VMagazine

Spring 2010

VEditor in Chief: Laura Kost

Production Manager: Sara BuchananSection Editor: Jane Anne Murphy

Sara BuchananLeilani BrowerSusan Carrai

Kelly MalacarneMeredith McKee

Jennifer Rose

layout artists

Fashion Editor: Linnea WhiteAssistant Fashion Editor: Alex Cook

Anthony ManzanaresGlynnis Maynard

Emily Sekulic

fashion

Photography Coordinator: Dan TarjanAssistant Photography Coordinator:

Meredith Mckee

photography

staff writersJanelle Clayton

Danielle FoxJessica Modi

Jane Anne MurphyMichelle RossChanel Parksm

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Clothing Alternatives

Summer Reads & Movie Reviews

Did Photo-shopping cause Body-shopping?

The Best and Worst of Birth Control

PR: Pressured Relations

Fashion Week Wrap-Up

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a collection of reviews on some old favorites that could become new obsessions

how healthy is birth control? an outlook on the pros and cons of the Pill

a look at Kell on Earth, the non-traditional fashion reality televsion show

fashion week is over - how to incorporate the newest fashions into your own style

everyone knows about photo editing, but how far is too far? and what impression has this left?

a look at shopping localy to find a unique looks that’s all your own (and cheap too!)

cover lookwilliam trainor in various shades of blue paint from Mi-chael’s Arts & Crafts with navy blue chif-fon from Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts.

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igh Fidelity (2000): An adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel, a record-store owner and eternal romantic (John Cusack) narrates the current breakdown of his relationship via top five lists. His musical preferenc-es color his perspective while asking the age-old question, “Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?”. Also starring Jack Black and Tim Robbins.

lmost Famous (2000): An ode to the rock scene of the 1970s. An as-piring rock journalist (Patrick Fugit) tags along with fictional band Stillwater on their cross-country tour. The film is meant to show the price of fame while inspiring the audience with the bond over love of music, demonstrated by the iconic Tiny Dancer bus scene. Also star-ring Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, and Frances McDormand.

ay (2004): A biopic of soul singer Ray Charles, played by Jamie Foxx, who won the Oscar that year. Passion is what drives this film, demonstrated by Foxx’s portrayal of Charles’ performances, which showed the artist on the verge of bursting from his eager-ness for his music. The drama of his personal life depicts the mu-sician as a complex and flawed character as well as someone to be admired. Also starring Kerry Washington.

alk the Line (2005): Another biopic, this time chronicling the life of coun-try music legend Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix). This movie allows the audience to gain an understanding of how Cash’s music was insightful to the human condition, how we can fail and succeed with such success on both ends of the spectrum. Also starring Reese Witherspoon

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Wcross the Universe (2007): This musical is based entirely on Beatles’ songs, over 30 of them, and centers around Jude (Jim Sturgess) and his love affair with Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood) amid the antiwar movement and social un-rest of the 1960s. The songs are brought to life with stunning and innovative visuals while placing them in the context of a plot. Cameo by Bono, who revamps Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds and I Am The Walrus.

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veryone Worth Knowing (2005): Lauren Weisberger’s second novel is very similar to The Devil Wears Prada, but instead of the fashion sphere, she writes a very amusing take on the vicious world of public relations in New York. An unpreten-tious and smart young woman does not know what she is getting herself into when she abruptly decides to change career paths to one that is much more exciting and glamorous. The reader can live vicariously through her exploits, reveling in the newness and taboo behavior of elite high society along with the protagonist. This is a fast and fun read without much depth but with the same guilty pleasure that made The Devil Wears Prada such a hit.

ocus Pocus (1990): Kurt Vonnegut’s penultimate novel keeps with his tradition of nonlinear plots and war inspired themes. The story revolves around Viet-nam War veteran Eugene Debs Hartke, currently a professor at a college when escaped convicts from a nearby prison overtake it. The events that follow will undoubtedly cause a collective shiver among students everywhere while also employing our intellects – Vonnegut asks for the answer to a quantitative ques-tion at the end of the novel which can only be answered if you have been paying attention to the details of Hartke’s life. This book will certainly keep the mind sharp when students are taking a break from intellectual pursuits.

ringing Down the House (2003): Ben Mezrich’s book chronicles a group of MIT card counters as they make millions in Vegas at the blackjack tables. It’s based on a true story and champions the un-derdog, which makes for a compelling read. The reader cannot help but cheer on the students and curse the casinos, and the game of cat and mouse between the two makes it read like an action book. This book is sure to help stave off boredom during the long summer months of internship monotony, which are sadly and fortunately far removed from the fast-paced world of gambling. The film adapta-tion in 2008, 21, stars Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey and Laurence Fishburne.

