Fantasy Fashion Mood Board!

With my masters coming to an end (three week days left, woohoo!), I've had a humongous load of work to do...several project presentations and written exams, but it's all good.

I thought to share one of my projects with you guys. It was to make a six page fashion editorial styling for a fashion magazine bearing in mind, of course, the target readers and the magazine's aesthetic. I should also point out that we had about two days to do this.

So...for some reason Pirates Of The Caribbean came to mind. It started as a silly idea but the concept became precise in my head and I went for it.

I was particularly inspired by Barbossa and Elizabeth, and it also reminded me of the pirate ship I saw in Amsterdam that is now a museum (I think), and there was Lynn Yaeger who is an amazing phenomenon of layering (if that makes sense)...and oh I chose Harper's Bazaar UK.

I thought of Freja, Saskia or Arizona as my model. I imagined the make up to be very natural but with very dusky blush to imitate dirty cheeks, and the hair was completely undone and greasy looking.

I also came up with a mood board describing my poses:

The Chanel ad campaign was very helpful with the poses. And there were my props and locations on board:

I looked through the well known photographers to find three who shared this kind of vibe, and came out with Mario Sorrenti who is amazing, David Bellemere and Camilla Akrans.

And then...the fantasy fashion mood board!

This was highly influenced by Jean Paul Gaultier and Valentino couture and rtw (fantasy mood board uhn), and a shot of Marc Jacobs, a little bit of Altuzarra, of Proenza Schouler, Gucci and Azzedine Alaia.

And finally the styling:

The Altuzarra belt over the dress was an excellent cut and paste I must say.

This has to be my longest post ever...haha. For those who made it all the way to the end, I hope you enjoyed it. 

Damie...xx

Braids!

It feels like it's been ages since I blogged. I have been so occupied these past few days: from school work to the crazy cold weather and there was of course the drama of braiding my hair. Yep, drama...after fighting with both nails and teeth, I finally got it done, even though it took two good days! I thought it wise to give my hair a break from the daily abuse of a hair straightener.

This is probably going to be the last time I leave these babies loose, but I thought to share a picture with you guys.

Li, the sweet chinese girl who takes my MDS shots, cracked me up while she took my picture. She asked:

question 1: what happened to your hair Damie?

question 2: is it like glued to your scalp?

question 3: how do you take it off, do you wash it away?

Then she concluded, "I like you better with your short hair"...LOL.

I like me better with my short hair but a change every now and then does not hurt anybody, right?

New Love- Diva

I just got a lipstick from Mac, it's called Diva. You see, I do the same make-up every day, it's pretty simple: some dust of Mac studio fix, a couple brushes of blush, line my eyes with Sleek black pencil, a few strokes of mascara (really, a few strokes, my eyelashes are thick already), then a lipstick or lipgloss. But then, I try a little to keep things interesting, so I play with my lip colors, and by 'play', I mean rotating between different shades of pink, red and nude.

And new in my collection is Diva, I love!

I really think it's a nice shade of red, deep and a little brownish, hence suitable for almost all brown skin. You all should go get your diva.