NYLON - March 2008 - (Page 52) contributors m ari ssa p a tlin g r a o c o o le y “It wasn’t until after I’d entered the workforce and contemplated the alternatives that I decided writing for a living wasn’t so bad after all,” says Marissa Patlingrao Cooley, who wrote this month’s lingerie-inspired Mania (page 122). A graduate of Brown University, Cooley’s dream story would be a road-trip with the cast of Friday Night Lights. Cooley is a contributing editor at Lucky Magazine and also regularly writes for Details and Time Out New York. And in her experience as a writer, she believes interviewing is somewhat like dating. “You pray for chemistry with your subject, and you want them to be witty, smart, insightful, and entertaining.” she says. “You also hope they say or do something memorable that you can repeat back to all of your friends afterwards.” esther ki m “I don’t like it when things are too perfect,” exclaims fashion illustrator Esther Kim. Having just moved back to Los Angeles from Tokyo, the self-taught artist worked on this month’s fragrance beauty story (page 142). “I only started drawing about five years ago as a junior in college,” she says. Kim also contributes to NYLON Japan (“They gave me my first job!”), Gas, Ellegirl Korea, and Lemonade. Her website estherlovesyou.com showcases all of her feminine illustrations and paintings and gives further insight into her work. “I draw mainly females. And like most people my age I am fascinated with being a young woman, who I am, who I want to be, and how the world sees me.” bri dget pa la r d y “When I got hired by NYLON I had blurry vision, due to a botched Lasik job—I believe they call it ‘undercorrection.’ I couldn’t make eye contact with my new colleagues for a month,” says NYLON ’s TV producer, Bridget Palardy. Her first foray into film production began while studying at Wesleyan University. “It started with dance, then dance choreography, then a documentary about the Middletown, CT breakdancing scene. Incidentally, I met Andrew from MGMT (featured on page 154) in a heated dance-off freshman year. I believe he won.” Having worked at NYLON for a year now, Palardy has been shooting, editing, and producing everything from behind the scenes with our cover stars to meeting bands at SXSW. “I love to watch mad, passionate people speaking with candor; with interesting framings and lots of close-ups.” w esl ey o’ me a r a New York-based hair stylist Wesley O’Meara has a cunning trick for fixing any on-set hair disasters. “If you do something and it doesn’t work out, it’s easy to slap a pin in it, and call it something else,” he says, laughing. “Sometimes, as a hairstylist it is very hard to hold back and not go crazy with your choices in hairstyles. It is usually a natural instinct to want to go over the top with things.” For the floral beauty story (page 202) O’Meara created a look that reflected the romantic floral mood of the story. “I knew that the lighting for this story was going to be very soft and beautiful, so it was important to keep the hair soft and beautiful, but not too beautiful,” he says. “So, by adding slight grunge elements to the hair, we didn’t go overboard in the pretty department.” O’Meara’s work has also appeared in V Man, Vogue, Surface, and i-D magazines. hung vanng o Hung Vanngo always wanted to be a makeup artist. “I love what I do and feel lucky to be doing what I’ve always dreamed of doing,” he says. Surprisingly, Vanngo has no formal training, but this hasn’t prevented him from amassing a multitude of clients, and his favorite shoots to work on are those that reference old movies and books. For this issue, Vanngo excitedly worked with hairstylist O’Meara on “Wild Flowers” (page 202). “For this 1960sinspired beauty story the makeup is minimal but with a modern twist,” he says. “Even though it’s a beauty story, I didn’t want the makeup to be the focal point so you can appreciate the whole image.” http://www.estherlovesyou.com
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