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The soundtrack to a movie can either make or break it, so much so that music itself has become the subject mat-ter for many films. With the start of a new decade, movies like The Runaways, based on the ‘70s female teen band of the same name with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fan-ning, are already in the works. Here are five movies of the Aughts that give music its due respect.

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Retrospective: Music Inspired

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birth controlThe Best and Worst of

Many women choose to take birth control pills to either avoid pregnancy, lessen acne breakouts, or lighten menstrual periods. Some birth control methods seem to be easy and affordable ways to obtain peace of mind. Is using birth control as an attempt to put our minds at ease underlined with risks that makes birth control more dangerous than it is worth?

Most women a s s o c i a t e their birth control pills’ advantages

in relation to how well it pro-tects them against pregnancy. Because all methods have a chance of failure, it is wise to use more than one contracep-tive when having sex. In addi-tion to decreasing the risk of pregnancy, benefits of the birth control pill that may often be overlooked are lower occur-rences of acne, cystic breasts, osteoporosis, anemia, and ago-nizing periods. The risk of can-cer of the uterus and the ova-ries and benign tumors in the ovary are all decreased by at least 50% when taking the pill. The advantages are so at-tractive that I wondered, if birth control pills are so good, why don’t all women take them? The disadvantages of birth control lead many women to rethink their decision to take the pills or steer clear of them completely. Before anyone be-gins to use a new method of contraception, she should visit her doctor to ensure that she chooses the right method for her. For this reason, birth con-trol pills need to be obtained

from a doctor or clinic. A dis-advantage of birth control pills is that a prescription can be a huge expense, costing up to $50 per package. Each month requires its own package, lead-ing birth control pills to run up a bill of about $600 per year. Some women have difficulty controlling their weight while on the pill. And although it is uncommon, women may ex-perience high blood pressure, headaches, or even depres-sion. Another disadvantage of the pill is forgetting to take it daily. If a woman forgets to take a pill, it is also important that she visit her doctor. Even if she makes up the missed pills, she may experience spotting or light bleeding. Birth control should be carefully selected with the aid of a doctor and its packaging should be carefully read. Com-bination birth control pills have the hormones progestin and estrogen in them. These pills have serious side effects such as pulmonary embolism, stroke, and blood clots. Some women who have taken Yaz birth con-trol pills have experienced life threatening blood clots. The blood clots can develop in legs, which is known as deep vein

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thrombosis. The blood clots caused by Yaz can also form in the eye, head, arms, pelvis, and lungs. They can cause sudden headaches, swelling and pain in the arms or legs, coughing blood, blurred or double vision, and sharp or crushing chest pain. For some women on Yaz or Yasmin, they developed gallbladder disease and required gall-bladder removal. Yaz is not the only birth control brand that has women regretting their decision to begin taking oral contraception. Women are holding manufacturers of Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella birth control pills legally ac-countable for any harm that has been inflicted upon them due to the consumption of the pills. Many women are fight-ing back against the compa-nies by actively pursuing law-suits. It is always important to be safe when having sex and each method of contraception has benefits. Your doctor should inform you about what type of contraception is best for you according to your health and lifestyle. And always, ab-stinence is the only fully effec-tive method of birth control.

