Clear magazine, a clear, lushly printed quarterly that covers high-end design, fashion and the arts that was started by two Detroiters, now circulates around the world.
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The young, hip crowd Friday night at the Lofts at Rivertown drank and ate for free, received a complimentary copy of Clear magazine, and saw a fashion show staged under bright lights next to the courtyard swimming pool.
Ivana Kalafatic and Emin Kadi appeared to be just two of the partiers. They were stylishly dressed, seemed relaxed and mixed easily in the crowd.
Working out of a smartly reconverted grocery store in Royal Oak that is next door to their home, Kalafatic and Kadi have become known in sophisticated circles from Times Square to the Champs Elysee for their various businesses.
"They are in the forefront of design, even though they are based in Detroit. We get a lot of response from our ads in Clear," said John Lin, marketing director at Luminaire Inc., the Miami-based contemporary furnishings store.
Clear magazine emerged from the couple's desire to meld their skills. And it has evolved into the incubator for their other pursuits.
Emphasizing bold images, Clear covers worldwide fashion, design and culture. The most recent issue, weighing 1 pound, 10 ounces, had 136 pages that included provocative fashion spreads shot by Kadi and others, short reports on fashion trends and articles on a cutting-edge Spanish hotel, design in South Africa and Japanese athletic shoes.
According to Kadi, Clear has 12,000 subscribers who pay $25 a year for four issues, and he said the magazine sells about 86,000 copies out of a print run of 100,000.
When it comes to their hometown -- Kalafatic and Kadi say they are proud to represent Detroit.
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