Childs Play

I grew up on Vogue. Every glossy page held the promise of magic and dreams coming true. These luxurious magazines were a method of escape for me and enabled for me to see beyond what was right in front of me. I could envision a future for myself where I could be involved in the world of fashion and maybe, one day, create a product that will give someone else a similar feeling of amazed appreciation. So after years salivating over Anna Wintour, rewatching The Devil Wears Prada an...
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I grew up on Vogue. Every glossy page held the promise of magic and dreams coming true. These luxurious magazines were a method of escape for me and enabled for me to see beyond what was right in front of me. I could envision a future for myself where I could be involved in the world of fashion and maybe, one day, create a product that will give someone else a similar feeling of amazed appreciation. So after years salivating over Anna Wintour, rewatching The Devil Wears Prada an embarrassing number of times, and working for The Current Quarterly, I felt it was time to quit imaging and pushing off a goal of mine by believing it was meant for thirty-somethings with years of working at publications in their back pockets. I wanted to make my own fashion magazine. So with my the help of my lovely friends and a lot of Photoshop tutorials, Childs Play was born. As a senior in high school, I've had a fair amount of time to reflect on years past and dream for the years ahead of me. While at this crucial time in my life, I've been able to step back and analyze my life and how abruptly it moves along. And with reminiscent and hopeful feelings as my inspiration, the theme of time was integrated throughout this magazine. Childs Play explores the emotions from young, innocent love, to justifiable selfish adolescent behavior, and then finally, to accepted obscurity in the future. Creating this magazine was a notch of my bucket list and while at times, it did involve a fair amount of headaches which swiftly followed with an alarming amount of chocolate consumes, it was a wonderful journey. Thank you to everyone who helped with this process.