Another near-future dystopian America around an annual national holiday known as “The Purge” where all crimes, including murder, are legal for 12-hours. The emphasis here is fashion rather than a horror movie shoot but with an unlikely source of inspiration. Everything was improvised. It was a warm summer evening, but we chose a night time look …
Here at last, was the first post lockdown shoot. We have Ben with whome I’ve done fantasy style adventure shoots in the past. This one of course is based on the Vikings series and showcases the latest look with his costume and accessories. Costume is from Sokol Workshop who do actually produce costumes for the …
John Donne wrote “No man is an island…”. He’s right but it does often feel that way. Brave Little Island is a phrase from a song I made way back. The loneliness of finding yourself and starting a creative journey in a grim old town. Photography has been another phase of my voyage anyway and …
Just this year (2020) Advenis was launched. The diversity message is fundamental in society. Diversity is our strength and when we stand together we survive and we grow. Industries like fashion have been polarised for too long and are not surprisingly becoming fragile. True beauty is robust. It grows, it doesn’t fade. It doesn’t depend …
I have eventually started taking fashion seriously and like a lot of things, Charlie’s Angels starts to make sense. It was a thing, people liked it and it stayed around. Anyway, so here we were just prior to lockdown shooting in my home town of South Shields on a sunny and extremely windy spring day. …
Set in Beltcraft Studio, London. A magic collection of models and stylists in a perfect grungy attitude environment. A day long workshop to explore as many concepts as you can in a single day with such amazing resources!
“My greatest passion is combining. Combining the styles (historical with modern) and combining the materials (recycling, upcycling material with luxury and high- quality fabrics). My designs are bespoke and draped creations with attention to detail. I create feminine shapes to make a woman feel beautiful, unique and confident with herself.” – London Runway 2018
The look and the detail of these pieces is remarkable. The highly original metallic shades especially transform skin tones. The company is based in Amsterdam but the session here was in London. It was a great opportunity to work with a leading edge designer and indeed a marvelous styling team.