tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20522460610973013442024-03-13T11:07:14.111-07:00SAMSARA MODAFashion, Photography and other GemsSamsarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06765348619597875815noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052246061097301344.post-21069061733110252582012-09-18T20:22:00.000-07:002012-09-18T20:22:19.727-07:00Cupcakes & ChanelNot necessarily in that order...<br />
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<br />Samsarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06765348619597875815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052246061097301344.post-56924156338241923242012-04-20T14:53:00.000-07:002012-04-20T14:53:47.524-07:00Butter LONDON nail lacquers<div style="color: #252210; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;">by Samsara<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="color: #252210; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52qyBzLV7z7FmvqQgNctNefS_XJgBfr97zVJZ8AK7mBMrQWFGIycJk1ch0IkAOCVflOqGRQuoYoKlWWGr0VNthhWbe_eYQHYWNY_YrBUvo_4GjJXLnxRgJfbDb1-y5q3N00HwKWo0n-Te/s1600/butter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52qyBzLV7z7FmvqQgNctNefS_XJgBfr97zVJZ8AK7mBMrQWFGIycJk1ch0IkAOCVflOqGRQuoYoKlWWGr0VNthhWbe_eYQHYWNY_YrBUvo_4GjJXLnxRgJfbDb1-y5q3N00HwKWo0n-Te/s640/butter.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b>Their motto: "We believe in Rock & Roll. Great Britain. And Fashion."</b><br />
Butter LONDON was founded in 2005 by British entrepreneur, Sasha Muir, who saw a gap in the marketplace for luxurious yet affordable nail services and high quality products. To help her realize this vision, Sasha asked industry veteran Nonie Creme, London’s premier fashion manicurist, to partner with her as butter LONDON’s Founding Creative Director. With years of experience, Creme’s colour expertise was quickly put to use in the development of a unique, cutting edge and high fashion collection of lacquers and products.<br />
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By transforming catwalk trends to custom nail colour palettes, butter LONDON has developed a passionate following. butter LONDON is the cult phenomenon of the nail industry and is fast becoming famous for our high fashion, 3 Free (non-toxic) nail lacquers and revolutionary waterless nail services. butter LONDON products are formulated without the use of the harmful ingredients like Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP or Parabens. butter LONDON was the first company to sell non-toxic nail lacquer in the United States.<br />
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I am crazy about this polish, my favorite is the teal, "Slapper". Yes, $14.00 for nail polish is no bargain, however its quality is priceless. (Better than my Chanels!!) Butter London carries a variety of other products for nails and now for lips! Available at Ulta Beauty, Sephora and Dillards.<br />
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</div>Samsarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06765348619597875815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052246061097301344.post-38227163502283882542011-09-25T11:02:00.000-07:002011-09-25T11:02:05.745-07:00Online Vintage Store<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0M4A19YooGDWCgNEW-XDk60zPegjpNQ7utzS0p2wMKkC1ymrqIahiQCD9kW7V4iDx_Pzt409lJbRuZs2QHQm1Nde5UzydljQ8yQqs6ySNRlYmdTLkE0tTkAkFl-C9nwSssPFNNA9DCpok/s1600/SAMSARAmoda+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0M4A19YooGDWCgNEW-XDk60zPegjpNQ7utzS0p2wMKkC1ymrqIahiQCD9kW7V4iDx_Pzt409lJbRuZs2QHQm1Nde5UzydljQ8yQqs6ySNRlYmdTLkE0tTkAkFl-C9nwSssPFNNA9DCpok/s640/SAMSARAmoda+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>This was a collaboration between stylist Adelina Aleksandrova and myself. We were just informed today that our photo was chosen to feature in the ZARA People Contest!<br />
I always find that if two or more artists can get past each other's bizarre and obstinate nature..they can do fabulous things together!<br />
...Sorry, have to run now, we are off to spend our prize money at ZARA!<br />
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http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category/us/en/zara-S2011/99512/Week%2B%232Samsarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06765348619597875815noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052246061097301344.post-6866919887145665962011-06-02T18:05:00.000-07:002011-06-02T18:05:07.341-07:00On the Street...with Adelina Aleksandrova<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGCGELQMR3quKA6rh_EVZBYSlIaaBkU9lN0DkkoAULYeQqOP-vU4SavFeigoRPXPm8X2yh7S3hEsvsxK0RuiJ5xVk7ds2MSYxOamHvA0XToSPXfCl-Rjo5R4B8l6iM3GhVTiJGWENFxjT/s1600/DSC_0343.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGCGELQMR3quKA6rh_EVZBYSlIaaBkU9lN0DkkoAULYeQqOP-vU4SavFeigoRPXPm8X2yh7S3hEsvsxK0RuiJ5xVk7ds2MSYxOamHvA0XToSPXfCl-Rjo5R4B8l6iM3GhVTiJGWENFxjT/s640/DSC_0343.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On the streets of Las Olas, fashionably styled by Adelina Aleksandrova. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">All Zara, spring collection 2011. Photos by Samsara.</span><!--EndFragment--></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In one of my posts dating back in February I mentioned how sorbet hues would be in full bloom this spring, well, this is what I had in mind! Well done Bebe! Stellar line and photo shoot; I love it all: colors, textures, makeup and accessories!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Samsarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06765348619597875815noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052246061097301344.post-73857619429301815252011-05-04T09:50:00.000-07:002011-05-04T15:39:55.881-07:00O’Shun…the Goddess of Love, Rivers and Beauty<div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> by Samsara</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">When my dear friend Sherine B. showed me her brochure designed for her full line of skin care, sun care and massage products, I immediately envisioned a photo session … and I was ecstatic at the idea to take upon this task.