Fashion photos
Autumnish
October 1, 2008
photography Patrick Clinton
make up and hair Leo Oley for Macpro
models Ola and Alesia (Muse Models)
stylist Cheryl Gray
There’s something non-committal about the Autumn season. Recently the weather has left many confused. It’s not quite warm, it’s not quite cold, nor on its way to cold. That’s the case at least in the mid-atlantic and north east. Maybe its due to global warming. Others around the world have noticed the trend as well and so they state that the weather is not Autumn, but Autumnish. It’s not a word you will find in the dictionary, its a recently created word. When photographer Patrick Clinton came to us with these photos editors all stated that the photos reminded them of Autumn but in that same non-committal manner. It was very… Autumnish.
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The Canal
August 2, 2008
Photography: Anne-Marie Michel www.annemariemichel.com
Fashion stylist: Aradia Crockett www.fashionstylists.co.uk
Makeup artist: Sandra Cooke www.sandracooke.net
Hair stylist: H from Ash Salons, Covent Garden
Photography Assistant:Johanna Nyholm
Model: Amanda Mitchell from Bookings Models www.bookingsmodels.co.uk
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Opening the box of clothes from German designer Bo Van Melskens was like Christmas come early. Each piece more exciting than the next, the combination of impeccable cut and tailoring, shapes created from slippery lurex and rigid silks.
After enveloping my self in the collection, I wanted to create a shoot, using almost exclusively their designs, as I thought it would be both beautiful and thought provoking. Designed by Danish Designer Sarah Elbo, the designs come from the creative hubbub that is Berlin, where she both lives and works.
A collection based on a specific story, who central character, Bo, a feminine dandy, serves as Elbo’s muse and inspiration from the label’s clothes, stories and music. Snapshots of her life attest to her wild side, unpretentious glamour, joie de vivre and a touch of melancholy.
Elbo herself describes the collection ‘as made up from body-hugging to outrageously oversized, shades of pastel yellow and pale pink meet deep olive and black’. Classic Jackie O style meets futurist, spacey flavours. Balloon shapes, quirky details, zips and intricate motif designs give the clothes both depth and huge originality. Dreamy, unique, feminine and classic all rolled into one label; I am dying to see the SS09 collection!
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