747ISSUE ONE: A CONCRETE JUNGLE

Autumn Edition 2013

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Editor: Kate Louise Cluness

Photographer: James Maher & Kate Louise Cluness

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Features

• HISTORY : 9/11 Memorial Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p 4-6

• FASHION : The Fashion District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p 8-10

• FASHION : Interview With A Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p 12-16 - DVF Unwrapped - Michael Kors - Marc Jacobs

• FASHION : Trend Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p 18-20 - Fall 2013 Runway

• FOOD AND DRINK : City Dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p 22-26 - Dean & DeLuca - Carnegie Deli - John’s Pizzeria

• TRAVEL : Sightseeing In The City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p 28-38 - Central Park - The Brooklyn Bridge - Empire State Building - The Statue of Liberty - Times Square - Broadway

• BLOG : Your Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p 40-46

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Photographer : Kate Louise Cluness View of Central Park Taken from the top of the Rocherfeller Centre

We REMEMBER.

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burning hole near the 80th Floor of the 110 storey skyscraper, which instantly killed hundreds of citizens and trapping hundreds more in high floors above. Evacuation of the North and South tower were underway with the news being broadcast live across the world as what appeared to be an accident.

18 minutes after the first plane crashed, United Airlines Boeing 767 Flight 175 collided with the South Tower at 09:03 hitting near the 60th floor. The collision caused a massive explosion that damaged surrounding buildings and streets below with falling burning debris. The United States of America was now under attack.

As millions watched the tragic events unfolding in New York, American Airlines Boeing 757 Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington D.C and slammed into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:45 am. The jet fuel from the airliner caused a devastating inferno which lead to the structural collapse of a portion of the building. All 125 military personnel and civilians were killed in the Pentagon attack, along with all 64 passengers aboard the flight. The passengers aboard United Flight 93 are suspected to have fought the four hijackers and attacked the cockpit with a fire extinguisher. Personal telephone recordings from passengers can be heard calling their loved ones before the plane flipped and sped towards the

September 11, 2001, at 08:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, 19 Hijackers took control of four commercial airliners. Two of the

planes were, American Airlines Boeing 767 Flight 11 and United Airlines Boeing 767 Flight 175 that crashed into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Centre Complex.

American Airlines Flight 11 was loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel and crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre complex in New York City. The impact of the airliner crash left a gaping,

ground where the plane crashed into a rural field in western Pennsylvania at 10:10 am. The passengers fought the hijackers and all 45 people aboard the airliner were killed.

The passengers abroad United Flight 93 gave their lives to protect their nation. They died and will forever be remembered as heroes. The intended target of Flight 93 in unknown but many believe it was heading for the White House or one of several nuclear power plants along the eastern seaboard.

At 09.59 am the South tower of the World Trade Centre collapsed in a cloud of dust and smoke after burning for 56 minutes. The structural steel of the skyscraper could not withstand the heat caused by the impact of the airliner and the explosion of its jet fuel. At 10:30 am the North Tower of the World Trade Centre collapsed after burning for 102 minutes.

Close to 3,000 people died in the World Trade Centre and its vicinity, including a staggering 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 police officers from NYPD and 37 Port Authority police officers who struggled to complete an evacuation of the two buildings and save the office workers who were trapped on higher floors and above the explosions. Only 6 people in the World Trade Centre Towers at the time of their collapse survived and almost 10,000 people were treated for severe injuries.

On the 11th March 2002, exactly six months to the day following the tragic attacks of 9/11, the eternal flame known as The Sphere was re-erected in the Hope Garden of Battery Park without any repairs.The sculpture stands as a memorial for the victims of 9/11 and endures as an icon of hope by portraying the indestructible spirit of the country.

It was originally located in the Austin J. Tobin Plaza, the area where the Twin Towers once stood, and is now a major tourist attraction. This is partly due from being recovered from the rubble of the Twin Towers.

The Sphere had been visibly damaged by debris from the airliners and from the collapsing skyscrapers, but remained structurally intact with only minor dents and holes. The Eternal Flame was ignited on 11 September 2002 in honor of all those that were lost and that their spirit and sacrifice will never be forgotten.

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Photographs to commemorate the loss of 9/11 attacks.

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“ Dedicated to those who fell

and to those who carry on... ”

The National September 11 Memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of

September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Centre Site, the Pentagon and the rural area of western Pennsylvania, as well as the 6 people killed in the World trade Centre bombing in February 1993.

The memorial is made up of two twin-reflecting pools, which are each, an acre in size and feature the largest manmade waterfalls in North America. The pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood. The Architect who created the design of the memorial was Michael Arad and landscape Architect Peter Walker.

