art tribute to peyton manning
WILL DAY THE ART OF INTERIOR DESIGN
ASHLEIGH HUE
discovering raw talent
DYFL his dedication to hip hop and rise in a competitive musical world
ARTISTIC FASHION FOR A CAUSE FUNKSHION FASHION WEEK
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COVER STORY: Musical Hip Hop Artist DYFL
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COVER CREDITS: Subject: DYFL Photographed by Ms Visuals & Photos
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featuring Ashleigh Hue Artist Spotlight Artistic tribute to Peyton Manning Will Day by Laura Shirk Artist Spotlight Music is life featuring LJ Ugarte by Victoria McCoy
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special FEATURE Photography 56 Fashion Prepare for Armageddon by Karl
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M. Lee Special Events The Different Phases of Me Fashion Show by Ruth Louissaint Special Events Fashion Designer Tracy Dizon walks Brooklyn's Fashion Week 's Runway Special Events The Future Powered by Mini FUNKSHION FASHION WEEK
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WRITER S CORNER Love 86 Self Your New Secret Weapon: Time-
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Pop-Up Art | Stevenson Valentin
STEVENSON VALENTIN Quebec, Canada
I am a Canadian artist of Haitian descent. Against all odds, I started painting a few years ago. Being a former soldier, it was a strange idea to go from soldier to artist. My beginnings as a painter were essentially directed towards the abstract. The art of figurative portraits was a quick field of interest to me also. The expression of the body and the face are delicate details that fascinate me. For some time now, I have been trying to bring out this expression. You can say I'm an expressionist. I strive to experiment with various aspect or technique to my art. I can't really tell if I have a real style because of my passion for discovery. My approach is changing and diversified without real philosophy. In 2016 I began studying fine arts at Concordia University. I had my first opening in 2017 at the Centre d'Art de Repentigny which was a great success. Now I am striving to introduce contemporary art into my community as I am evolving. Color however is of great importance to me as it captures the eye and removes any amorphous side in a work. Now I devote myself to this quest more seriously.
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Cover Story | DYFL VM: When you were explaining to us who you are as an artist, and you were saying that you're a kid at heart. You're still someone, you're just a person who’s a broad imagination. So, what message do you want people to receive from your music?
Give it your 110% and go crazy when you get in. there.
DYFL: I keep my music as real as possible. I don't fabricate it. I don't only talk about the money, the cars, and clothes. Like I will throw it in there every now and then, but I don't make that the overall message of my music. My overall message of my music is just be true to yourself and know who you are and just live your life to the fullest, 'cause you only get a shot at this one time. So, I always try to do things the way I always pictured doing it. Things I imagined. Things I've dreamed of since I was little. I always wanted to bring that to the light. So, when I see somebody going through something, I put that in my music. When I'm going through something, I put that in my music. I want my music to be as realistic as possible. VM: Yes, that allows you to connect. Makes it more relatable. DYFL: Right, exactly, I want to relate to people. I want to touch people. VM: We all know as artist, there was a time in a creatives life when we realize that we were ready to make our dream into a reality. So, when did you realize you wanted to make your dreams a reality? DYFL: At about, I think it was the first time I got into the studio. When I started recording and I heard myself on a record for the first time with a hook and some verses and stuff and basically fell in love. Like, I couldn't stop listening to it. I had to show everybody. I had to let everybody hear it. I had to do this. I had to do that. So, once I had that experience, I knew I could do it, if that makes any sense? VM: Yes, of course. Makes complete sense. So, you stated that you are from Overtown, the historic neighborhood of Overtown here in Miami. DYFL: Yes, Overtown. I Went to school there. Grew up there. I had a house. My mother's house was in Little Haiti, but I spent like all my time in Overtown. I was going between both neighborhoods, but I spent majority of my time in Overtown. Overtown made me who I am today. I had my first fight Overtown. I lost my virginity Overtown. Like, everything I experienced for the first time happened in Overtown.
