This week I love monochrome illustrations, herbs and wisdom keepers and I’m inspired by girl’s secrets and dark fashion. I’m a bit late with this post because I’ve been to London fashion week and there will be more about that in future posts.
Third time lucky.
This year I wanted to add everyday outfit posts to my weekly repertoire.
I would like the opportunity to inspire myself, try new outfit combinations and see what pieces are missing from my wardrobe and also offer insights into my style and tips on how to introduce latex into your everyday wardrobe.
I shot another two sets since New Year but didn’t end up posting either. The lense on my camera is slightly damaged, which makes focusing hard, but hopefully I’m going to be replacing it this week.
I wore this to have lunch with parents and took the pictures in their garden.
T-shirt: All Saints
Cardigans: Topshop and H&M
Vintage lace skirt: EBay
Boots: Dr Martens
Quartz pendant: home-made
Druzy neckalce: Ebay
Body Jewellery: Body Jewellery Shop
Images: Janet Ratchford
Black Diamonds
At the beginning of year I got asked to collaborate on a beautifully dark editorial with a fantastic group of creatives. Some of the images have recently been published in Dark Beauty magazine and I believe some of the beauty shots are also due to appear in FACEON.
I put together 8 looks using items form Eustratia, Richard Ayres, Carly Petitt Tylor and my own wardrobe and also did nails for one of the looks. I was especially happy to use the non-latex items I have made as I haven’t had a chance to get them published before.
Credits:
Photographer: John Cubillan (www.johncubillan.com)
Make-up Artist: Abbie Glover (www.abbieglover.co.uk)
Hair Stylist: Jade Thorley (jadethorley.co.uk)
Nail Technicians: Stacey Black & Temi Aboderin
Stylists: Richard Ayres (www.richardayres.co.uk) & Stacey Black (www.eustratia.co.uk)
Model: Emma Owens @ BOSS Model Management
Art Director: Cello Ong (www.celloong.com)
Post Production: Cello Ong & John Cubillan
Clothing: Carly Petitt-Taylor (www.carlypetitt-taylor.com), Richard Ayres and Stacey Black
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Dark unicorn
For a while now I’ve wanted to step away from the classic theme of the white unicorn, with its purity and rainbows and give it a bit of attitude. I thought that this was quite an obvious thought process for someone creative with a dark edge and unicorns seem to be everywhere at the moment so I was surprised by the lack of relevant images online when I decided to do some research.
This was ultimately good news as it meant there wasn’t much I had to tick off the list due to someone else having done it before. I still wanted it to be quite an abstract interpretation of the unicorn as opposed to a full on pony costume with a horn and as always I couldn’t decide on just one way to style it so I portrayed it in 3 facets. Pretty unicorn, warrior unicorn and queen unicorn.
I thought these were all likely characters for the dark unicorn to take on and Jamie Mahon did a great job bringing them to life and create the right atmosphere. I also borrowed some beautiful taxidermy accessories from Sophie Adamson to complete the looks. The wardrobe/styling was provided by Eustratia and the chainmail by Richard Ayres, as usual.
We also took the opportunity to shoot some other bits on the same day but I’ve decided to include them in a different post.
I wore a revised version of this outfit to Torture garden for Halloween and added ears to the headband which I thought looked much better.
For those of you who are unicorn fans, the selection of unicorn themed items on my site is growing! Grad yourself something at www.eustratia.co.uk
Dark unicorn inspiration
Those of you who have been following my blog for while will have seen the unicorn inspiration board that I posted last year. I’ve been wanting to do a dark unicorn shoot for a while now and have finally managed to arrange it with photographer Jamie Mahon, who’s dark aesthetic should fit the theme perfectly.
I gathered my initial inspiration on a board and I’m excited to see how the ideas evolve from there.
My wardrobe for the shoot is being provided by Eustratia and Richard Ayres and I’m also using some accessories by Sophie Adamson.
