Fashion brand Amongst Peers tailors a retail hub centered on creative collaboration

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Beyond creating its own stylings, Columbus fashion brand Amongst Peers has formed a retail hub in the Short North, one that aims to promote and sell streetwear brands from around the world.

Along with offering working class-inspired street and leisurewear branded under the Amongst Peers moniker, co-owner Mario Hairston said the store, located at 15 W. 5th Ave., carries brands and high-end garments from Montana, Miami, New York, Los Angeles and France.

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Special education students create costumes for infants in intensive care

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Lodge Community School students carefully sorted through mounds of thin cotton sheets, heart-shaped stickers and letters to pick items for their Valentine's Day costumes.

The importance of each detail is heightened for Kyrah Williams and other Lodge special education students, who are focused on making the perfect fit for babies in Ascension St. Vincent's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

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Shooters Shoot: A Look into Columbus Photography

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In many ways, the power of an image fills the leaping holes in the crusade for fitting description. The responsibility or the “eye” to garner the essence of a picture is handled by few.

Fortunately for Columbus’ mid-level personal bloggers, self-described models and public figures, there’s been a rise in photographic lore.

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A look into Alexander Wang's Fall '17 collection

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Alexander Wang has been known to make statements in the fashion world. Since his debut in 2007, he’s had the ability to create trends that break boundaries in today’s industry. It’s his mark, and one that’s widened as his career has expanded internationally.

The release of the Alexander Wang Fall 2017 Menswear Collection further showcased his creative ingenuity, as he captured the vintage look of teen horror flicks, most notably Stephen King’s novel-turned-film, “Christine,” released the year of Wang’s birth (1983).

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