March 2011
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Bird number two
A lesson in photo shoots: don’t leave the set.
Model: Jen Wells-Qu Photographer: Emily Lo Hair+Makeup: Apez Dream Team
I had to walk away from the shoot to go attend to a model stuck in the bathroom because her weave is too big to put clothes on over (which is apparently not a problem for seasoned professional models because, according to designers, they stand around naked backstage most...
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OhGod
My iron is broken. I plug it in but it just won’t turn on. Oh my life is over.
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Bird number five
Model: Lairen Hightower Photography: Emily Lo Hair+Makeup: Apex Dream Team + Jaime Frydman
And let’s get some !Regal up in here.
You wouldn’t believe how much fabric is in this dress if I told you, oh and I’ll tell you. 4 yards in that skimpy little thing…made on the bias of course.
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Making Big Lashes
It’s really easy. Just see!
Start with a cheap looking pair, can be anything. If it’s thinner than the ones i’m starting with, just add more! Fake lashes really make an ensemble a lot more dramatic so they’re great for any stage or performance costume.
You will need: some not-so-impressive lashes, some eyelash glue, and feathers the color of your choosing. I’m...
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Bird number one
Model: Dennell Photography: Emily Lo Hair+Makeup: Apex Dream Team
Dennell, I don’t know what happened, but you gave me so much sass about the makeup.
So it goes.
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Designer Fabrics
So you walk into the fabric store and you see some overpriced bolts labeled “designer fabric”, but just what is designer fabric?
It certainly is not fabric made by a designer. Can you see Donna Karan sitting down in some fabric mill designing cloth? me either. Well…maybe to some extent it is “designed” by the design house, but unless its a really distinct house...
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Bird number three
Model: Savannah Thais Photography: Emily Lo + Jessica Wong Hair+makeup: Apez Dream Team
The styling on this one was just incredible. You can’t really see it in the photos, but she looked like her lashes could bat a few times and carry her away. I actually sat down and made all the lashes out of feathers so they were more dramatic.
Chiffon and silk taffeta under-dress. This one was a...
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Spring forward!
And lose an hour of sleep hooray!
Here’s how to make a scarf to compensate for it. It only takes a five minutes and you don’t need to leave the house—unless you want to go buy some fabric, but honestly that’s even too ambitious for me.
Take an existing light-weight spring scarf (a very long one too), and stitch two rows. Gather the rows and make some perpendicular...
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Bird number four
I believe these were shot in an elevator foyer. A little blurry and soft focused, but you know—good lighting is remarkably difficult to find at night, DUH.
Much love to everyone who worked hard to make this happen.
Model: Joni Zucker Photographer: Emily Lo + Jessica Wong Hair+Makeup: Apex Dream Team + Zoe Steinberg
Oh and of course, love to that fiendish and controversial best buddy...
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MODA 2011 Spring Fashion Show
0 min, go go go!!
This show was very special to me not only because it was in Downtown Chicago, but because I was a part of putting it together. Being on the management end of a show really endears it to you. Every little detail is an ordeal. An event like this is, for lack of better description, is like 6 weeks of labor and uncomfortably birthing a huge fashion baby.
Everything was...
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Countdown
Let’s do this 24 style. Intense and blood pressure elevating. The 24 hours before a fashion show are always super nerve wrecking—and I’ll be sure to let you in on every gory detail.
I lost the first 12 hours to homework and sleeping, so that makes for a very uneventful episode….
However, at 9am, 12 hrs prior, my hair stylist calls to tell me she’s come down with a...
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