Snob

The job of stylist has always been both a dream of mine and a role i seem to fall into naturally. I have always amused myself by dressing my friends up, and often get phone calls or friends popping over last minute, asking me to help them throw together outfits for all kinds of events. So it has been exciting for me to have recently had the opportunity to style some shoots for some of my photographer friends. The first one I'm sharing here is special to me because it features one of my very best friends, Miss Rachel, as the model - and a highly respected photographer friend of mine, Stephanie Bouzard, behind the lens.

We were going for a kind of rich-bitch, high-fashion, veronica-lake, hot-mannequin sort of vibe. I'm so happy with the way they came out - Rachel's hair is to die for in the photos and Stephanie has an amazing way with light and shadow. I have a few more styling opportunites coming up soon so stay tuned!

Skate or Die

I made a previous post about my crazy-talented friend Chantel Beam's photos, and mentioned how excited I was to work with her again. Well this weekend I was thrilled to get a chance to participate in one of her shoots. She took me, and some gorgeous friends of hers from Seattle, to these eerie abandoned bunkers on the far side of the Golden Gate bridge, where we got to see the amazing sunset drip its way down over the city's skyline. After the sun was down, we found ourselves at the city's sickest skate park taking photos in half pipes like it ain't no thang.

Compared to the last Chantel shoot i posted, these photos have a lot more grit - but still maintain her dreamy teenage runaway vibe, her playful sense of color, and her androgynous approach to fashion. I also adore that she lets the eccentric beauty of her friends/models shine through, rarely asking us to change anything about our hair or make-up other than providing some awesome LimeCrime lip colors to wear (I got to try the new dark green Serpentina! LUV). Here are some of the photos from the shoot the other day that came out especially rad. & be sure to check out more of Chantel's seriously amazing work on her flickr and website. I guarantee you this girl is going places.

Flower Gazers

my friend and exceptionally talented photographer Chantel Beam took me on adventure of a photo-shoot a couple months ago in Oakland. It was a totally impromptu and unexpected shoot for me, but i am so thrilled it worked out. The photos have this awesome, eerie floral-teenage-alien-doll-kraftwork-album-cover vibe to them. I still love them so much, I wanted to share them here - her shoots just keep getting more and more impressive, i hope i get a chance to work with her again soon!

check out more of Chantel's work HERE!

Cry, Cry Baby

 

There's nothing quite like a frilly dress and a leather jacket to make a girl feel invincible.
Just ask Wanda Woodward.

Dress: vintage
Jacket: Nastygal
Shoes: Modcloth
Sunglasses: Karen Walker "Anytime"

Water Babies

I've mentioned before that I am a true California girl. Give me palm trees, give me late night drive-thrus, give me sunshine and swimming pools and hollywood glamour!! Due to my ghostly pallor and literal sun allergies, I don't spend as much time soaking up rays as I would like - I suffered one too many brutal sunburns as a child on Orange County's beaches to make that mistake again. Not to mention the bay area's beaches aren't exactly that kind of beach. And forget about finding a pool! So these days I find myself living out my aquatic fantasies by indulging in an excessive amount of impractical vintage swimwear. In vintage shops I always find myself drawn to the itty bitty bikinis and elegant maillots, pieces i purchase and end up hanging in my closet never to see the light of day. Well that, my dears, is why photo-shoot adventures exist! Show me a reason to dress up, and I'll show you a handful of my most beloved vintage bathing suits!

So my trusty/favorite photographer and I ventured down to Aquatic Park and took a few glamour shots of just a couple of my favorite suits - it was actually quite foggy, cold and sticky but these photos make it look like a dream! I should probably mention that these photos were shot on REAL FILM and unedited - same will go for most of my photos unless they are obviously from an iPhone!

look #1: vintage 1930's pajama tie-top worn with non-vintage hat and shorts

look #2: 1960's Cole of California pastel chevron-striped bikini, worn with vintage cardigan

look #3: 1960's union-made Mondrian inspired maillot

* all worn with Aldo shoes & Karen Walker sunglasses

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