Archives for: July 2010

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Somewhere over the meadow…

What: Photo shoot styling – Where: Well hum…? Quote of the day:Whoever said fashion was glamorous, obviously never spent a whole day with her heels stuck in cow dung ;)   Yesterday I had to style a photo shoot for CharalambosGagalis, a new talented Belgian photographer who needed pictures for his website. The brief was …

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The McQueen years… (part three)

Where: Paris – When: 6th October 2009 – What: Backstage at the Alexander McQueen show   Last but not least of my adventures at la casa de McQueen… After a week working day and night for the sake of fashion with just a few distractions to keep us away from our duties (…castings, interviews, and …

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7 for me…

Yesterday evening I was invited to the opening of 7 For All Mankind‘s Belgian flagship store. The brand, originally from California is one of the first premium denim brand who made it internationally (over 80 countries). The party started at 7pm so my friend and I decided to go to Antwerp a few hours ahead …

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Temptation…

Contrary to what people may think I don’t like the sales. I don’t really like to shop either…   “But?? You’re a stylist… and you work in fashion…!?”   Well what I love is to walk around with no intention of buying whatsoever and then just like that, being drawn to a shop, a window …

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The McQueen years… (part two)

So I told you that I was going to put more pictures of my adventures at Alexander McQueen… I think now is the perfect time. Like I said in my earlier post,  I didn’t know back then how lucky I was to have had the opportunity to work for him… Especially as this show, the …

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Drum and class…

  I took this shot from a magazine cover of the Drum during an exhibition called “Un rêve utile” (A useful dream). When I saw this image it immediately reminded me of the pin ups. Even though you will never find a representation of a black pin up… I think that this, is the closest …

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