Zoe Economides

The season of winter fashion is well and truly here, the days have grown shorter and darkness has fallen. Open the window and watch the sky transform, get inspired by the playful light of the winter mornings to the fast approaching meloncholy of the wintery night.

Keeping this sentiment in mind get ready for a feast of WINTER. This month we had the privilage of featuring a rising Perth-based designer; Betty Tran. Betty’s designs empower a new generation of women with their confidence and sophistication. Her style is timeless and effortless with the slogan ‘Be the woman we truly are meant to be’. Who wouldn’t want to be a Betty Tran women?

We also had the pleasure of interviewing TA-KU. His hip hop beats mixed with a dancefloor edge have created a stir in the music industry, we expect to see big things from him in the future... so pay attention.

Looking forward to the winter forecast?!

editors Tijana lilic and Danielle Edwards

fashion writter louise ashley

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Contents

FASHION04. CHANNELLING THE MOTHERLAND by AIMEE STODDART10. WINTER BLUES by kIRRA jAyDE 18. PLAyING THE FIELD by TIjANA LILIC28. MONOCHROMATIC DREAMS by EDDIE NEW

34. ICE & FIRE by CARMEN HUNDLEy38. LIGHT OF THE WINTER MORNING by ANETTE SCHIvE50. BABUSHkA by ELIZABETH GRINTER

56. DARE NOT SPEAk HER NAME by ZOE ECONOMIDES62. THE NORTHERNERS by TIjANA LILIC 74. HIT THE STREETS by TRAvIS LEPRI

Features 26. BACk IN BLACk46. TA-kU68. BETTy TRAN

PHOTOGRAPHER: AIMEE STODDART | www.aimeestoddart.blogspot.com.auSTyLIST: TAMZEN HOLLAND MAkEUP ARTIST: BEC FIEDLER MODEL: SHELBy BOURkE

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Sheer force top ZHIVAGO, origami

skirt KATHLEEN CHOO, archive

PVC pants JESSICA TOVEY.

This page: Pant ZHIVAGO,

archives PVC cape (worn to

front), origami skirt

KATHLEEN CHOO (worn

as cape).

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KATHLEEN CHOO, sheer

force top & harness

leggings ZHIVAGO,

shoes ROBERTO

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Opposite page: Archives PVC half cape JES-SICA TOVEY, harness jump-suit ZHIVAGO, shoes JEFFERY CAMPBELL.

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PHOTOGRAPHER: kIRRA jAyDE | www.kirrajayde.com STyLIST: LAUREN DE INNOCENTISHAIR STyLIST AND MAkEUP ARTIST: vICTORIA MARTINModel: lucinda @ViVien’s

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Cardigan SERPENT & SWAN, boots

VINTAGE.

This page:Coat GORMAN, hoisery AMBRA, boots PE-DRO GARCIA.

Opposite page: Knit cardigan HANDSOM, skirt AUGUST ST, beanie GORMAN.

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This page: Skirt ALANNAH HILL, knit shirt GORMAN, cuffs stylist’s own.

Opposite page: Knit cardigan ALAN-NAH HILL, scarf VINTAGE.

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This page: Pants TOP SHOP, knit

jumper GORMAN, boots PEDRO GAR-

CIA, socks LEVANTE access-

ries HOUSEOF HARLOW.

Opposite page: Skirt ALANNAH HILL, knit shirt GORMAN, cuffs

stylist’s own.

PHOTOGRAPHER: TIjANA LILIC | www.tijanalilicphotographer.4ormat.comSTyLIST: LOUISE ASHLEySTyLIST ASSISTANT: EM GREENWOODHAIR STyLIST: ROBERT MCPHILOMEyMAkEUP ARTIST: FITRIA ADIWIBOWOModels: sandRo & daisY@cHadWicK Models

Male: Jeans PRPS, vest TOPMAN, jack-

et DUFFER, boots REPLAY.

Female: Dungarees & hat DOTTI, lace

bralette AIMEE CHERIE, boots

model’s own.