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VM: It’s always nice to have a place you can call home. Since we are talking community, as a black creative, how do you feel you're able to influence our community? DYFL: Because I've seen it. I've been through it. Kids look up to us. We are like superheroes to the kids. We don't have capes and we don't have super powers, but we've made it out. You know what I'm saying? Like, we are the ones that made it out. So, the kids look up to us and the fact that I came from what they came from and I know exactly what they've been through even though I'm still on my journey, I'm still not out yet, but I'm creating my own path to get out of there. In the end, It's going to inspire a lot of them because they're going to be like, "Yo, he did it. He was in the same position I was in, and he did it." You know what I'm saying? So, I plan on inspiring them by just showing them that you guys have the ability to do the same thing I could do. You know what I'm saying? You could do music. You could play sports. You could do ... it don't even have to be that. Whatever you love, if you put 110% into what you love, you can make it happen. Don't worry about what nobody say, like people going to close the door on your face hundred times. Still don't worry about what anybody has to say or how they feel. Don't let them put their failures on you. Just cause they couldn't do it, don't mean you can't do it. VM: Exactly. Speaking truth. DYFL: Give it your 110% and go crazy when you get in there. VM: Exactly. I think this is like the best influence and inspiration for young kids coming up today. Recently the BET Hip Hop Awards was in Miami for the second year I want to say? DYFL:
Second year, yeah.
VM: Which was a really good look for not only Miami artists, but other artists in South Florida as well. So, tell us about your experience there. How was it? DYFL: My experience was dope, man. I was touched, because it's been a long time since we saw artists from here. Like, a bunch of artists from here at the awards. Like, you had City Girl, you had Caresha from City Girls, she was giving away an award. Then you had Ball Greezy performing with Lil Duval. Then you had Zoe Dollars who was nominated.
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Special Events | Brookyn Fashion Week
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Funkshion celebrated its latest platform for its fall fashion showcase The Future powered by MINI was created to support a conscious and sustainable lifestyle. The event kicked off at the Soho Beach House with a panel discussion focused completely on Sustainable Fashion with speakers Patrick Duffy, Founder of Global Fashion Exchange, Elizabeth Wheaton, Environment & Substantiality Director at City of Miami Beach, Daniele D’orazi from Istituto Marangoni, Veronica Pesantes Cofounder of The Onikas, and Sophie Zembra Founder of Antidote, in conversation with Danié GómezOrtigoza, Fashion Influencer and Journalist @journeyofabraid. The group discussed simple solutions consumers can make when buying, focusing attention on ethical makers. Coinciding with The Future powered by MINI, the City of Miami Beach announced its #PlasticFreeMB campaign, inviting local businesses to register and pledge to reduce single-use plastics.
On Friday, November 9th, sustainable, Wynwood boutique, Antidote showed its first-ever runway show at The Setai Miami Beach showcasing a see-now-buynow collection available in its flagship Miami location. The boutique collaborated with the Miami City Ballet School, in which ballerinas modeled the clothing on the runway, showing the true beauty of movement for the Parisian themed event. The following evening of November 10th, Global Fashion Exchange hosted its signature “Swap Party” dedicated to accelerating the adoption of circularity to reduce waste in the apparel industry. Funkshion collaborated to help GFX meet its goal of saving 1 million pounds of clothing from being thrown away by giving them a second life through its signature elevated swap party. Nearly 100 attendees swapped
ANTIDOTE Runway Show at the Setai 2019 Spring Collection Runway photos by Simon Soong
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A PROJECT OF LOVE
Photography by Sean Simpson
With the collaboration of STICHIZ COOL KIDS we had the privilige of hosting an amazing photoshoot, where local kids participated in a campaign of positivity. This campaign will serve to spread a beautiful message of self love to the youth of today. We would like to thank our participating kid models: Amaily Gonzalez Andre "Logic" Moreland Chloe Lundy Javon McNabb Jayden McNabb Kayla Simpson Kiani Gonzalez Nate Parnther Tanika Joseph Zurell Haynes 94 | CREATIV | Nov - Dec 2018 | www.creativmag.com
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