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photography by ancelis nunez photography (sparkle); Michael blanchard (nantucket, revere); conor doherty (haMilton); Makeup by tavi de la rosa; hair by Jesse blodgett/Mario russo left: Modeling Mike&Ton at the Sparkle fashion show to benefit Rosie's Place with designer Tonya Mezrich. center: With Artemis Design Co. founder Milicent Armstrong and ConforMIS senior director Beth Best at our Nantucket bash. right: On the rooftop of the Revere Hotel with general manager Simon Mais for our summer soirée. Learning to play bass guitar with Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton—a pretty good teacher! On the next page, yOu'll read hOw Our publisher, Glen Kelley, fulfilled a childhood dream by playing ball at Fenway Park, for Massachusetts Fallen Heroes. I was there, too, on the same field, softball mitt in hand. But unlike Mr. Kelley—as cool as playing at Fenway was—thoughts of one-two- three-strike… You. Are. So. Out… swirled around my head. I was in second grade again. A couple of innings in, I excused myself to the ladies' room, then ran for the hills. Point is, we're always a baseball toss away from the schoolyard, especially in September. Fall is all about the first day of school, fresh beginnings, and, now that we are adults, fall fashion—no school uniforms in sight. For inspiration, we sought out some of Boston's most colorful personalities. Show us your stuff, we told them. For Olympic g ymnast Aly Raisman, this meant showing off her gold medals, along with her penchant for Alexander McQueen. Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton led us to shelves and shelves of Grammys, guitars, and insanely cool leather pants, while couture collector Alli Achtmeyer played dress-up in one droolworthy piece after another, even an Indian headdress. Lest you think only Homo sapiens warrant closet envy, we asked a four-footed fashionista to model her au courant collars. That's just the beginning. Look in this issue for the inside scoop on the modeling world with Maggie Inc. owner and president Robert Casey, a glamorama hot-off-the- runway fashion spread, and a glimpse of the f lashy, see-and-be- seen, new-on-the-scene restaurant Liquid Art House in the Back Bay. Far away from Fenway Park. Years away from second-grade softball. That said, go Sox. Follow me on Facebook at facebook.com/boston-common and on bostoncommon-magazine.com. lisa pier pont 32 bostoncommon-magazine.com letter From the editor-in-Chief