it costs and where it comes from!” she exclaims in a candid interview (Conversation). “There is a price that someone else has to pay for our lifestyle of throwing so much away in a dumpsite.” Her passion: quality vintage, recycled and upcycled designer couture, fine threads crafted with artistry and care, possessing an allure that never goes out of style.

Interior designer Amanda Masters (Profile) styles living spaces, not bodies. But her words echo the philosophy of Hill and Richardson. “I can’t stand the idea of junk furniture filling up our landfills. I prefer the idea of buying something that will stand the test of time. I still have a sofa that I bought 30 years ago.”

In planning our March issue, I did not seek out stories with eco-consciousness in mind. But the fact that it has emerged so clearly and organically as a theme points toward something that can’t be ignored. Human impacts on the environment are many and varied, and not sustainable. The way forward in fashion, as in everything else, is to make and consume less, work with what’s available, stop treating everything as disposable. Getting away from fast fashion isn’t just smart; more and more, it’s a necessity.

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TRAVEL A road trip through form, function and the evolution of car design at the Murphy Auto Museum.

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necessary material luxury — were simply what everyone expected.

“Cars only slightly evolved in this time,” Neel said.

“The Model T is really the one that started anything like a modern era.”

But Ford’s real contribution was the assembly line that built the car, rather than the car itself. The Model T, produced between 1908 and 1927, only changed slightly, to include a sort of pickup truck version. Later, Ford turned to the Model A. As the Great Depression began, automobile manufacturers designed and made cars for people with Macbeth.) money, and there weren’t too many of those.

The way Neel tells it, artistic vision slipped in and out It’s not until after World War II that design becomes of auto making, only fully grasping a generation between a key feature in auto-making. Like the rebirth of the counthe 1950s and 1960s. Until then and after then, it’s been a try, having come out of the dark clouds of two world wars moving target.

We gaze at a replica of a 1903 Oldsmobile Curved Dash victorious, optimism took hold where before only fear, conservatism and a guarded sense of survival reigned. “Nobody Runabout. “It’s almost steampunkish,” said Neel. “It’s a made cars during the war,” Neel said. “The government mid-engine car that looks like a horse-carriage and runs on wanted industrial manufacturing to turn to planes and bulgasoline and kerosene. It went from San Francisco to New York in 1903 on unimproved roads and kerosene was avail- lets and the rest. There was nothing until about 1946 and it able everywhere and gasoline wasn’t.” wasn’t until 1947 that it really picked up.”

Cars were practical vehicles, resembling closely the In this era, Packard was the reigning king of autos.

“The Packard Clipper was the very first new design to come out,” said Neel. “There’s a little bit of Art Deco in these designs, so they’re still using cues from pre-war times, but they understand engines better and there were a lot of car makers around.”

Steel was plentiful, money was available and designers looked to the future. Looking at a 1949 Cadillac with its massive front-end, two-toned paint and sleek lines, it’s easy to see that optimism had taken the place of war-weary fear. Comfort and luxury were then primary considerations while utility went into the trunk, to make room for soft seating, legroom and ceiling clearance.

Neel lights up as we head into the 1950s. “The Cold War is now LEFT: The tail fin of a red 1959 Cadillac. Outlandishly tall for the time, it gave the car the appearance of being part of our thinking,” he said. “So the airborne, and became a hallmark of American auto design. ABOVE: David Neel, car enthusiast and owner/ cues in the car are atomic and aircraft director of the Murphy Auto Museum in Oxnard. looking.”

Neel points to a Lincoln Capri from 1956. Turquoise with a white hardtop, he opens the driver’s thing they were replacing, the horse-drawn carriage. But as door. “The switches in here, up on the ceiling and on the the new century opened and the combustion engine began dash, are all of the atomic age. We’re building nuclear to displace livestock en masse, car designers reached for bombs and sending satellites into space and the cars reflectthe very goal that eluded their predecessors: stability. And ed that,” he said. in the cars of the 1910-30s, which somehow began to look It was a new time of fear but unlike WWII, with its like a cross between the carriage and a steam train engine, shortages and doom around every corner, U.S. automakers they supplanted the horse. No frills were to be found; the acted with confidence, making long and large cars that were first vehicles were starless and Bible black. Over time, they family friendly even as they resembled aircraft, missiles and yielded but little, giving way to (still dark) browns, grays and blues. Their leather interiors — a keepsake of an earlier, rockets. 8 n the beginning, cars were void, without form. At least, that’s how David Neel sees it.

The director of the Murphy Auto Museum in Oxnard talked through a history of the car as design prophecy — or not — from age to age. The museum houses about 90 cars from different eras, all privately owned, all with a story to tell that is both harbinger and, at times, “full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.” (William Shakespeare,

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ABOVE: A trio of Studebaker Avantis, from 1963 and 1964, in blue, gold and white. The famous industrial designer Raymond Loewy paid homage to the Space Age with elliptical wheel wells, no grill and a body low to the ground, evoking the feel of a flying saucer.

RIGHT: 1961 pink Cadillac, designed with comfort and luxury in mind . . . and so stylish that it inspired Aretha Franklin’s “Freeway of Love” more than two decades later.

FAR RIGHT: 1968 Chrysler Newport Town & Country station wagon. Large enough to hold lots of people (and their luggage), it was the perfect vehicle for families making the long haul over the new interstate highway system.

