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ON THE COVER // Gavin Wilkinson of The Bears of Blue River perform at Doc’s Music Hall in Muncie, Indiana. See full feature story for more!
ON THE BACK // Photo Submission of the Month (submitted via Twitter. Thanks, @ericalanMICHAEL)
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR // p. 8
NYC’s YUPPIE HIPSTER GODDESS // A look at NYC’s Janette Sadik-Khan -
transportation commissioner - and how this loved and hated political figure has made
bicycle travel safer in the city. // p. 5
SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL GUIDE // The hottest music festivals to be at this summer // p. 7
THE BEST OF DIGITAL CAMERAS // Technology prices for digital cameras has dropped substantially over the last few years. The right investment could get you a camer perfect for your photographic tastes. // p. 9
TRANSFORMER PRIME vs. IPAD 3 // Check out the specifications of the two biggest names in the tablet market. Which is better? You decide! // p. 11
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DEPECHE MODE IS REBORN // An album review from Vince Clark and Martin Gore’s newest album “Ssss” // p. 14
THE SPRING 2012 MICHAEL BASTIAN COLLECTION // A look at the James Dean-inspired collection that had the fashion world talking men’s wear...for one! //
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STREET SYTLE FROM 2012 PARIS FASHION WEEK // These fashionistas put their best forward while attending this year’s Paris Fashion Week // p. 25
THE BEARS ARE BACK // See what The Bears of Blue River have been up to, how their current tour is going, how their newest album, “Dames” was created
and how Muncie’s lasting impression still influences their music // p. 16
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NYC’s Yuppie hipster bicycle goddess
How exactly has one of NYC’s most loved and hated political figures revolutionized bicycle
transportation in the city.
by Jo Bob Briggs
Culture
NEW YORK—I used to
ride a bicycle in New
York when it was still the
Wild West out there.
We cyclists were so
hated by cabdrivers
that a lot of them—
and I’m sorry to be
racist about this, but it
was always the Middle
Eastern guys—would
try to see how close
they could get their
front bumper to your
rear wheel, so that if
you were doing, say,
20 miles an hour, which is not
uncommon if you’re hustling,
you’d be in constant fear of your
foot slipping off the pedal and
causing a slight slowdown, which
would get your bike flattened like
a pita and your body churned
into tahini paste.
The problem was, if you had to
bail out of a situation like that—
let’s say a sadistic Russian limo
driver is pushing your ass up First
Avenue and you’re waiting on
that second wind to kick in and
it’s not kicking in and the United
Nations headquarters building
is looming on the right and they
have a security cordon on the left
and they’ve got police vehicles
and security vans and all kinds
of spooky Men in Black
bullstuff forming an
obstacle course so
that you’re afraid of,
among other things,
snipers—let’s say you’re
in that situation and the
Russki is not gonna let
up, he’s not gonna slow
down, you know he’s
gonna run that gauntlet
like Smokey and the
Goddamn Siberian
Bandit, then you have
one choice and it’s not
pretty.
What you’re gonna do is you’re
gonna take the curb like Evel
Knievel going over the Snake River
Canyon—hopefully with more
success than he had.
First, you need to execute as
much of a complete 90-degree
hard right turn as you’re capable
of at that speed, which means
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you’re immediately gonna be
in danger of going into one of
those long slides underneath
somebody’s car that ends up
getting a million and a half views
on YouTube. But if you do stay
vertical and hit the curb straight-
on, you’re gonna need to jerk
your handlebars straight up so
that you can avoid taking a
header and making your spine a
permanent part of the 12-foot UN
security fence.
I’m not gonna turn him in; I don’t
have time to go to whatever
bureaucratic hearing they have
in whatever Brooklyn hellhole
they have it in, but I figure I get
four, five days of him wondering
whether his phone is gonna ring.
Like I said, that’s how the situation
was in the days of yore.
