Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Lookbook Spring Ensembles
It has been almost a year since my last photo shoot as a "model" and for this occasion, I wanted to do it for a purpose rather than just fun. For this particular shoot, I wanted to work with Blue Moon Photography (AKA Lori Manis). After seeing photos that she took with my good friend, Jenny Irvin, as well as photographing my friends... Rachel and Craig's wedding, I wanted to collaborate with this very talented photographer. Her style is somewhat reminiscent to my sister's style of photography, which is what I'm used to, yet she has a creative voice all that is her own. What I was looking for in this shoot was to get away from the usual static posing and put more emphasis on movement. Capturing both those moments in time as well as the free flowing movement of the garments, after all, Spring is the season for fresh new changes and liveliness.
The reason behind this shoot is to enter a contest for the website lookbook.nu. The contest, sponsored by 21Men, Forever 21's men clothing, is currently holding a contest where they are asking their members to come up with their Spring ensemble. Whoever comes up with the best wins a $300 gift certificate.
While I really don't care to win the prize, the contest gave me the motivation and opportunity to come up with several different looks from my wardrobe. The following images will appear on my lookbook page. Feel free to check my lookbook page and "hype: your favorite looks. http://lookbook.nu/user/66678-Marvin-E
For now, here's a sneak preview of what you will see.
http://bluemoon-photos.com/blog/
Friday, October 9, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Scottish Working Class
Just purchased a book of Paul Stands portraits he took of the people of the rugged island of South Uist, off the west coast of Scotland. Tir a'Mhurain: The Outer Hebrides of Scotland, taken in 1954, is the perfect documentation of a more simpler time and the style of what Scottish gentlemen were wearing. Since the past couple of days have been gray and clouds (my favorite time of the year) I always thought the vintage industrial working class look goes well with the atmosphere.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Eat in Style!!!! Dine in at McDonalds!!!!
After all, they do have free wi-fi in most locations now, but how predominate are we going to see more sleek, stylish, sophiticated interior designs for one of the most iconic (and at times infamous) American fast food chains? There's already one in NYC, two in LA and even one in Savannah GA. I'm thinking the only thing they're missing is a runway where they display their past wokers uniform and quite possible reveal future work garments, maybe something that will accentuate the "golden arches" term and make it into a furturistic hat! Or maybe reinterpret the McDonalds characters like Ronald and the Cheese Burgler into more fashionable comic book characters complete with three-piece suits. Who says kids can only trust a stranger weaing a suit?
Check out this link to the Top 10 Most Chic looking McDonalds in the World!
http://www.askmen.com/top_10/travel/top-10-mcdonalds_1p.html
A Place In The Sun
From what my good friend Emily said "Today is a Leather Day." So I decided to pay homage to Monty himself from the classic 1951 film "A Place In The Sun." If you haven't seen him in this film, you must! Here's a clip of the first 10 minutes. Pay attention to the first 3 minutes of the clip and you will see why James Dean was totally obsessed with Clift (maybe even ripped off).
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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