More Than Myth
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ISSUE 5, MAY 2009 suitcases, Seoul, and so much more BARE ’s New York more than myth BARE inside this issue 5 BARE staff The stylists behind the styling 6 letter from the editor BARE’s fifth issue sets sail with new editor-in-cheif John Kim at the helm 8 pre-fall trends In between seasons but right on trend 8 10 report 10 beauty in the bathhouse How a Turkish bathhouse brought out beauty for one American girl 12 more than myth 10 The changing face of fraternity at UC Berkeley 16 fold your way to the top Is a retail job resume-worthy? 17 perspectives 3 17 four corners of the world 8 A BARE bones guide to Paris, London, Honduras, and Seoul 18 la vie en vogue Instructor Nina Pick dissects the ins and outs of modern androgyny 19 pack your bags Suit your luggage to your location 20 I < NY Fashion Week The inside scoop on fashion’s favorite week 20 23 beauty & health From dirty hair to high-tech makeup 24 review The local dish on food, films, and sights to see 26 fashion 26 by land, air, sea A photoshoot in transit 30 foreign accent Hang some culture in your closet 30 36 international house of style Worldwide wardrobes come to Cal 41 back of the closet A spotlight on the latest, the greatest, and rest of the stuff we couldn’t fit in 41 staffBARE executive team Editor-in-Chief John Kim Layout Director Marcus Leung Art Director Anina Tweed Editorial Director Connie Wang Editorial Assistants Elena Radicati Taylor Schooley Managing Editor Jonathan Rodriguez Publishing Assistant Rucha Tatke Market Editors Nancy Kim Katie Uragachi Public Relations Director Patricia Kim Blog Editor Karen Kwok Events Directors Jen Goett Jooyoun Kim Publisher, Founding Editor Doreen Bloch 5 staff photography advisor Cheney Chen Ivan Cisneros Shalwah Evans Renee Chen Simone Anne Lang Karen Chong Catherine Lee Juliana Fehrenbacher contributors Ryan Francisca Eric Leung Katie Baker Christine Fukushima Albert Treat Harmony Larson Julia Heidelman Jack Wang Sandy Huang Morgan Weinert Terapan Seika Iwao Zara Khan Jenny Le business contact Krystie Mak Nico Bryant www.baremagazine.org Fiona Mehta Lisa Chen [email protected] Andy Nizinskyj Sandy Huang Jenny Pierce Akilah Reynolds Ellen Wang Kate Sarna Casey Schenkelbergh web Jordan Silver Yili Huang Laura Speed May Tilden Michael Su Nastia Voynovskaya Rosie Wang Tiffany Wong Beatrice Eyales BARE letter from the editor Exploring why travel has everything to do with fashion here are reasons why travel has become something essential in our lives. Even though modern technology allows us to communicate with anyone around the Tglobe, there still exists a human need to be in someone’s actual presence. To live is to breathe, speak, and eat with the ones we love, and traveling allows us to bridge that physical divide to discover—and reunite!—with the places and people close to our hearts. Over the development of this issue, we have reached deep into Berkeley’s fashion community. We were lucky to send senior staff writer Fiona Mehta to New York Fashion Week (page 10) where she documented her experience in the city that never sleeps. As we developed relationships with local stores, we were able to supply our ethnic-inspired closet for our Foreign Accent editorial (page 26). In regards to actual traveling, we tried to solve a range of common globe-trekking dilemmas. For your convenience, we included four mini travel guides for our favorite international cities (page 13), reviewed a local boutique dedicated entirely to the art of travel (page 20), and even tested a dry-shampoo alternative for those days when you’d rather sightsee than shower (page 19). 6 This is by far BARE’s most ambitious issue to date. Not only have we made a presence on campus, but we’ve also made a national imprint. A great amount of our success is owed to you, the reader! Blog readership has skyrocketed and we’ve had tremendous turnout at BARE-hosted events all thanks to you and your overwhelming support. I would like to acknowledge the amazing BARE staff that has made this issue a reality. Their individual talents and dedication have collectively made this magazine something we’re all proud of. Furthermore, I would like to express BARE’s immense gratitude to our advertisers: Vine Street Salon, Beauty & Attitude, Teacake Bake Shop, the San Francisco Symphony, and Berkeley Sauna. An immense thank you to Professor Stephen Etter of the Haas School of Business for his generosity in sponsoring our cover advertisement this issue for the Senior Gift Campaign; our school needs the support of its students, so please visit the site at http://seniors.berkeley.edu and give as much as you can. In addition, we were lucky to have Tootsies on College, Thousand Cranes, Serrahna, and Bill’s