Max Mara on Speed. Autumn Fashion shoot At Paddington Basin

 So i finally got to write post for this shoot. better late than never so they say!

 

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Hat H & M Black Polo neck: Next, Photography Simon Blower of Limelight Photography, MUA Christine Valerie

After weeks of planning and having to cancel this shoot 4 times due to bad weather (one time tale end of hurricane Gonzalo) weather forecast looked  to go ahead. Then bad news the MUA couldn’t  make it, looked like we have to give up on the idea, then thank goodness i found a lovely MUA called Christine Valerie to step in at the last minute. What an amazing  job she did too.

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Faux Leather Trousers Oasis, Knitted long Jacket: Charity shop, Cancer Reserach UK, Caterham Branch Fedora Hat: H & M Handbag :Mango Shoes: New Look Photography Simon Blower of Limelight Photography, MUA Christine Valerie

So I met Photographer and Artistic Director Simon Blower of Limelight Photography and the lovely MUA Christine Valerie  at Location for start of a fun day. A local bar kindly let us set up camp for the day and Christine somehow managed to do her magic with little lightening and cramped in a booth which didn’t make things easy for her.

 

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Hat Top Shop, Silk Blouse: Next, Faux leather jacket:Therapy, Lacey Skirt: Collectif Clothing, Ankle boots: Head over Heels, Patent Handbag: Mango Photography Simon Blower of Limelight Photography, MUA Christine Valerie

 

 

off me and Simon went to start the session, mostly we were ignored by passers by and we only managed to get security after us once! in between shoots was back into the bar for quick outfit change.

 

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Trench Coat: Charity Shop, Sue Ryder Care Oxted, Black Polo Neck: Next Faux Leather Trousers: Oasis, Black Suede Boots: Duo Boots Belt: Next, Photography Simon Blower of Limelight Photography, MUA Christine Valerie

 

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Faux Leather Trousers Oasis, Knitted long Jacket: Charity shop, Cancer Reserach UK, Caterham Branch Fedora Hat: H & M Handbag :Mango Shoes: New Look Photography Simon Blower of Limelight Photography, MUA Christine Valerie

my feet were killing me with all that walking in killer heels so how happy was I when we walked round the corner and found some deck chairs! Only in London could this happen!

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Faux Leather Trousers Oasis, Knitted long Jacket: Charity shop, Cancer Reserach UK, Caterham Branch Fedora Hat: H & M Handbag :Mango Shoes: New Look Photography Simon Blower of Limelight Photography, MUA Christine Valerie

 

you always get one! Think my look says it all!

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Hat Top Shop, Silk Blouse: Next, Faux leather jacket:Therapy, Lacey Skirt: Collectif Clothing, Ankle boots: Head over Heels, Patent Handbag: Mango Photography Simon Blower of Limelight Photography, MUA Christine Valerie

End of the day final walk along the canal.

Credits Simon Blower http://blowerlyon.co.uk/

MUA Christine Valerie

In and around Oxford with some Talented People and lots of hats!

So this September I hit the dizzy heights of Oxford, literally! I travelled to lovely little village in Oxford  to meet the renowned Photographer Simon Blower and his business partner James Lyon, The very talented Hat Designer and Milliner Jayne Elizabeth Rossiter-Gill who kindly leant me some of her amazing creations to model and the lovely Danielle Shirley who did my make up and a very different hairstyle to my usual bob!

Make and hair done we drove into Oxford to The Varsity Club, one of our locations for the shoot. We were so lucky with the weather but weren’t sure if it would hold out all day so we did our fashion shots on the rooftop bar with the fantastic views looking out over the City.  First outfit was a Turquoise dress and pink and purple hat by Jayne

 

then second outfit of the day was chiffon Cream Palazzo Pants and Navy lace top both from Zara finished off with Jayne’s statement Tiger Hat, just loved this combination.image(1)sneaky Jayne caught a few behind the scenes shots while the guys weren’t looking bhs

then off to inside to take some internal shots, first little red dress number topped with  Jayne’s beautiful lime green veiled hat, looked fab with the red of the dress, not a colour combination i would of thought of but  loved it.

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Then into the tux, great look depicted the end of the evening and all ‘partied out’ .

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Then to Studio 1, Sunningwell 

here was hats, hats and more hats! on and a Agent Provocateur Little basque number! 

this is a our  take on an  Sophia Loren image, we didn’t try to copy as for a start I am blonde and a lot older than she was in  the originalimage but we were pleased with the results and think it worked well.

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then with a Halloween sort of feel I adorned Jayne’s wonderful creation ‘Noir’ along with some latex gloves look complete.

 

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loved this stripy little number

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Yet more hats! love the ‘Anonymous’ feel of this one, nothing but the lips and hat!

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then the hats got even bigger, this is a hat i bought last year from H & M with a shoot in mind, so glad to finally got to use it

 

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this is one i called ‘The Black Widow’ this hat of Jayne’s is amazing and show’s her amazing skills in design and making of hats, I was very honoured to be able to model it for her.

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last but not least a portrait, no hat this time

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so all in all a great shoot with a very talented team.

 

More of Simon’s work can be seen here

https://www.facebook.com/simon.blower.94?fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/blower.lyon?fref=ts

Jayne’s amazing hats here

https://www.facebook.com/jayne.millinery?fref=ts

www.jelizabethmillinery.com/

 

Make up Dannielle Shirley