When 'Sunday dress up' comes in handy...

Don't let go girls.

Simultaneous ball throwing.

Trying not to fall over whilst 'floating' through space...

Photographer: Coneyl Jay
Magazine: PWM
 Art Director: Lisa Sheehan 

These images were taken behind the scenes of a two-day photoshoot for twelve covers of PWM (Professional Wealth Management) magazine. The Art Direction for this magazine usually follows the theme of the futuristic and space age. When costume budgets are tight, our job is to creatively interpret the costume brief as follows: 

1) A grey 90's boilersuit with a cardboard box stuck on the back can make an excellent spacesuit.

2) A fish bowl can be utilised for a helmet (just make sure you can breathe).

3) Loo rolls can most definitely look like aerospace-esque tubes and pipes.. 
4) An odd bit of camera tripod makes for a great 'generic space tool'.
5) We will all be wearing old dance leotards in the future...obviously.

Given this as a base to work on, Coneyl will work his 3D magic and the cover images will make their transformation from playing dress up to polished space-age.

L'Officiel(ly) new fave photographer

Photographer: Reno Mezger (Syndikat Artists)

Publication: L'Officiel (Ukraine edition)

 Styling: Patrick Lief

Hair: Fee Steinvorth

Make-Up: Isabel Peters (using Chanel)

The July edition of Ukraine edition of L'Officiel magazine came out yesterday July 2nd and I adore this punk-esque inspired shoot by Reno Mezger. I love the colours and layers and the almost but not quite trashed makeup. Perfect post-festival pick me up.

To the BARRE (& other hobbies)

Financial Times: How to Spend It
Photographer: Andrew Yee
Styling: Damian Foxe
Hair, Make-up and Set Design: Atelier Management

These impressively posed shots were Financial Times' How to Spend It, back in December 2013. Ballet has recently gone 'on the up' in fashion and as one of those who has leapt onto this latest bandwagon, I had to mention this one.

The pointed toe in the first, the clasped hands in the second, turned out feet in the third and the pilé en point (!!) in the fourth all emulate dancing poise and posture. Combined with the unusual quirks in theatrical hair and make-up make for a fantastical combination.