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Publisher/Editor Erin Shipps erin@vintagekcmag.com Fashion Director/Editorial Assistant Calli Green calli@vintagekcmag.com Graphic Designer Emily Bowers emily@vintagekcmag.com Staff Contributors Ashley Nelson Studios Ash Haze Beauty Head House Hair Parlour Heidi Abbott Layne Haley Photography Lillie Jacson Lotus Beauty Mitsu Sato Hair Academy Re-Runs Shana Nicole Beauty Smash Glam Tiffany Buckley Vintage Vogue Apparel Westside Storey Wheat Photography VINTAGEKC VOLUME 4, FASHION ISSUE IS PUBLISHED YEARLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE BY VINTAGE MEDIA, 1803 WYANDOTTE, KANSAS CITY, MO 64108. COPYRIGHT 2015, VINTAGE MEDIA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. RE- PRODUCTION IN PART OR IN WHOLE WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE PUBLISHER IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
Fashion Dreams G
rowing up I was always told, “never forget where you came from; it’s what has made you.” Every time I heard that, I couldn’t stand it. It was usually followed by an eye roll and a large sigh. My teenage mind couldn’t wait to get out of my hometown, Higginsville, MO, (which I thought was the smallest town on earth) and live some Carrie Bradshaw dreamy life. I thought wrong, but for all of the right reasons. It wasn’t until around my junior year in college that I started to appreciate all that home had to offer. I grew up an hour outside of Kansas City and I went to college an hour away, too. I spent most of my spare time and weekends in the city, soaking up the sun at Worlds of Fun, finding new restaurants, going out with my friends in the Power and Light District, or enjoying the museums on an early
Saturday morning. I fell in love with the quaintness of Kansas City, and Missouri was always welcoming to me -- the city was home. When I graduated college, I moved to a suburb of Seattle for a year. That’s when everything really sunk in. I realized, once and for all, that I only have a part-time wanderlust soul and Missouri will always be home. I love Kansas City. The responses we received from the first Fashion Issue last year were so kind. I am so grateful to be a part of VintageKC , living out a dream to plan and style fashion- able concepts and looks. This issue is full of inspiration, including brave individuals who, just like you and I, have body image concerns with the confidence to share them; local designers who are amazing at what they do; the Mayor and his bow ties (I’m still on a small celebrity high from getting to hang with Mayor Sly James); more menswear than ever before; fun and funky trends that we know Kansas Citians can rock, and much more. Kansas City does not have the fashion scene of New York or Europe, and I didn’t end up having Carrie Bradshaw’s swanky New York lifestyle (despite my teenage day dreams), but, I am pretty proud of Kansas City. This city continues to advance creatively, athletically and everything in between. We may have a small cityscape and a small fashion scene, but I like to think that because of our close-knit neighborhood atmosphere, we are the ones coming out on top here. I get to wake up everyday to be who I always wanted to be, in the city that I
love. In every idea, photo shoot or project, I get to pay a little more local homage, which is so well deserved.
After all, Missouri is “what made me.” For the love of fashion … and home.
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