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coMMunitY09 the effects of bullying

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health & BeautY44 washing your hair the right way46 bloomingdale49 mike’s healthy cocktails

entertainMent50 box office charts52 bg unblocked

Fashion58 fall preview66 mens room94 color story114 northern appeal

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it’s here, Manuelle Magazine is here, and it’s no turning back. And,the time has come to rollout the premiere “texture issue” a visual experience in the exploration of textiles.i found it outstandingthat the definition of texture talked of unity. And, unity is a great parallel of this issue, as it is more than just simple fabrics. As one writer explores the wavering tapestry of don’t ask don’t tell and the effects its appeal. We then dive into our style section where we tackle texture in pattern and all natural textiles with native sun. so on behalf of the Manuelle staff we are now proud to present you our envisionment of texture.

-William c. Lenox editor in chief

William Lenoxtyran Xavier WeldonK shawn dentKelvin BriggsLuis dante carlisa Flournoy Marcel Weldon

theoromMartine dulce (dulce)Jordan steede (nOd PR)demanti O’Bryant (st. claire Model Management)

no part of Manuelle may be reproducved in any form by any means without prior written consent from William c. Lenox or tyran Weldon. For permissions requests, please email to: wcle-nox@manuellemag.com or txweldon@manuellemag.com

Manuelle Magazine is published quarterly by Manuelle Media, LLc. William c. Lenox, Publisher. headquarters at 7945 Roswell Road, Atlanta GA 30350. All editorial submissions should be sent to this address. copyright Manuelle Magazine. All rights reserved by Manuelle Media, LLc. Reproduction without per-mission is prohibited. Printed in the UsA. not responsible for un-solicited materials.

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i long awaited issue, we have worked to hard to make this issue happen. nothing is more rewarding than to see the product of something you sweat into. this time around we were able to do some travel and involve many back-grounds in our issue. sometimes you just got to step out of the “norm” soil and into something different.

though, the summer is over. it does not mean the memo-ries that were created and learned were nothing less than impacting. enjoy this issue and take a moment to step out of your own reality and into a new one.

ciao,

- ty Xavier Weldonexecutive editor

FroM the executive editor

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the eFFects oF BullYingA WORLdWide cOnceRn thAt hAs

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As We ARe stARtinG tO see MORe And MORe these dAys,

the eFFects OF BULLyinG ARe FOR ReAchinG And cAn end in eXtReMeLy tRAGic

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in schools that have bullying problems or is-sues, the whole school can suffer as a result of the effects of bullying such as students (even those who are not being victimized) feeling intimidated and tense in their surroundings and learning environment. Just because they themselves are not being bullied, just being around that sort of climate is distressing enough and leads to poor engagement and consequently a reduced capacity to learn. it is hardly surprising to see students struggling with their schoolwork if they do not feel safe and at ease within the boundaries of their school.

nearly 50% of those surveyed revealed they had considered or thought about commit-ting suicide as a result of bullying. sadly to say, this group converts thoughts to actions at approximately 20% of these victims actu-ally trying to commit suicide. to put this into perspective, students who are not bullied have only a 0.07% chance of contemplat-ing suicide. This figure reduces further down to only 0.03% chance of actually attempting suicide. the effects of bullying shows a victim of bullying also has a chance of more than 3 times the normal of suffering depression.

Bullying and the effects of bullying is a self esteem killer! Whatever form the bullying takes and also regardless of the content, just about every bullying victim reports that they feel worse about themselves after they have been bullied. especially in our young and de-veloping children, self esteem is critical. Bul-lies sap this from their victims creating further problems for the victim. nearly 40% of bullied victims have low self esteem compared with less than 1% for normal, everyday kids.

Effects of bullying can be seen in tragic emotional consequences for victims of bullies

information collected from www.effectsofbullying.com. Photography by ty Xavier Weldon

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his bag

in the spring, laying is not the way to go. dressing yourself as light as possible if always the effienct and stylish route.

hand chosen from stylist K shawn dent, he stepped back and took a look at the easiest way to create a trendy, but simple style.

1 collared shirt

2Fedora

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stYle. gentleMen

the one thing you should always put your money into is a perfectly cut blazer.

