photography

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Advanced Style

Impeccable style fascinates me. It transcends age, as proven by the photographer Ari Seth Cohen who captures immaculately presented older men and women on his blog, Advanced Style.

I am well and truly in awe of everyone featured on his blog - I can only hope I look as good and make such bold style statements when I reach a more experienced age. Here are some of my favourites.

And of course, no mention of style at a more mature age would be complete without the incomparably brilliant, Iris Apfel. "More is more, less is a bore."

All images from Advanced Style by Ari Seth Cohen

Inspiration: Eleanor Hardwick

Photography is a complete escape mechanism for me: I love the unusual and the dreamy which transport me to another land, so of course I'm slightly obsessed with Eleanor Hardwick's photography. At only 18 years old, she's already shot for clients including Harper's Bazaar, 125 Magazine and Jack Wills. Pure, raw talent.

See more of Eleanor's beautiful photography at http://eleanorhardwick.com

Inspiration: A Seaside Wedding

One of good friends Clare is getting married at the seaside today! We have such amazing weather for it; Tynemouth is beautiful even when the sun isn't shining, but he's got his hat on today and making the day extra special for Clare & James. My own photos to follow this weekend!

Image source: Once Wed

Inspiration: Fashion Film

I have a long-standing obsession with fashion film and moving image to promote and showcase fashion effectively; so naturally, I am loving Ruth Hogben's film for the North East's very own Gareth Pugh, to showcase his first venture at Pitti Immagine #79. I adore the kaleidoscope effects, the shapes and the craftsmanship. A truly outstanding piece of fashion imagery!

To see more exquisite fashion film go to Showstudio.com - so much to see.

All imagery © Gareth Pugh, 2011

Inpsiration: Knot.

My permanent hair obsession with knots and top knots continues.

Top: Tommy Ton (via style.com)

Middle: via krisatomic (Benny Horne for Russh Dec/Jan ’11 via fakingfashion) / via krisatomic (Copenhagen street style | Vanessa Jackman)

Bottom: liekeliekeolieke

Project 365

This weekend is my 23rd Birthday and with it, I'm starting Project 365 on Flickr. Determined to stick with it! My first picture will most probably be from my shiny new Polaroid camera, which takes some fantastic photos.

My birthday plans for the weekend involve...a day off work tomorrow, so I'm getting my hair chopped and going for food and to see Black Swan with my Mum.

Saturdays plans are...cake for breakfast! Followed by drinkies with my lovely friends all day. Can't wait!

Spring/Summer 201: Topshop

Topshop have just released their lookbook for the Spring/Summer 2011 collection. Absolutely love some of the pieces and I definitely want baby pink streaks in my hair for Glastonbury this year!

Weekend Treats

Me and the boy ventured to Tynemouth Market yesterday. We haven't been for a while so I was looking forward to getting some new bits! However, a lot of the usual traders weren't there which was disappointing, so there were only a couple of stalls selling what I usually go for. We ended up getting this very small St. Peppers alarm clock and Joe got some new records including The Beatles' White Album (which had some amazing individual portraits of the Beatles inside, so we're going to frame them when we find a flat and hang them on the wall.

The rest of the weekend has been spent making soup for the week ahead and having a nice relax; have a busy week coming up at work then off to London for the Top Drawer show on Friday, where we're creating physical trend features to showcase trends for Spring/Summer 2011 and Autumn/Winter 2011/12, so I've had a very busy couple of weeks sourcing props, sorting press samples for the show and designing a trend guide for the show. Can't wait to see everything in place! Expect to see some photos next Sunday.