Oh Wow Magazine Holiday Issue 2013

How to SPREAD LOVE the Vintage Brooklyn Way Get the LOOK for Less Peeling P.A.P.E.R. Back the Chasing Layers the Truth Thea of Go from DAY to Monyee NIGHT in a flash OhWowMagazine.com - 1

Send Your Contents Look From Day to Night in a Letter from Flash! 16 the Editor 5 Freelance Detective Ashleigh Mckoy 7 Independent and beautiful Heather lannaman 8 Fashion and Shopping 14 Carlovy Musicc D.iverse R.ealistic E.pic 24 ON THE COVER Get it for less 14 The Layers of Thea Monyee 20 2 - Holiday Edition 2013

SPREAD LOVE THE VINTAGE BROOKLYN WAY 11 PCG Spits the Truth 26 The Layers of Thea Monyee 20 OhWowMagazine.com - 3

Publisher Alrica Rickards Editor Quality Control Art Director Content Manager Content Associate Chantelle Morrison Contributors Sandra Skeen Alrick Rickards Kaylan Krowlikoski Advertising Editorials Sponsorships (347) 762-3830 Copyright 2013, OH WOW!!, (347) 762-3830. December 2013. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of OH WOW!! Magazine. Neither the publisher nor the advertisers will be held responsible for any errors found in the magazine. Ads in this publication are not intended as an ofer where prohibited by state laws. 4 - Holiday Edition 2013

Gone Digital Letter from the Editor Hello R eaders, We are back at it again. Cheers to another issue of OH WOW!! Magazine. We began this mag- azine in October 2012 and we are still here. Congratulations to the Oh Wow!! Team. We have gone digital. You can read our magazine online, via our website and connect with us through social media. We are celebrating the holidays by giving back to the community we live and work in. Join the Oh Wow Magazine team in the “Let’s Give Back” Campaign. We teamed up with Booster.com and are selling T-shirts for a great cause. Help us make a posi- tive change in your community. Remember “You are Powerful!” Peace and Love. Happy Holidays to you all! Alrica Rickards OhWowMagazine.com - 5

PLEASE EMAIL ALL information listed below to [email protected] Full Name, Age, Height, Dress Size, Email Address and Contact Number. Email One Clear Head Shot Photo and One Full Length Body Photo. Become a model For Oh wow!! 6 - Holiday Edition 2013

Ashleigh McKoy 23 Year Old 32DD-26-36 5’7 Follow Ashleigh @beautiftrouble @AshBoutCash “I write and sing as well as model. I am a freelance private detective. I double major in medicine and criminal justice. Currently resid- ing in Houston, TX. I once met Olympic Gold Medalist, Usain Bolt and his father.” OhWowMagazine.com - 7 Model Behavior

Heather Lannaman Follow Heather @vanityl24 @heather.lannaman 8 - Holiday Edition 2013

“I am from the Bronx, New York. I am a classy, beautiful and independent woman, who has two jobs. I enjoy modeling and travel- ing.” 24 Year Old Libra OhWowMagazine.com - 9 Model Behavior

