FashionShow Magazine October 2023

@S_HAVENSTRITE Samantha Havenstrite is the reigning Miss Houston. After graduating from Southern Methodist University with a degree in Finance, Sam moved to Houston to start her career in investment banking at an oil and gas company. She recently shifted industries and now works for apartment developer, The Hanover Company as a Capital Markets Analyst. In her spare time, Sam enjoys golfing, traveling, trying new restaurants, and taking exercise classes.…

“There’s more to discover when you truly know yourself. It requires confidence and self-trust to be able to fly”- Ehrran Montoya Ehrran Montoya’s debut collection features his attention to details, textures, and use of vibrant hues. The inspiration are mainly from his made up fantasy stories during childhood; from Mermaids, Fairies, Mythical Creatures, and scenes from animation movies like Princess & The Frog, Fairytopia, and other realms of the pixies from his Fantasia-like imagination. It is so wild that the pieces speaks for it self. Twenty-seven-year-old artist Ehrran Montoya believes that it is through standing on the shoulders of the giants that he can truly achieve progress. The recognition slowly lavished upon him today is the result of his years-long observation of Karl Lagerfeld, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Rei Kawakubo, and Alexander…

@fashion_flexin Bryan Calloway is an up-and-coming fashion stylist who recently graduated with his BFA from Academy of Art University. He was born and raised in the sunny seaside city of Oxnard California. The diversity of the city and growing up in the 1990s provided him with a vast amount of inspiration that he would later use to develop his aesthetic. Although Bryan had a lot of outside influences, he also credits his grandfather Otis for being the embodiment of swag. His grandfather had his own eccentric sense of style, wore his clothes with confidence, and had no regard for what others thought. At an early age, he became enamored with anything that had to do with hip-hop and sneakers; this was the moment in his life when he realized that…

CREDITS: Sara Baena is a very recognized model, artist and philanthropist. Being in the model industry so long time have her the opportunity to create her own business. She has a great social community. Sara is originally from Medellín, Colombia. She studied psychology in a very prestigious university, she got her diploma and worked for a while helping teenagers. But her great successes came in the model industry. She was also developing a career in this field, that is not easy and she did in a very professional way. She was part of some model agencies during different periods and once, she learned enough she became independent as a model, and sometimes she uses the service of a manager. For 13 years Sara did not stop working as a model.…

Gabrielle Velasquez is a fashion stylist and visual artist from San Francisco, California. She is completing a BFA in Fashion Styling at the Academy of Art University. Throughout her career, Gabrielle has built a dynamic style that balances a blend of colorful prints and textures injected with symbolic iconography. She continues to experiment with a multitude of mediums implementing elements of up-cycled customizations. As an artist, Gabrielle believes in the importance of collaboration with other creatives and the diversity of voices featured in her work. She specializes in art direction, photoshoot production, editorial styling, commercial styling, product styling, and wardrobe styling. Gabrielle continues to expand her creative toolkit and explore new forms of expression to manifest her passion for storytelling. EPHEMERAL ETERNAL DIMENSIONAL EXPLORER…

Elizabeth Debicki wore a Dior white cotton top and a black leather skirt. She also wore a Dior hat, bag and shoes. She also wore Bois de Rose earring, earcuff and bracelets in white gold and diamonds from Dior Joaillerie. Alexandra Daddario wore a Dior Spring-Summer 2023 beige silk jacket and skirt with a white cotton top. She also wore a Dior bag and shoes. Sonam Kapoor wore a Dior Pre Fall 2023 beige cotton trench coat and bustier dress. She also wore a Dior hat, bag and shoes. She also wore a Rose des Vents necklace, earrings and rings in yellow, pink and white gold, diamonds and ornamental stones of Dior Joaillerie. Natalie Portman wore a Dior High Jewelry Collection 2023 “Les Jardins de la Couture” strapless evening dress…