A Winters Tale

With the Holidays upon us everyone is planning, shopping and partying. Going to Holiday parties means you get to dress up in your finest, maybe buy something new and hopefully turn a few heads when you walk into the room.

Inspired by the Sultry, Glamorous looks of old Hollywood's leading ladies from the 1930's like Garbo, Lombard and Dietrich off we went into the woods to shoot.

All eyes are on you as you make your entrance. Your hair in effortless tousled curls, lips red as a rose, skin white as snow, a fur coat loosely draped around your shoulders to keep you warm from the brisk winter-y air. Your dress is a shinning gem - one of a kind and looks as if you hand picked it from Carole Lombard's closet. Strutting up to the first guy you see, you flip your hair, and in a cool, low voice say 

"Hello Handsome." 

Just another night on the town...

"Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade"

Marlene Dietrich

"Don't Kiss and talk about it - men don't."

Carole Lombard

"I am not afraid of nothing except being bored."

Greta Garbo

We styled the shoot with a long lace dress from Free People, underneath we put a gold sequin slip for more glitter. Topped it off with a vintage fake fur cape then added lots of rings and necklaces. We curled Camilla's hair into long waves and of course applied deep red lipstick. For shoes, (although you don't see them) we used Jeffrey Campbell's black tick booties, that brought the look back to a current feel.

The ending of "A Winters Tale" at sunset in the woods felt like an Enchanted Fairytale.

We were featured on Lori's Shoes go check it out! 
They put up a blog post and also have Camilla featured on their web sites banner.  Lori's also has an amazing selection of shoes, bags and accessories and right now a lot of our favorite shoes are already on sale!

XX

Valerie and Camilla

Mon Amie la Rose

"I was born at dawn

Baptized  in dew

I blossomed

Happy and in love

In the rays of the sun."

The beautiful song by Francoise Hardy "Mon Amie la Rose" 

was the inspiration behind our shoot. 

Enjoy her lovely voice and gorgeous face as you listen to the song.

 

The dress Camilla is wearing is a dress she found when she was just twelve years old. I had taken her vintage shopping for the first time to some great shops on Melrose and to the Fairfax flea market. I told her to just look around and if she saw something that spoke to her, grab it. She came up to me after just the first shop and showed me this dress saying "look at this!"

I knew I had found my vintage shopping buddy. 

She had the eye and without any training. My first though was "Brilliant!"

We paired it with the Jeffery Campbell boots I had bought at the LF "sale of the season" last fall and some jewelry from India that her dad brought back. Then headed to our favorite locale that Emmett discovered and shot these photos.

Have a wonderful weekend!

XX

 Valerie and Camilla

Dont Let The Sun Go Down On Me

 The last of the pieces we shot from Alpinestars was the the Vegan Leather jacket from ASTARS

This is the piece that Denise gave Camilla. The Fuchsia color is amazingly fun and the look and feel of the faux leather make it hard to believe it's not real.

It has not been the warmest of summers at the beach this year. Lately most days are in the high 60's with fog and marine layer. Just one mile inland its 10 degrees warmer and sunny. When we finally did this shoot it was sunny but only in the mid sixties and the end of the day. We were hoping to get a great sunset but Camilla was getting too cold.

We decided to go up to Palos Verdes point yesterday because although the day was gloomy, it looked like we were going to get a bit of end of the day sun.
We were wrong about the sun but the the view is always amazing and it can give you a total attitude adjustment.

  The location is just the other side of Bluff Cove. In the last picture you can see the trail that leads down to the beach. Surfers trek down the long dirt path to catch waves that break further out than the local beaches. 

Camilla is wearing a vintage 1960's bathing suit in the last pictures, a la Sandra Dee.
Vintage Levis 501's and Jeffrey Campbell Nation Boots in the first set of Photos.
Necklaces are Camilla's favorite Dali Lama and her St Christopher who protects surfers in the ocean.


Also, we received an email from Guide to Art Schools and they put us on a list they compiled of Best Fashion Blogs. We are completely honored to be on a list that consists of Am-Lul's closet, Fashiontoast, Wildfox, and Cherry Blossom Girl
Click the link below and see who else is honored because there are a lot of great blogs to see.

Guide to Art Schools

best fashion blogs 

XX Valerie and Camilla

ch ch ch ch ch Cherry BOMB!

"Can't stay at home, can't stay at school

Old folks say, ya poor little fool

Down the street I'm the girl next door

I'm the fox you've been waiting for."

 

Take me back to the Seventies! 

Although we are not huge fans of Kristen Stewart, we have never read a Twilight book nor seen the the movie.  I have to say there is a slight intrigue about the upcoming movie "The Runaways."  I think mainly because I love the Seventies. The fashion even though at times could be a bit tacky there was still goodness. I mean come on we had Halston,  Studio 54, Glam rock, Punk rock, Farrah Fawcett and Hot pants with Platform shoes.  

If you love the fashion and want the look we found some fabulous pieces to rock this spring a la "Runaway."

 Halston Heritage from shopbop

 Jeffrey Campbell

Erin Wasson x RVCA and Helmut Lang SP2010

Via Style.com

Bowie Tee Urban Outfitters

Leather leggings Helmut Lang form Shopbop

Runaways Tee

Jewelry  by Pamela Love

And if you want the real thing to get inspired instead of Hollywoods version

The Runaways

Joan Jett and Cherie Currie

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! We hopefully will get back to some photo shoots this  Saturday or Sunday, it has defiantly been a while. 

XX Valerie and Camilla