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\"WE LIKE TO SPREAD LOVE THE VINTAGE BROOKLYN WAY\". “At Vintage Brooklyn, the pieces will withstand the test of time. Vintage Brooklyn apparel is Classic and will In November, Oh Wow!! caught up with, Steven, the owner of a Brooklyn never become played out.” based mobile boutique. Tis Brooklyn brand has changed the game and is here to stay. create what I felt and would not let anyone’s opinion efect my creations. High School Days Instead of buying a $5,000 dryer to dry wet ink on the t-shirts, I choose As my company began to grow, I de- I have always had an interest in to use my mom’s hairdryer to blow cided to change the name to Vintage fashion coming from a family full of the inks dry. People laughed when I Brooklyn. Afer sitting down alone seamstress. My great-grandmother, told them how I was drying the ink. I one day and thinking about some of grandmother and mother all sewed. did this for about a year. the people who have infuenced me In 1994, as a Senior in High School, the most, and also thinking about a basketball teammate of mine, had $7 Tousand Made in Two Days what molded me. I felt the need to an older brother who was taking develop a brand with some substance mixtapes and T-shirts to Washington In the summer of 1995, a group of behind it. Although I got my start D.C. and selling them to students friends and I talked about taking selling shirts with a Harlem dude, he who attended Howard University. a trip to Myrtle Beach. Two days would always tell me “he loved my Going to Washington D.C. every before the trip, my cousin Prince and Brooklyn attitude”. Friday to make a little bit of cash was I stayed up printing shirts. Te day great, but I saw a bigger picture. of the trip, my friends and me loaded Powerful People the vehicles up and headed to Myrtle My third trip to Washington was the Beach’s Bike Fest. My infuences and drive came from turning point in my life. Afer selling my great-grandmother, grandmother $160 worth of shirts, I realized I I printed on 48 shirts and took a and mother who all are great seam- could make money two ways. My stack of blank shirts along with my stresses. My hustle comes from a focused switched from just selling portable screen print machine. Te strong bloodline of men such as my shirts to wanting to manufacture printed shirts sold fast. I had to print grandfather, Ben, and uncle, Tyrone, shirts for my brand and other brands shirts on the spot because they were who worked a steady job but also as well. in high demand. I made close to hustled to make ends meet. With this $7,000 that weekend. Vintage Brooklyn was born. Te Entrepreneur Emerges A Brand is Born Mobile Boutique I graduated high school that spring 1994. As a gif Gital, my teammate’s On occasion, people would ofer ad- I opened up my frst boutique in brother, rewarded me with a person- vice on how I should change certain 2004, but had several lof spaces as al-portable-screen printing machine designs but I would always stick to well. I decided to close my boutique and a computer. Once I received the my ideas, which sold very quickly. and lof spaces to pursue an inno- computer and print machine, I asked Te company name then became vative venture that would change my mother for $40 so I can go to the DARNapparel. Te word “DARN” my life. Understanding my clientele wholesale spot and purchase a few means to mend or sew, but for me was huge for me, I began to look dozen T-shirts. the acronym means Designs, Always, at my current clients and how they Remains, Natural. I was going to shopped. I would open for busi- I worked on my craf over the next ness everyday at 10AM and close at year by printing slogan style shirts 11pm. My clients would not start and taking on small jobs. entering the store until afer 5pm. (Continue on Page 12) OhWowMagazine.com - 11

Unlike the store and lof spaces I wanted to cater directly to my client and create a one-on-one shopping atmosphere with an experience attached to it, but also have that “Brooklyn attitude” Gital always spoke about. Tis birthed what is now the “ Vintage Brook- lyn Mobile Show Room”. It em- bodies everything about the brand. Te mobile boutique has wooden foors with a bike lane that goes into the Brooklyn bridge’s famous arches. When you enter the “Vin- tage Brooklyn Mobile Show Room”, you forget that you are on a truck shopping. I purchased the truck with nothing in it. My two childhood friends, Rashane and LB, and me worked on the truck day and night. I (Counterclockwise from bottom would also take direction from my right) Vintage Brooklyn customer signing the boutique’s infamous wife, Jessica, who has been by my wall. Te Vintage Brooklyn Brand side and systematic in creating the owner, Steven, in front of the Vintage Brooklyn brand. My wife Brooklyn Bridge. Child model and owner’s son, Steven Jr., posing in a is the company accountant. It is a classic Vintage ftted hat. Accoun- family afair. tant, model, and owners wife, Jessica, posing in the brands new Soul Line. 12 - Holiday Edition 2013

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Model: Starr Brown Toast, e.l.f. Studio Long-Lasting Lustrous Eyeshadow $3.00 Dazzling Glitter Gloss Te best time to wear glit- tery eye makeup is during the holiday season. Don’t over pay for gloss and eye shadow. Go to elf’s web- Crystal Cranberry site at Eyeslipsface.com and e.l.f. Studio Glitter Gloss $3.00 shop happy, just in time for New Years. OhWowMagazine.com - 15 Fashion and Shopping