Malese Jow portrays a ghost (it's a long story) on "Vampire Diaries" and in real-life, she's a total fashionista who manages to look good with anything. Now, in Los Angeles, she would be labeled as a hipster. But to us, she's just Malese who happens to have remixed class and street to form her own record. With her love for thrift shopping, Malese is about down-to-earth as someone can get (especially in the view of Hollywood). We love her style just as much as we love her. Check out her feature below and take a few notes! Photographer: Vince Trupsin Hair: Jessica Lindholm Makeup: Myke Spezzano Production Assistants: Tiffany David and Alex Levine
Claire Coffee
Zooey Magazine debuts "Catch My Drift?" with "Grimm's" blonde and blue-eyed beauty Claire Coffee. This San Francisco native stars as Adalind Brandt, an evil assassin, in the new NBC television show. Yet Coffee's own personality and character is far from her screen portrayal on "Grimm." This actress demonstrates all the animated qualities of someone who is simply sweet and dearly vivacious with a fashion sense we cherish. She has a knack for flea market shopping and Etsy hunting which are just a few traits we adore and guarantee you will to. Photographer: Amanda Elkins Style Editor: Jacque Saladino Hair/Makeup: Kristina Goldberg Location: Something Creative Showroom
Childhood Frenzy: Living large (and flying high!)
When I was about five-years-old, I very much worshiped “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.” In fact, with the spare time I have now at around 1:00 AM, I watch the old seasons of the endeared 90s show.
It was the idea of being able to ‘zap’ with your finger and anything could be done your way or created your way. To a five-year-old girl, that’s pure enchantment. I’m certain “Sabrina” ignited my keen interest in female-empowerment – the female superhero who is just as bad-ass as any other. From “Sabrina,” I jumped to watching “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Really, my parents should have not left me at home with an unlocked television.
With a talking cat, whose jokes are still relevant to today’s generation, and a vacuum cleaner that allowed witches to fly – I was simply amazed of such bewitching marvels.
I came home one day after learning the “anything is possible if you just believe” lesson and I hopped on our broom and attempted to fly. First off, teachers should stop rubbing that nonsense into children’s minds. Second, I may have been hit in the head several times as a toddler.
My parents convinced me that it just won’t work but, I was determined to shoot into the sky on our shabby sweeper. To be honest, this wasn’t one of the most moronic ideas I ever have had. Three years after this, I thought I could be a vampire slayer.
I sometimes wish I could speak to my dear young self and say: “Gosh golly, you mindless gal. Quit this silly business and get back to reading your Mary-Kate and Ashley books!” But what kind of human-being would I be if I didn’t let a child believe?
I am now able to giggle at all the shenanigans I got myself indulged in. Decades later, when we’re all big and grown, we won’t be able to or refuse to believe in the magic as we all once did. I was living large at five – that flying attempt was the first signal to a whimsical life.
My lesson in this? Keep attempting to fly.
- Lucia Tran, Editor-in-Chief