Pay attention to the shape and how it is tailored to your size.

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Be smart and choose your pieces wisely. As long as you keep your proportions correct you should have no issues during these hot weathered conditions.

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stYle. ladies

every girl loves high heels…or at least all the girls i know do. if your a fashion girl then your love for great shoes is intensified! You enjoy being fashion forward both on and off the stage and who can blame you for that! Knowing how to properly strut your stuff in heels is ex-tremely important… Finding a good heel or pump is the foundation of your movement.

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Photography by ty Xavier Weldon

denim is a staple. it take you from a night on the town to jumping in the village. it can dress up a look and dress down a look. yes you can wear denim with a blazer- although probably not to your sisters wedding.

in a better light, it looks better casual to those in the entertainment worl who attend the crazed events and jam meets.

if you do go for a denim selection, make sure you have a t-shirt with print on it. A plain white one does not work for everybody.

Levis$19

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Alexander wears Jeans by Levis $26

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Alexander wears double Jeans by desigual

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Alexander wears denim by Mossimo, $25 Pants by Levis $19

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Alexander wears Jeans by Levis, $19.00

Photographer ty Xavier WeldonPhotog. Assistance William LenoxModel Alexander Joseph

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i have always struggled to understand people who say that they will never be seen wearing denim – and believe me there are more people like this than you have ever imagined. i for one adore denim – it’s one of the most versatile and much loved fabrics in history of fashion!

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After being crafted into an article of clothing, most denim is washed to make it softer and to reduce or eliminate shrinkage, which could cause an item to not fit after the owner washes it. in addition to being washed, non-dry denim is sometimes artificially “distressed” to achieve a worn look.

in an instant the right denim can turn you from a cow girl to catwalk diva and fashion

trendsetter.

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Manuelle Magazine conducted a very intersting poll on what

type of underwear you find to be sexy around the house.

It is alwaysgreat to see peoples

view points and opinions on what they “secrectly” go for .

the Free spiritKelvin wears briefs by

Lucky Brand $26

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Kelvin wears briefs by Lucky Brand $26

Mr. Modest

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Kelvin wears Jock strap by RiPs $30

the risk taker

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Q&A

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Gregory BoudreauxAge: 23 Birth city: Miami, Florida

Q: What is your educational background or job? A: i received my high school diploma at Miami carol city senior high school. i continued my education at Bethune cookman college for one year and studied Psychology. i am currently a Visual Merchandiser at PUMA in the sawgrass Mills Mall.

Q:What are your hobbies?A: i like to explore music and the arts. i’ve been play-ing the trumpet for the past nine years. i feel at one when i can connect with music and understand the true meaning behind it. i love to go to lie on the beach and listen to the wave’s crash.

Q: What are your goals? A: My goals would be to marry two of the things that i love the most which are work and traveling.

Q: What are some projects that you have accom-plished currently? A: i have had the great opportunity to participate in Miami international Fashion Week 2011. i also par-ticipated in Funkshion Fashion Week Miami Beach for new york designer indashio. the most recent show i have participated in was “Let the Runway Meet the cause” with the Fashion designers expo for an Alon-zo Mourning youth charity.

Q: Where do you hope to be in your 5 year plan?A: Within the next five years I plan on being an internationally traveled model. I also plan on being an entrepreneur in the fashion industry because i believe i have a sense of style that no one can duplicate. the ultimate goal of mines would be to be com-pletely happy in all aspects of my life.

Q: in the city you are currently living in, do you think it is better off or would you rather be relocated?A: Although Miami is a place of many great opportunities, i feel it’s time for something new. i believe that expanding my worldly knowledge and experiencing different things and meeting new people would definitely open up doors for me.