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Male: Shirt VIN-TAGE, jeans ADI-DAS ORIGINALS.

Female: Leather bralette AIMEE CHERIE, t-shirt

TOPSHOP.

This page: Male: Vest TOP-MAN, shorts JEANS WEST, boots RE-PLAY, scarf models own. Female: Shirt DYSPNEA, black t-shirt TOPSHOP, shorts RIVER ISLAND, shoes model’s own.

Opposite page: Male: Vest TOP-MAN, denim shirt ADIDAS ORIGI-NALS. Female: Dungarees DOTTI, denim vest MATERIAL WORLD BY MADONNA.

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PHOTOGRAPHER: EDDIE NEW | www.eddienew.comPHOTOGRAPHy ASSISTANT: NADINE SILvASTyLIST: EM STANLEy HAIR STyLIST & MAkEUP ARTIST: kATIE ANGUSModel: JaYde @ eMG

Denim Dungarees TOPSHOP, v neck shirt custom made by stylist, cuff styl-

ist’s own.

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This page: Beanie TOPSHOP, ear cuffs DIVA, jumper styl-ists own, earrings RYAN STORER & EMMA MULHOL-LAND.

Opposite page: Crew neck t-shirt BASSIKE, ear cuffs DIVA, jeans TOP-SHOP, socks AMER-ICAN APPAREL.

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This page: Turtle-neck H&M, leather

skirt stylist’s own.

Opposite page: Jeans TOPSHOP,

bralette stylist’s own.

PHOTOGRAPHER: CARMEN HUNDLEy | www.carmen-rose.com.au STyLIST: XENIA TSOLAkIS HAIR STyLIST AND MAkEUP ARTIST: TISH DIGNAM Model: MeRYeM @ london MGt

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Shirt SOL HERMANA

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Opposite page: Shirt SOL HER-MANA.

PHOTOGRAPHER: ANETTE SCHIvE | www.anetteschive.comSTyLIST: MIM STANGMAkE UP ARTIST: SARA HILLModels: RoKos @ HeaRtbReaK aGencY

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Jumper SAMSOE & SAMSOE.

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This page: Jumper SAMSOE &

SAMSOE, t-shirt, BREAD & BOXERS,

shorts LACOSTE, hat BEN SHER-

MAN.

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MALE, jumper TOP SHOP, bowtie, MOODS OF NOR-

WAY.

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DAYS, shirt BEN SHERMAN.

Opposite page: Blazer, THESE GLORY DAYS,

jumper, TOP SHOP, bowtie, MOODS

OF NORWAY, shirt MINIMUM

MALE.

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Taku is maori for me, my self and I. Can you tell us why you choose this name?i couldn’t think of anything else. People were saying call yourself dj Reggie and that was really lame but i almost did. i’m half Phillipino, half Maori and i was looking through the dictionary trying to find a word that kind of suited what i was about. i’ve been a person who always did my own thing, even now i’m self managed. i don’t really like having other people having too much say in my life, so it seemed pretty appropriate to choose a name that means some-thing about myself or the way i do things.

How did you first get involved in the music industry?i think only this year i’d say im involved in the music industry, its always been a hobby until recently. i still have a full time job, and its always been something i have done on the side. i wanted to be a dj when i was 18, so i bought some decks and bought some vinyl and that didn’t turn out so well so i started collecting records and making beats on and off through taFe while i was working. but yeah its only been this year and last year that people have started paying attention.

Can you tell us a bit about your creative process? i spent a lot of time listening to other people’s music and i started getting really jealous haha. like Flume dropped a track two days ago and he’s a good friend of mine and i texted him ‘’man hate you” coz it sounds so good. normally that’s where i start, i listening to music and then i get to the point where i get so inspired to make something, i’ll jump in the lab and just pretty much do whatever feels right. i might start with a drum pattern or i might start with some keys, really depends but mainly it’s inspired from other people’s music.

