Bal Harbour

DAVE HOLMES In his Bal Harbour debut, Dave Holmes takes a look into the new wave of private clubs in Miami and around the country. Dave is an editor-at-large for Esquire, and a contributor to outlets including Runner's World and Good Beer Hunting. (It's called balance.) He hosts the LGBTQ-themed podcast Homophilia, and the 10-episode investigation into the disappearance of a '90s boy band, Waiting For Impact: A Dave Holmes Passion Project. His memoir "Party of One" was named one of NPR's Best Books of the Year, and if you buy him a drink, he will tell you the stories the Random House legal department suggested he keep to himself. TRACY TALOR Tracy Taylor is a fashion stylist with a prolific body of work. Formerly the style director of Net-a-Porter and Porter magazine as well as fashion director of Marie Claire, Taylor has styled more than 100 celebrity covers, and is now enjoying a bi-coastal freelance career. She collaborated with Stewart Shining on this issue's cover story. "Stewart has a special way of connecting with his subjects, which makes them shine in front of his lens. We all had a great time on set!" STEWART SHINING LA-based photographer Stewart Shining captured this issue's cover model, Kristina Romanova, at her Miami Beach home. "I've known Kristina since she was 18, so it was a blast to reconnect and spend the day making pictures together again!" Shining's portraits and fashion photography have appeared on scores of covers, including Rolling Stone, Vogue, Vanity Fair and W—as well as this publication. Shining released his first book, "Alessandra by Stewart Shining," last year. Since 2001, he has served on the board of directors of the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc. TIANA RANDALL Tiana Randall is an American writer and creative producer based in New York who has dedicated their work to uncovering fashion, culture, music, and beauty through an unorthodox lens. For their first Bal Harbour contribution, Randall interviewed photographer Sophia Wilson, who is this year's Bal Harbour Shops Emerging Fashion Photography Award winner. Before writing for publications like Vogue, The New York Times, i-D, and more they held a position at Office Magazine as the digital editor. C ON T R I BU T OR S 44 BAL HARBOUR

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