Small Town Girl, Big City Fashion Designer KRISTI VOSBECK
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RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | september • 2014 3 236976236976 236976 Lather, Rinse, Repeat by Eileen Madsen, Editor this September to Kristi Vosbeck is one such girl. Formerly of Sleepy Eye, she is now an up-and-coming New Wejoin gatherour wedding together & fashion issue together York City fashion designer. How cool is that? Even cooler was that she agreed to be inter- with the eager hands of our readers. I have to viewed for RVW on a recent visit home. I’m not sure who was more excited, us or her. Kim admit that although my own wedding was Stanton-Cummings from Encore consignment shop in Mankato can relate as well. Her a semi casual affair, the effects of my recent talent is as impressive as her heart is big. Read about how she puts fashion and giving trip to our featured Sisters Bridal & Tux shop back to community together. in New Ulm had me almost wishing I could get married all over again, if only to try on the Another thing girls like is cars. Traditionally a male interest, but more and more women dizzying array of wedding dresses on display. these days buy their own cars, race cars, and even collect cars. I absorbed the interest There was room after room of varying shades from my car-enthusiast husband and am proud to say I can even name vehicle makes of white, flounces, satins and lace that made and models as they go by. Take a look at the feature on Unique Specialty & Classic Cars me feel a bit like a cake-topper bride lost in Mankato, then road trip on over. They aren’t kidding when they say unique. In the lot in frosting. Sweet and creamy with a touch and inside are scores of cool rides, old and older. If you’re not a horse-and-buggy type of surreal mixed in. Which is how a bride and groom, no worries! You and your soul mate can rent a vehicle for your big day. wedding can be. You’ll be sportin’ it fresh in a classic convertible, veil trailing in the breeze. I think almost every girl, young and old, likes Sometimes the best part of magazines is the advertising and RVW is no exception. playing dress-up. So what if your idea of I don’t know how many people tell me that they love picking up RVW partly because dress-up as a kid was to carry a little suitcase, of the beautiful ads from places they didn’t even know about until they saw them pub- donning a pair of sunglasses with only one lished here. I too love ads in mags and advertising copy-writing, especially for lotions lens, a pair of your dad’s work gloves and a and make-up. And the more over the top the writing, the better I like it. I longingly read hat and call yourself the “one-eyed spy.” Not the descriptions of the latest cosmetic and lotion “technology” out loud...”perfectionist saying that was ME mind you, just offering smart serum technology”...”skin energizing complex” and “miracle broth” nodding like an a for-instance. So don’t ask me for a picture obeying zombie. This stuff’s gotta be good! because my mom does NOT have one in a photo album on page 6. Unfortunately this issue was so packed with fashionable goodness that we had to hold the article on choosing the right eye-glasses. But no worries, October’s issue will focus Some girls take dress up to the next level and on health and wellness and that will fit right in. I’m hoping we can learn the latest trends make it their career. Our cover model in monocular peepered observation technology...in other words one-eyed spy glasses. Maybe I was just ahead of my time. REBECCA THATE Caring about every move you make. Dynamic Agents 1720 Adams Street Mankato, MN 56001 Phone (507) 385-2121 Each office independently owned and operated. 236920 6 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | september • 2014 Lather, Rinse, Repeat YOU ARE Mankato. We are Mankato’s clinic. You make this region strong. Because you know what matters most— family, friends, community. It’s who you are. And it runs generations deep here. It’s who we are too. We are Mankato’s clinic. Committed to the health of this region. Dedicated to caring for you and your family for generations. ➜ mankatoclinic.com 236975 MANK15_River_Valley_Woman_mag_ad.indd 1 8/8/14 9:03 AM Growing up in Sleepy Eye, Kristi (Vosbeck) Sorensen was a pretty typical small town kid. She was active in Small-town sports, music, and school activities; she got good grades and thought about growing up and going off to college. She did like to dress in the latest fashions, and spent many happy hours as a little girl dressing up DREAMS her Barbie dolls, even making clothes and blankets for them. But in her dreams for the REALITY future did she imagine she would be a New big-city York City fashion designer one day? No, she enjoyed her high school mock trial team so much she thought she might become KRISTI a lawyer. After earning a degree in International Political Economy/International Relations VOSBECK from Colorado College, Kristi spent a year working as a records clerk for a law firm in DESIGNS San Diego. She applied and was accepted to law school and her future was on track. But all this time something was working in By Deb Moldaschel her mind about her love of pretty dresses Photos here and on cover by and beautiful design. She happened to Alika Faythe of read a news magazine story about a young Depres Photography woman who switched from a law career to fashion design, so she thought “hmmm, maybe I can do that.” She applied to Parsons the New School for Design in New York City. To her delight she was accepted and surprised her family with the news of her new career aspirations. Her mom and dad, Dave and Mardy Vosbeck – who have a background in fashion retailing – were surprised but always supportive of her decision, and were wonderful advisors as she traveled her new path. In 2007 Kristi entered Parsons. To prepare she’d asked Pat Stevermer, her high school’s former home economics teacher, to teach her how to sew because fashion design students have to be able to turn their ideas into real clothes. It was a crash course she fondly remembers saying, “Pat was so great!” Then she was off on her excellent adventure in New York City. Kristi relates that it was intimidating to move to New York City and to enter the famous design school. “Luckily they had a class called Subway for Dummies, which I took right away. I also lived in a dorm,” she said. One of her first tasks was buying art supplies from a list the school provided that sent her all over the city – she felt happy just to get back home after her 8 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | september • 2014 Top left: Dana Varland holding daughter Marit Varland, Mother Mardy Vosbeck and Kristi Vosbeck.