Q: What are some of the struggles in your goal path that you experienced?A: the main struggle i have experienced throughout my goal path has honestly just been “BeinG Me”, and by saying that i mean…”BeinG diFFeRent”. Many people are quick to judge when they see something that is out of the ordinary. Who do you look up to? Umm… my Grandmother and Batman.

interview by david tyson | photography by ty xavier Weldon

The main struggle I have experienced throughout my goal

path has honestly just been “BEING ME”

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Location AtLAntA, GAstylist K shAWn dent

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Model JeReMiAh LyKe (st.claire Models)

special thanks deMAnti O’BRyAnt (st.claire Models)

Gary wears trunks by Undergear, $25

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Gary wears shorts by American eagle, $20

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Gary wears shirt by calvin Klein, $17shorts from American eagle, $25

and belt from American eagle , $15

Gary wears trunks by Undergear $25

stylist K shawn dentModel Gary Borden

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5 stePs tO WAshinG yOUR hAiR

health. BeautY

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Washing your hair the wrong way will damage your hair and leave it feeling less than beautiful. For all of your guys out there using the steps below will give you hair a woman will love to run her fingers through.

Wet hair is the only hair that should be shampooed. you wouldn’t wash a car that hasn’t been rinsed off would you? take time to make sure your hair is thoroughly wet. i am not encouraging anyone to waste water however your hair needs to be wet all the way to your scalp.

evenly distributed shampoo is best for your hair. Avoid squirting shampoo directly onto your head. this doesn’t allow the shampoo to be evenly distrib-uted. Putting shampoo onto your hands and evenly putting it into your hair will provide your entire scalp with a clean sensation.

Massage isn’t just for your back. your hair is attached to your scalp is an extension of your body. Massag-ing your scalp does more than just feel good. A quality shampoo, such as the specialized products we provide, can penetrate deeper into your hair with a little massage. Avoid shampooing your hair more than once. even when your hair doesn’t feel “great” one quality shampoo is far superior to sham-pooing twice.

treat your hair with care. Many get rough with their hair. they scrub their hair like it is a pot with stuck on food. Be gentle with your hair. the better you treat your hair the better it will treat you!

towel dry. By the time you reach step 5 you should be feeling great. your hair should have a healthy fun feeling. And… the towel drying technique is im-portant in so many ways! Please wring and squish your hair, not scrub it or you will hear it cry.

these steps, combined with the right shampoo, will put you on the path towards having the hair of your dreams

information from hJ salon

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Bangles h&M

creative direction by ty xavier Weldon Asst. visionary direction by k shawn dent

Makeup By Martine dulce for camera Ready cosmetics at camerareadycosmetics.com

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health & BeautY

pineapple & Banana spiked drinkPineapples are in season and are GReAt mixers. this blended, smoothie-like cocktail is really good and very healthy (no sugar added!). you should proba-bly turn this awkward gem of a song on repeat while you make this cocktail: the Pineapple song.

ingredients20 mint leaves (flexible)2 oz fresh squeezed lime juice4 small to medium sized kiwis (peeled)1 tablespoon of honey4 oz of light rum (vodka and gin also work)2 oz water

if you’re a pulp lover, combine everything except the kiwi and strain. then add the kiwi puree as the last step and mix. hardest part of this drink is peeling the kiwis and pureeing them. Otherwise, pretty easy and great!

ingredients1 whole pineapple2 frozen bananas6 oz Meyer lemon juice (~4 lemons)6 oz vodka (or rum)ice (if necessary)

The booze choice is pretty flexible. Rum, gin, tequila will all pretty much work. the hardest part is dicing the pineapple, which i’ll just have my good buddy Jack

kiWi Mint liMe this Kiwi based drink is awesome! it’s strong, so is meant to be served as a martini or in a highball (full of ice). Watch yourself.

Kiwi is loaded with vitamin c and also a good source of fiber, potassium, copper, magnesium, vitamin E, and manganese. so don’t be afraid to add extra kiwi if you have it.

All content and information comes from healthy-cocktails.com

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mike’s healthy cocktails healthier drinking options

...because you’re going to drink anyway

The box office has hit the charts with the amount of new features that have hit the big screen openning this August.

