100

I've actually reached my 100th post (well actually this makes it 101) but anyway here is a lovely lady celebrating 100!

Thank you my blogging fans for getting me this far!

Here is some useless information which you may find of interest... I've been blogging since June 2009 (the previous blog posts I sneakily changed the date to match the time of year to when events actually occurred) I've had 2,844 visits in total according to Google Analytics. The most being 372 on 20th April 2010 however this was because it involved a paparazzi story. The majority of my viewers have been from England with London and Bournemouth having the highest amount. Anyway I hope that I've kept you all interested and you continue to follow me on my fashion experience! x

Knit me up!

Salmon Cardigan Miss Selfridges, Crochet Black Tights New Look, Raccoon Hat River Island, Panda Mittens River Island, Pink Anklet Socks New Look, Striped Swing Dress Warehouse, Fringe Scarf Topshop, Navy Blue Cardigan Topshop.

Aviator and Country Living shoot.

I have a couple of shoots coming up in a few weeks which are based on the Aviator theme and Country Living theme.

This is a great opportunity as it is very current and the aviator jacket is one of Autumns key pieces. Knitwear is also very big this season, this will mean that it makes my job easier as there will be a lot to choose from when it comes to sourcing the outfits!
Anyway here's some inspirational images (I've also included the mood boards that the make-up artist and photographer sent me), I'm liking the 1930's/40's look so am thinking of basing the styling on this.
Although the shoots are both separate I can defiantly see similarities that can be crossed over!

Aviator Mood Board
Country Living Mood Board

Behind the scenes at the Grunge, Fetish shoot!

I had the grunge, fetish shoot this Tuesday up in London and I'm very pleased with the results.
Me and Nay had previously put together the looks last week whilst we met up so we had everything ready or at least we thought so.
I went up to London on the Monday as I went to the Nottinghill festival so when Nay texted me on Monday to say that the photographer hadn't actually asked the models permission to do bra-less and they were refusing I had a mid panic, luckily I had packed enough spares to cover us.
I met Nay Tuesday morning at Charing Cross for our 9.04 train (me being just in time due to tube delays) and we went to Welling. We hadn't actually anticipated how far we had to go out of London as the photographer said it was central (it defiantly was not).
Anyway despite this we did manage to find the location which was the photographers friends house and it was beautiful. So large that we actually managed to lose each other with huge white walls that made an excellent backdrop, very FRONT magazine!
Whilst we were on the train there I mentioned to Nay that the make-up artist wasn't coming, for a strange reason I had a gut feeling and low and behold she didn't! Again luckily I had my make-up with me from staying over in London and we managed to put together the sort of look the photographer wanted.
Despite the mishaps and the lack of organisation I think we managed to pull the shoot off quite well. I'm really pleased with the styling as I think it fits the brief perfectly and will also give a different look to my portfolio.
Nay is amazing at props and making set pieces, she was really inspired by the Dazed and Confused male head piece and used this inspiration to make some ingenious head pieces out of toys for the boys the wear. I think this really pulled the whole look together and stopped the shoot from looking to sexy.
The models worked so well together, like in any shoot there is always awkwardness at first. Perhaps more so with this shoot considering the lack of clothing, but they all managed to quickly put this aside and have fun with the shoot. I think the props really helped to make this happen and it meant the photographs don't look too posed.
From this shoot I have defiantly learnt so much.
1st to always be prepared, this is the 2nd shoot where I have had to do make-up last minute so I think it may be a good advantage for me to take a part-time course in make-up or at least bring a small kit with me just in case.

2nd is to always be organised and have spares, sometimes things won't work out and I will need to change or a model may refuse to wear something or it doesn't fit etc.

3rd is now to only do photo-shoots if there will at least be some contribution to the travel and our work, for example we had travelled very far to do this shoot and we were only offered one cup of tea and no lunch, the travel cost a lot so has defiantly set me back in funds.
I think I will now do shoots paid unless I feel they will benefit my portfolio.

Anyway despite all this I am pleased with the whole look and can't wait to get the final edits back! Will be up soon for you all to see!

Marc Jacobs ad

The men's fragrance has been out for a fair few months now but it was only when I was standing there waiting for a bus with the huge advertisement right in my face that my mind started to wonder...is it me or does Marc look like a turkey ready for Christmas Dinner?

The giant perfume bottle...yeah great, naked Marc Jacobs...perhaps, all on silver foil ready for the oven complete with oil...no!

Behind the scenes at the Vintage Boutique Shoot!

I was a styling assistant yesterday for boutique owner, Lydia Jones. The brief was to create three different looks under the titles A Modern Love Story, Go Wild in the Country and Modern Enchantment for her online boutique. So in overall we did three photo-shoots in one day.
I worked with the same team from the Cliff shoot. Bella Kotak photographing, Lydia Pankhurst doing the make-up and model Megan Waters and her friend Kelsey Birchmore.
The clothing was absolutely beautiful and it was so lovely working with such unique items.
I loved Lydia's studio, I aim to have something very similar one day!
I think this was one the most amusing endings to a shoot. Whilst taking the last few photographs for the bridal shoot an actual wedding party turned up to also use the same location. I love this photo of Megan as it actually looks like she is the bride!
Lydia really does do a fantastic job at the make-up comparing the two girls before they got their make-up done makes them look completely different. Megan told us that when Lydia did her make-up before for the Cliff shoot she managed to keep it on for a whole three days because she loved it so much.
It was only when we were packing up to go into the car that we actually realised there was too many of us...good thing models are tiny!
Overall we had a great day despite being very tired and cold towards the end. The shoot took a total of 12 hours but it was defiantly worth it! Final edits up soon!

A grunge, fetish shoot...

Yes you heard me right! Naomi has asked me to help her with a shoot next week which is loosely based on the images above. So I'm off to London tomorrow to style some scantily clad guys and girlies! This is defiantly not something I have done before but I think will defiantly add something different to my portfolio! Wish me luck...I have garters, hold-ups and barely-there tops at the ready!