In a Blank Space...

All of the pre-production and prep came down to this. Today was shoot day. We shot in a beautiful, airy and open stark white loft studio. Today was all about the trouser: Wide leg, cropped, ankle length, harem fluidly moving ones. Linen ones, silk jersey ones...A plethora of pants pants pants (and fabulous accessories to coordinate)!!! Our model, Karolina from FORD was a real pro and goodness could this girl move (yet another reason she was cast!) Not only did she have a strong book, and the rest of the specific criteria that we were looking for, but she also had amazing close cut, short hair!!!! (To be honest, we knew she was our girl the second she left the casting). The cool and laid back vibe of the day was foreshadowed when she came skipping across Hudson Street a bundle full of energy at 08:40.

We had 9 different shots to do, so, after Allison the clothing stylist finalized the looks, Hikari the hairstylist and I decided to change up the hair and makeup every third look. The hair went from softly sculpted and girlie, to kind of modern- spiky-messy (don't dare call it punk) and ended in a lovely modern slick, slightly 20's inspired style. I took the makeup from soft in the earlier shots and gradually intensified it as we progressed. It was definitely about a slightly stronger eye created with a sooty antique gold (more of a brassy undertone as opposed to a yellow)loose shadow, soft velvety skin, a sherbet colored sheer lip stain and a face sculpted with Shu Uemura Luring Powder (gosh do I love that stuff). In the later looks I added lower lashes to add to the drama and a flesh colored kajal pencil to enhance the wide eyed look...You can see a bit of the progression via some select, yet crude behind the scenes photos:

Come on in and have a seat...

Just one of the many pairs of accessories that I drooled over throughout the day; These Giuseppe Zanotti shoes (above) were amazing, and according to the model, also surprisingly comfy!

Hello lower lashes....

Above: Karolina in random behind-the-scenes shots...

Wrap it, ship it, Platinum...Day is done at 15:53 . We wrapped 1 hour and 6 minutes ahead of schedule.


I think this is one of my favorite fashion shoots that I've done in a long time....It's definitely different than any of the current work that I have. I'm happy to have explored with the team and come up with something different, ethereal, pure and dreamy...I can't wait to see the final edits in glossy form! Once again, kudos to the entire team for a job well done! I'll update with tears when I have them!

xx!
-K