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entertainMent

box office charts

titleRise of the Planet of the Apesthe smurfscowboys & Aliensthe change-Upcaptain America: the First Avengerharry Potter & the deathly hallows - Part 2crazy, stupid, Love.Friends With Benefitshorrible Bossestransformers: dark of the MoonZookeepercars 2Midnight in ParisWinnie the PoohBridesmaidssarah’s KeyKung Fu Panda 2Pirates of the caribbean: On stranger tidesMr. Popper’s PenguinsX-Men: First class

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distriBution20th century Fox distributionUniversal PicturesParamount PicturesWarner Bros. Pictures distributionWarner Bros. Pictures distributionscreen Gemsnew Line cinemaParamount Picturescolumbia tristar Motion Picture GroupWalt disney studios Motion Picturessony Pictures classicsWalt disney studios distributionUniversal Picturesthe Weinstein companydreamWorks AnimationWalt disney studios Motion Pictures20th century Fox distribution

cuMulative/gross$54,806,191$75,904,246$67,349,520$13,531,115$143,203,967$343,086,045$42,102,252$48,526,287$105,125,415$344,244,486$73,613,540$184,807,330$48,486,541$2,440,628$166,499,055$1,279,891$162,695,957$239,048,698$65,426,969$145,292,351

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capture from the Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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tank by calvin Klein. Pants by Levi. Belt and boots by diesel

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My Journey to the manifestation of my dreams have been a long enduring but passionate one. i started writ-ting songs at the age of 11, i was inspired by Whitney houston’s vocals, Micheal Jackson’s dancing abilities and the idea of the “American dream”.

At age 10 i became very facinated with reading and writing. i would read encyclopedia’s and write short stories and poems. Reading and writing had became an excape, after a watching a sPice GiRLs concert on TV at age 11 I was inspired to write my first song “I Want it now!” the following summer and early middle school years all i did was read, and write poems and short sto-ries.

Reading and writing became a creative excape for me, i could block out any negativity, insecurity and hopelessness with the fantasy i created on paper. My songwriting escape became my songwriting secret, i didnt tell a soul, and whenever my mom, brother or sis-ter would enter my room i’d hide them. i was so afriad to tell anyone about my songwriting, afraid that they would shut my dream down, i mean how many people

say i’m gonna grow up and be famous? doesn’t sound to realistic in the small town i grew up in. But that’s the place my dream was born.

in Middle school i remember making a list of everything i wanted to do with my career: Write songs, write screen plays, short stores, create a poem book, be an actor, model and strangely enough, be in my very own POW-eRAde commercial. Big city dreams for a small country town boy. so all through middleschool and highschool i wrote and i was inspired, by the growing teenager i was becoming and in my late highschool years the ups and downs of my first real relationships inspired seas. lakes and mountains of songs.

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By the time I entered my first collage class all i could think about while the professor was teaching is a song, a concept or a poem. Maybe it was just my Add kicking in but i be-lieved it was a sign to pursue my dreams full force. i moved to Atl, meet with an old man-ager of a famous singer, who tried to con-vence me to become a singer which was a no go.

By the year 2009 i wrote a group of songs and found an awesome upcoming male art-ist to deMO them so i could send them out for placement. After being turned down by a big music exec because my “Music wasn’t up to date” i spent a few years re-working my sound and craft. By August 2010 i had a slew of songs which were inspired by my 3 years of being single and just enjoying life and partying which i feel have a more mod-ern, futurisic sound with a more pop alterna-tive rock edge. by novemeber that same year I had my first shoot with photographer Freddy-O since then i’ve had 15. i walked in my first fashion show in February for Interna-tional Fashion Week, Realeased my 10 track eP PARty AniMAL at the end of May. i also began my journy in the acting realm by be-ing casted as background for the cW show the Vampire diaries and UsA’s necessary Roughness. i’m currently looking at a few scripts and will be re-realesing my eP PARty AniMAL (ReLOAded & ReMiXed) september 9.11.11 the sky is the limit, and i still have a few more months to work this year, and i’m not stopping anytime soon! the best is yet to come!

“I’ll give u more than u need u’ll be alrightSomething different not the norm type of lovers u may like Come with me you’ll be just fine”

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Pants by Levi. Belt and boots by diesel. Bag by GAP,

Accessories by GAP

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The many looks of Manuelle vision of what the fall has to bring this year. Prepare for fall fashion madness.