Kell on earthWhat does it take to make it in the fashion world? A question that

surrounds young, fashion hungry girls and boys dreaming of their fifteen minutes of fame. Whether they want to be a fashion model, designer, or just a fashion guru, everyone now has the

chance to indulge in behind-the-scenes footage spanned into thirty to sixty min-ute shows that tell about making it in the industry. Since America’s Next Top Model made its mark as the original fashion reality television show, a plethora of programs have surfaced including Project Runway and Launch My Line. Recently, however, these fashion based shows have become less “how-to,” not only going deep into the world of designers and models, but into talents usual-ly hidden such as the intern and public relations expert. Starting from MTV’s hits The Hills and The City, one woman in particular, Kelly Cutrone, breaks the mask that hides the internal workings of what makes the fashion world go round. With her own, new show Kell on Earth now airing on Bravo, everyone gets the chance to experience the daily lives of New York’s biggest PR firm. As a new addition to Bravo’s growing list of fashion-based shows, Kell On Earth pinpoints the life of Kelly Cutrone, PR extraordinaire and head of the firm, People’s Revolution. With the like of other fashion moguls, Kelly pres-ents a cold-hearted attitude to get what she wants, which in the process causes drama; her assistants tend to cry every episode and her bouts of yelling and ar-guing seem to be a reoccurring issue within the office. Kell On Earth conveys that fashion PR is more work and less play, shattering the hopes of some who perceive the industry as a constant party. Like her designer and model counter-parts, Kelly is on a mission to be successful as well as inspiring, evident in her new book If You Have To Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You. As a single mother, Kelly outshines all the women in her in-dustry, proving that even the toughest of obstacles create a path of acquisition. What sets Kell On Earth from the likes of shows such as Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model is that the show does not glorify what its like to be in the fashion industry. Those shows create high pressure scenarios for their con-testants to endure; however, People’s Revolution does not have “contestants” competing for a prize, but rather a team who does not create their situations, they live them. This turning point in fashion reality shows challenges the typical day in the life of a profession because a typical day does not exist in the PR world. For all those hopefuls, not one profession within the fashion industry is a cakewalk. Kelly and her team exemplify that success can only be obtained through challenge, no short cuts allowed. Everyone can benefit from Kelly’s daily mantra, “If you have to cry, go outside.”

For more on Kell on Earth: Visit bravotv.com/kell-on-earth or follow People’s Revolution on Twitter @peoplesrev.

Destined to build your own PR Empire?Public relation is a business dedicated to communication, networking, and publicity, just to name a few. PR is not only limited to fashion, there are a number of industries that are dealt with by PR, including medicine, en-tertainment, and politics. There is not an individual major that can satisfy “training” for the PR industry, but a strong background in business and communication skills paves a road towards PR success. So, you think you can produce five fashion shows in one day at New York Fashion Week, like People’s Revolution did? Follow the ambi-tion that Kelly has for People’s Revolution on Kell on Earth and see accounts on what it is like in the PR World.

For more on Public Relations go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/

Andrew Mukamal CLAS ‘09

Bio: Andrew serves as Kelly’s assistant on Kell On Earth and is noted for his gothic and fabu-lous style that he rocks everyday. Being under constant stress is prob-ably second nature for Andrew; he is an alumnus of UVA and a brother of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Turning heads with his impec-cable style while ca-tering to Kelly’s every need, he is on the right track to achieving his true career goal as a fashion designer.

Follow Andrew on Twit-ter @AJMukamal and stay updated on his blog at: bravotv.co/kell-on-earth/blogs

Pressured RelationsPR:

by: Chanel Parks

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FashionWrap-UpWeek

From sprightly playful prints to somberly subdued solids, classically structured shapes to Star Wars–inspired galactic silhouettes, Fashion Week 2010 incorporated a perfect amalgama-tion of forms, fabrics, flair and finesse. Sift through climate campaigns by Vivienne West-wood Red Label, Charles Anastase, Todd Lynn, and Organic by John Patrick, unconventional

black-and-whites by Sass & Bide and Helmut Lang, vitalized graphic prints by Erdem, Just Cavalli and Basso & Brooke, and impeccable constructions by Burberry Prorsum, Valentino and Miu Miu…enjoy!

