I have always loved the Twiggy look and make up artist extraordinare, Veronica Garcia, from our collective at www.thehairstudio108.us in North Hollywood had always wanted to do a shoot where she got to do a total Twiggy look! So yay, along with Steffani, owner of the Studio and Hair Style Maven we created very GEAR looks to be captured by the eye of  amazing photog, Francis Specker! I hope you like it!

Model: Jill Farley Rankin (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1799655/)

Model: Bebe Jacobs (www.bebejacobs.com)

Model: Gisele Cabrera

Photog: Francis Specker (http://francisspecker.com/)
Hair: Steffani Tavanlar(http://www.thehairstudio108.us/)
Make-Up: Veronica Garcia (http://www.barebeautymakeup.com/)
Wardrobe/Styling: Corey Tess (http://www.tesslove.com/) with Vintage garment courtesy of Marie Laurin (http://www.etsy.com/shop/chiffonier)

Can you believe that this gorgeous beach shoot was done in early December. That is the beauty of Southern California. 80 degrees at the beach a few weeks from Christmas. Love it!  As you know I have been doing some wardrobe styling in my spare time (HA HA) as if I have much of that, but it is more of a pleasure than a task for me. This latest shoot wasn’t really planned out months in advance, it just sort of came together. The video here is just one set of photos and one model, we actually had two models and about 10 looks. What a great day. More to come!

We all met in the morning at Bluff Park in Long Beach, Ca and took over an area of the grass and started make up, hair and I opened the back of my SUV and started sorting wardrobe – we must have looked sort of crazy, but I was really looking to capture a chic/bohemian look as the main focus and then we threw in some MOD and Sexy Glam too… I am very happy with the results!

Model: Eva Gonzales modelmayhem.com/?1652405
Photog: Kevan Wilkinson kevanphoto.com
Styling: Corey Tess Trujillo tesslove.com
Hair: Steffani Tavanlar thehairstudio108.us
Make Up: Veronica Garcia barebeautymakeup.com

Our Day of the Dead project for Oct 2010 was a great day of collaboration and our biggest production to date at the studio. The core theme of a bride and groom was enhanced by the contributions from THS108 Stylists Kathleen andCandise. The twisted fishtail braid incorporated most of the model’s hair from hairline to approx 4? into the hair. Both red and dark brown artificial hair extensions were added for length, texture and color. The braid was then pulled out of place in several sections around the head and large barrel curls were added to the crown section for height and as a background for the headpiece. The bouquet, boutoneer, and 3-piece headpiece were designed and created exclusively for the studio collective by Julie@ FaithGrows and add another dimension of morbid beauty to the brides gorgeous makeup, designed by makeup artists, Veronica Garcia (Bride) & ZeBek (Groom)Our photographer Andreanna shot amazing images of the wedding couple and members of theDanzas de Aztlan on real film! (Thank You, Anthony for bringing the crew!) The contribution to set design from science professor, Rose gave the photos an authentic look.(Thankyou, Rose!!) Stylist, Corey Tess’s work with wardrobe and set design pulled together all of the many aspects of this production to create the perfect look for this concept. The result is an exciting collection of photos that are beautiful, melancholy and romantic at the same time. We are very grateful to have been part of this day! Thankyou to everyone who shared their talent!

Check out the photos!

Here are some photos from the latest photoshoot I worked on. Hope you enjoy them. I made the tutu by hand

Photog: BeBe Jacobs Photography
Make-up: E Gonzalez Va
Hair: Candise Sorensen & Kathleen Maressa
Models: Katie Ho & Eva Gonzalez
Wardrobe Stylist: Corey Tess Trujillo
Managing Director: Steffani Tavanlar
A Product of the Art Collective @ www.thehairstudio108.us

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Working as a Photo Stylist is Fun!

I love fashion, I love accessories, I love photography, make-up and hair, so when I had the chance to do some styling for a photoshoot at The Hair Studio 108, I jumped at it. After a day of fun and fashion, I am thinking I will get a true kit together and do more of this..

The team responsible for these amazing photos are:

Photographer:  Kevan Wilkinson

Hair Designs: The Hair Studio 108

MakeUp: ZeBek of I Eat Makeup (also find her at http://www.IScreamGarbage.com)

Some Accessories I used are by: FaithGrows

Models:

Alex Pendygraft

Liana Piper (also a muscial wench)

Lil Steph (New to Modeling, but already a pro!)

Ana Wilkinson (The Sophisticate)

ENJOY – WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I adore Fashion- here are some of my favorite SHOWS from 2010!

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Vogue’s image is a standard.. perhaps THE standard in the world of fashion.. you have younger publications like Marie Claire, Cosmo and even the edgy W magazine, but when you say the word… VOGUE.. the brand is set… there is no greater authority on fashion… on that note, here is a sprinkle of eye candy on this cool Los Angeles night….

Irregular Choice Shoes make me feel like Alice in Wonderland. I imagine myself wearing any of these gorgeous little cup cake like shoes to a big tea party where Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter serves me delicious little treats and tea that tastes more like champagne and has a similar effect. Continue Reading

So when I first moved to the South I was struck by the lack of over all diversity. Not to knock the South really…  it was just extremely different from my home town of Los Angeles and California in general. I know that most people think of California as a Beach Boys, Surfer Girls, Plastic Surgery, Paris Hilton dominated state, and there ARE those elements to it, but the really defining style trait of California is the extreme diversity of fashion, ethnicity, hair-color, attitude, religion and lifeview. Where ever you go from San Diego to Sonoma and beyond.. Continue Reading

I have a sickness. Something that has plagued me since I was a little girl. A sort of cloud that enters my mind whenever I pass the shoe department of Nordstrom or Neiman Marcus… and don’t even talk to me about Bloomingdales! I have come to the conclusion that some of us are born this way, we simply cannot control our affinity for Italian leather, satins, bows, silks and ribbons when arranged as a beautifully designed piece of art made with the contours of the delicate female tootsie in mind!

SHOES seem to be an obsession for many women, so much so that movies and books are now created around the strong relationship between women and their shoes. The Devil Wears Prada, Sex in the City, Confessions of a Shopaholic… etc etc etc…

Men don’t understand, although I do have a friend who is as attached to his Ferigamos as I am to my Marc Jacobs…  so there are a few boys who are susceptible to the disease, I suppose.

The reason this is on my mind is because in preparation for my move from North Carolina back home to Southern California, I had to examine my SWAG, LOOT, um…  belongings…  and I discovered that four closets filled with shoes were going to cost practically as much to ship and store as they cost to buy in the first place. I also realized that out of the 200 or so pairs of shoes I owned, I wore about 20 favorite pairs over and over and the others simply sat on the shelves looking as cute in my closet as they had on the display levels at the store. I also began to take stock of my credit card bills, yes- just like in that book/movie about the girl in the green scarf (Conf. of a Shopaholic), it was painfully clear that I had buried myself in a mountain of debt and under a mountain of shoes.  You think I am kidding, but a month or so ago, I was organizing my closet and had an actual SHOE AVALANCHE that buried me quite literally under my purchases!

Still, after GIVING AWAY some of the cutest pairs to friends and sending the others to charity (Dress For Success is a good cause), I kept about 50 pairs of my closest friends/shoes… and arranged them in a large tub for relocation to my new, much smaller, domain in Los Angeles…

The other day, after preparing my clothes and accessories in tubs as well, I grabbed a catalog to use as packing material and opened to a page showing the most gorgeous pair of red ribbony sandals on sale!  One more fix for the road????