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diverse trendthis ain’t no standard look,

somtimes you have to edge it up a tad.

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the coMFortaBle ManPlay up the pattern threads by matching placing them in your untraditional areas.

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the ole Friend plaidThis confident look takes on a european flair

worn with boots and solids.

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Modern sleekA traditional black, dureable fabric that has been updated and restyled for trendsetter.

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huskY hoMMesstrong, appeal, and impactful. everything you should be.

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photography ty xavier Weldon

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From left to right: trevis wears pants, ties, shirt, jacket

ZARA, shoes d&G

tray wears micro briefs AMARni eXchAnGe

noah wears pants, ties, shirt, jacket ZARA, shoes d&G

tiran wears pants, ties, shirt, jacket ZARA, shoes d&G

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noah wears pants, ties, shirt, jacket ZARA, shoes d&G

tray wears undewear by emporio Armani

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trevis wears pants, ties, shirt, jacket ZARA

shoes d&G

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noah wears pants, ties, shirt, jacket ZARA, shoes d&G

tray wears pants, ties, shirt, jacket ZARA, shoes d&G

tiran wears underwear byemporio Armani

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trevis wears pants, ties, shirt, jacket ZARA

noah wears underwear byemporio Armani

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tiran wears pants, ties, shirt, jacket ZARA

noah wears underwear byemporio Armani

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trevis wears pants, ties, shirt, jacket ZARA

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tray wears pants, ties, shirt, jacket ZARA

Location W Atlanta downtownFashion director K shawn dent

stylist Luis dante

Models: trevis thompsontray, tiran smith, noah doe

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Rashad wears shirt and pants by Ralph Lauren, jacket by Manuelle boutique

photography ty xavier Weldon

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Rashad wears shirt and pants by Ralph Lauren, jacket by Manuelle boutique

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Rashad wears shirt and pants by Ralph Lauren, sweater by h&M.

shoes by converse

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Rashad wears shirt, pants, and vest by GAP, scarf by h&M.

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Rashad wears shirt, shorts, by GAP, blazer by Ralph

Lauren, shoes by GAP

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photography ty xavier Weldon

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All clothing pulled from Manuelle Boutique

Fashion director K shawn dentAssistance William Lenox

hair stylist Jenesa hillMakeup by Martine dulce

Models: Jess ica

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photography ty xavier Weldon

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All clothing by charlotte Russe, shoes by Bakers shoes

Fashion director K shawn dentMakeup by Martine dulceModel Windela

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travel destination:south beach

flying hues

behind the scenesouttakes from the

summer’s hottest shoots

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On the Left: top by charlotte Jones,bottom MiA swimwear

Pictured: jeans by GAP, swimsuit by MiA swimwear

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top by charlotte JonesBottom by MiA swimwear

Location south Beach, MiamiModel: Lindsey B

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On the left and pictured: swimwear by Manuelle

Boutiique

swimsuit by Manuelle BoutiiqueModel: Mari

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Underwear by hanes

Photography Ty Xavier Weldon

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On the left:Underwear by 2Xist

Pictured:Underwear by dKny

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Underwear by hanesModel: name here

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how simple it is to make one shirt set apart a whole look

Photography by ernest Montgomery

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One the left:tank top h&M

Pictured:hooded tunic by Perry ellis

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On the left:cawl neck sleeveless by Zara

Pictured:Pullover button shirt by

Kenneth cole

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On the left:Low-V vest by ysL

Pictured:Long sleeve wrap cardigan

by John Varvatos

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short sleeve knit polo by Penguin

Photography by ernest (Leestudiosnyc.com)Model: Kevin Johnson @ the Felton Groupstylist: Andrew Felton

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Manuelle in MiaMiWhen you have the moment to travel you take total advantage. during our time in Miami we were able to meet and photograph some awesome people. Making connections and building relations.

MeMoirs

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raise the sails sometimes it take crafting and true art to build a great set.

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pokadotimages by Kelvin Briggs | simple but nesseary

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deniM handing on the Wallimages by William Lenox

Rough , ragged and on the move. denim always sales in hte stores every year and we proved that

you can make use of it in many forms.

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