What do you think your greatest opportunity has been?Just getting to know different people. i like meeting people and seeing what they’re about, what moves them and what drives them. being a musician in this kind of industry you can connect with so many different people from different art forms. so whether its music, graphic design, fashion, its fun meeting industry people. i find it fascinating because they are a whole new world to us. i think accomplishment wise it’s just the fact that it all started as a hobby and still is, but there are people out there listening and i’m really touched by every single follower i get or every single person who emails me or says something really sweet. that stuff in itself is pretty surreal.

Regan Mathews

TA-KUTA-KUat the young age of 25, Regan Mathews aka ta-Ku, has accomplished what most musicians can only dream of. His evolution as a musician progressed rather rapidly from collecting records to beat production and now even starting his own label, sunday. His unique sound, a mix of percussive hip hop and electronic beats is getting him quite a following. We got the chance to chat with Regan about all things ta-ku.

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photos: Danielle Edwards.

TA-KUTA-KU“I think accomplishment wise it’s just the fact that it all started as a hobby and still kind of is but it’s people out there listening and I’m really touched by every single follower that I get or every single person that emails me or says some-thing really sweet. That stuff in it’s self is pretty surreal”.

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Who has been your biggest influence and why?i think when i first started my biggest influence was J dilla. For those who don’t know J dilla was a beat maker from detroit. He used to make hip hop music back in the late 90’s. He was a big inspira-tion to me early on and of course when you catch onto different genres of music your style changes. Hudson Mohawke was another inspiration, Flying lotus, moving into that future beats thing. those guys really pushed the envelope. they did mixes other people really weren’t doing. i think as you listen to more music your taste changes. it chang-es as you get older or whoever you hang out with. it also depends on your environment as to what you listen to. Your taste is always evolving. i think J dilla as most people know was one of my biggest influences.

Out of all the music you have produced is there one single that has particular significance to you?i did a project called ‘50 days for dilla’ which was a track in a day for dilla, dj dilla, the producer i told you about before. i did an interview for soundcloud and that project was to try to keep myself distract-ed from a breakup. after i had completed the 50th day, i uploaded it and felt a kind of relief, it was ac-complishment. i was pretty emotional ha-ha, but it felt like i had accomplished something. something i had set out to do and had finished. that was a big achievement. another one of course would have to be my remix for Flume, i did one not too long ago, for his ‘alone’ track with chet Faker and i think that is the one most played out of all my music.

In 2008 you were invited to attend the Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelo-na. Can you tell us a little bit about that experience?2008 was the second year after i started messing around with music, so for those that don’t know Redbull Music adademy is an initiative that redbull put on. they invite 30 musicians around the world to meet in one place. For two weeks you attend two lecturers every day, they feed you, they accom-modate you and then at night you work at the studio as a group. as well as two lecturers, who are usually well known singers, vocalist’s or producers. i had known about the RbMa for about two years before i applied, i wouldn’t apply because i thought there was no chance i would get accepted. one year i did apply, i went through the huge application form, thirty pages long, it’s a weird application form too with a lot of weird questions. i filled it out, sent my music in and got accepted. i was stoked and didn’t know what to really expect when i headed out there. it was probably the best muscical experience i’ve had this whole time. i met a lot of people, some of the lecturers that we had there at the time were chuck d ,he’s an Mc from Public enemy, there were people like Hudson Mohawke, Flying lotus was in the year before, onra was also in the same class, teebs. it was just a place you could go to make music nonstop and learn about the industry. learn and experience about collabo-rating with other artists, it was the best two weeks of my life.

You are the founder of Sunday records, what inspired you to create this label?being a beat maker is a funny thing, because you think at the beginning that finding a label is what you have to do. i have to find a label, i need to be on a label to be successful but in my journey i put things out on probably 7 or 8 la-bels now, some small some big. all of them, without digging a hole for myself haven’t been the best experiences. You kind of don’t have control of where your music is going, there’s real lack of communication and you pretty much feel owned by a label. i wanted to start a record label or a collective which more or less is centered around the artist. For instance when we do digital sales 100% will go to the artist because there’s nothing much to putting up in a digital product except uploading it which anyone can do. so the only thing we take a cut from, is the physical, the vinyl. i just wanted to create a col-lective or a label which will give up and coming producers a platform, while helping the artist grow instead of using them to further the labels popularity. that’s where i am now with sunday, but i have some big things planned.