The names of every person who died in the 2001 and 1993 attacks are inscribed into bronze panels edging the memorial pools. The memorial offers a name finding system, as the display of these names is the very

heart of the memorial; where family and friends can remember their loved ones. At night, light shines between the voids created by the lettering in honor to burn a light for each person who died in the attacks. Its design conveys a spirit of hope and renewal, and creative a contemplative space separate from the usual sights and sounds of the bustling city.

The memorial museum is the nations institution for examining the implications of the events of 9/11 and the impact and significance it had on both the country and worldwide. It is centered in the heart of the World Trade site, telling the story of 9/11 through multimedia displays, archives, narratives and a collection of monumental and authentic artifacts; some donated from the victims families. The lives of every victim of the 2001 and 1993 attacks will be commemorated as visitors have the opportunity to learn about men, women and children who died.

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T he Fashion District, also known as the Garment District has been known since the beginning of early 20th century as the main centre for

fashion manufacturing and fashion design in the United States of America, and even across the world. The Fashion District lies between the vast streets of Manhattan, between 5th and 9th Avenue and 34th to 42nd Street.

New York City is arguably the fashion capital of the United States and the entire world. The District is home to the majority of the cities major fashion houses, where they operate their showrooms and execute the fashion process from design and production to wholesaling, creating international, global trends which explode across the world.

The Garment District is home to a number of well-known designers, their production facilitates, warehouses, showrooms and suppliers of both fabric and materials.

Major fashion labels such as Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, Calvin Klein and Donna Karen have both showrooms and production facilities located in the district area.

In the heart of the Garment District, on the corner of 7th Avenue and 39th Street, is located the Fashion Centre Kiosk, a well known tourist point of interest. It is the hub of all history and information regarding the Fashion District.

Leaning against and above the kiosk is the world famous sculpture, the 31’ long needle being threaded through a 15’ button, where point of the needle rests in a swatch of fabric that is made out of steel.

The needle and button sculpture was designed by Pentagram Architectural Services and was built in the late 1990’s.The sculpture is symbolic of the garment industry for which the district is named.

The FASHION DISTRICT.

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In 1999, the Garment District established the Fashion Walk of Fame to honor New York City’s most influential designers. It is the world’s first and only monument

to American Fashion. It celebrates the excellence of American design by honoring those who have had a significant and lasting impact on the way the world dresses.

To date 28 designers have been inducted into the Fashion Walk of Fame, 14 of them posthumously. A few well known today are, Ralph Rucci and Donald Brooks in 2011, Diane von Frustenberg and Liz Caliborne in 2008, Oscar de la Renta, Donna Karen, Marc Jacobs and Betsey Johnson in 2002 and Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren in 2001.

The Fashion Walk of Fame selections committee makes nominations for the induction. More than 100 fashion industry leaders cast votes to determine those who are inducted. Each recipient is honored with a commemorative plaque that is set in

granite and embedded into the sidewalk along 7th ‘Fashion’ Avenue. Each plaque is made of white bronze and features an original fashion sketch and signature of the designer as well and a description of his or her contribution to fashion.

Below is the discription of world renowned fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg’s contribution to fashion.

Diane von Furstenberg made fashion history in 1972 when she developed her iconic wrap dress and encouraged her customers to “Feel like a woman. Wear a dress.” By 1976 she had sold 5 million dressesand landed on the cover of Newsweek.

An entrepreneur who expanded into fragrance, cosmetics, home furnishings and home shopping, she left the New York fashion world for more than a decade, but re-emerged in 1997 , bringing the wrap dress to a whole new generation.

“ Feel like a woman,

wear a dress! ” - Diane Von Furstenberg

Unwrapped:Diane Von Furstenberg

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747 Fashion Editor Kate Louise Cluness caught up with her in New York at her headquarters for an old fashioned heart-to-heart.

Read Below the exclusive interview:

747: What has your mission been?

DVF: To empower women. Why? Because I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And I do it through my clothes, I do it through my words, I do it through my money, I do it through everything.

747: What do you think drove you to accomplish so much, so young? At 27, you had made it.

DVF: Yes, by 29 I was on the cover of Newsweek. I don’t know, but that was really lucky. I mean, it’s very important to start very young. And I don’t know why, it just happened. I got pregnant and everything began to happen.

747: Do you still love the wrap dress?

DVF: Yes, of course how can I not? It paid for all my bills.

747: What were those years like when you first left the clothing business in the ‘80s?

