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ONE1ONE MAGAZINE | 1 IN MUSIC IN FASHION Evan ducharme THE 21 YEAR OLD VANCOUVER DESIGNER EMBRACING THE WHISPERS MS MR OF SIMPLISTIC DESIGN. Cat Thomson, DJ K Jen garces AND HER TRICKS OF THE TRADE: TIPS FOR REC & Paige Morgan KEEPING YOUR WARDROBE UNDER CONTROL. morfolÓgia nacional 3D PRINTED ACCESSORIES IN BEAUTY FROM MEXICO, WITH LOVE. 5 quick fixes miss america FOR YOUR EVERY DAY MAKE UP MESSES THE ONE 1 ONE ON MISS NINA DAVULVRI top 13 products optical of 2013 boutique THE BEAUTY PRODUCTS AT THE SUE RANDHAWA ON PERSONAL STYLE AND FINDING THAT RIGHT PAIR OF EYEWEAR TOP OF OUR NICE LIST theholidayissue december 2013 vol. 1, issue 8 14 | ONE1ONE MAGAZINE ONE1ONE MAGAZINE | 15 MS MR Text/ Ghazal Elhaei Photos/ Shayd Johnson We walked into Venue Nightclub while Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow, more commonly known as MS MR, were doing soundcheck. The New-York based duo had just landed in Vancouver only hours prior to our sit-down with them. Despite being a little tired, they seemed eager to be back into city - noting that Vancouver had and continue to be incredibly receptive of their music and body of work. Plapinger and Hershenow grew into MS MR in 2010, where they reconnected following graduation from Vassar College and found their career ascending at full speed. Their debut album, Secondhand Rapture, had been in the making for a few years and the first single off of the record, "Hurricane" had found itself as the soundtrack to Tom Ford's 2012 runway show, featured on Game of Thrones and has landed the duo appearances on shows such as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Live with Letterman. The record attributes to how unique the duo are and how immaculate their approach to their art is. Though they never over think things too much. They just go with what feels right and what inspires them. I asked if they had a formula to create the perfect pop record and Plapinger noted, "There's no such thing as a perfect song. The perfection is in the mistakes and the raw moments of a record." Despite their success, it was very hush-hush in it's roots. Most of their friends and family didn't even know that they continued on pg. 16 ➟ 16 | ONE1ONE MAGAZINE were working on the project until it started gaining more around how she feels rather than an image she traction through Tumblr. By keeping the element of tries to portray. This a stark contrast from the first who they were out of the equation, they allowed time I saw the duo, when they came into town as for their music to be the main focus amongst a very support to Marina and the Diamonds where Plapinger personality and image-based driven industry. I asked had long blonde-diva-worthy locks and donned a if their music was going to become more commercial bedazzled number - versus her multicoloured do and as they succeed further into their careers, and both of fur piece she wore on stage later that night. them sternly said no at the same time. "I think we're starting to experiment even more with what we've "I used to hate the colour orange until Lizzy dyed been writing lately, but what defines commercial her hair, then it started growing on me and I found anymore?" Plapinger notes. "I just go with what feels myself loving it." Hershenow starts laughing as he right, I think Max is the same way." starts dissecting Plapinger's colour stories. She adds: "I wonder what colour I should dye my hair next." Could they seem themselves ever quitting music? Their aesthetic is very kitschy, a little dark and maybe What would their lives outside of music look like? "I creepy to some - but their look and their sound is think I was always meant to do something within stylized in a way where it challenges the audience to music, I can't really imagine myself doing anything understand something that may not have made any else." Plapinger pauses, turns to Hershenow and sense to begin with. asks, "Max, would you ever go back to dance?" Hershenow dove into his love of dance but admitted While we were walking to the local sex shop to shoot his path seemed to lay more within music these days. a couple of photos, I asked the duo what the one He told us of his time as a dancer and how his path thing they try to do in every city they tour in is and had originally led towards becoming a modern dance Hershenow immediately replied by talking about his choreographer. Whilst at the same time Plapinger love of food. "We don't always have time to do the had cofounded Neon Gold Records while she was in tourist thing but I try to make sure we always go college, a label that helped launched the likes of Ellie somewhere really good to eat." Plapinger laughs and Goulding and Marina and the Diamonds. admitted that if Hershenow didn't YELP obsessively, she would have the worst diet. The two are very Their musicality seemed to have been developing attentive towards each other; they took the time to long before the two even crossed paths - but it's listen to each other. Their relationship off stage only within the versatility of their past that compliments strengthened their connection whilst on stage. their current state so well. They've created a new era of pop through Plapinger's haunting, eerie and They effortlessly took over the stage later in the psychedelic voice with Hershenow's contrasting evening and the simplicity of the show's set-up upbeat and colourful production. allowed for their performance to do exactly as the duo have always thrived for: to let the music speak for The vibrant duo have an ever-evolving look that itself. From their humble and mysterious beginnings contrasts bright saturated colours with the dark to their visually enticing and innate musicality, MS MR tones in their sound. I asked about Hershenow's style have cultivated their forum of expression to be one and he starts breaking down how his apartment that is adorned and evocative at the same time. in Brooklyn is filled with maybe a little too much clothing. I ask if it's all vintage and he nods, adding that his wardrobe has an eclectic mix of old and new. www.msmrsounds.com Plapinger stands on the same line, touching on a local www.facebook.com/msmrsounds Vancouver boutique that she frequents when in town. www.twitter.com/msmrsounds "I love USED, I always find some great pieces there - I wish we had time to go this time around." I asked Plapinger about her ever-changing sense of style and she admitted that over time, it's been about dressing ONE1ONE MAGAZINE | 17.

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