What are you currently working on?Right now i’m working on an lP. i’m shopping around different labels to put it on, so it’s been different because i’ve done things myself for about four years and i’ve been using online sites to upload and sell music. now that i’m mov-ing into the industry and having major labels interested in my music it’s pretty hectic. so i’m actually documenting the whole journey because i find it fas-cinating and i’m sure other beat makers who want to get to this point would also want to see how it works or what people are like. so i’m meeting with multiple people, probably seven or eight labels at the moment and trying to find the right one for my music. the lP will be a big one with some really cool features, i can’t talk about them but should probably be released end of this year or next year. one thing i want to maintain as an artist when i do sign with a label is the right to upload anything i want, whenever i want. that’s why its taking me a bit longer as there is a lot of negotiation, i don’t want to be tied into a two or four record deal where you won’t hear anything from me until my album drops. that’s not how i want to work as an artist. i want to work towords an album for sure but at the same time if i want to chuck something up for free if i want and have the availablity to do so.

Sheer force top ZHIVAGO, origami

skirt KATHLEEN CHOO, archive

PVC pants JESSICA TOVEY.

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PHOTOGRAPHER: ELIZABETH GRINTER | www.elizabethgrinter.com.auSTyLIST: kATE j RyDER HAIR AND MAkEUP ARTIST: TRACIE WEAvERMODEL: eloise @ dallYs Model ManaGeMent

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This page: Dress HOUSE OF

CARDS, coat ALEX MEARING, stole

VINTAGE.

Opposite page: Dress ALEX MEAR-ING, vest VINTAGE,

tights WOLFORD, scarf VINTAGE,

socks ASOS, shoes WITTNER.

This page: Coat HOUSE OF

CARDS, dress (worn underneath) ALEX MEARING,

belt H&M, scarf VINTAGE, cuff

COLETTE.

Opposite page: Shirt & skirt HOUSE OF CARDS, vest ALEX

MEARING, belt ASOS, jewellery

stylist’s own.

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PHOTOGRAPHER: ZOE ECONOMIDES | www.zoeeconomides.com STyLIST: LENyA jONESMAkE UP ARTIST: kRISTyAN LOW HAIR STyLIST: LINH NGUyENMODELS: GABRIELLE SULLIvAN & jEMMA HANSEN

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Purple Animal print teddy MARLIES

DEKKERS, acces-sories MADE IN

EARTH, fur jacket, JENNIFER KATE.

This page: Dress ACHEA MPONG,

earrings OSCAR DE LA RENTA.

Opposite page: Fur jacket JENNIF-ER KATE, dress BLESS’ED ARE

THE MEEK, ear-rings OSCAR DE

LA RENTA, ring & necklace as bracelet

LOTUS MENDES.

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Opposite page: Lace Dress ACHE MPONG, bra MAR-LIES DEKKAR, fur JENNIFER KATE, gold jewels LOTUS MENDES.

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PHOTOGRAPHER: TIjANA LILIC | www.tijanalilicphotography.4ormat.comSTyLIST: vLADIMIR S. BARSkIMAkE UP ARTIST & HAIR STyLIST: CHANTAL HUMBERSTONEModels: elle@cHadWicK, bella@london

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Elle: Dropped back jumper/dress MAISON BARSKI.

Bella: White cat jumper/dress MAI-

SON BARSKI.

This page: Dropped back jumper/dress MAISON BARSKI.

Opposite page: Tar-tan gown MAISON BARSKI.

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Elle: Gold sister gown with fur vest MAISON BARSKI.

Bella: Goddess gown with grey fur MAISON BARSKI.

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as a woman betty tran has been many things; helpful daughter, ambitious designer, sophisticated business woman and a visionary. Her elegant designs recently graced the catwalk at new York and Mercedes-benz, Fashion Week. this year also saw the opening of her flagship store on William street in Perth with another store on its way.

