Archives for: June 2010

“Everything I learned, I learned from the movies”

  This famous quote (above) by Audrey Hepburn is true in acting but also in fashion.   Hepburn not to be said was a true fashion icon and does still to this day influences designers all over the world.   Her partnership with the couturier Hubert de Givenchy was one of the most memorable in …

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Te Quiero Stromae…

Stromae – “Te Quiero” di StromaeOfficiel So here it is… after weeks and weeks waiting (ok, only 2 to be exact). The video has finally arrived!   I was really excited to see the final outcome of my work as a whole. With everyone else work included. Watching every scene and every take, one after another, is …

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A hazy shade of summer…

So the sun is finally here… Full or part time depending on where you live… Time to dress your eyes with a nice pair of sunglasses… No need to introduce you to Natalie again… La belle from from Urban School. The shade she’s wearing are from Emmanuelle Khanh. I have worked with this brand on …

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Stromae music video (day 2b)

  After the hotel we went straight to our next destination… the “Neptunium” or more commonly Schaerbeek’s swimming pool… No need for bikinis or swimsuits, we weren’t there to make a splash no… We were there for the locker room.   See Jerome, the director needed lockers for this scene. So the location scout/manager* went …

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Stromae music video (day 2a)

    The second day was more relax than the first one. Even though we had to film in two different location, it went really smoothly. Probably because we had more room to breathe…   So… 7 am… First stop: Thon Hotel on Avenue Louise.   The theme was … The Young and the Restless! …

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Stromae music video (day 1)

A few weeks ago I was ask to style the new music video of Stromae. For those who don’t know him, Stromae is a new and very talented  Belgian singer and songwriter. His latest song “Alors on danse” was number one for several weeks all over Europe. You might not remember his name but watching …

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It “sings” for itself…

It’s one thing to say that someone has a beautiful voice, but it’s another to actually hear it… So just for you, here is Amanda… She was rehearsing a song written just for her by Ray and Renny, two american brothers, music producers and writer who contributed to Urban School. They have worked with Akon, …

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Greek Goddess…

Amanda is another singer from the TV show I have been styling “Urban School”. She’s got an amazing voice! Something between Beyonce and Keri Hilson…   This shoot was a bit of a challenge as Amanda, like most woman who are not a size 8/36, was worried about the clothes I was going to pick …

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Flowers in the city…

When I picked out this floral dress for the shoot, I immediately knew it would look great on Natalie. We started the session with this dress, but as it is the case in most photo shoots, the first pictures were not the best. It always takes a little time for the photographer and the model …

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Butterfly beauty …

Natalie is a young and fresh singer I met on the belgian tv show I am currently styling, Urban School (I will tell you more about it later). I had to style her and take pictures of her pretty face for the belgian magazine Flair. So I improvised a little photoshoot at my place… No …

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