Fabulosity by Corbin Chamberlin
Fabulosity’s One-Year Anniversary
Growing up as a flamboyant fashionista who’s every move was to snatch up sparkly brooches, break the rules of fashion and live a life of decadence, it was only natural for me to crave my own column.
Eva Chen
As beauty director of Teen Vogue, Eva Chen is responsible for keeping the magazine’s readers as glossy as the pages it is printed on. Pre makeup mogul, Chen was at John Hopkins University as medical student, hardly the type of place one would think to find a glamorous La Mer-wielding beauty editor. After an internship at Harper’s Bazaar in the beauty and health department, Chen decided to pursue a vocation of vanity. Envy is the word that comes to mind when one thinks of the prestigious position Chen holds at the mega-mag that is Teen Vogue. The job is not always an easy task, though: Going through thousands of options and spending countless hours researching, the job can be tedious. Chen plays...
Christos Sewell
Working in the fashion industry for most of my career, photo shoots and photographers are no strangers to me. There is one local photographer who really caught my attention two years ago, and I think his work stands out from the rest. Christos Sewell truly is capable of taking a beautiful picture. Sure, anyone can snap a picture of a model and use Photoshop until there is nothing human about it. And, by doing so, the shot loses it organic beauty. While working with Sewell, I quickly saw his strong points: He always takes the highroad and will torture himself and his assistant to make sure that every detail, even the small ones, are attended to for one single perfect shot. No matter if he is shooting massive ads that will be...
Penny Long
I was 15 years old when I first visited Electric Ladyland, a store of overwhelming glamour—one that force-fed your eyes with shimmer and sparkle. Electric Ladyland teased and tingled every creative nerve in my youthful body; I had seen nothing like it before. What laid before me when I first entered the store was a plethora of jeweled, studded, embroidered and feathered treasures. Almost seizing-up on first look, my flamboyant mind was intoxicated with the merchandise. I thought to myself “Who is responsible for such a blissful creation?” As I examined every single article, I saw her. The one who was accountable for this palace of rhinestone rapture: Penny Long.
Designer Yotam Solomon
I have been watching Yotam Solomon grow as a designer for years, and his latest spring/summer collection has really impressed me. With the thought of warmer weather, designers tend to lean up their clothes which results in less elegant spring/summer collections. Solomon does no such thing; with perfectly placed pleats and airy panels of sheer fabric, the collection is ravishing. The dresses shown demand a body that is on the fit side. I love how Yotam mixed fabrics like embossed python leather and a black sheer--two very different types of material--and still made them look effortless and sleek. The colors in the collection are not your typical spring palette of sunshine yellow and peony pink. Yotam has chosen...