Kelly Cutrone

by: Nabilah Jiwani

Classically QuirkyMix up the mundane black-and-white for something uniquely chic. The classic re-lationship of black-and-white needs some spicing up with different textures and designs. Leave your colorblock dresses at home and try on some fun prints that will stay in your closet for life! White House Black Market would be the ideal place to start. Also try Quotation and Leifsdottir (usually found at Nordstrom or Bloomingdales).

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Where the Wild Things AreLet the wild rom-pus begin! It’s Monsters Inc. for this season. Feath-ers, fur, and fuzzy elements are the perfect start to cre-ating a funky look for this fall. Cable-knit leggings will keep you warm and can be found at American Ap-parel. Search for the missing pieces at thrift stores for a lower price tag.

Do PrintsFuse differ-ent fabrics to make a bold statement. Try various prints and mix them up to play with a pletho-ra of palettes. Designs by Di-ane Von Fur-stenburg and Marc Jacobs are always fun and exciting!

Shearling ChicStay warm in autumn with these 70’s inspired fleecy delights. Lose yourself in a vintage cloth-ing store to find extravagant outerwear with-out the expense of Burberry and Miu Miu.

Sweet TartGet in touch with your inner rebel, and punch in some punk-y plaid. Break out the schoolgirl skirts and spiky accesso-ries, but incorporate some bright colors instead of the over-played black and red. Maybe some bright pink tights will finish the look.

Trekkies unite for out-of-the or-dinary fashions. Try on jackets with some shoulder padding. Perhaps lustrous leather items. And to finish the look, play with your makeup! Sugges-tions of where to shop? Look for sleek s e l e c -tions at L.A.M.B and Rag & Bone.

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Did Photo-shopping CauseBody-shopping?

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hen accept-ing that we live in an in-tensely visual

world, it’s easy to point fin-gers at Gutenberg and say, “We weren’t always like that!” The truth is we are genetically engineered to be visually oriented. I’m not disagreeing with the com-mon notion that in 1439 the world 360’ed from an oral to a visual world with the invention of Gutenberg’s printing press, I’m clarifying that visual acuity is a primal instinct. Rewind to B.C. and the 17th book of the Bible, Esther. King Xerxes searched his entire kingdom for the most beautiful girl in the world and found Esther. Now, there is America’s Next Top Model that searches for the most beautiful girl in the U.S. Instead, they find Adri-anne Curry from Joliet, Illi-nois or Yoanna House from Jacksonville, Florida. It’s al-most as if things have never changed. What happens, though, when digital media is intro-duced in a visually accus-tomed world? Photo-shop-ping. When a Ralph Lauren advertisement surfaced on the internet of model Filippa Hamilton with a “head bigger than her pel-vis,” speculation of photo-shopping skyrocketed. Blogs like BooingBooing.net had a field day humiliating Ralph Lauren. Most commenta-tors from BooingBooing.net were shocked at why photo-shopping was even done considering Hamilton was 5’10”, 120 lbs, and beauti-ful. Ralph Lauren retaliated by saying that the photo was

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never supposed to be re-leased. Should it ever have been made? Websites online are de-voted to photo-shop mis-haps—the most viewed being photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com. It’s easy to laugh when Emma Watson is one legged in a Burberry Ad or Daniel Day-Lewis’s crotch is missing in Nine promotional posters. How-ever, it is not so funny when the world’s most beautiful individuals are distorted into some digital creature with genetics constructed of a bi-nary computer code of 1’s and 0’s. Is our own DNA not good enough for the fashion industry? Or is it not good enough period? In 2008, L’Oreal digitally lightened Beyonce’s skin col-or for a shampoo commer-cial. Vogue’s March issue erased Tina Fey’s childhood scar from their entire photo shoot. Digitally enhanced

applies to a wealthy demo-graphic, but almost every-one has looked in the mirror and said, “if only I could have a nose job…or I want a tummy tuck.” Ashley Simp-son fixed her hook nose, Meg Ryan inflated her lips, and Sarah Jessica Parker erased her trademark mole. These things may seem like imperfections, but they can also define a person. Sarah Jessica Parker made the mole famous during her Sex and the City days and fans freaked when the Sex and the City movie premiered minus her mole. She should thank her lucky stars her ca-reer didn’t plummet like

people extend even to block-busters like Pirates of the Caribbean where Kiera Knightley had digital breast implants for the whole tril-ogy. The media thinks im-perfections won’t sell. Small flaws like Meghan Fox’s toe thumb or Kate Winslet’s size 11 feet are tucked under the carpet. We think these peo-ple are perfect. In actuality, they are photo-shopped into perfection. Modern technology has become so advanced that people can photo-shop themselves under the knife; plastic surgery has turned into body-shopping. Obvi-ously, body-shopping only

