Tuesday 21 June 2011

Clara for Grazia.it

Miss Clara Gomez, Fashion Illustrator, for Grazia.it.
You can read Clara's interview with Grazia.it here. Find out where she finds inspiration for her illustrations and her favourite shopping address in London.I first met Clara way back in 2009. I was wandering around Notting Hill on a Saturday trying to find people to photograph for the blog when I came across a girl sitting in the window of the Diane von Furstenberg store surrounded by coloured pencils, pretty trays of paint and brushes. Like a bowerbird attracted to all those bright, shiny things, I stood for a little while watching her.....she was illustrating customers in the outfits they had just purchased. Fascinated, I asked the manager if I could take some quick photographs of Clara while she worked on her beautiful drawings. He (I think it was a he!) said yes, and that was how I came to know Clara :)Clara is one of those people who has so much good energy (I think being Spanish helps!) and is such a pleasure to be around. And she is a talented fashion illustrator as well. You can find her work here and on her website here. Clara was commissioned to illustrate the booklet that went with the Spanish edition of "The September Issue" dvd as well as the costume that Robbie Williams wore in the video You Know Me.
And Clara's style? Vintage all the way baby! When I walked into her room it was like walking into a well curated vintage store. Long dresses and 70's style trousers hanging from a rail suspended from the ceiling; necklaces, bracelets and rings spilling prettily out of her dressing table; vintage handbags nestled next to winter coats. And of course on the walls were framed prints of Clara's illustrations. Clara's dress in the first photographs is vintage from Paper Dress Vintage in Shoreditch, teamed with Office heels, American Apparel hat and jewellery from Spitalfields market. Her tank top is from Topshop, the denim skirt is a vintage one procured from her mum (she used to wear it in the 80's!) and her shoes are from Urban Outfitters. How crazy good is her hair?! And her smile :)Dress she picked up at a vintage store in Amsterdam while she was there for a music festival last year. p.s. you can click on the collages to make them slightly bigger.

25 comments:

  1. Honestly, I think its her hair that makes her style so stunning. Beautiful!

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  2. Love the dresses.... they are wonderful...!
    Beautiful pics ;D


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  3. Wow! I love her hair! And that last dress is really amazing<3

    x tessi

    http://tessi-la-la-land.blogspot.com/

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  4. Now this is what I call stylish woman. Very feminine yet simple.

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  5. I love that rust colored dress!

    jen
    http://blankwhiteframes.blogspot.com

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  6. Beautiful pics!

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    XOXO

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  7. I love this mix of vintage and edgy accessories. Her face is so shiny and she has fabulous hair!

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  8. Lovely!

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  9. beautiful!!!

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  10. waow. what I'd do to shoot with you! these are yet again amazing.

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  11. Hi! I'm so glad I found your blog! I'm totally in love with my camera, too! I will put a link in my blog right now! Have a LOVELY week!!!

    Kristin xx's

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  12. @everyone- thanks so much for your lovely comments about Clara! I am sure she will appreciate them :)

    @cylia- That is very sweet of you to say. thank you.

    @Elmo- isn't the Diana cute?! I had to include it in some shots!!

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  13. Look at that hair! She is amazingly beautiful! And looks so good in that hat!

    Fox Whiskers

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  14. the first series of photos of Clara are my favourite. Beautiful lighting and beautiful subject. Her vintage finds and that hat are gorgeous.

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  15. I really love her white dress! It's really comfortable looking and oh my her hair :')

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  16. gosh, i love her white dress in the last picture.

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  17. wow!!i like your blog, these pictures are so nice...i follow this blog by bloglovin.

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  18. i want that lomo camera too :)
    and i so need to wear croppedshirts now

    pinklemonincrystal.blogspot.com

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  19. Stunning lady, that last image is magic. You can tell she has good vibes :)

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  20. I'm in love with the long white dress. beautiful piece!

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  21. She reminds me of a modern day Natalie Barney. :)

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