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> Sherine, a cosmetic chemist, was raised in Senegal and graduated from the Institut de Parfum, Aroma and Cosmetics in Montpellier, France. Her line of products is formulated with organic extracts such as Green Tea and Baobab, strictly void of animal-derived ingredients, nut oil, parabens or silicones. These products strike me for their fresh fragrances, velvety textures and adorable packaging.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> When visiting her home for a few test shots, Sherine enlightened me -in her very gracious French accent- with the mythology of the Goddess O’Shun and, the reason why she chose to use this name as one of her labels became very clear. O’Shun, the West African Goddess, is the mother of water, love and everything beautiful such as<b> </b>jewels, amber, cowrie shells, brass, gold, river rocks, perfume, mirrors, shades of yellow<b>. </b>She represents the cosmological forces of water, moisture, and attraction. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> “My philosophy is to spread beauty” admits Sherine “love and harmony in the World.”</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">These are the photos we took.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When stumbling upon my fellow Italian, photographer Fulvio Bonavia’s artwork a few weeks ago, I wondered how I had missed out on such a creative artist. I also thought to myself “here is a two fold post; photography and fashion accessories!”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author of the book, A Matter of Taste, Fulvio started off as a graphic designer creating movie posters to later follow his true calling: photography. Because every photographer should be a good graphic designer, both skills go hand in hand. Fulvio is outstanding in both professions. Adidas, Heineken, Swatch, Alfa Romeo, Jaguar, Saab and BMW, just to name some of his clients, Fulvio's work is more than edgy and innovative, I would describe it as mind blowing!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A Matter of Taste is a collection of Fulvio Bonavia’s photographs/assemblages of accessories made with food: fruits, vegetables, pasta, fish and candy... He has worked with flowers and other mixed media as well. Does this make him a sculpture too? You can be the judge of that. I'm just happy he is not a designer, so all us fashion enthusiasts won't be going out on a shopping spree -for once- for an item of his latest collection! Times are tough.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here is some of his fantastic work.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', fantasy;"><br />
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</div>Samsarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06765348619597875815noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052246061097301344.post-9142315108004097492011-03-14T20:46:00.000-07:002011-03-14T20:46:01.906-07:00Ring a bell?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Samsara </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', fantasy;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There is such a wide variety of rings out there lately aside from our ordinary and classic ones; cluster rings, knuckle rings, two finger rings, bubble rings, flower rings, stacked rings, fringe rings, cut-out rings and many more… Have we always had such an ample choice of shapes, styles and symbols? Dazzling rings encrusted with plant forms and animals -birds seem to be a big trend- rings adorned with not only stones but feathers, fur, wood, enamel and lucite. Then again, animals have been an adornment since the most remote times; a typical representation engraved in Egyptian rings was in fact the scarabaeus; early Christians used the Greek symbol Icthus, resembling a fish. And numerous materials were used even in ancient times. Maybe we haven’t invented much after all, nonetheless we can indulge in these magnificent jewels, stand assured there will be one to fit your style and budget. These are some of my favorites pieces. </span></div><span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-OzsliX7wFjQH1roHoDjUK0UnSCFLRdcSjOAmf5UmoIr1JMkpoxnjWl0HYHHyumAaUROyPMR8M3mM0mdzeudyj06D5cPIoOuV2uGIHQBQRsB9nk8cdTkFaU6QFeqrYBtJLJFUpAp8lLp/s1600/numeri.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-OzsliX7wFjQH1roHoDjUK0UnSCFLRdcSjOAmf5UmoIr1JMkpoxnjWl0HYHHyumAaUROyPMR8M3mM0mdzeudyj06D5cPIoOuV2uGIHQBQRsB9nk8cdTkFaU6QFeqrYBtJLJFUpAp8lLp/s640/numeri.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. Aquamarine & Diamond Ring $6,310 barney.com</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2. Rachel Roy $55 rachelroy.com</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3. Peridot Ring $88 charmandchain.com</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4. Faceted Faux Stone Ring $4.80 forever21.com</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5. YSL Oval khaki $295 cultstatus.com.au</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6. Raw Jewelry by JLRicci Round Camelian Cocktail $750 maxandchloe.com</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">7. YSL Saint Laurent Arty glass ring $185 net-a-porter.com</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">8. Ming by Mango Green Ring $20 jcpenney.com</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">9. Double Greek Ring in Tourmalines $3.735 yland23.com</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">10 Labradonite and Quartz Midnight ring $1.580 ylang23.com</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">11. Coral Slice Ring $15 dorothyperkins.com</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">12 Decadent Swanky Ring, Moonstone $122 charmandchain.com.