Jennifer Grey’s did after her nose job. But none of these tweaks compares to this year’s plas-tic surgery veteran, Heidi Montag. At 23 years old, she has already begun fol-lowing in the footsteps of other body-shopaholics like Janice Dickinson and Joan Rivers. Heidi is a reality star from MTV’s The Hills, and is best known as ½ of “Spei-di” because of her highly publicized relationship with Spencer Pratt. In February, she revealed her face after ten surgeries in one day…but according to her, it only counts as one surgery be-cause it was all done on the same day. Clearly, her logic is unsettling, but we can all hope her decision mak-ing skills are better. Alas, they are not. Here are her ten plas-tic surgeries according to People Magazine:1. Mini brow-lift2. Botox in forehead and frown area3. Nose job revision

4. Fat injections in cheeks, nasolabial folds and lips5. Chin reduction6. Neck liposuction7. Ears pinned back8. Breast augmentation revi-sion ( 32 DDD)9. Liposuction on waist, hips, and inner and outer thighs10. Buttock augmentation It’s fair to say she is ad-dicted to plastic surgery. The most disturbing thing, however, is when People Magazine interviewed her, she said she opted for sur-gery because she was never the pretty one, always the frumpy one – a gross self-in-terpretation considering she was prettier that 99.9% of everyone else out there. Fans of the show, including her

own mother, are sickened by her new look. Heidi’s face is cold, hard, and empty of all expression and personality. Unfortunately, in the world of celebrities and socialites, plastic surgery is common-place. Results can be horrify-ing, hence, why websites and T.V. shows are dedicated to plastic surgery nightmares.Images of Donatella Ver-sace and Priscilla Presley make you cringe, but one glance at Jocelyn Wilden-stein will send anyone run-ning. Fortunately, most of the average world sees the ridiculousness in this type of body-shopping. It still makes us shudder to know some people will go to this extent to attempt perfection.

The world’s modern view on beauty is that it is some-thing to be attained – no lon-ger inherited from blessed with beauty parents. Com-puter savvy technicians can sit behind a desk and digi-tally wipe, smooth, erase, or enhance a person’s features. Now, Dr. 90210 can physi-cally enhance or suck out problem areas so that an individual can look like a model from a Ralph Lauren advertisement. This desire for perfection is a wild goose chase. Not only do standards of perfec-tion differ from person to person, its reality is fictitious. We could make the fashion industry or the media the scapegoats for this impossi-

ble chase, but the root of this issue is the way we all seem to be stuck in a visual material world. I am not claim-ing this to be a wide-spread epidemic; I just want to present this as an issue. Awareness is the best cure.

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industry? Or is it not good enough period?

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ALTER NATIVESCLOTHING

College students are notoriously broke, making buying clothes even more strenuous than usual.

Not only do we worry about the fit and the material, but we also worry about that daunting price tag. Trying to fit new clothing into one’s budget in addition to the Bodo’s bagels, late-night Little Johns, and constant coffee runs is a balancing act that we can’t learn in our classes. Luckily enough, we live in a town that has some great options for affordable clothing. If you take the time to look far-ther than Duo’s upstairs, you’ll find that there are incredible used clothing stores are all over the area. Hop on the trolley and it’ll drop you off just steps away from one of the best affordable stores in Charlottesville: Ike’s Underground on the Downtown Mall. Like the name implies, the store is un-derground below the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar. However, don’t let the lack of windows and creaky stairs scare you away, there are plenty of good finds here. They have several packed racks with ran-dom vintage items, from ambitious fur coats to neatly crocheted vests. If you’re looking for funky costume jewelry, they have a great selection. The front counters have dishes full of perfectly worn-in

