Setting up camp for our first shot took well over two hours. The equipment for the shoot took up an RV, two trucks and a van. Attempting to wrangle gawking tourists from wandering into this shot took constant effort.
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Setting up camp for our first shot took well over two hours. The equipment for the shoot took up an RV, two trucks and a van. Attempting to wrangle gawking tourists from wandering into this shot took constant effort.
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During our very serious styling session, Marianne helps test our accessory options for this gorgeous satin Therese Rawsthorne dress. The bag on her head prevents make up from getting on borrowed clothing, but it made a good prop for pretending we were
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During our very serious styling session, Marianne helps test our accessory options for this gorgeous satin Therese Rawsthorne dress. The bag on her head prevents make up from getting on borrowed clothing, but it made a good prop for pretending we were
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The sun beat down on us relentlessly! The magical cure of the day came in the form of one dirty towel I found in the van which we cut into strips, dunked in melted cooler ice and tied around our necks. We looked like an odd accessory campaign.
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The sun beat down on us relentlessly! The magical cure of the day came in the form of one dirty towel I found in the van which we cut into strips, dunked in melted cooler ice and tied around our necks. We looked like an odd accessory campaign.
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Though it looks like we’re playing “Ye Olde Time Photo Booth” Carlin’s traveling display monitor let us know we were not suffering unjustly when beautiful photos would pop up on the screen.
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Though it looks like we’re playing “Ye Olde Time Photo Booth” Carlin’s traveling display monitor let us know we were not suffering unjustly when beautiful photos would pop up on the screen.
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We had high hopes of hanging out in the RV’s air conditioned luxury. But the cooler went kaput on us about 20 minutes after arriving. After that, we made it our job to look cool.
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We had high hopes of hanging out in the RV’s air conditioned luxury. But the cooler went kaput on us about 20 minutes after arriving. After that, we made it our job to look cool.
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During set up changes we would rub ice on our models to keep them from overheating, while also sopping up any sweat threatening to touch the clothing. Oh, the glamorous world of fashion!
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During set up changes we would rub ice on our models to keep them from overheating, while also sopping up any sweat threatening to touch the clothing. Oh, the glamorous world of fashion!
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In one of the more glamorous moments of my new job as a fashion editor, here I am rolling the dust off a black Gucci dress in the desert, while smoke machines are running rampant. (It took at least half a roll at a time). Do you know how to remove th
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In one of the more glamorous moments of my new job as a fashion editor, here I am rolling the dust off a black Gucci dress in the desert, while smoke machines are running rampant. (It took at least half a roll at a time). Do you know how to remove th
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The smoke machine man cometh….
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The smoke machine man cometh….
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To prevent any farm bits from making their way onto our lovely garments, we used stand-ins to figure out the set up, then had the models climb onto their apple boxes and change clothes right in the middle of the field.
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To prevent any farm bits from making their way onto our lovely garments, we used stand-ins to figure out the set up, then had the models climb onto their apple boxes and change clothes right in the middle of the field.
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After the celebratory champagne had been drunk, and the latkes Carlin’s wife made us were ravenously devoured, we packed up our gear via headlights and finally headed home to blissful sleep.
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After the celebratory champagne had been drunk, and the latkes Carlin’s wife made us were ravenously devoured, we packed up our gear via headlights and finally headed home to blissful sleep.
August 16th, 2010 Dear Diary, It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks. A random email from Randy Gragg, the Editor-in-Chief of Portland Monthly magazine, led me to a cafê confab with him and the magazine’s Art Director, Jason Blackheart (who appeared to have never heard of Jersey Shore—how can that be?) After our meeting (some might call it “interrogation”) I discovered they were interested in having me collaborate with them on the magazine’s fall fashion …
