Vanessa Kirby for 1883 Magazine

I am so in love with this photo by Kristin Vicari for my shoot with actress Vanessa Kirby in issue 6 of 1883 Magazine. Kristin shot both our Tom Hiddleston and Holliday Grainger covers for issue 4 so I knew I wanted to work with her on a project at some point. I wanted to styled Vanessa in glamourous outfits but with a harder edge, using dive/dance bar East Bloc as a location and by covering her in borderline tacky excess using vintage Chanel jewelry. I was way psyched with the outcome and Kristin captured the fun/saucy side of Vanessa so perfectly. 



Check out the full interview and feature in issue 6 of 1883 Magazine HERE.

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Friends for 1883 Magazine

One of my first projects for issue 6 of 1883 Magazine was to style the Brooklyn based band 'Friends' for a 3 page feature story. It was almost a total disaster as due to miscommunication with their PR, the band showed up having no idea I was bringing clothing along for them to wear. The guys were fully against being clothed by a stylist but luckily the girls Samantha (lead singer) and Lesley (bassist) loved the organza John Rocha dresses I brought so the day was saved. Phew.



Kirill Kuletski photographed the shoot in my friends Iran & Baron's tiny flat on Clerkenwell Road (thanks guys!) I chose the place because I loved their scribbles and drawings on the wall and randomly they had a giant bag full of these gold streamers which went perfectly with the John Rocha looks and basically covered up the boys own clothing.



The girls were both really gorgeous to photograph and loved the Chopard jewellery we brought along (love how Samantha stuck the earring in her hair).  So in the end it was a good day.  Buy issue 6 online HERE to check out the full interview with Friends and check out a few of their videos below.





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mood 0.1

I wanted to share some of the inspiration and mood boards behind a few of my recent shoots.  The above is for my 'Pony Boy' editorial shot by Sarah Brimley for issue 6 of 1883 Magazine which was just released in newsstands on Friday.  Obviously a lot of leather and pony skin, lots of black and white shots but mixed with color.  A bit film noir meets S&M.

Below is my mood board for the 'New Hackney Girl' editorial I shot for 1883 Digital with Tomas Hein.  The initial idea for the clothes was a bit more pastel inspired, with eccentric layering and ethnic patterns.  Tomas talked me out of going too pastel which I'm happy about and I was thrilled to see the quirky cut and paste layering he ended up doing with the photos.  Both shoots I'm really proud of!

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Pony Boy

Here is my latest menswear editorial, which was released in news stands around the world today in issue 6 of 1883 Magazine.  (Buy it online HERE with 3 cover options to choose from - the Vaccines, model Valerie van der Graaf, or Aaron Taylor-Johnson).  I collaborated with photographer Sarah Brimley who was so fun and chill to work using the lovely McQueen Shoreditch as a location.  I was inspired by a lot of the heavy leather and animal skin found in the FW12 menswear shows - and of course by Burger Kim's perfectly wacky horse hat, which opens the editorial.  Hope you enjoy!  The final shot of Jourdan in a Vivienne Westwood fur jacket laying on a cow-skin rug didn't quite make the final edit but I wanted to share it with all of you.

Photography / Sarah Brimley

Fashion / Chad Burton

Hair / Lucy Gibson @ Phamous

Makeup / Marcia Lee @ Phamous

Fashion Assistant  / Ginger Clark

Photography Assistants / Oliver Hillyer-Riley and Philip Banks

Models / John Todd @ Next, Paul Kohler @ Next, Jordan Coulter @ Premier

Shot @ McQueen Shoreditch

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