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  Artist Sean McGuire Wears Queer Hearts on His Sleeve

  October 12 at 4 a.m.

  The handwritten notes hanging from Sean McGuire’s jacket are personal. They’re also funny, introspective and symbolic of a community that still yearns to be heard. Some of the notes read “I want a less polarized world,” “I wanna be valued. I want to live a life of purpose," “I want...

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  Rapper Smoke Stkz Pivots to Fashion and Purpose With Clothing Line Soda Plug

  September 28 at 4 a.m.

  Racks of clothing line the walls as you enter the apartment, studio and workspace of local rapper Smoke Stkz, and not because his closet wouldn’t fit the entirety of his drip. It’s because his latest endeavor has placed him in a new field of artistry: fashion design. The 29-year-old Plano...

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  Disturbance, an Art Exhibition for These Chaotic Times: Toilet Paper, Solitude and You

  August 25 at 4 a.m.

  Rulli Torres moved to Dallas in 2012 after graduating from the University of Arkansas with a degree in fashion design. He spent years designing and creating formal dresses for momentous events. His career was built around life’s great social occasions.  When the pandemic hit, all of that glamour came to...

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  Fashion Designer Venny Etienne Hopes His Work for Beyoncé Is 'Just the Beginning'

  August 6 at 4 a.m.

  Venny Etienne’s first fashion show was at the church on Utica Avenue. “When you grow up in Brooklyn, that’s how you and your friends know what churches you go to,” he says. “Like, ‘Oh, you go to the one on Utica Avenue? Yeah, me too!’” In front of 500 churchgoers,...

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  Woman Crush Wednesday: Fashion Designer Kendall Falcon

  May 13 at 4 a.m.

  Our woman crush this week is fashion designer Kendall Falcon, who first launched her line House of Cro five years ago. Before presenting her brand of minimalist luxury, the poised and well-traveled charmer was once cast in an MTV-produced The Hills spin-off that never aired. Their loss was Dallas’ gain...

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  Woman Crush Wednesday: Model Lucy Gebert

  April 22 at 4 a.m.

  Our woman crush this week is model Lucy Gebert, whose otherworldly beauty makes her a standout in the fashion world. It's no wonder Gebert's signature edgy elegance makes for a photographer's acid dreams: Although she's lived in Frisco since toddlerhood, Gebert was born in Luzern, Switzerland, to Canadian parents. She was...