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From 1950 through the Kennedy era, tail fins became the hallmark of American cars. Big windows, large fins, but an otherwise minimalist design.

“After 1959, tail fins were still around, but they were toning down,” said Neel.

Looking at a red Cadillac convertible from that year, the long, tall fins make the car appear airborne. According to Neel, the chief designer thought the fins were too tall, but the design team liked them and tricked the chief by raising the fin on one side, so that when he returned to see what they’d done, he chose the shorter of the two — the original tail fin. It stayed a part of this magnificence of splendid, stylish beauty.

Neel’s favorite era (and the one in which he has concentrated his own purchases) is the mid 1960s.

It’s easy to see why: The atomic era and its sense of optimism was giving way to the car as art form, as a rallying point that proved freedom was the ultimate art, self-expression its master brush stroke. “My favorite car is the Studebaker and we have a few of them here.”

By the 1960s, after several brushes with industrial death and the first government bailout of a car company by Congress during the Eisenhower administration, Sherwood Egbert, the company’s president, hired Raymond Loewy, the famed industrial designer, to shake up the basics and put Studebaker in the lead. Loewy designed the Coke bottle and the Air Force One livery as well as locomotives for the Pennsylvania Railroad.

For Studebaker, he designed the Avanti. Three of them, from 1963 and 1964, blue, gold and white, sit abreast each other at the museum.

“There’s a lot going on with this car based on where America was at the time,” Neel explained.

The space race was real; President Kennedy made the announcement that the U.S. would put a man on the moon within the decade. The Avanti memorialized that.

“The wheel wells are elliptical instead of round,” Neel pointed out. “Loewy wanted it to appear as a satellite would.” Loewy also didn’t want a grill on the front of the car. “He said that grills were for sewers, so he got rid of it.” The Avanti is all panel and headlights, like a flying saucer, and the air intake is underneath the car, not visible from the front. It sits low to the ground and the design is all fiberglass with features on the body leading directly to the inside of the car. “They’d intended to sell about 20,000 of these a year,” Neel noted. “But they ended up selling about 5,000. So each of these is practically hand-built.”

As the late 1960s dawn, size matters. Neel showed me a 1968 Chrysler Newport station wagon that he owns. “The cars started to take a modern look to them and of course, they’re enormous. They had factory-installed air conditioning and woodgrain side paneling and custom wheel rims.”

It sat nine people and had a luggage rack. It could hold what you needed it to hold and had enough room to be comfortable for the long haul over the country’s new interstate highway system.

This was the way forward. The station wagon offered certainty after the turmoil of the 1960s. The road ahead was unclear, but it was a road after all — and it would need a car to take us there.

The tumultuous 1960s gave way to the uncertain 1970s and one could be forgiven for thinking American car makers went into idle. Muscle cars were popular, gas-guzzling and powerful vehicles that resembled what most viewed as American might. But the dark clouds of 40 years earlier were returning and while Detroit fiddled, the U.S. auto market burned. Gas prices went up and fuel was being rationed. Japan in its post-war attempt to reinvent itself was competing in the American car market with smaller, more reliable, more efficient cars. Datsun, Toyota and Honda were becoming household names. Their competition wasn’t tough, either. AMC’s Gremlin, Ford’s Pinto and Chevy’s Monza, among others, simply couldn’t keep up. By the 1980s, Detroit had gone from the richest city in America to one of its poorest as automakers shuttered their plants.

“The U.S. automakers are making trucks, now.

Trucks and SUVs. There’s nothing new about design anymore,” said Neel.

It’s too early to know how cars like Tesla will be received into the mass market. For now, it’s a curiosity and a popular one, but still one that the market can’t quite afford without government subsidies.

What’s old appears to be new again as the auto world goes global. Aside from trucks, the Big Three are re-making the Ford Mustang, the Chevy Camaro and Corvette and the Dodge Charger and Challenger. They’re popular models, to be sure . . . but they’re not new. As the world struggles with whether or not “green energy” is ready for prime time, the future is uncertain again. It’s anybody’s guess where to go from here. v MURPHY AUTO MUSEUM 2230 Statham Blvd., Oxnard 805.487.4333 www.murphyautomuseum.org

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PROFILE MIXING IT UP: With a bright red vase for a pop of color, framed art resting on the counter, woven chairs and a shiny brass light fixture, Masters has combined a variety of elements and textures to bring visual interest and dimension to a clean, modern kitchen.

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nterior designer Amanda Masters has spent the last two decades creating her clients’ homes and work spaces as enviable locations. She’s amassed an eclectic roster of clients, everyone from the Hollywood elite to artists and ranchers. This former Londoner has put roots down in California, calling the rolling hills of Klentner Ranch home.

“I am a road warrior,” Masters exclaims. “I drive to Los Angeles to my office every week. I always have projects going on down there and L.A is where we source the best furniture, fabric and antiques.”

Most recently, Masters completed the Los Angeles flagship store for fashion designer Natalie Martin’s eponymous line. Closer to home, Masters is refurbishing a tasting room for a Santa Ynez winery called Folded Hills, as well as designing interiors for a Summerland beach house and a beautiful home in Ojai for a film director and his family.

