Thursday 28 July 2011

peace out city slickerrrsss

im hitting the beach, i'll resume posting in a few days. try not to miss me too much

peace&love


Things i will be louching out on over the next few days:


floral bikinis

swimming for 2 hours 

drinks (cyprus flag optional)

maybe even some cocktails

the ghetto-est place on the island

maybe even a little naked tan-time

Wednesday 27 July 2011

street beach party!

Continuing in the spirit of the louche summer vibe, tonight I am going to a beach themed street party. No doubt it is going to be awesome, and full of amazingly dressed people.

It is at times like this when I really hate being a stylist. I would just LOVE to put on a pair of shorts and a vest and just GO. I have tried, really really hard, to just not dress up. Don't get me wrong, I'm no Lady Gaga, I'm fully capable of dressing down, but I like to settle on a comfortable middle ground for social functions. After trying on everything in my dressing room at least twice, varying from floaty summer dresses to hot-pants and heels (a combo I am definitely not comfortable with in the slightest), I was literallythisclose to either not going at all, or wearing cut-off's and a t. But I pulled myself together, and stopped worrying about how my ass looks in this, or if my boobs are too small for that, and I remembered what I like best about fashion and style. HAVING FUN.
So here is me having fun with my styling getting ready to go out. laugh at my tan! enjoy my messy room! drink a beer with me!
initially i thought slightly frozen beer would be like an amazing beer slushy. then it exploded a little.

a small portion of mess

this is an old bikini from topshop which i never quite liked, but i fiddled with the straps and now i do! excuse my awkward tan lines please. 

flower power and whatnot

green visor?

or pink? both by Phanos Kyriakou

mess and me

i like lots of bracelets all up my arm like a hippy. 

and i like big awesome rings

and minty green nailpolish

and tangerine toes
Ok now I'm off out, monkey is getting bored waiting for me! hope to see you at the party, peace&love  

Tuesday 26 July 2011

Loucheness Extraordinaire

Let me start by apologising for my absence, I got caught up in everyday life and neglected the wonderful world of the web. 


Now that's out of the way... let's discuss Loucheness. The first response on my Google search of the word is: "Disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way" - to that I respond HURRAH! LET US ALL THROW OFF THE CONSTRAINTS OF SOCIETY AND DABBLE IN A LITTLE LOUCHE-ITUDE. Who wants to be reputable these days anyhow?? (sidebar- the returns on the image search for louche are a bunch of cooking ladles and cross eyed cats, confusing but ultimately hilarious) 


Think of the summer, you're hot, sticky, half naked, all you want to do is laze about, drink, party, swim, and let's face it, hook up with equally sticky people. Therefore, after my careful calculations, I have come to realise that summer is the epitome of loucheness. People are a lot more devil-may-care in the summer. You throw your head back and laugh in the face of consequences, haha! you cry, I can do what I damn well please, it's mothereffing summer! And from here on out the loucheness grows, so much so that by august, if you aren't completely louched out, well then I don't think I want to be your friend. 


This weekend was pretty debauched, full of louchetastic behaviour, with a heavy overtone of fabulous. I wont go into every naughty detail, as I need to preserve the modesty  of my friends (even though theirs was on full show, if you know what I mean winkwink). Let's just say that my hardest choice this weekend was whether to drink regular or rose Moet. So I drank both, naked, in the jacuzzi, with my awesome friends. What can I say, it's really hard to be so louche.     
A small portion of drinks

Yummy

Didn't move all weekend

Lots of fooood 
More yummy


MMMMMrose

why the eff did we leave?


From Uber-Louche...

to poser Uber-Douches







Best cork goes to the smiley face, although let's face it i don't need his encouragement/approval to down the champers.


 MAY THE LOUCHE BE WITH YOU. peace&love 

Thursday 21 July 2011

Mmmmbaackstage



 Today was officially my last fashion editorial of the summer. Although it has been a busy time I have really enjoyed the work rhythm that I’ve fallen into, and suspect I’m going to be at a loose end for a couple of weeks until I get into full on slacker mode. I think I’ll try to make the most of the rhythm and finally get round to doing some random shoots for funzies with my monkey or vomgal. Woopwoop.

Our editorial today was for the September issue of Icon. It was kind of inspired by desert nomad/adventurer type so the styling was loose layers with earthy tones, accessorized with thick leather belt bracelets, coloured beads, and light silk scarves. 

Not a very good example, but you'll just have to wait till it's out.

We shot on location at ladies mile, which is always fun to shoot at because you get to off-road the hell out of your car. Monkey (my model for the day) and I drank lots of MONSTER (my favourite new drink, because when you drink it and your energy levels go WAHPAOOWWWW to a new plateau of hyper, you can go “FUCK YEAHHHHH, MONSTERRRRR” and then roar).
 We met pan (photographer in case you are one of the few people reading this who doesn’t know him) and Charis the Bear (assistant photographer and all-round awesome feller). The shoot went fantastically, and as usual we had a fun time doing it. The sun was at a beautiful point in the day, so we were shooting with really warm, rich light (assisted with some excellent reflecting by bear). The light really picked up and enhanced the textures and tones of the clothes so that made everything look even better than I was expecting.

I really love working with a great team, and I am so lucky in the fact that all the people that I shoot with are not only great at their jobs, but are super positive energy. Knowing that you are working with capable people gives you the freedom to really enjoy the shooting process, and in my case, fuck around and take stupid pictures…
pan gets hardcore

i make stupid faces

and some more...
then bear makes stupid faces

and pan makes silly poses

i have lots of clottthhessss

monkey walks about

then is a speedy monkey

Panno takes more pictures

a monkey and a bear fool around in the desert

i take more pictures of everyone fooling around in the desert

my legs are totally that long


then i become a poser

then we both become posers and stare off into the distance whimsically. (hahah. actually accidental)

then we're super posers


Of course by the time we finished shooting, we were hungry and having serious MONSTER withdrawls (ok that was just me), so we went to Dino’s art cafĂ© (yum.yum). Easily the best part of shooting is the rush you feel when you finally finish. Knowing that you have pushed yourself through the day to create awesome pictures, and then the satisfaction you finally get to sit down and enjoy a meal and unwind. Blissful. 
don't feed the monkey

oh silly bear

pan hates me

pretty trees at sunset. gosh im artistic