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  Madonna made me realize the style of fashion. Through her, I became acquainted with designers like Gaultier (I can’t pronounce the word), Versace, and Dolce and Gabbana. Her music videos from Like a Virgin to Into the Groove, the way she presented herself exuded fashion that I could relate to. It was costumey without being costumey, a comic book character come to life. 
    A cousin whom I grew up with, also heavily inspired by Madonna, started collecting designer vintage fashion from the likes of Versace, Pucci, Coco Chanel, Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Michael Kors, Marchessa Notte, and Betsey Johnson just to name a few. Joji, my cousin, opened me up to a woman’s perspective regarding fashion. Although she concedes I have a natural eye for good fashion, she also made me understand that upon looking at a Michael Kors dress at Nordstrom in all its banality that I too conceded that he had good fashion sense albeit relegated to a demographic of higher income people. 

    As years passed with The House of Style and George Michael videos featuring supermodels like Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, and Tatjana Patitz corporations soon found viability in fashion besides the actual dresses themselves. No sooner Project Runaway was created featuring Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn as host and exposed fashion even more than before. I only knew of Heidi Klum as being the wife of pop singer Seal who sang Kiss from a Rose from the Batman Forever soundtrack. Watching Project Runaway and my inability to break through that barrier created by the comic book business to thwart the efforts of comic book artists, I had thoughts of going into that field, fashion. I was literally a fashion designer my whole life, conceptualizing fashion for my superheroes, assassins, warriors, demigods, etc. 

     But where does one start? You look at magazines like Vogue, Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, or magazines devoted to crafts and nobody really talks about anything! How is this done? By happenstance, I was rummaging through some college catalogs and found this class for sewing. It eventually led me to majoring in Fashion after a BS in Business Administration at San Jose State University (SJSU) did absolutely nothing to land me a job. I went into fashion thinking it was a safer place to start a new life. A life where you were rewarded for your ideas rather than being plagiarized in the comic book industry. 

    Through my classes I was exposed to every facet of the fashion industry. From start to finish I was able to witness, learn, and practice the art of fashion. Hence, I started a magazine My Couture which is published and distributed by Gennewwine. I talk about concepts noone ever talks about, the how to every artist needs. It’s not sponsored by any company or corporation. I just want to share what I learned. Things you won’t find or will be almost impossible to find in Google or magazines dedicated to educating the masses on certain crafts. 

    I will not only talk about fashion, but music production, 3d animation, finance, wellness, intellectual property protection, and many more. Unconstrained and transparent in my mission to educate artists what I’ve learned as a learner and practitioner of almost every craft possible. My Couture Issue 1 is availabe at Gennewwine | Etsy

ⓒ 2022 Allan Angel

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