When asked how she got her start, Masters answers, “I was working as an accountant for a business man and helping him run his house. He hired a decorator to redo his home and I was immediately taken with the process. I knew right away that this was what I wanted to do. I was struck by how careful and thoughtful the decorator was, how the development was so instinctual.”

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Masters traveled as a child, spending summers in the South of France. She lived in Paris during a long stint as a fashion model. “Traveling the world helped define my personal style,” she says. “European influences are hard to bring to the table in design unless you have lived it.

America is the most wonderful place to live, but my design influences are definitely from Europe. I love the way the English do things, the way they mix expensive art with a beat-up, frumpy sofa — it’s an English thing where everything does not have to be so perfect all of the time. It’s always fascinated me.”

Masters is also inspired by trends which jive with her affinity for California beach living. “People love that Californian-clean, modern, open interior design and midcentury modern furniture, but it is a trick to make it warm enough for a comfortable existence,” she says.

She has honed the skill of straddling these two worlds; her specialty is making spaces inviting, especially by bringing the outdoors inside. “We live in California where we can marry the interiors always with the exteriors. Even if a person just has a small balcony, it is always practical to include some nature to tie it together.”

Not one to shy away from color and bold patterns, her passion for textiles is paramount. “Fabrics and textiles are my hugest loves.” Masters recently returned from a buying trip in Marakesh, Morocco, where her appetite for textiles was satiated. “ I came home with some incredible rugs. I was newly inspired by the culture, craftsmanship and the artisans who create there.”

Self-taught, Masters relies on instinct and her catalog of experience. She sees the role of a designer as that of a conduit who draws out the personalities and expressions of clients, and interprets her findings into their environment.

Masters helps her clients to personalize their space, keeping those individual touches which she feels are key. Masters shares, “I want my clients to feel comfortable, and to be proud of their homes. I bring them educated and inspired choices and ideas, but ultimately, they have the last say.”

Masters does not like disposable furniture; she favors things built to last. “I can’t stand the idea of junk furniture filling up our landfills. I prefer the idea of buying something that will stand the test of time. I still have a sofa that I bought thirty years ago. Of course it has been recovered many times, but it is still amazing.”

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Rhonda P. Hill looks toward the future of fashion. .BY EMILY DODI PHOTOGRAPHY BY T CHRISTIAN GAPEN

“TELL ME THE STORY …”

This is how it begins: A woman wears a fabulous skirt that catches the eye of Rhonda P. Hill.

“Tell me the story of the skirt,” Hill says to her.

The floor-length skirt, with vibrant splashes of color, tells the story of Narci Lee, a local Ventura artist and designer who up-cycles fabric into oneof-a-kind clothing. Narci Lee created the stunning and unique skirt from a painted bed sheet.

It is just the kind of story that Hill loves to share with the world.

As the founder of E D G E (the acronym for Emerging Designers Get Exposed), Hill is fascinated by the stories that emerging designers and their work have to tell. After decades as a respected fashion industry insider, Hill dedicates her considerable expertise and vast experience in the business and art of fashion to helping up-and-coming designers find their voice.

But E D G E is more than an international platform for exposure and mentorship.

“It’s a cause,” Hill explains. “It’s an ongoing project to elevate the work of emerging fashion designers.”

There are several parts to what Hill calls the E D G E network, which connects designers with other fashion professionals as well as educators, artists and consumers. One focal point is EDGExpo.com, Hill’s magazine-style website.

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a valuable — and visually appealing — resource for education and news, and serves as a spotlight for exciting new designers from around the world.

Designers like Narci Lee. “Rhonda is the reason I’m out there at all,” she says, crediting Hill with “advocating for people without a voice.”

Another local designer to whom Hill has drawn attention is Elaine Unzicker, an Ojai-based artist who creates metal lace dresses, shawls and other handmade apparel.

Her work is featured in boutiques and museum shops like the one at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Like most of the designers in the E D G E network, Unzicker’s goal is not to operate on a large scale. “I’m not looking to have a factory,” she says. “I’m trying to do something interesting, unusual and different. I think there are plenty of women who want something different. At the mall, everything is the same. That focus is where I am, and what Rhonda is supporting.”

To become part of the E D G E network, a designer must “pass the E D G E test.” Hill judges a designer’s work based on three criteria: design excellence, cultural significance and sustainability. “If they have one of the three, that’s good,” says Hill. “If they have all three, that’s great.”

The criteria was born out of a realization that what mainstream fashion lacked in vision and quality, it made up in quantity . . . lots and lots of quantity.

“Years ago, I’d go shopping if I would need something and I was appalled,” Hill recalls.

“There was just so much of the same and it was excessive. There was so much of it. It was like, I can’t find anything unique here. There’s no story. There’s nothing of meaning. There’s nothing I want to invest in and put in my closet that maybe I’d wear 20 years from now. Nothing like that. It was just, like, buy and throw away.”

The emerging designers who stand out to Hill are defying the status quo. Many work with sustainable materials and dyes. They are reimagining how we wear clothes and are pushing cultural boundaries to new places. “I find people from all over the world that are doing amazing things,” Hill says.

