32 20 48 NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FEATURED IN THIS MONTH’S ISSUE: + Arizona Apparel Foundation + Arizona Opera + East Valley Women’s League + F.A.B.R.I.C. + Florence Crittenton + Fresh Start Women’s Foundation + Keep Nature Wild + Keep Phoenix Beautiful + Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix + LabelHorde + Liberty Wildlife + Voyce Threads EDITOR’S NOTE ........................ 05 Sew Chic! 10 QUESTIONS WITH ............ 06 Cameron Jarman and Sean Huntington BOOKMARKED ......................... 10 What Local Nature Lovers Are Reading This Month OFFICE DOORS ........................ 12 Andrea Katsenes of Cox Communications C AREY’S CORNER .................. 18 Knock Your Socks Off COVER STORY ......................... 20 Designing Women NEXT DOORS ............................ 28 Playing Ball for Maryvale GIVING IN STYLE .................... 32 A Daily Dose of Glamour CHEERS TO THE CHAIRS ..... 36 Kate Specter and Craig Bohmler CHARITY SPOTLIGHT .......... 38 East Valley Women ʼ s League KITCHEN DOORS .................... 42 Major League Eats A 2 ND ACT .................................... 44 Hanging Out at Flo ʼ s OPEN DOORS ........................... 48 An Interview with Cheryl Burke TABLE OF CONTENTS { march 2019, volume 17, issue 3 }

Bike shorts, fanny packs, stirrup pants … not high on the list of things I thought would make a fashion comeback. But I have it on good advice ( Vogue magazine and my teenage son) that they are all in style again. Fashion is like that, of course. The pendulum swings. And you can either feel the thrill of gravity’s pull as you catch the latest wave, or opt to resist the current trend. Either way, it’s fun to appreciate the styles and seasons exerting their gravitational pull. Until recently, we had to perceive that pull coming from cities other than our own. That’s why I was so excited to meet Angela Johnson and Sherri Barry, the founders of F.A.B.R.I.C., a local fashion incubator that combines manufacturing resources, co-op workspace, events, industry training and a lot more so that emerging designers can launch a fashion business right here in the Valley. So what are the hallmarks of Arizona style? Not easy to pin down, according to F.A.B.R.I.C. co-founder Sherri Barry. “Of the 300-plus brands we’ve helped launch, nobody has come in here with even close to the same design,” she said. “We’re helping designers who are filling very niche markets for diverse clientele that are completely underserved by the mass fashion industry.” Economic development and cool threads? It’s a game-changing combination for both the city of Tempe and Arizona’s fashion community. Keep Nature Wild is another local fashion business that’s wielding stylish duds for social good — in this case, removing trash from parks, trails and sidewalks. And then there’s Voyce Threads, an Arizona brand that brings awareness to important causes by creating mismatched socks that tell the stories of organizations working to make the world a better place. It’s all fresh, fun, inspiring stuff that we hope you’ll enjoy reading about. So inspiring that I’m keeping an open mind when it comes to the latest styles, resisting the urge to scoff at fanny packs rebranded as “waist bags” or a pair of jeans so high they’re dubbed “The Ribcrusher.” But I’m drawing the line at acid wash. SEW CHIC Karen Werner EDITOR @kwerner409 EDITOR’S NOTE {on the job}