Alice Magazine NYC - Chapter 1

David Bowie’s recent death left me, along with so many others, devastated. From the age of
eleven, Bowie was a major influence on my choices in literature, art, style, travel, and
countless other personal choices and decisions. He was more than a rock star to me; he was
a mentor. I am not alone in this perspective, as an entire generation grew up with Bowie in
the spotlight. When criticized for our choices in style, judged for our nontraditional
appearance, or attacked for our sexuality, we could all point to Bowie and say, “We don’t
follow you. We follow him.” His life and music was the antithesis of the cookie cutter,
prefabricated lifestyle we were told we had to enlist in in order to have a place in society.
Bowie made the impossible possible; he made strange and weird a trend, helped bring
down the Berlin wall, and wrote some of the best music in the world, all while staying true
to himself and his values.
Alice is the realization of a lifelong dream of mine: the fusion of rock and roll and fashion.
More aptly put: Sound + Vision. In an age of mass production, mass consumption, and
repetition, we hope to serve as a reminder that weird, strange, and different are good
qualities, and that with enough persistence it is possible to change the world. You don’t
need to follow them.
“You can follow us. Straight down the fucking rabbit hole.”
This first issue is dedicated to David Bowie, who changed my life for the better.
Editor in Chief
Melissa Rodwell
Creative Director
Georgia Mitropolous
Art Director
Richard Ray Ruiz
Managing Editor
Kris DeVito
Digital Director
Jan Klier
Associate Editor
Paix Robinson
Photo Editor
David Neilands of Solstice Retouch
Social Media Manager
Abigail Leyva
Cover Photographed by MARCUS COOPER
Styled by GEORGIA MITROPOULOS