E D G E Africa is a section of EDGExpo.com dedicated to “the emerging market in Africa and the global diaspora influence.” Hill highlights the work of designers such as Paola Masperi, the founder of Mayamiko. Based in Malawi, Mayamiko is committed to creating high-quality, beautiful fashion with zero waste.

“We recycle every bit of material we have left,” says Masperi. “Any unsold items are up-cycled into new products or we create items for the community (i.e. fabric balls for local schools, bunting, school uniforms, etc.).”

It is this kind of fashion ethos that resonates with Hill,

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and it is designers like Masperi, Narci Lee, Unzicker and others that she wants the world to know about.

“That’s what excites me. That’s what makes it interesting, because there’s meaning to it. There’s value to what they’re doing. I see them as artists just like visual artists.

The process is the same. When you truly are creating.”

The proof of this was on display in Blurred Boundaries: Fashion as an Art, a recent exhibit which Hill curated at GraySpace Gallery in Santa Barbara. The exhibit featured the designs of Tingyue Jiang, Alena Kalana, Susan Tancer and Hera Zhou. Hill explains that the exhibit’s goal was to “blur the distinction between art and fashion.” To bring home the point, the designers’ work was shown alongside the paintings of Ventura artist Erik ReeL. The exhibit gave the public the opportunity to see the work of some of the most exciting emerging designers up close, and to appreciate first-hand their artistry and vision.

The hope is that the exhibit and E D G E on the whole can

That’s what excites me. That’s what makes it interesting, because there’s meaning to it. There’s value to what they’re doing. I see them as artists just like visual artists. The process is the same.

When you truly are creating.” have a positive influence on how people view and consume fashion. “[E D G E] expounds on what we do, why we do it and how we do it,” explains Oxnard-based Alena Kalana, whose recent collection is entitled Tibetan Transplant. “I believe that this awareness allows for the general public to be more discerning consumers of fashion, which increases the overall perceived value of what we do as craftsmen. E D G E takes fashion from being a superficial, surface-level idea and transforms it into a very cerebral concept and experience.”

As Kalana said in a profile written by Hill on Edgexpo. com, “I am not interested in mass production. What I create is art.”

Hill recognizes that there is a utilitarian side to fashion — the functional leggings and t-shirts that we all wear. But there is room for more or, rather, less. And better. More thoughtful and meaningful. As Hill shows us, there is a dire need for consumers to change the way we see fashion — on the runway, in the world and in our closets.

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NOT THE USUAL SUSPECTS: “I find people from all over the world that are doing amazing things,” Hill says. As a mentor and promoter for up-and-coming designers, she has worked with an impressive number of creative minds who are changing the face of fashion through design excellence, cultural significance and sustainability.

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Photo by Desiree Hernandez 2. Tatiana Wilcox-Ha, Editor in Chief of Society 805. Photo courtesy of EDGExpo.com 3. Maryanne E. Mokoko, a native of Cameroon who now resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. She launched her Afro-chic brand, Koko Nanga, in 2013. Photo by Cindy Ceballos 4. Alexis Evelyn, originally from Victorville and now designing at Vivienne Westwood Couture in London. Photo courtesy of EDGExpo.com 5. Los Angeles-based designer Michael Ngo. Photo by Cindy Ceballos.

6. Participating artist at the “Now Be Here” project at Hauser & Wirth in Los Angeles.

7. Model at L.A. Fashion Week.

8. Zambian designer Kapasa Musonda, who gained fame when Black Panther star Angela Bassett wore one of her original designs at the American Black Film Festival Honors in 2018.

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is such a challenge to really step out and do something totally different. Something that none of us has ever expected.”

It is emerging designers who are showing the world — both the consumer and the fashion industry — another way. Whether it’s the use of sustainable materials and practices, or just making quality rather than quantity.

“As an industry, [fashion] is far away from turning the ship,” Hill explains, “but there is a lot of talk. A lot of good things are happening.” And she recognizes that as consumers, we play a huge role. “We need to shift our consumption values so that the entire fashion system can shift along with it.”

That would be a story worth sharing. v EDGE Emerging Designers Get Exposed edgexpo.com

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ON E D G E: “It’s a cause. It’s an ongoing project to elevate the work of emerging fashion designers,” says Hill, wearing a vintage sweater purchased in New York in the 1980s.

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FASHIONABLY GREAT Dishing about fashion with professional stylist Clydia Richardson.

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alking into the Green Goddess Boutique in Old Town Camarillo is like looking through your grandmother’s hope chest, stylish best friend’s closet and then some. Packed to the gills with “repurposed and recycled” designer, vintage and resale contemporary clothing, there is much to be discovered amidst the sparkle, satin, leather and fur. From accessories to casual wear to ball gowns (and everything in between), boutique owner and professional stylist Clydia Richardson has curated a wideranging collection of styles from many periods in all sizes.

Richardson has lived in Ventura County her entire life and opened her first boutique, Bags to Riches, 14 years ago (which she consolidated into Green Goddess six years ago). But she’s been a fixture in the fashion world much longer, and there’s not much that she hasn’t done. She has styled for fashion designers, coordinated and directed fashion shows, covered red carpet events for E! News and even done some work with fashion magazines Focus on High Fashion and Basic. Here the fashionista offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of high fashion in Southern California.

How did your interest in fashion begin and develop?