DVF: Well, I lived in Paris, and I was living with a writer. And I really didn’t do very much, except I read a lot, and I had this fantasy of having a literary salon. When you live with writers — when you live with an artist — you don’t do much except live their lives.

747: After that, in 1989, you moved back to New York. Did you lose yourself for a while?

DVF: A bit. But I didn’t realize it until I came back. So it’s when I came back to New York that I saw I had kind of lost that identity tha

Many words can describe Diane von Furstenberg among them: Candid, Coquettish, feline, strong, outspoken and powerful.

Her prolific success and glamorous life have been well documented. She created the wrap dress in 1974 and became an overnight fashion sensation. But when the business took a hit in the 80’s she opted out and headed for Paris.

That of course was not the last we’d see of her. She made a triumphant comeback in 1997 and rebuilt her company.

I had from the minute I first arrived in New York and I was this success. And all of a sudden I came back to New York. It’s the ‘80s, Ivana Trump and all these people are everywhere, and greed has become a virtue. I just felt completely irrelevant. And people looked at me like I was a has-been. I tried to get my business.

747: When would you say you were the happiest?

DVF: I think now. But I think you could have asked me many times in my life and I would have always said now. Except my 40s. In my 40s, I wasn’t always the happiest, but I probably would have said that I was.

747: How do you find your peace?

DVF: I need silence, I need solitude. I love to be in the country. I found my peace in my house in the country, Cloudwalk. I love to hike, I love to swim, I love to read. I find my peace within silence. I don’t know how people do it. But if on weekends I had to have a social life, I couldn’t do that.

747: How would you describe your own style?

DVF: I like to think that my style and the clothes I design are effortlessly elegant and sexy. I think the word effortless is very important. I think that that creates an ease and a confidence, because I think there’s nothing more beautiful than a woman who is full of confidence.

My wrap dress was almost accidental. It’s the most traditional shape, like the kimono shape, no buttons or zipper, and it wraps. But what was different about it is that it was made in jersey, and it was tied to the body, and therefore it kind of sculpted the body. And then because it was in a snake and a leopard print, it made you look feline. I’ve touched so many generations with just that one dress, which is unique. I mean, no one has ever had such a thing.

wet my hair.” And he said, “I just want to try something.” And my hair was superfrizzy, and of course that’s what ran on the cover, and that’s how I’ve worn it since.

747: What do you see women doing style-wise that bothers you?

DVF: I don’t like when women try to be something that they’re not. I don’t like anything that’s forced.

747: Did you always think of yourself as a designer?

DVF: I was shy about considering myself a designer because I didn’t study design. And it was circumstances that took me there. But now, after all these years, I know I am a designer. And I know what I’m doing.

But then from there, I think I have become a pro. And I understand fabric very well. And I understand color very well, and print and different shapes.

747: Is there anything in your life that’s made you insecure?

DVF: I used to be very insecure about my curly hair, because I lived in a country where everybody had blonde straight hair.

747: When did you get over it?

DVF: One day in 1976, I did a picture for the cover of Interview. And I had my hair very straight, blown out, and so we did the shoot, we shot the picture. And then my friend the photographer said, “Now wet your hair.” And I said, “What do you mean? I can’t

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DVF Fall 2013 Ready to Wear Runway

White was a huge presence on fall runways, with designers such as Celine showcasing head to toe looks using modern separates in varying shades of stark, ivory and cream.

Overcoats are drastically oversized with dropped shoulders, extra-long cuffs and gigantic lapels. Designer Stella McCartney ramped it up this season at NYFW.

Fashion’s chicest pairing, Alexander Wang for Balenciaga shows contrasting separates in interesting shapes, capped off by equally monochromatic accessories.

Winter White Big Coats Black & WhitePrint mixing is taking a different tack this fall. Designers such as Kenzo showcased separates with the same or very similar print in different sizes and colour paired together.

Splashed across chunky sweaters, in colorful prints and shown on oversize silhouettes, various sizes of leopard print were showcased across DKNY’s runway.

Victoria Beckham offers her own take on this seasons fashion trend, pairing the newly refined ‘lady like’ midi skirt with a fitted blouse and a simple pair of pumps.

Print Mixing Leopard Print Midi Skirts

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Fall 2013 NYC Fashion Week.

The Punk vibe took to the runway this fall with fashion designers such as Chanel churning out all manner of vinyl, chains, studs, spikes and tartan.

Say goodbye to seasonal effective disorder. Gucci whipped up coats in illuminating pastels this season like baby blue, buttercup yellow, lavender and powder pink.

Whether they come in the form of cool silvers or rich golds we can’t get enough of Marc Jacobs metallic colored dresses, sweaters, and heels. Shine on straight into fall.