In 2007 Mayor Bloomberg
appointed a new transportation
commissioner named Janette
Sadik-Khan, and she made it
pretty clear pretty quickly that
she was opposed to permanent
spinal injury and brain-squashing
on the city’s streets. This woman is
a goddess. She has done more for
the cyclist in four years on the job
than anybody did in the previous
one hundred. By sheer force of
personality she’s managed to
install 250 miles of dedicated
bike lanes on the New York street
grid. Article taken from takimag.
com for educational purposes.
Written by Joe Bob Briggs. much
of a complete 90-degree hard
right turn as you’re capable of at
that speed, which means you’re
immediately gonna be in danger
of going into one of those long
slides underneath somebody’s car
that ends up getting a million and
a half views on YouTube. But if you
do stay vertical and hit the curb
straight-on, you’re gonna need to
jerk your handlebars straight up
so that you can avoid taking a
header and making your spine a
permanent part of the 12-foot UN
security fence.
Pay no attention to these people
who hate you almost as much as
stopped car. You’re gonna rest
your foot on his front bumper. And
you’re gonna look into his eyes.
You’re gonna do that for five
seconds. I personally don’t like
using the single-finger salute. Most
bikers do use it, but I prefer the
five-second stare—five seconds in
w\was in the days of yore.
In 2007 Mayor Bloomberg
appointed a new transportation
commissioner named Janette
Sadik-Khan, and she made it
pretty clear pretty quickly that
she was opposed to permanent
spinal injury and brain-squashing
on the city’s streets. This woman is
a goddess. She has done more for
the cyclist in four years on the job
than anybody did in the previous
one hundred. By sheer force of
personality she’s managed to
install 250 miles of dedicated bike
lanes on the New York street grid.
Excerpt taken from takimag.
com for educational purposes.
Written by Joe Bob Briggs.
http://takimag.com/article/
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BonnarooManchester, TN
June 7 - 10$259.00 (+ fees)
www.bonnaroo.comfeaturing: Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Phish
LollapaloozaGrant Park, Chicago, IL
Aug. 3 - 5 $230.00 (+ fees)
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June 28 - July 1$242.50 (+ fees)
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embrace it In the search for the perfect theme for a magazine, I realized the common thread between some of the most important people in my life - my friends - and myself. It is the fact that we are part of the “hipster generation.” Some refer to us as “Generation X” or “The Millenials” - I choose “The Hipster Generation.”
We have been taught from a young age that we are special. Though this is true, it has developed an interesting sociological conundrum: you are the only you, and you are special...just like everyone else. This is why the idea of “hipsterism” isn’t a fad, but rather a lifestyle.
You are part of a generation with incredible purpose and awesome opportunties to change the world. Embrace it.
You live life on the cutting edge. Though some may view you as unconventional, you’re the next big thing. Embrace it.
You are the young-at-heart and you don’t care who knows about your beautifully colorful personality. Embrace it.
I hope this magazine finds its way to your hands and you know that there are people out there that are exactly like you, while simultaneously being completely different.
Thomas Dillon Albee, Editor.
Editor // Dillon AlbeeDeputy Edito // Anna Wintor Copy Editor // Kelly Catrone
Art Director // Jay Manuel Photo Editor // Nigel Barker
Printing // Polestar Chantry
Dillon Albee // Editor-in-Chief
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Check out the best digitcal cameras on
the market, according to Lori Grunin - senior
editor at CNET.
T H E B E S T O F
digital cameras
An excellent dSLR for experienced shooters or Nikon professionals looking for a relatively sheap option, the Nikon D7000 delivers on almost all counts, including the company’s best shooting design to date.
Nikon D7000best prosumer dslr
With a lot to like and just a little to dislike, the Sony Alpha NEX-7 comes up a winner, albeit an expensive one.
