So long 2013!

2013 has been a pretty rad year actually.  I had the chance to style my first cover story for 1883 Magazine and met actor Nicholas Hoult in the process.  This was followed by three more covers including Michael Shannon for Fault and a double cover feature with model Matthew Bell and boy band Union J for Boys by Girls.  I met and styled actress Sophie Turner from one of my favorite tv shows (Games of Thrones - can't wait for you to come back!).  I was lucky enough to work with some amazingly talented photographers, stylists, models, editors, actors, hair stylists, makeup artists, etc on two different continents and I feel so grateful for al of these opportunities.

So in no particular order, here's a list of people I would like to thank for collaborating and inspiring me in 2013: Saty + Pratha, Cecilie Harris, John Mullan, Elliott Morgan, Holly Ounstead, Filippo Giuliani, Ginger Clark, Mark Shearwood, Alexandra Leese, Georgie Wileman, Arthur Woodcroft, Lol Keegan, Mark Cant, Alena Jascanka, Jake Rosenberg, Lorenzo Dalbosco and Alex Evans.

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Sadie Gets Cultured for 1883 Magazine

By far an all time favorite shoot of mine, Sadie Gets Cultured was a collaboration once again with Mark Shearwood and featured in issue 9 of 1883 Magazine.  The gods aligned on this one and not only did we have the amazing Robilent + Voena gallery on Dover Street to use as a setting, but after an initial freak out session that we weren't going to have the right model for this, we ended up working with the gorgeously surreal Sadie Pinn who pushed the shoot to new levels of weirdness - no direction was needed for this girl, we just had to sit back and watch what she came up with.

My buddy John Mullan did the hair and the minimally perfect makeup was done by Kristina Vidic.  Stephanie Staunton on nails also added to the subtle quirkiness of the story by using an airbrush to paint Sadie's nails and fingers the same tone - almost like she had stubby fingers without nailbeds.  I was also really psyched by the clothing we got a chance to shoot such as the striped Moschino outfit, the leather Marni bits, a perfect Paul Smith pin striped shirt and pleated skirt, the Yves Klein blue Gucci number, Delfina Delettrez jewelry and some great pieces from Osman, Maison Martin Margiela, Ashish, John Rocha, etc.  All in all I EFFING LOVE THIS SHOOT and I hope you do too.





















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Boyfriend Material for C-Heads

This is one of my new favorite stories that I styled for the online platform of C-Heads Magazine  with Mark Shearwood, the bearded wonder who I also worked with for an Acne advertorial in 1883 a few issues back (an all-time fave shoot).  I wanted to showcase mens AW13 accessories juxtaposed with a (mostly) nude female model.  We found some inspiration in the awkward and beautiful imagery of Chinese photographer Ren Hang whose body of work I have been OBSESSED with lately.

I really loved some of the accessories featured, including the Maison Martin Margiela x G-Shock collaboration watch (seen above) and the Christian Louboutin for Jonathan Saunders MEN shoe (below). Other cool items included the stamped rings from Kris Van Assche and the hat & backpack from Kenzo.

Hair by Elvire Roux and makeup by Lucy Gibson - also shout out to my assistant Elias Tiggis for helping out.














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Love.Acne.Music.Baby

Love.Acne.Music.Baby / 1883 Magazine issue 8, April 2013
photography / Mark Shearwood
fashion / Chad Burton
models / Mary @ Select, Marina @ Premier
makeup / Gina Blondell
hair / Elvire Roux
all clothing / Acne Studios

This is by far one of my favorite editorials I've worked on.  It was a feature on the SS13 collection by Acne Studios and it was my first time working with Mark Shearwood, who've I've since worked on a few others stories with. I found the styling of Acne's catwalk presentation to be quite heavy and weighed down, so I really wanted to lighten that up in this story by not doing quite so much layering.  Super happy with the result and I love how both these girls worked together - they almost look like the same girl except you'll notice Mary's eyebrows are quite dark whereas Marina's are bleached out to look like they aren't even there.











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1883 Magazine - Issue 8 cover stars

Issue 8 finally drops next week featuring Nicholas Hoult, whom I styled for my first ever cover. Yay! Shot by Mark Cant, I used a mouthful of jelly beans as a playful reference to the magic beans in the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale his new movie Jack the Giant Killer is based on. A friend's boyfriend says it looks like he has a mouthful of pills, which is actually an awesome reference to his time on the British show Skins. Either way you look at it, I'm happy.  Plus he looks rad in the Mugler shirt and jacket with his new buzzed hair, fresh from filming the upcoming Mad Max remake.

The second cover features Aussie rapper Iggy Azaelea looking lovely in a Louis Vuitton dress as styled by my fashion director Filippo Giuliani and shot by Mark Shearwood.

Help a brother out and buy the issue HERE guys!

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