Gosh what a spectacle

Spectacles galore @ Viktor and Rolf SS11

I love the quirky spectacle print on the sweater and that ice cream mint colour is gorgeous: I would love that colour on a vintage belt please :)

So many collections, so many shows....

Whilst sunning myself, I have actually missed some of my technical world, although whilst away we did have FashionTV so in between the pool, beach, the bar and the sauna I saw some of the collections for this season.

Also, throughout my emails I have seen a lot of the menswear collections, they are amazing this season, these are a few of my favourites.

Raf Simons-

I loved his printed t's: a gorgeous collaboration with Antwerp artist/writer Peter de Potter and his amazingly huge pants look like a comfortable take on loose formality.





Y.S.L-

Stefano Pilati's choice of colour for this whole collection is stunning, the pieces, I think, are almost unisex which I love, this has always been a trademark of the YSL brand but this season, to me it looks much more acessible for this than any past collection. The sandals I love too.





Maison Martin Margiela-

Mainly for the unique presentation but again the MMM house is genius, the clothes for this season were simply classic.

Scrummy @ Pringle SS11

Well hello there everyone, I am finally back to normality...although I have had some holiday blues, I am back and have been filtering through my 800+ emails I had when I got home and sieving through these has been a mammouth task, hence why I am so late with my posting, there's so many yummy things I have been sent in my email.

Firstly I was very exited to read a short article on ANOTHER.com from the designer at Pringle, Clare Weight Keller, in discussion about her Menswear S/S11 collection. Once I read the article I checked out good ol' style.com and saw the beautiful collection. In said article Clare spoke of playing with key pieces in a gentlemens wardrobe and talked about wanting to deconstruct the materials of these staple pieces to give them a yummy freshness, which looking at the collection, I think she has with gorgeous simplicity, the colour palette is stunning.

American Gigolo photoshoot

As promised these are our group shoot images for our end of year photoshoot, based on the film 'American Gigolo'. (unedited photos)

Photography: Laura Oliver
MUA: Hannah Ellen
Team Leaders: Myself and Claire Johnson
Styling/art direction etc....Fashion Promotion with Styling students, year2, UCLAN

Captivating Contrasts

I love the look of this photoshoot: the lighting, location choice, the props...everything.

I find the contrast of the beautiful model against the blemished backdrop interesting and exciting.

Stunning.

MCMagazine

How cute is this photoshoot from MCMag???

I love how the stylist has styled the clothing with quite a country-esque feeling with the headpieces and wellington boots, all against the backdrop of business greys, navy and silver architectural buildings of New York City.

Washed Ashore Inspiration

When I get back from my beach filled break, I am doing a photoshoot with a group of people based on the idea of 'Washed Ashore'. The photographer contacted myself and Marie (my stylist friend) with positive feedback on our last photoshoot that myself and Marie styled together: the photoshoot where we made natural headgear from twigs, leather straps and patience.

So, with the idea of washed ashore, I have been thinking about the shoot and looking at fashion imagery to give me inspiration and ideas for the styling of the shoot. The photographer has asked if I could make custom made pieces for the shoot, pieces very much like the accessories we made for the last organic shoot: which is very exciting to have a project and something to work towards in the summer.

I came across this photoshoot from Dazed Digital which is perfect inspiration for our photoshoot. The brief is basically, as mentioned, based on the washed ashored theme, the look needs to be quite natural, we are having two male models and the styling ideas spoke of at the mo, are naturally made or found accessories for guys: so when I came across these images I became very excited and the ideas started forming.

The headpieces in this shoot I just love. I'm excited to start drawing up some ideas with the photographer and I think my holiday will really help with inspiring me for the shoot, my suitcase coming back to the UK may well be filled with drift wood and gorgeous shells.

Oscar de La Cuteness

Oscar De La Renta Resort 2011 collection.

Lovely Ladylike.

New faces, new places

I go away this weekend for two weeks for a yummy rest, but when I get back I want to do more projects for university, maybe change my work experience for a bit.

Before we finished for our summer holidays, we did a group photoshoot based on the film, 'American Gigolo' (which, some time this week I will upload the photos of) and whilst being a team leader, I began to realise how much work really goes into a photoshoot, and how much networking one can do just through one photoshoot. So with this in mind, for some work experience over summer I began to look at Model agencies to see if I could work alongside the casting for models, or even just be in the environment and just see how things work when casting models. I think when I get back from my jollies I will contact some agencies in Leeds to get some more work experience.....

Oh also, in my email the other day, I saw part of an article showcasing new faces in the model/fashion world and I came across this stunning model, Marthe Flatmo.

She is naturally beautiful. I love her long hair, her innocent face and her striking eyes.