A Narchic Candy Coated Molten MetallicsMenswear fabrics was a huge presence of the fall runway, with fashion designer Lanvin is reimagining the classic haberdashery fabrics, draping them like silk.

A cinematic, film-noir vibe descended onto the runway this fall. Christian Dior is thinking along mid-century lines recreating nipped waist coats and skirt suits.

All-out or nothing was Fall’s fur message. Ultra-shaggy, patchworked, vibrantly colored and oversized looks took to the Tom Ford runway. This trend is not for the tame.

The Masculine Mystique The New, New Look Sexy Beast

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747 : City Dining

This Dean & Deluca is in a great location, in a spacious environment with a large seating area and full of friendly staff. It is a fantastic breakfast and lunch spot whether you are on the go or have time to stop, it is a great spot people watch.

But, If that’s not enough, if you get chance visit Dean & Deluca early every week to watch a live viewing of CNN News broadcast live outside the Rockefeller Centre, then followed by performances from a variety of celebrit musicians.

747 Magazine rates Dean & Deluca the number one breakfast spot in New York City and should most definitely be a place on your list to visit during your stay in the Big Apple.

Dean & Deluca first opened for business in September 1977 in SoHo, lower district Manhattan. Over its history it has earned a

reputation as an icon of New York City culture and lifestyle.

Dean and Deluca is the hub for the discovery of new culinary trends and traditions. It is the only brand that has the cultural status and global brand awareness to be the defining brand in gourmet food retail around the world.

Established by a cheese merchant, Giorgio DeLuca and business manager Joel Dean, they dreamed of creating a place that would offer its customers a celebration food and a venue to experience all the pleasures cooking and eating can bring.

Since the initial opening of Dean & Deluca several additional locations have been established across the United States of America and internationally such as Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and South Korea.

Since the original flagship of Dean & Deluca in SoHo, Manhattan, and the opening of its Rockefeller Plaza establishment has been a huge success and the talk of the city.

Its location at One Rockefeller Plaza, between 5th and 6th Avenue is in the heart of the bustling city and local business spot.

747 magazine editor Kate Louise Cluness visited the Rockefeller Plaza Dean & Deluca earlier last week, to find out whether it lives up to its reputation and truly is a place not to be missed.

The Rockefeller Plaza is a constant flow of rushing New Yorkers and sightseeing tourists. Our 747 Editor arrived during the madness at 08:00 am Friday morning. The café was jammed with customers lined up ready to receive their orders ‘to go’, a popular stop on the way to work route for hundreds of people.

The menu has a constant change depending on the time of day; breakfast has to be one of the busiest times 7 days a week.

They offer a range of mouthwatering breakfast pastries, fine fruits and breads, accompanied with a range of jams, syrups and honeys, then to be washed down with a delicious, reenergizing coffee created with beans from around the world.

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The Carnegie Deli, is one of NYC’s culinary landmarks, which opened in 1937 and is situated in Midtown on 7th Avenue at 55th Street across

from Carnegie Hall as a 40 seat restaurant.

When the original owners retired in 1976, the deli was taken over by a new restaurant group, specifically Milton Parker, who was known as the Corned Beef and Pastrami Maven. Now in its third generation of owners, the deli is still family owned and operated by Marian Levine, Milton Parker’s daughter.

All of their meats are smoked and cured in their own plant. They are family owned and operated and also bake their world famous cheesecake and desserts here.

The popular New York Times critic Mimi Sheraton really put Carnegie Deli on the map when on March 2nd, 1979; she named the Carnegie Deli’s Pastrami Sandwich the #1 pastrami in New York City against 22 other delis.

The world famous Dr. Phil said on his show, “The Carnegie Deli makes the best sandwiches in the world. If you come to

New York, you NEED to go to the Carnegie Deli....the food is SPECTACULAR!”

The Carnegie Deli is known for its pastrami, corned beef, brisket and many other sandwiches, including the famous “Broadway Danny Rose.”

All of their gargantuan sandwiches are overstuffed with at least one pound of meat, they also specialize in old world favorites such as: knishes, matzoh ball soup, stuffed cabbage, and of course pickles

The Carnegie Deli’ walls of fame are filled with pictures of celebrities, dignitaries, athletes, out-of-towners and the most important customer, you!

The Carnegie Deli has been featured in numerous television shows, news programs, films, magazines, newspapers, books, guidebooks and songs throughout the years.

747 invites you to come visit for the true Carnegie Deli experience; a restaurant which it not to be missed, and you never know who you could be seated next to.

“Have a delicious deli day!”

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