I’ve had the good fortune of growing up in Ventura County my entire life. Biking and skateboarding, being a tomboy, surfing and being a beach girl.

My favorite things are sports, music, dance and “weird fashion,” as my parents always said. I grew up watching my mom, grandmother and aunt sew. So I took up sewing my own clothes.

Honestly, I couldn’t stand dresses at the time!

I think I designed 250 Barbie doll outfits. }}

VINTAGE VOGUE: Richardson in a lime green Bohemian maxi dress, circa 1960s and handmade from Egyptian flax seed sheer linen. Talbots slip-on shoes with gold and crystal brooches and gold jewelry are also vintage.

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My family taught me the meaning of hard work and being self-sufficient. I left home when I was young, working several jobs while putting myself through college and beauty school. I opened my first business when I was 18 years old. I operated a boutique and salon on Silver Strand Beach for 25 years and I made many of the pieces I sold there. I put on my first fashion show when I was 19 years old at the Whale’s Tail restaurant on Hollywood Beach while Ike and Tina Turner took their set break. Everyone loved it! I also enjoyed raising my four kids there as a single mother (after my divorce) with the support of an amazing community and great beach friends. Later, we moved to Camarillo where I decided to open stores in Old Town, opening my first boutique, Bags to Riches, in 2004.

Tell us about your work in Hollywood as a personal stylist.

I really don’t talk about my work in Hollywood much, but WOW, it’s been a dream come true! My first opportunity years ago was styling for St. Johns of Beverly Hills.

I was picked up in a limousine that had a briefcase with the client’s credit cards and profile that I was to shop for and style.

My next big opportunity came that same week. I set a goal to go to Fashion Week the following year. After styling the owner of a magazine several times at my store (I was not aware of who she was), she asked me to represent her and her magazine at Mercedes Fashion Week. That moment in time brought new meaning to my life and opened doors that led to many opportunities in the fashion industry.

How do you “size up” a client to help them develop or enhance their own personal style?

First I evaluate each customer’s needs, interest and their comfort zone. Even though I know and will suggest what colors would look best on them, I ask what colors they like and dislike. I ask about their lifestyle, to create a connection and understanding.

Otherwise, it’s a shot in the dark! The most important thing is to take notice of each person’s body shape. There are many different body types and each requires a different cut and style. It’s most important to look at the

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waistline and determine if the person has a high or low waist and if they have a thick or long, lean waist. The same dress, top, pant won’t work for everyone. When my clients understand what to look for, they save a lot of money and time shopping.

I tell them: Let’s put on the right clothes to create a new you! I also teach how to combine textures and accessories and how to switch up pieces to create new looks. It’s awesome to see women and men light up when they really get it! It changes people’s lives when they look and feel great.

What are your biggest challenges when working with clients?

Honestly, I find that most women shop and want to buy what they see and like because it is beautiful. But often times they don’t get the right fit or colors suited for their body and skin type. Women tend to pick out clothing pieces that are too small in size. For me, the biggest struggle is when I can assist in fitting them to make it simple and they won’t accept the help. They become frustrated and it can be quite simple if shown the basic cuts that work for their body type. Sometimes we can create a better image by accentuating what we have to work with. When we share this information and they really understand, it’s great to see their excitement.

Which designers do you admire?

Oscar de la Renta has been one of my favorite designers. I enjoy studying his work.

His fashion style was unique, wearable, elegant with a bit of attitude and so very classy. . . . Sue Wong made me dream of being a designer. She has the finesse of putting on fashion shows with shear perfection and elegance. I’m so blessed.

I understand you are developing your own clothing line.

My love for styling, costuming and designing has inspired me to give it my all. I am focusing on launching my own line, Couture by Clydia Richardson, Green Goddess Boutique, Made in the U.S.A. It’s in the process. (Shhhh!) My concept is a bit of a secret. It will be a collection with many seasons (styles) that change. I’ve designed hats, handbags, jewelry and clothing for all sizes

and style genres. I have many prototypes and sketchbooks ready. It’s quite costly and will take perhaps six months to a year for me to launch it. I hope I make it! [Richardson hopes to launch next fall at LA’s Fashion Week.]

If you could live in any other time period – from a costume or style point of view – when would it be and why?

My favorite era is from the turn of the 19th century through the 1920s and 1930s and the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods.

I’m fascinated by the handcrafted pieces I’ve collected. Artisans took great pride in making their finest handmade custom designed wares of the highest quality and design. The fine fabrics of French handmade lace, silks, velvets made of silk, wool and cotton that flows and moves as though it’s dancing in the wind. I also love the poise and properness of women of those times in history.

Best fashion show you ever attended?

The most exquisite fashion show I’ve had the pleasure to experience was Badgley Mischka’s multimillion dollar launch of his wedding design and bridal wear. The show was staged in the 1920s period. I was in the front row, dressed to the nines in original 1920s garb from head to toe, with tears in my eyes saying to myself, “Pinch me!”

Any last thoughts?