Sony Alpha NEX-7Best interchangeable-lens compact
Review of Digital Cameras taken from CNET reviews. Opinions are that of Lori Grunin, Senior Editor.http://reviews.cnet.com/best-digital-cameras/
Feature junkies in search of a compact megazoom should get the Sony Cyber-shot DSK-HX9V
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For the money, the Canon EOS Rebel T3i is a great choice for dSLR videographers, and it’s a solid choice for creative still shooters
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Though we’d like it to perform better, dSLR shooters looking for a sidekick camera will find the Canon PowerShot S95’s top-flight photos and a full manual feature set worth the tradeoff of its compact size.
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b a t t l e o f t h e t a b l e t s
transformer prime ipad 3vs
Manufacturer // Asus
Product Type // Web tablet
Operating System // Android 4.0 (ICS)
Display // LED backlight
Resolution // 1280 x 800
Flash memory // 32 GB
RAM // 1 GB - LPDDR2 SDRAM
MicroSD // supported
Processor // NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad-Core
Camera // Rear 8MP // Front 1.2 MP
Battery // Lithium polymer
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Dimensions // 10.4 in x 7.1 in x 0.3 in
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Manufacturer // Apple
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MicroSD // not supported
Processor // Apple A5X Dual-Core
Camera // Rear 5MP + 1080p // Front 0.3 MP
Battery // Lithium polymer
Capacity // 22 Wh, 9 hours
Dimensions // 9.7 in x 6.7 in x 0.3 in
Weight // 23 oz.
MSRP // $499.00 - $599.00 - $699.00
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music Album Review
Depeche Mode is Reborn
artist // VCMG
ALbum // ssss
label // mute
Year // 2012
by jess harvell
Three decades after “Just Can’t Get Enought”, Depeche Mode’s Vince Clarke
and Martin Gore are back with 10 tracks of fierce, instrumental, no-bullshit techno
Vince Clarke and Martin Gore
might have conquered the world
together as members of Depeche
Mode’s original lineup, which held
together for just one album, 1981’s
Speak and Spell. (They conquered
it anyway, separately.) The clashing
aesthetics that probably provoked
the split are all too apparent when
you compare Speak and Spell
(written largely by Clarke) with the
music Depeche Mode’s made for
the last 30 years (written mostly by
Gore). Speak and Spell is blithe,
bright, and bouncy, qualities Clarke
took to projects like Yaz and Erasure,
which scored huge when he
combined this bubblegummy synth-
pop with over-the-top emoting and
a little ersatz soul. Depeche Mode
went for synth music’s darker strains,
turning it into digital stadium rock,
draping themselves in leather and
chains, delivering all that campy
S&M imagery and religious mania
and gaunt raunch with a much-
needed wink.
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What initially brought them
together was a love of electronic
music and a yearning for stardom.
The latter was what made their
music pop, of course, turning their
work (together and apart) into
one of the key transition points
from post-punk keyboard freaks
tinkering in their bedrooms to
synthesizer-wielding pretty boys
taking over the airwaves. While
their music may have reveled in
new technological toys, as synths
moved from expensive and
inaccessible
to the realm
of consumer
electronics,
their delivery
was pure
s h o w b i z ,
w h e t h e r
we’re talking
C l a r k e ’ s
B r o a d w a y
brassiness or
Gore’s grim-
but-cuddly goth melodrama. But
it’s that lifelong infatuation with
beats and bleeps that’s brought
them back together, three
decades after “Just Can’t Get
Enough”, as VCMG, with 10 tracks
of the kind of fierce, instrumental,
no-bullshit techno that was as
left-field popular in 1988 as 1998
as 2008. It’s often witty, with a kind
of robots-running-amok charm,
and always attention-grabbing,
at least in small doses. But friendly
it ain’t.
On the one hand, their timing
seems perfect, since instrumental
dance music is enjoying a level
of almost unprecedented mass-
cult saturation in America. On
the other hand, Ssss is appearing
at a time when dance fans both
overground and underground
have violently veered away from
the scorched-earth minimalism of
VCMG tracks like “Aftermaths”,
whether it’s
indie kids
r u n n i n g
toward early-
1990s pop
house or Hot
Topic habitués
headbanging
to Skrillex’s
s c r e a m o -
meets-Aphex.