bracelets and chains along with unique pins and earrings. Some of these jewelry pieces do get a little pricey, but just avoid the over-priced clip-on earrings. Also, if you’re not quite in the mood to shop, Ike’s owner is an incredibly chatty and personable guy who might even let you price bargain with him a bit. The next smart-shopper’s stop should be Antics on Main Street, just a block off the Downtown Mall. The store tends to have more pretty and classy clothes, but also has some funkier antiques and kitsch. Clothes here are more wearable vintage clothes as opposed to the over-stated costume vintage of other stores. The fun 50’s shoes and jewelry fall into this category too, as they are great finds for everyday use. It’s not the cheapest vin-tage store, but its prices will beat those of other clothing boutiques any day. Also, the store’s 15 minutes of fame from the visit of Joe Plummer from Modest Mouse only helps to increase its appeal. Charlottesville also has great Goodwill and Salvation Army stores. The names usually scare people away, but I know plenty of people who’ve scored great deals there. You can find four dollar Betsy

Johnson dresses and three dollar J. Crew sweaters in both of these stores that are

in perfect shape. Goodwill also has enor-mous bins of cashmere and wool either solid or patterned scarves; the one dol-lar price tag doesn’t hurt either. Looking for a comfortable plaid shirt? Salvation Army has racks of them for two dollars each. It also has racks of comfortable, slouchy sweaters that are easy to pair with jeans or leggings. These two stores are a little farther away, so you’ll need a car to get to either of them. Yet you won’t regret spending the gas money when you walk out with five items for under ten dol-lars. There are countless perks in attend-ing the University; the quality and num-ber of vintage stores in Charlottesville is one that students should take advantage of more often.

a look at shopping for style revival and creative twists on a budget

Name: James “Ike” EichlingBackground: Retired Screen Actors Guild member and modelRetail Start: early after VietnamStore’s Lifespan: one and a half years at current location, one year at previous location on Ivy RoadClothing source: within the five county areaHow he selects items: “Does it make me smile when I see it? That’s my operating prin-ciple. I’m my own picker.”

Ike’s UndergroundQ&A

Rings: Ike’s $5-10

Yellow Dress: Antiks $36Straw Bag: Antiks $25

Black Rope Belt: Antiks $8

the Breakdown

Yellow and Red Dress: Antiks $50

“Charlottesville is interest-ing; has lots of interesting people with interesting things. There are interest-ing diplomats, people of foreign service and old-horse families that have interesting things, as well as an influx of sophisticat-ed urbanites who have interesting things.”

--Ike Eichling

Large Glasses: Antiks: $6Owl Necklace: Antiks $8

story and photos by: Jessica Modi

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“There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emo-tion.” Carl Jung’s words inspired an exploration of the physical embodiment and expression of emo-tions. The aesthetic palettes of movement and body paint allowed for the projection of melan-choly sorrow, twisted envy, regal compassion, and passionate rage. Transforming the everyday stu-dent, dancer, athlete into a visionary embodiment of emotion involved the creative styling process of V Magazine’s fashion team. The finished product evokes the diary that is painting, that is movement, that is photography, that is emotive expression.

An Emotive Canvasphotos by: Dan Tarjan & Meredith McKee

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previous page: Steven Ward in red & black paint from Michael’s Arts & Crafts with red tulle & slate organza from Jo-Ann Fab-rics & Crafts. this page: William Trainor in various shades of blue paint from Michael’s Arts & Crafts.

Rebecca Ott in green & yellow paints from Mi-chael’s Arts & Crafts with green peacock cotton cloth from Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts.

Cristina Page in purple and yellow paints from Michael’s Arts & Crafts with purple and gold silk dupioni from Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts.

this page: Steven Ward in red & black paints and black feathers from Michael’s Arts & Crafts.photo shoot: Coordi-nated by L. White, Paint & Makeup by Fash-ion Staff, Materials Ob-tained by L. White, A. Manzanares, G. May-nard, in studio space. Edited by Dan Tarjan.

Vmagazineif interested: contact Laura Kost @ lnk6f@virginia.edu