When you have a 30-minute window with someone like betty tran you want to make every second count. We talk to betty about her childhood and how this has influenced her path into fashion, her style, her vision and her creative process.

“Fashion is not existent just in clothing, it is really a reflection of who you are as a person, what’s around you and what stand you take.”

Tell us about your background and what influenced your path to become a designer?i grew up inside the fashion industry, my mum was a tailor and i started helping her from a very young age. i’d stitch and do altera-tions and stuff like that, from very young. i grew up in an environ-ment of really hard work doing changes to clothing. it was a night-mare, we wouldn’t do just one alteration we would do hundreds of them. i said to mum that maybe i would never do this job and here i am doing exactly what i said i wouldn’t do and i realized that i am really good at it.

Was it because doing alterations wasn’t creative enough and now you are free to use your imagination?i think that when you progress and grow up you realize that clothing is different today, that it is a metaphor of how we project ourself to the world. it definitely involves hard work, something i learned in my childhood growing up. i always did a lot of hard work help-ing my mum, but when you grow up you start to realize and under-stand that clothing, is not a piece of clothing anymore. it becomes a manifestation of who you are as a person or what you are giving to the world. When you grasp that concept you are very comfortable working in this industry, as i am. My mission is to create a garment that empowers women which i do and i really enjoy doing it.

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Tell us about your background and what influenced your path to become a designer?i grew up inside the fashion industry, my mum was a tailor and i started helping her from a very young age, like i’d stitch and do alterations and stuff like that, from a very young age. so i grew up in that environment and working at such a young age as well i didn’t really like it when i was young. Just because it’s really hard work and alteration of clothing at that time was a nightmare, we wouldn’t do just one we did a lot of it. i said to mum that maybe i will never do this job and here i am doing exactly what i said i wouldn’t do and realized that i’m really good at it.

What does fashion mean to you?Fashion is not existent just in clothing, it is really a reflection of who you are as a person, what’s around you and what stand you take. it is my expres-sion, it allows me to put all my frustrations of what i want into a garment and perfect it in a way that makes meaning to me. creating a garment that really allows women to be who they are. it doesn’t matter who they want to be, it allows them to be comfortable with who they are and what they want to become and empowering them to achieve this is something that i thoroughly enjoy.

How would you describe your style?My style; a couple of key words. i like simplicity, understated elegance, classy, sophisticated and a system of dressing that free women from any-thing restricting them, allowing them to become anyone that they want to become. a dressing system that allows them to effortlessly do anything that they want and at the same time make a statement of who they are and be sophisticated at the same time.

When you create a garment what goes through your mind?i create many garments not just one garment, ha-ha. so many things go through my mind. i think the thing that always goes through my mind is al-ways the woman i’m dressing. i always ask myself who i am really dressing. What kind of places is she going to, what kind of book is she reading, what is her routine like, what is her habit, who she likes to go out with, where she would like to hang out and what’s her daily routine. coming down to a mod-ern day woman, there’s so many women today that multi-task, who travel a lot, who have one hand with their kids and the other hand working at home and a business woman. Women today are doing lots of male jobs and at the same time have to look after the kids, so they don’t really have time to wor-ry about what they wear so they can look pretty. they are really looking for something understated, elegant, simple, timeless and classy. i think that’s what is really lacking at the moment and that is where betty tran comes in. i realized it is so important to not just create clothing but to actually educate women how to dress and dress in a way that allows them to be who they are, allow them to do anything they want to do and empowering them to become successful.