I’ve been in the fashion industry since I was 18 and seen manufacturing become a huge, wasteful industry with abuse to the laborers and the environment and clothing made of poor quality. There needs to be a shift in our thinking! We must be mindful of what we buy, how much it costs and where it comes from! There is a price that someone else has to pay for our lifestyle of throwing so much away in a dumpsite. 10.4 million tons of old clothing waste! It costs 45 cents per ton to dispose of and it takes 100 years for clothing to break down. All in the name of fast fashion. Resale is recycling and buying quality. v GREEN GODDESS BOUTIQUE 2215 Ventura Blvd,. Camarillo 805.384.1116 www.greengoddess.boutique

SHOPPING SHANGRI-LA: Green Goddess Boutique is filled with garments of every style and era as well as a beautiful array of accessories to go with them. “We have countless varieties of shoes and jewelry to coordinate with our vintage clothing,� says the chic proprietress, shown here in a Bertha Lace dress and a black lace choker, circa 1900s.

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SHORT LIST COMMON GROUND: MEREDITH BROOKS ABBOTT, SUSAN PETTY, AND GAIL PIDDUCK

Through July 7 | Santa Paula Three of the most significant female artists living and working in Ventura County today have joined forces for an exhibition entitled Common Ground at the Santa Paula Art Museum. Artists Meredith Brooks Abbott, Susan Petty and Gail Pidduck have much in common, most especially the love they have for their ranches and gardens, scenes that they have put to paint and graphite for this show. Admission $3-4. Santa Paula Art Museum, 117 N. 10th St., Santa Paula. For more information, visit www.santapaulaartmuseum.org.

SPAMALOT

March 7-24 | Moorpark The Tony Award-winning musical, lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Spamalot retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits and French people, as performed by players from Moorpark College Performing Arts. Tickets: $16-20. Show runs March 7-24.

Moorpark College Performing Arts Center, 7075 Campus Road, Moorpark. For more information and a full schedule, visit www.moorparkcollege.edu/pac.

ORIGAMI TALES WITH KUNIKO YAMAMOTO

March 9 | Ojai Performances to Grow On presents this show in which Japanese folktales are combined with traditional musical instruments, magical masks, origami and mime to create storytelling that will have audiences spellbound. Kuniko Yamamoto’s marvelous presentations promote crosscultural communication and understanding in an entertaining way. Using origami, music and audience participation, she will provide a magical entry into Japanese culture and the art of simplicity. Tickets: $10-15. Showtime: 3 p.m. Ojai Art Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai. For more information, visit www.ptgo.org.

MAIL ART

March 9-24 | Ventura The “plein air” exhibit of 200 mailed-in pieces of art from 20 countries and 13 states was late artist Joe Cardella’s 25-year endeavor featuring artists from every corner of the planet, including Ventura. While Cardella passed away in 2018, his work lives on in the form of ARTLIFE, the international magazine. Viewings will take place at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. March 9-10, 16-17 and 23-24 with an opening reception on March 9. 539 Howard St., Ventura. For more information, contact Artlifeinc72@gmail.com.

4TH ANNUAL BEER MARCH

March 10 | Camarillo The Camarillo Old Town Association’s 4th Annual Beer March is back and bigger than ever. This year, the march will feature over 20 craft breweries partnering with local downtown businesses and offer a fun community day of live entertainment for family and friends themed in a traditional Irish fashion. Beer drinkers 21 years of age and over will receive a beer glass as a keepsake. Tickets: $35-45.

For more information, visit www.camarillo-oldtown.com/ beer-march.

VENTURA ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

March 16 | Ventura Don your top hats and prep your bonnets, the County Ventura St. Patrick’s Day is back and greener than ever! The parade starts at the San Buenaventura Mission and ends at the corner of north Chestnut and Main streets. Shamhock 2, proud torch bearer of the Shamhock family, will lead the displays and entertainment from all manner of Irish-themed

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folk along with the Push ’em Pull ’em Parade and plenty of Irish cheer. Downtown Ventura. For more information, visit www.venturastpatricksdayparade.com.

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WOMEN ON THE RISE 2019

Through March 22 | Ventura In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Vita Art Center in collaboration with Focus on the Masters will exhibit the artwork of four women artists that will be interviewed and documented by Donna Granata in 2019. Focus on the Masters has documented the work and lives of extraordinary artists that have dedicated much of their lives to their craft and Vita Art Center will showcase the work of some of these women. Vita Art Center, 28 W. Main St. Ventura. For more information, visit www.VitaArtCenter.com.

CELEBRATION OF THE WHALES

March 24 | Oxnard Channel Islands Harbor Farmers’ Market, in conjunction with the Channel Islands Harbor and Channel Islands Maritime Museum, celebrates the migration of the Pacific gray whale with family-friendly activities, chalk art and prize drawings that include whale-watching excursions.

Celebrate the majestic creature that brings us such joy along the Ventura County coast. Event hours: 10 a.m.3 p.m. Channel Islands Harbor, 3350 S. Harbor Blvd., Oxnard. For more information, visit www.channelislandsharbor.org/events-festivals.

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TRAC 2019: THE REPRESENTATIONAL ART CONFERENCE

March 31 – April 4 | Ventura TRAC is the premier international event focused on cuttingedge representational art in the 21st century. This year, the conference is focused on the relationship between imagination and representational art, with special guest speakers such as famed comedian Cheech Marin, founder of the Riverside Museum of Chicano Art; Tim Jenison, the obsessive genius depicted in the Penn and Teller film Tim’s Vermeer; Corinna Wagner, the author of Pathological Bodies and Art and Soul; and Roger Dean, creator of album covers for rock band Yes. Demonstrations, paintings and more will also be hosted. Tickets: $65-200. Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach, 450 E. Harbor Blvd., Ventura. For more information and a full schedule, visit www.trac2019. org.