generously lend us garments for our editorials. Additionally, thanks to MagCloud for offering an innovative, student-friendly way to print and distribute. Also, a big thank you to the ASUC for always giving us snaps and supporting the passions of so many students. On behalf of the BARE staff, I hope you enjoy this issue. I hope it, at least temporarily, carries you away. Bon voyage, John Kim [email protected] BAREfashion pre-fall trendsBARE trend Written by: Cheney Chen report PRE-FALL Illustrator: Harmony Larson 8 9 Designers unleashed their inner beasts for The feminine romance and poetry of bell It’s time to get practical and bundle up in The high waist, loose tapering and Leave behind your reservations about biker Who knew we’d ever look towards frat boys the pre-fall season with shaggy black pelts sleeves take on a new edge as designers something sporty and warm. Dress it up cropped leg of the modern trouser make shorts or bermuda shorts this fall! Many for style cues? This season, don’t be afraid that added unexpected embellishments reinvent the bohemian classic to give it a with a bright dress and statement heels, or borrowing from the boys easier than ever. designers are turning to this mid-length to to shamelessly pop your collar. Whether to models’ limbs. Gorilla-like fur encased sculptural twist. Antonio Berardi’s metallic keep it casual with a slouchy shirt, leggings Chloe’s more formal wool trousers paired transition from summer shorts to longer, it’s circular, triangular, or trapezoidal, torsos, hands, and arms for Balenciaga, sleeves were tucked into gloves while Stella and combat boots. Striking the perfect with matching jackets made for a sweetly winter trousers. For a high-fashion look, collars add an interesting way to highlight McCartney added volume with boxy fits, parka balance between utilitarian ease and trendy layer sheer knee-lengthed tights under and frame your face. Pair a killer collar furry gloves added a Jungle Book- structured look. Sonia Rykiel’s playfully supply warfare appropriate accent to Giambattista Valli’s pointed shoulders, and meringue-shaped chic, parkas can take you from daytime to pleated pants added a sharp companion crisp black shorts. Interesting distressing with a clean, simple outfit to keep from rotation collection and Givenchy fashioned simian sleeves. Avoid creampuff status by keeping nighttime (and offer enough pocket space to her whimsical separates. Billowing knit and detailing will hold the corporate factor contrast looking like an off-hour Bozo. leg-wear so fierce, it would make anyone the bottom sleek and fitted. for chilly fingers or loose change). pants at Calvin Klein were paired with at bay. go ape. of the ball austere blazers, while Alexander McQueen Inspired by Chanel Pre-Fall 2009 Inspired by Stella McCartney Pre-Fall 2009 Inspired by Antonio Berardi Pre-Fall 2009 accessorized his trousers with foppishly Inspired by Alexander Wang Pre-Fall 2009 Inspired by Givenchy Pre-Fall 2009 charming argyle socks and canes. short crop crop bell collar collar gorilla people’s people’s Inspired by Sonia Rykiel Pre-Fall 2009 BAREreport beauty in the bathhouseBARE all over their bodies, squeezing streams of wet out of their long, dark hair. A large marble circular platform stands in the center of the room. This is clearly where all the action happens. Old, bouncingly plump Turkish women in one-piece black bathing suits wield huge exfoliating scrubs and scour their customers as if their lives depended on it. They exude a business-like air as they somewhat roughly turn their customers around, dumping buckets of water on top of them to wash away the dead skin. My heart starts beating fast and hard. I hate being naked in front of people, even if the people are—for the most part—covered with cellulite, rolls of fat, and loose, wrinkly skin. Katie Baker travels to a bathhouse in Istanbul and strips her own notions of modesty. “Did you take everything off?” I ask Maggie. Under my cotton wrap I am Naked women…pouring “ ey, Spice Girls!” someone calls to me and my younger cousin Maggie as we walk down an Old wearing a bikini that I had brought along. Istanbul street on a hot Turkish summer afternoon. There’s an overwhelming abundance of men water from the basins all Hhere: playing cards on makeshift folding tables, leaning against barbershop windows, hawking “Yeah,” she says, “isn’t that the point? A rugs, silver bracelets, and street food we’ve been warned will make us sick. Women here are as scarced as bath?” She flings off her towel and goes over their bodies, squeezing endangered animals, and our glimpses of them out on the streets are few and far between. The few women straight for the nearest washbasin, pouring we do see are clad in burqas or covered in heavy scarves.