elasticate: February 2010

Sunday, 28 February 2010

Underwater Photography Part II - Editorials

Photographer: Jacques Dequeker
Magazine: Wish Report Brazil
Date: February 2010
Model: Emanuela de Paula
Source: foto_decadent

Photographer: Ari Abramczyk
Magazine: Qlix (Issue 01)
Model: Rayana @ Ford
Stylist: Kelly Brown
Source: Qlix Magazine

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Underwater Photography

Txema Yeste

Zena Holloway

James Cooper

Ric Frazier

Saturday, 20 February 2010

House of Holland A/W 2010/2011

Today at Bloomsbury Ballrooms one of fashion's guiltiest pleasures, House of Holland presented the A/W 2010/11 collection, which failed to disappoint. With an abundance of paisley bandana prints and chunky gold chains Henry Holland continued to stretch the boundaries of taste to the limits!...

Highlights: Massive gold hoops with weaved shredded bandana. love!

Running order - which pretty much became redundant during the show.

Sessilee...

Chain detail over the knee socks.

Amazing HOH nails by Sophy Robson.

I was dressing the gorgeous Queeny...

Friday, 19 February 2010

Temperley London's all Black show

So I was looking on style.com for the latest from New York Fashion week, and noticed that Alice Temperley had used an all black model casting for her collection. After I had been filled with an initial thrill, I started to get a bit sceptical. Does Temperley have a genuine support for the ethnic minority model, or was she just using these shock tactics to get attention and maybe a bit of popularity?

Last Season, Nathan Jenden had a full casting of Black and Asian models.

It was the first I had seen of this kind, and I found it very exciting, what a great way to make a statement. It increased my respect for Nathan Jenden, a respect that was already there, due to Jenden's consistent use of ethnic minorities in his shows.

So by Temperley doing the same 5 months later, is she just jumping on the bandwagon, or does she have a real concern?

Well after looking more closely I noticed that her entire collection uses just one model, Kinee Diouf.

So now I'm wondering, was it just the case of a tight budget? If she couldn't afford more than one model then that is a lot less impressive.

But the more important question is how did the show even work? I know models are used to quick changes, but come on. Unless this Kinee Diouf is Superwoman, or alternately has a Bernard's watch, then I really can't work out how it was done. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Derelict

Today we ventured out, in search of derelict locations for a shoot we are collaborating together on tomorrow. Look out for it! Here's what we found around Stoke Newington/ Hackney...