SPRINGTIME EASTER FESTIVAL

March 30 – April 22 | Moorpark It’s time to get your hippity-hop on as Underwood Family Farms transforms into an Easter egg-stravaganza through April. Grab the family and visit the Easter Bunny and Easter House with several photo opportunities, a labyrinth full of Easter stories, animal races, an enormous Easter basket and much more. Some ticketed activities include an Easter egg hunt and basket making. The festival runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily at Underwood Family Farms, 3370 Sunset Valley Road, Moorpark. For more information, visit www. underwoodfamilyfarms.com.

ON THE HORIZON

SPRING WINE WALK

April 6 | Ventura Get your wine-on at this spring kickoff event featuring dozens of wineries available for sampling in Downtown Ventura. Peruse the free street fair prior to snagging your wine glass for a night of tasting from Main Street’s many establishments. Live music and a killer DJ will help bring down the house. Tickets: $50-70. Downtown Ventura. For more information, visit www.champagneonmain.com.

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BREATHE THE OCEAN AIR IN THIS SPACIOUS MODERN RETREAT

CRAFTSMAN ESTATE IN MIDTOWN VENTURA

STEPS AWAY FROM THE SAND!

Gorgeous, custom-built beach home only a half-block to the sand in Mandalay Shores. This is a spacious property with multiple areas to entertain, relax, work and play! The first level features a gourmet kitchen with exceptional appliances and an artisan tile backsplash, a great room with a custom-designed fireplace, a first floor master suite, powder room, and downstairs laundry. Two staircases (one from the foyer and one from the great room) lead to level two, which includes an expansive family room, a second floor

master suite with another laundry room, and two additional bedrooms with a Jack and Jill bathroom. The rear staircase also leads up to an incredible third level deck with water, beach, island and mountain views; this deck can be accessed without having to enter any upstairs rooms.

Beachcomber is one of the few streets in Mandalay Shores with access to the home from the front and back. A sidewalk leads to the beach. The impressive front door is accessible via a fenced yard with custom iron gates, beautiful hardscape and lush

foliage. There is a side yard for enjoying the coastal climate, and the third level deck, with more than 600 square feet, is ideal for entertaining. Presented by Ariel & Karen, Coldwell Banker Global Luxury, 805-824-2004.

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HISTORIC LANDMARK

Designed by Greene and Greene Architects in 1923 and listed on The National Historic Registry.

This retreat-like privately-gated 4300 sq ft one-of-a-kind home has 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, double Batchelder fireplace, stained-glass windows, original lighting fixtures, 4-car detached garage, and rests on 2 acres with panoramic ocean views, surrounded by beautiful 100-year-old coastal oak, sycamore

and eucalyptus trees. Plus huge Mills Act property-tax savings. Visit: gmpropertysolutions.net. Contact Gerard Martinez, Keller William West Ventura County, 805-290-3528 – gm@gmpropertysolutions.net BEDROOMS: BATHROOMS: PRICE:

5 4.5 $2,899,000

PREPARE TO BE DAZZLED THIS LOVELY BEACH COTTAGE IS YOUR DREAM COME TRUE!

VENTURA COUNTY’S NEWEST COMMUNITY

PIERPONT LIVING!

Here’s a rare opportunity to own a 1-level beach home, just 1 lot & steps from the sand, with ocean, islands, breakwater & beach views, on a rarely offered oversized lot! This beach cottage is situated on one of Pierpont’s best lanes for its proximity to beach volleyball, the Promenade, Pierpont Village & Downtown Ventura with its myriad eateries, coffee houses, watering holes, theaters & shops. Features include a large living room with Teakwood paneling & stacked stone, wood-burning fireplace, 40

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Centrally located between Malibu & Santa Barbara, Ventura is continually ranked as

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a top city in the U.S. if you love strolls on the beach, gorgeous sunsets or simply relaxing, this beach cottage is perfect for you! Visit www.1005Woodstock.com.

Contact Blake Mashburn, Century 21 Everest, 805-856-9350.

BEDROOMS: 3 BATHROOMS: PRICE:

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$1,795,000

With lush landscaping, welcoming streetscapes and a mountaintop backdrop, The Gallery is residential community living at its best. Residents will enjoy a great recreation center inclusive of an outdoor fireplace, pool/spa, as well as open greenway, and parks for family gatherings all within the comfort of their gated community.

The Gallery is adjacent to the River Ridge Golf Course and a

quick two-minute drive to The Collections center in Oxnard, featuring Whole Foods and many other shops and restaurants to explore. Or follow those ocean breezes and be at the beach in less than 5 miles. Contact Kirby at the Sales Center for Gallery at River Ridge, 805-365-0100.

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PRICE: From the low $700s

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Beautiful Home in East Ventura!

2461 Jamestown Court, Mandalay Bay, Oxnard Multiple Boat Docks for Water Leisure!

5311 Beachcomber St., Mandalay Shores, Oxnard Every day is a vacation at this beach getaway!

West and North corner location provides an oversized boat dock easement with multiple docks.

