New York Fashion Week SS 2013....Ava + Bette

Ava Smith + Bette Franke, after DKNY, NYC, September 2012.

Such a great summer look on both girls!

Thank you @anon Stephanie for letting me know I mixed Ava's name up!

Recreate their look (kind of):

Red shirt: Equipment Signature blouse in bittersweet, or Splendid button down shirt

Navy sweater: Vince silk knit combo sweater, Theory Randelle top, Diane von Furstenberg sweater, J.Crew cashmere sweater, or Miu Miu sweater

Jeans (these were the gorgeous Rag & Bone jeans from last summer so I am not sure if they are still available. White or maybe pale pink or blue would look great as well!). Blank Denim spray on white jeans, Acne Skin 5 mid-rise jeans,  J Brand 811 mid rise luxe twill skinny jeans, AG Adriano Goldschmied legging ankle jeans, or Whistles zip hem skinny jeans

Black bag: Tory Burch Robinson middy satchel 

Red bag: Opening Ceremony bag, Tory Burch Gloria clutch, Rebecca Minkoff Craig camera bag or New Look cross body bag

ASOS Jangle espadrille

Paris Fashion Week SS 2013....Ava

American model Ava Smith (Wilhelmina), after Kenzo, Paris, September 2012.

For chilly winter weekends, a cosy oversized knit is a must.

Recreate Ava's look (kind of):

Mason by Michelle Mason car coat, Sonia Rykiel cream with black cardigan, See by Chloe looped chunky-knit cardigan, Haute Hippie hooded vertical stripe cardi coat, Thakoon Addition patchwork-intarsia cardigan coat, or Paul & Joe Sister Navaja cape cardigan

Red bag: See by Chloe cherry textured leather bag, Jerome Dreyfuss Etienne hobo bag, Opening Ceremony Pop Up bag, Marc by Marc Jacobs Classic Q Natasha bag

New York Fashion Week SS 2013...Backstage at Tory Burch

Backstage at Tory Burch Spring/Summer 2013, NYC, Tuesday 11th September 2012.

On a sunny Autumn morning in NYC, Tory Burch presented her SS2013 collection....and it was breathtakingly beautiful. Anyone who has read my blog for awhile will know I love photographing girls with a slight hippie/boho vibe....give me undone hair, a stack of ethnic jewellery collected on far-flung travels, colours which would make a courting bowerbird happy, pretty make-up and I am in photographic heaven. So when I saw the new collection and wonderful hair (thick, messy fishtail braids by the genius Eugene Souleiman) and barely-there make-up ("brows filled in and brushed; Runway Rose {pinkish cream from MAC palette} across eyelid and inner corners of eye; curl lashes; must have brown {greyish cream from MAC palette) through crease and brushed under lower lashes.blend; tiny bit of talking tan on lips if needed, lip balm otherwise" ) I was so happy that the lovely Tory Burch team had invited me to photograph backstage again. Wheat-prints, high, block-heeled tasselled loafers, a turquoise, coral and gold embellished blouse, a tasselled-hooded kaftan (lazy beach days anyone?), tie-dye shorts, skirt and dress, stacks of rings on each of the model's hands (handmade by women in Ghana), an ombre jacket, stripes paired with prints, evening dresses worn with easy-to-wear Moroccan slippers.... I loved it all.

Paris Fashion Week AW 2012...Ava

Ava Smith, after Cacharel, Paris, March 2012.

One of the beauty looks I really loved from the Paris shows was the side clip/barrette reminiscent of Margot Tenenbaum (played by Gwyneth Paltrow) in Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums. Such a cute, fun look - Hanneli wore it brilliantly in her shoulder-length layered hair and at Cacharel, the models had either scarlet red or ice - blue clips (not sure if they were hand painted bobby pins?) tucked into their side-parted twisted up (but down-low) do's.

 

Recreate Ava's Look (kind of):

Rag & Bone leather trimmed chiffon wide leg culottes (these looked so great on Ava when she walked - all soft and floaty) or Theyskens' Theory Priori Flint wide leg trousers or Rachel Zoe Delfina wide leg chiffon pants

Vince shearling jacket

Chloe Marcie tote


Topshop square hair clips or Marc by Marc Jacobs Anabelle sparkly bobby pins