Which isn’t to
say that there
are no of-the-moment touches.
“Bendy Bass” is six minutes of
queasy wobble-- one hesitates to
call it a “drop” since it practically
consumes the whole track-- that
doesn’t recall dubstep so much
as recent dubstep’s debts to
techno. Excerpts and photos taken
from Pitchfork Magazine Online for
educational purposes.
h t t p : / / p i t c h f o r k . c o m / r e v i e w s /
albums/16369-ssss/
Because even
after they scrape their music clean
of pop and pare things down to the
metronomic essentials, they still can’t
hide the fact that they were born to
make music that sounds as big
as possible.
Depeche Mode Discography //
1981 // Speak & Spell
1982 // A Broken Frame
1983 // Construction Time Again
1984 // Some Great Reward
1986 // Black Celebration
1987 // Music for the Masses
1990 // Violator
1993 // Songs of Faith & Devotion
1997 // Ultra
2001 // Exciter
2005 // Playing the Angel
2009 // Sounds of the Universe
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THE BEARS OF
Formed in 2008, The Bears of Blue River have been climbing their way up the indie-
music latter - and pretty soon, they will climb their way all the way to the top. See what The Bears have been up to, how their current tour is going, how their
newest album, “Dames” was created and how Muncie’s lasting impression still influences their music.
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BLUE RIVER
THE BearsAre Back!
^^ above // The Bears of Blue River performing at Doc’s Music Halll in Muncie, Indiana. Before the show, The Bears did a live, on-air interview with Mike Martin and Heather Marie Collins of FMRoots Music.
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Pop-folk band THE Bears of Blue River return to
Muncie, Indiana, where it all began for the up-and-coming quartet.
MY FRIEND MAGGIE,
THE FOLK-POP SENSATION //
Margaret Alexandra Gard – or
Maggie, to her friends – was
studying journalism at Ball State
University when she realized that
the classroom wasn’t for her quite
yet. But she could tell that Muncie,
Indiana would serve a very
important purpose in her future
plans.
This is how my friend Maggie
became a folk-pop superstar.
Soon enough, Maggie realized
something incredible; she had a
desire for adventure, a passion
to create music and a couple
of friends who shared the same
vision. A friend of Maggie’s – Gavin
Wilkinson – was starting a band
and asked Maggie to be part of
the experience. She agreed and
after a varied group of people
coming and going through the
band’s career, The Bears are now
a quartet folk-pop group that is
touring the U.S.
Though they were formed in
Muncie, the band relocated to
Chicago and began recording
in early 2009. After playing some
shows and getting noticed by
such acts as Margot & The Nuclear
So & So’s, Jookaboz, Avi Buffalo,
Daniel Johnston and Caroline
Smith & The Good Night Sleeps,
the band is quickly becoming one
of the biggest names in the indie
folk rock industry.
The Bears released their first album,
“The Killer Bee Scare” in October
2009. But with the release of their
latest album, “Dames” in October
2011, they spend time traveling
together and performing in
venues across the nation.
In their latest tour, the Bears
returned to Muncie, where it all
began for them. The Bears were
featured in a live, on-air interview
with FMMusic Live and performed
a set at Doc’s Music Hall, where just
a few years prior, they performed
some of their first shows.
In an interview with Mike Martin
and Heather Marie Collins of
FMMusic Live, The Bears discuss
tours, their newest album Dames
>> right // Maggie Gard, a found-ing member of The Bears of Blue River lends her soft, airy voice to the group’s male-dominated timbre.
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and how Muncie has had an
impact on the band’s music style.
In talks with Martin and Collins, The
Bears gave some great insight into
how they have been living life on
the road and creating music for
everyone to enjoy.