Light-filled home with many upgrades. 4 bedrooms + 3 baths – 2,192 SF Listed for $1,795,000

Gorgeous, custom-built beach home a half-block to the sand. This is a spacious property with multiple areas to entertain, relax, work and play! 4 bedrooms + 4 baths – 3,280 SF Listed for $1,399,000

NEW LISTING

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Call Juliet for more details. 4 bedrooms 2.5 baths - Interest list now forming.

Recently Sold by Juliet

1489 Brodiea Ave., Ventura $1,300,000 -- Represented Buyer

3044 Moss Landing, Riverpark, Oxnard Among the best locations in Riverpark!

201 S. Ventura Rd., #15 - Anacapa View, Port Hueneme Remodeled townhome one block from the beach!

Immaculate townhome with attached 2-car garage and full-size driveway. Nicely upgraded. Charming courtyard entry with deck for entertaining. 3 bedrooms + 3 baths – 1,785 SF Listed for $452,000

Stunning new kitchen, including all new stainless kitchen and laundry appliances. Amenities include pool, spa, tennis and sport courts. 2 bedrooms + 2 baths – 967 SF Listed for $339,000

FOR LEASE

1417 Buena Vista St., Ventura $877,000 -- Represented Buyer & Seller

2325 Martinique Ln., The Colony-Oxnard 173 N. San Mateo Ave., Ventura $580,000 -- Represented Seller $669,000 -- Represented Buyer

918 Colina Vista, Ondulando Neighborhood, Ventura 14,600 SF buildable lot with ocean views!

1640 Aldercreek Place, North Ranch, Westlake Village North Ranch estate with private pool and spa.

This land backs up to the open space and tranquility of a lush barranca. The site includes eligibility for Certificate membership to the Ondulando Club.

Listed for $385,000

Quiet cul-de-sac location located a short drive to both Westlake High School and Oaks Christian.

4 bedrooms + 6 bathrooms – 5,933 SF Listed for $11,800 per month

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1621 Holly Avenue, Oxnard 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath – $649,000 Sold By Bob Ridgway – Call for more information at 805-320-1811

857 Monte Vista Avenue, Ventura – View Lot Gorgeous views of Anacapa Island! Great views abound on this large 10,384 SF buildable lot in the heart of clearpoint. Views of the Santa Monica Mountains, Anacapa Island, and the Oxnard Plain. – $435,000 Call Bob Ridgway for more details. 805-320-1811

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Prices, plans, and terms are effective on the date of publication and subject to change without notice.

Square footages shown are approximate and actual square footages may differ. Representation of homes or other features are artist conceptions. Finishes, amenities, landscape and other items shown may be decorator suggestions that are not included in the purchase price and availability may vary. Represented by Cape West Holdings, Inc. California Real Estate License No. 01964646.

Your #1 Choice for Ventura County Real Estate... since 1990!

LIFE’S A BEACH!

Here’s a rare opportunity to own a 1-level beach home, just 1 lot & steps from the sand, with ocean, islands, breakwater & beach views, on a rarely offered oversized lot! This beach cottage offers 3BR, 2BA & 1724+/- SF of living space & is situated on one of Pierpont’s best lanes for its proximity to beach volleyball, the Promenade, Pierpont Village & Downtown Ventura with its myriad eateries, coffee houses, watering holes, theaters & shops. Features include a large living room with Teakwood paneling & stacked stone, wood-burning fireplace, while the dining area’s bay windows provide mesmerizing ocean, islands & sunset views. The 50’s retro kitchen features the original Teakwood cabinets, plus a unique, fold down dinette. The sound of waves will soothe you to sleep, whether from the en suite master or the light & bright, beach view guest bedrooms, serviced by a guest bath with separate shower, tub & with period tile & hardware. Centrally located between Malibu & Santa Barbara, Ventura is continually ranked as a top city in the U.S. So, whether you enjoy this beach bungalow for what it is or for all its huge potential, if you love strolls on the beach, gorgeous sunsets or simply relaxing, Pierpont living & this lovely beach cottage is your dream come true! Offered at $1,795,000. www.1005Woodstock.com For more information or to schedule a private viewing, Better Call Blake! 805-856-9350

ENJOY AN AFFORDABLE COASTAL LIFESTYLE!

Rarely available, move-in ready Harbor Villas townhome, ideally situated at The Dunes at Mandalay Beach! This 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2-story townhome is but a short walk to Mandalay Beach for great surf n’ sun! Restaurants, ‘local’s only’ watering holes, coffee houses & shopping are all within walking distance! Open-concept living area with fireplace! Newer flooring, crown moldings & MORE! Updated kitchen with quartz counters & newer appliances! Updated baths! Interior laundry! Front lawn area, plus rear patio with spa, great for summertime BBQ’s! 1-car garage! Low $280/mo. HOA fee + $50 annual fee includes water, hot-water, sewer, trash, ext. maint/landscape & insurance! NO Mello Roos fees! Where else can you live SO close to the beach for SO little!? Try 97% conventional loan with 3% CalHFA for little to no down-payment financing! Hurry! Summer is a comin! Improved Price! Now $429,900. www.1031Dunes.com For more information or to schedule a private viewing, Better Call Blake! 805-856-9350

CALL TODAY!

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