</span></span><!--EndFragment--> </div></span>Samsarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06765348619597875815noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052246061097301344.post-56966259233513559392011-03-07T10:34:00.000-08:002011-03-15T08:35:18.697-07:00Birds of a feather...<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">By Samsara </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thursday evening I attended a Lola James trunk show at Liliac&Lilies, a charming upscale local boutique. Kourtney Kardashian, E News host Giuliana Rancic among other celebrities,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> have been spotted wearing the trendy jewelry. Butterfly necklaces, beaded bracelets, drop earrings, hearts, elephants and other good fortune charms. The jewelry however was not the only highlight of the evening. The boutique carries a hip line of merchandise, I had to feast my eyes on. I have to admit I was blown away by a theme: feathers. Not that I was oblivious that feathers were going to be a big trend this season, but they were everywhere, on hats, shoes, handbags, earrings. This was pretty ironic due to the fact that just that evening I was wearing a structured cream blouse and a black lace mini trimmed with…yes, feathers, yet a moment before leaving the house I decided that the feathers were perhaps a bit over the top for a trunk show so I changed into an understated Marc Jacobs skirt!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I guess you can say I chickened out! Little did I know I would have fit right in.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> All jokes aside, feathers are a dramatic touch and you have to know how to wear them, they can be rather kitschy if not styled well. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We have indeed seen lots in the past few months: on Natalie Portman in Black Swan, we've seen them on the Catwalk with Dior and Givenchy, Gwyneth Paltrow was gorgeous in her fuschia feather earrings during the Grammys, and finally on Oscar night; Hilary Swank, Sharon Stone, and Naomi Watts wore ostrich feathers w/ such feminine flair and elegance, I am now feeling a little bummed to have been missing out on such a trend! </span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', fantasy;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Of all the 100 shows debuted this month during the Women’s Fall-Winter 2011 runway season , one collection had me at the edge of my seat… alas the seat of my home office as a YouTube spectator – but that’s a story for another day. On a mirrored runway and a venue lined with tufted blue vinyl columns, Marc Jacob displayed the most interesting and whimsical collection of the season! His ensembles were simply dazzling. The elegant lines, the textures, the harmony of colors, a</span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ll together in a walk down memory lane of 1940s silhouettes …personal assistants ( then“</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">secretaries</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">”) , flight attendants (then “stewardesses”), yet in contemporary, or better, futuristic materials. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Elegance did not spring from Jacobs’ quite eclectic choice of fabrics -rubber, polyester, crepe, </span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">guipure-lace, paillettes, fake-crocodile, organza and fox fur- but from the peplum dresses, the pencil skirts and sheer blouses. As a result, the contrast of old and new was genius! </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The designer was not too fond of my pictures, I guess she was hoping for full body catwalk shots of her models in full stride. Most of my shots were rather cropped, by design...</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Well…the catwalk was only about 20 feet long, sitting on the sand, and at my opposite end was a crowd</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">of spectators… not quite the Karl Lagerfeld crowd,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so to speak.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Talk about unreasonable requests.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It gets better, by the time I was done gathering my equipment, my pink Miu Miu slip-ons -which I had tossed aside while shooting- were nowhere to be found. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I walked back to my car, after a long day, a gig gone bad, a dissatisfied client, my Miu Miu’s were long gone, barefoot on the scorching asphalt…but I was happy because I was doing what I love to do.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Samsarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06765348619597875815noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052246061097301344.post-19276835847314369692011-01-19T13:20:00.000-08:002011-02-20T20:54:41.015-08:00Smoke and Mirrors<div class="MsoNormal">These photos are from a shoot taken a few years back by my friend, fellow photographer Vicky Scesa and myself. We named the shoot “Smoke and Mirrors” due to the mysterious and decadent quality of the model’s wardrobe, styling and the location. We chose an abandoned Opera House, with lacquered gilt and scarlet walls, a dazzling mezzanine and a breathless chandelier, yet the floors were filthy and lined with garbage. <o:p>The model flawlessly conveyed our “Smoke and Mirrors” theme, Julia was downright gorgeous.</o:p><br />
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