When asked how the name
“Dames” was created for the
group’s newest album, Wilkinson
explained there really wasn’t too
much of a story behind it, but it
encompasses so much of what The
Bears sing about.
“Well, our old guitar player, Ben, he
was joking with me and said, ‘All
your songs are about Dames!” I
was like, ‘That’s the record’s name,
there you go!’ So, nothing too
amazing. No great story”
It might not be the most amazing
of stories, however they continue
to explain that many of the songs
are about love and how they have
come to dealing with the love and
loss of love while growing up in the
Midwest. “Dames. Love, I guess…or
lack there of,” Wilkinson said.
The Glories of the Road //
The Bears left Chicago in late
January to begin touring to promote
“Dames” and with only two weeks
of touring complete, they already
had great stories of their travels.
“We left Chicago, and we’ve done
shows in Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and
Missouri (yeah, unfortunately)” said
Wilkinson.
One of the incredible stories they
had to tell of their travels involved
their bus and how it met it’s fateful
end in Fort Wayne, Indiana just days
before.
“[The van] finally died. Since then,
we’ve sold our souls to Huntington
National Bank for a loan to buy a
van. And now they kill our dreams
every month with their payments,”
Wilkinson said.
The group collected funds together
to make the new tour van come to
fruition. Though it wasn’t the retro-
<< left // Gavin Wilkinson of The Bears of Blue River sings the newest single from their album, “Dames”.
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awesome 1980’s Chevrolet Astro
van, the group enjoys the new
wheels.
“The new van is accessible from
any of the doors now,” laughed
Maggie Gard.
Wilkinson explained that when it
comes to touring, the hardest part
is the money. The band mates all
live within the Chicago area and
when they aren’t touring, they are
working ‘day jobs’ to pay their
way through the tour.
“It’s call…van before food,”
Wilkinson joked.
The Making of “Dames” //
FMRoots Radio show host, Mike
Martin, has created a number
of albums himself. In talking with
Wilkinson and The Bears, he stresses
the importance of financially
supporting up-and-coming artist.
“A lot of people listening don’t
realize what goes into a good
independent record. It comes
down to food or the next payment
on the album,” Martin said.
“Dames”, which began recording
in October 2010, was released
in September 2011. When asked
why it took so long to release, the
answer was quite simple: money.
“I just wanted it to sound as good
as possible, so we went a really
nice route with recording it, and
then mastering it. It took a while to
pay off. And then we release it, but
man it took forever. Which I guess
is normal for bands,” Wilkinson
said. “I eat a lot of Ramen and
Campbell’s soup.”
The Muncie Impact //
Though the band currently resides
in beautiful Chicago, it was
formed while Wilkinson was living
with family in his hometown of
Muncie, Indiana. Though he may
live a totally different life in the
big city that he did in Muncie, the
impact of Muncie has had on The
Bears music is still very noticeable.
“We were talking a long time
ago with some friend, and one of
our friend were making fun of a
couple of our songs. He said it had
something he called, ‘Everything
Now ending’.” Wilkinson said.
“Everything, Now” - another band
that hails from the land of Muncie
– was a favorite band for Wilkinson
and fellow Muncie native/bassist
Justin Allen Spring.
“I think, just like, the bands growing
up. We always listened to them
and then we played with them.
That alone is a huge inspiration;
huge motivation,” Spring said.
“’Everything, Now’ taught us how
to end our songs.”
But the bouncy, jovial, light-
hearted folk-pop that The Bears
are playing today is a far cry from
where Wilkinson got his start.
“Growing up here, I played in a
hardcore band first, which, is funny
to me, but then I saw ‘Everything,
Now’ play and I was like, Whoa!
There’s other music out there!’
And then I totally changed the
“My mother is just lovely. and my
grandmother, who’s here tonight, is 90 years old. She had
mouth surgery this morning and still came to the show
because she’s rock and roll. That’s where I get my Rock
and Roll Genes!”