Can you remember what the first garment was that you designed and does it still hold a special place in your heart?i can’t really remember that, but i remember from the age of 5 i had to unstitch a garment and i didn’t like it at first. My mum said to me that, to be able to do a complete garment you have to unfold what is missing and you need to be able to work from mistakes. sometimes we stuff things up and we need to be able to correct that mistake. i said to her i can sew, i like to sew but i don’t like to fix it. i argued with my mum, “if i don’t like it why do i have to do it”. it is something that has forever changed my life. every single time when i look back on that particular incident when my mum stayed up until 2 o clock in the morning to fix the mistake and i said why can’t we just sew it instead of fixing it. she would say to me that little things make big things and sometimes it is the only way to move forward and learn from a mistake. this teaches you responsibility. With the job i’m doing, it made no sense to me but as i grew up i really grasped the concept of what she was saying to me and it allowed me to grow as a person. i’m taking on responsi-bility for the job that i’m doing and it all started from a very basic thing. it’s just really about your attitude toward something. if it gets too difficult you say, its so hard and i don’t like it and you just give up. You define your life at that moment. but that moment reminded me of what my mum said and that helped me alter my attitude towards work, if it is a thing that i don’t particularly enjoy, i still do it, i think that attitude really got me to where i am today.

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What are you currently working on?i guess in fashion you don’t really look back but are always looking forward. i just completed my collection at Mercedes benz spring/summer ‘la muse’ 13/14. now i’m in autumn/Winter 13/14 and then spring /summer 14/15. a lot of projects, that’s what i’m cur-rently developing. i’m heading to Paris in about a weeks time. i want to learn a bit more about French culture. it’s something very close to my heart and where i grew up, which is Vietnam. We’ve been under a French culture for 100 years and to be able to travel back to where i grew up and how it influenced my country and the way that women dress is something that i am very interested in finding out. i need to get more understanding about the culture and how that translates to the way that the women dress and be able to interpret it in betty tran’s way is something that i want to develop in my next collection. to bring somehow a way of dressing from a woman in France, combine it with how i grew up and create an interpretation for that which is something that very much interests me at the moment.

What do you think your greatest opportunity has been in your career?i think my greatest opportunity has been to follow my dreams and unleash everything that i have designed. i made a lot of mistakes and i stumbled a lot when i started out, but i’m very humbled by the journey that i’ve had so far. i surround my self with a lot of great people who assist and support me and being in an environment where i can fully express my self and unleash my talents. Just being in this beautiful country and being surrounded by the beautiful en-vironment and beautiful people who are very supportive, i’m very grateful. i grew up with not having much and being able to be in a place where i can fully express my self and fully follow what i love doing and work really hard for it is a great opportunity for me and i feel very grateful for that.

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Do you have any advice for up and coming designers?the advice that i have, i always look at my journey. i feel that my biggest life mentor is my life and the people around me and if you are willing to observe and if you’re willing to learn and listen it can help you a lot. Just by surrounding yourself with the right people. i feel that anyone who wants to pursue the fashion industry you have got to really get a clear understanding of why you’re in the industry. it is not easy and it is not glamorous, it is not how people present it you always wear a beautiful dress, yeah that’s part of it, but you got to really dig further into why you want to be in the in-dustry. i have always admired Richard branson and he always says something that is imprinted in my brain. ‘You got to understand the rule to break it, or if you’re not having fun you’re not doing it right’. and he always say that you want to be in the game so you can change that game and i think for me i always take that on board every single time i produce my collection.

every single time that i am making a move on creating a new pro-ject i always ask myself how can i do it differently and maybe not willing to settle for something that’s a redo, not willing to just settle with what you’re comfortable with. the willingness to go the extra mile to dig into what challenges me and what i fear the most, what i can go beyond and be able to get better and better and hopefully be able to forever transform and sort of change the way that the industry is being viewed is something that i aim for. to allow people to know that fashion is not about dressing glamorous its not about presenting just the outside its really about dressing from the inside, dressing from your soul and translating to the garment and allowing you to unleash your full potential is something i’m working towards. i know it will take time but i have a lot of support around me and i want to be able to do that.

PHOTOGRAPHER: TRAvIS LEPRI | www.travislepriphotography.com STyLIST: ELLE GILESMAkE UP ARTIST: ALANA SANTOSModel: daisY @ cHadWicK Models

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T-shirt STUSSY MUSCLE.

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OWL OF EDEN, bomber jacket STEIDL, skirt

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WATSON, accesso-ries stylist’s own.

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