Every Picture Tells A Story

When Lori's Shoes contacted us about doing another shoot for their blog and web store we were more than delighted and up for the task.
Visions of rock stars and fashion icons of the past streamed through our heads when we first saw the tan fringe bag by Cut N Paste. The warm carmel color of the leather and the soft, distressed look, gave the illusion that the bag already had a rich history. Inspired by Rolling Stones girlfriend Anita Pallenberg and Beatles gal Patti Boyd, we immediately decided to style the new bag with textures and pieces that evoked the rock chick’s vibe. 

 

"There goes a gal, In the pretty skirt with a golden smile

That made you feel new"

Bella by Angus and Julia Stone

"There she sits with them big old field of daisies and rusty mills. 

And when the sun it shines on her hair of gold,

She's beautiful"

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

DANCE

 "He who loves, flies, runs and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back."

Henri Matisse

DANCE (II) 1910

A few weeks back we did this shoot with Camilla's friend Lisa. She is such a talented girl in all forms of the arts. She is not only a photographer but a dancer and artist. She inspired this shoot of Dance with her elegance and grace. Lisa also shot the photos of Camilla at the end of our shoot with her. 

I wanted to put Lisa in a flowy dance inspired piece so she is wearing a long silk chiffon skirt as a dress and belted with a vintage silk scarf. The color of the skirt was perfect for her skin and the chiffon provided the exact fluid movement we were looking to capture.

XX Valerie and Camilla

Start A "LOVE TRAIN"

NEIL KRUG
PULP

THE COOLEST COLLABORATION BETWEEN A MODEL AND PHOTOGRAPHER.

PAPER MAGAZINES 

PEACE, LOVE AND SOUL

The shoot was based on the 70's music show 
 "Soul Train."

And for the fun of it I found this old TV footage from the show in the 70's.

If the clothes and feeling of the whole scene don't make you smile you gotta love that 

"LOVE TRAIN"

Enjoy!

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

Come Sail Away

In our home town just about 2 miles off the coast we have had a rare and majestic sight for the past few months. Beautiful Blue Whales have come here to feed on krill and the gentle giants are causing quite a stir in the quiet beach towns. Our ocean has been much colder than normal for this time of year, it actually never warmed up to summer temps so it was perfect for the Blue Whales to come and feed. Blue Whales are mostly never in these parts of the ocean and never at least in about 50 years been this close to shore. We have had the opportunity to go out sailing a few times this past month on my brothers sail boat and view the giant creatures. I can not even begin to explain how huge they are, I would say the ones we saw were close to 80 feet long. All the photos are by Camilla and Emmett taken while my brother sailed the boat and I needed to not move around too much because I get terribly seasick. These are some of my favorite shots that Camilla and Emmett took on various trips to sea. 

We Hope everyone has been having a wonderful weekend.

 The weather has finally turned to Summer even though now all we want is Fall. It is like we were jipped on our Summer and hopefully now we won't be jipped for Fall. Oh Mother Nature! I guess I really can't complain it is nice way to enjoy your Sunday:)

Camilla and I have been busy with a photo shoot for Lori's Shoes and will be posting the photos next week, so stay tuned!

XX Valerie and Camilla

Something old Something new

Just a few of our favorite must have products, some are old stand by's and some are new additions but we love them so much we wanted to share our most favorite products with you.

The Clarisonic face brush is the best for keeping your face smooth and clean. We have been using this brush for about three years and swear by it. It leaves my skin smoother and reduces pores. Believe me it's worth every penny.

This is just about the most amazing product on the market and NOW they have Morocccan oil LIGHT for finer hair. I absolutely love this stuff!  It makes my hair smooth and believe it or not, feel thicker. You need less than a pea size amount to rub through wet hair then style.   I think it's better than all the hair smoothing products out there.

Our newest love are these two nail colors Chanel's "Khaki rose" and Deborah Lippmann "waking up in Vegas". I can not tell you how many complements we have gotten while wearing these. I don't even know which one is better because they both look so great on BOTH of our skin tones and are perfect neutrals for fall.

Have a great day!