Babesta Beat SS17

“I mpossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they ’ ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it . I mpossible is not a fact . I t ’ s an opinion . I mpossible is not a declaration . I t ’ s a dare . I mpossible is potential . I mpossible is temporary . I mpossible is nothing .” – M uhammad A li P ower is on our mind these days. The politics of power, the appropriate use of power, the power to overcome. It’s no wonder: we shot our cover story at the venerable Gleason’s Gym, New York’s last man standing of boxing’s Golden Age. Gleason’s has hosted fighters from Tyson and Camacho to Muhammed Ali. We were lucky enough to shoot there a few days before its Front Street location closed its doors and moved to a new address (the gym’s 4th in its 80-year history) to make way for luxury condominiums. (A true New York story!) The gritty space was nonstop noise and nonstop motion (until they did the mannequin challenge that is, midway through the day). Amateur fighters, pros, fashion models and our stylish kids commingled through the space, trading off in and out of the ring. A couple pro fighters even made it into the ring with us, good sports indeed. Gleason’s was the real deal, reeking of warmth, camaraderie and determination, mixed with, of course, some good old fashioned sweat. These days we all need to conjure up our inner prizefighters—the world’s uncertain, it’s all truths vs. post truths and facts vs. “alternative facts,” where effect trumps cause—and we found Gleason’s a surprising place of order, solace and inspiration. So akin to Babesta’s values were those of these prizefighters: independent in their spirits, unique in their gifts, light on their feet, laser focused, yet ever-moving. We left the gym that day recharged, ready to face whatever challenges come our way, with a quote from Virgil ringing in our heads (and emblazoned on the back of our new Gleason’s tees we couldn’t help but snap up): “Now whoever has courage, and a strong and collected spirit in his breast, let him come forward, lace on the gloves and put up his hands.” spring forward WITH Babe sta Beat!

Harness your power this spring and turn impossible on its head. JENN, AZ & THE BABESTA TEAM

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