White Swan

 "I felt it - perfect. It was perfect..."

-Nina, Black Swan

Inspired by the movie "Black Swan" we wanted to do our own interpretation of  White Swan using the winter beach sky.

During the winter months, the sunsets are some of the most intense. As the sun goes down on the horizon there is a small amount of time that the light hits the sand first turning the beach from the dark, gloomy, cold winter into a radiating warmth of light. As you feel the sun hit your body it awakens the spirit as if you are being reborn. 

  

In order to capture the light just right we grabbed Emmett after school as our assistant. When we arrived at the beach we were a gasp at the beauty, even though we sometime take it for granted.

As I started to to shoot Camilla on the soft sand, Emmett kept saying that we needed to go down into the water because the reflection of the sun on the water was perfect. I was hesitant at first because it was so cold and the water even colder. But, he was right and Camilla, as always, loved getting right into the water and wet sand. Emmett and I took turns with the camera and light disc reflector trying to capture the beauty as we both saw it.

Lace mock turtleneck and silver bralette by Free People, 

blush dress from LF boutique, Leggings Anthropologie

Headband from Urban Outfitters.

XX Valerie and Camilla

Work Week, What We Wore 2

Chiffon rose blouse from LF boutique, Vintage 501 Levi's, Jeffery Campbell Boots.

 Blazer and chiffon blouse from LF Boutique, Skinny Cargos by Level 99 from Anthropologie,

 Boots by Jeffery Campbell, chain necklace Free People, beads Energy Muse.

It was a long week with not too much free time but today we got out and did another shoot for Lori's Shoes. 

We will be posting it next week after we send them the photos for their Blog.

The shoot was to review a bag this time and our inspiration was a combination of Anita Pallenberg, Patti Boyd and Jane Birkin. 

We can't wait to show you.

Until then this is a quick outfit post 

Happy Weekend!

XX Valerie and Camilla

In These Boots...

"I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world 
Just to find her"

"I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world 
Find out where they hide her"

It's a sunny afternoon, perfect for taking a walk down by the bay. The wind blows through my hair as I carefully trail along the path while looking towards the horizon. I can not help but notice my comfort. I feel as if I am exploring a new land but at the same time I feel free. In these boots, I could walk for miles.

This is the shoot we did for Loris shoes. Camilla is wearing the

Sam Eldeman, Pierce boots from Lori's shoe store. 

You can ALSO go to their BLOG and see our post HERE.

We styled the boots by pairing them with a pale flowy chiffon dress to create a more feminine, soft feeling. Then belted the dress with a vintage silk scarf and topped it off with an army green fitted shirt. For a finishing touch and keeping with the feminine look we braided Camilla's hair, added flowers, girlie bobbles on the arms then completed the look with beautiful floral tights.

Dress and Shirt LF boutique

Floral tights ANTHROPOLOGIE

Jewlery J Crew
 

We needed to finish our post with Nancy.
These boots were made for walkin'

ENJOY:) 

XX Valerie and Camilla

La Vie En Rose

 

  

"When he takes me in his arms he speaks softly,

I see pink.

He tells me words of love,

words of everyday.

and it makes me something."

Edith Piaf

 

"The Roses in the window box have tilted to one side.

Everything about this house was born to grow and die."

Elton John

"Give your heart and soul to me. And life will always be La vie en Rose."

Louis Armstrong

Camilla and I were taking pictures for a shopping blog we are starting and thought it would be fun to shoot her in the cute new dress she was wearing with the roses I got for Valentines. The dress is from LF boutique, by the brand Millau and her boots are Jeffery Campbell. We also added my jacket by Millau again from LF. What we ended up with? Well, a feeling of "la vie en rose."

XX Valerie and Camilla

Sweet Disposition

 

  

 

  

  

 

dis⋅po⋅si⋅tion

–noun

1.

the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.

Hi, first we want to start by thanking everyone who wrote such sweet, touching comments for dear little Jasmina. The service was a beautiful celebration of her very short life. I was in New York for 5 days and returned home late Thursday night, just missing the snow storm. My welcome home was to 2 days of rain. Camilla and I had planned to do our Gigli shoot over the weekend and Sunday turned out to be the most beautiful, perfect day. After a good rain storm the sky's are always bright blue and the clouds all white and fluffy. It's like the rain washed away the smog. We named the shoot Sweet Disposition because that is the way we are choosing to live from now on. We were inspired by Jasmina and how she chose to live her short life.

With the shoot we wanted to capture the Gigli feeling but make it wear now. We mixed our vintage Gigli skirt with a midnight blue Vintage jacket. Underneath was a Cerulean blue slip from Anthropolgie and a taupe wrap knit top by Velvet. Then we added knee hi's from American Apparel and Shoes by Jeffery Campbell from LF Boutique. The outfit was topped off with a hat by Billabong. Yes, I said Billabong, it just goes to show that you can find great pieces from lots of brands, even the surf industry. We bought the hat a while ago at this great little boutique in Manhattan Beach called The BeeHive.

In case you haven't heard LF Boutique is have their "Only Sale of The Season" with markdowns at 60% off. That's where we just bought the Jeffery Campbell shoes in this shoot.

Now a Big thank You to Rock and Revolution for the best blog award

So here are a few of the blogs we love and would like to pass this on to.

Beckerman Bite Plate

The Photodiarist

Girl Meets NYC

Decade Diary

A go-go

ANNIIEEMAL

Magpie girl

Riding Pretty 

all the pretty birds

Well, this has been way to long of a post I hope you enjoy:)

XX Valerie and Camilla

Into The Woods

 

 

  

Vintage fur wrap belted with vintage Moschino belt, denim leggings from LF boutique,Boots Miss Sixty and crop top with gloved sleeves Comme Des Garcon

 This weekend Camilla and I wanted to find a new different spot to shoot some recent vintage finds mixed with a few of the designer archives I've saved from my youth. When Emmett heard about our shoot he said he had the perfect spot. So all of us Camilla, Emmett and I went to check it out, which was out into the woods to shoot. We deemed Emmett the location expert and assistant for the day which he was excellent at when he wasn't swinging through the trees, Literally!

 

   

 The Hat Camilla is wearing is vintage Fred Hanson. The spot Emmet brought us to was fabulous and we ended up shooting two other pieces which we will be posting later. I think we will be going back again it's a lovely place and so secluded and peaceful.

XO Valerie and Camilla