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Publisher/Editor Erin Shipps erin@vintagekcmag.com
hinking back to my childhood, I had more fashion maga- zines than I knew what to do with. In fact, while cleaning out my old bedroom, I found a stack of fashion magazines from 14 years ago that I finally had to throw out. I smiled think- ing how crazy I drove my mom from an early age with my love for fashion “stuff.” I still, in fact, drive her crazy. I grew up in a home that was always neat; everything had a place. My love for fashion did not mesh well with my mother’s love for a tidy room. I remember having so many clothes, shoes, jewelry and magazines everywhere, which made me think she might actually pull her hair out a few times. Back then I think everyone thought I just liked my “stuff.” But for me, magazine hoarding and getting a new outfit honestly made my heart
Fashion Director/Editorial Assistant Calli Green calli@vintagekcmag.com
Contributors Arizona Trading Company Ashley Nelson Studios ChristianMICHAEL
Layne Haley Photography Head House Hair Parlour Lillie Jacson Mitsu Sato Hair Academy SmashGlam Vintage Vogue Apparel Wheat Photography
happy. Having a magazine subscription meant getting as close to fashion as I possibly could — in Higginsville, MO, that is — and getting to visualize what I always wanted to do. I would never throw magazines away, so I had stacks hidden behind my head board, in my closet, under my desk and at times, in the bathroom. I know this sounds like an unhealthy young hoarding addiction, but they allowed me to dream; and not one ounce of the happiest dream ever could be tossed ... that is until my mother found all the bits of that dream shoved in all of my hiding spots. I remember coming home from school or church camp with most of my little glossy pages of happiness on the curb for the trash man. Now, my mother is the most inspiring and encouraging woman on the planet, but she did not realize how happy those pages made me. In fact, her dream for me was to be a soap opera star. Oh mom... Although you can still find a hefty stack of magazines on my coffee table, I have to thank her now; because of her I am not on “Hoarders” (Fashion Magazine Edition). Thanks mom. I will always have the most gratitude for my editor and friend, Erin, for trusting me enough to give me one of the greatest responsibilities I’ve ever had in creating this issue. If someone would have told me that I would be the fashion director of this awesome special issue of VintageKC — even 3 years ago when I started working with Erin — I
VintageKC volume 3, fashion issue is published yearly in conjunction with a quarterly magazine by Erin Shipps in Overland Park, KS. Copyright 2014, Erin Shipps. All rights reserved. Reproduction in part or in whole without written permission of the publisher is strictly prohibited. Printed in the U.S.A.
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would have found it unbelievable. Yet here I sit, with that exact title on every print of this magazine, with my dream job, and so many ideas and visions that they are probably flowing out of my ears at this point. To be able to share the dreams I’ve had since childhood, highlight topics like body image, and communicate a love of vintage fashion with everyone, is more than I could have ever hoped for. I hope you enjoy it, too. For the love of fashion ... and dreams.
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