- Gavin wilkinson, SingerThe bears of blue river
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stuff I wrote.”
But the most important impact
Muncie has had, specifically on
Wilkinson, but also for others in
the band, is the notion of family.
Wilkinson’s entire family resides in
Muncie, Indiana and the support
he gets from them is incredible.
On the night of the performance,
Wilkinson’s mother and
grandmother were in attendance,
as well as other family members.
Wilkinson express his undying
gratitude for their support in his
musical endevours.
“[My mother] is just…lovely. And my
grandmother, who’s here tonight
is 90 years old and had mouth
surgery this morning and she
still came to the show,
because she’s rock
and roll. That’s
where I got my
rock and roll
genes!”
^^ above // Album art for The Bears of Blue River’s newest album,
“Dames”
below // Justin Spring performs a variety of instruments for The Bears,
including bass and steel guitar.
“Flamingo” (2010)
“FERAL CHILD” (2011)
“CRY BABY” (2011)
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“The Bears of Blue River are big on melody. Huge on it, in fact. Their debut full-length, Dames, is in many ways an ode to melody, a testament to the infinitude of a powerful hook, a refreshingly simple pop album with more than a few hidden treasures. Dames can be cute and sparkly, it can be sassy and moody, and it can even rock out pretty hard at times, but above all it acts as a young band’s tribute to the last sixty years of pop music, at once pensively nostalgic and unabashedly modern. And the melodies are towering, constructed as they are on a firm foundation of musical knowledge and discerning taste.” - Jon Rogers (Musical Family Tree)
“Lead singer Gavin Wilkinson strums our heartstrings and gives us the opportunity to slump down into our body’s most comfortable shape and form, becoming as much of a relaxing lumps that our organs and bones will allow. The four new songs heard here give off an aura of dancing beneath the most expansive and breath-taking moonlight, definitely a bottle deep in the evening, spying fireflies and commenting to your partner that the breeze sure is lovely and wouldn’t it be hard to beat a night like this one? They feel like old loves and yet like the promise of new love as well, getting us to a feeling of unstrained possibility and abundant purpose. They feel like days that pass so swiftly and simply don’t come along all that often.” - Sean Moeller (Daytrotter)
“Chicago sextet The Bears of Blue River serve up bubbly indie-pop with a pinch of country twang and cutesy boy/girl vocals on their newly released debut EP, “The Killer Bee Scare.” The combination of jangly guitars, exuberant harmonies and gently chugging rhythms works wonders on record, and will likely hold up just as strongly on stage tonight”- Metro “Symphonic melodies, folky guitar plucking, and the all-around peaceful aura of the music and vocals caught my ear! I tend to like bands that use both a male and a female voice in creaming melodies and harmonies. Bears of Blue River do that brilliantly.” - Sunsetintherearview.com
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feature them in this month’s issue
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fashion The Spring 2012
CollectionMichael Bastian
If the mosaic of his face, the distinct red
washed canvas windbreaker, or the lush throw-
back soundtrack wasn’t clear enough, let us
tell you straight away: James Dean was the guid-
ing light of Michael Bastian’s return to New York Fash-
ion Week. And it was glorious. The classic American sportswear
master drafted a show with tension and drama, debuting a vari-
ety of modified U.S.A. staples, like army jacket shirts, nylon garage
coveralls, and linens in indigo herringbone. He also made way for
some modernized high school iconography, with a wrestler’s sin-
glet and headgear, swimmer’s kit, and perfectly lived-in rugby
shirts emerging as highlights. And if the stakes were in ever in ques-
tion, peek under the collar of his oxford-cloth shirts, where a man-
tra announced Bastian’s mission statement: Live Fast, Die Young.
Excerpt and photos taken from www.GQ.com for educational purposes.
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Street Style from 2012’s
paris fashion weekCheck out these fashionistas on the streets of Paris and what they
were wearing for the 2012 Paris Fashion Week events.
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