THE TEAM | solange "losing you"

i can never tire of this song nor can i tire of this video, even seven months after its release. solange's wardrobe for losing you is full of colour, print, texture and fun; i immediately became obsessed with the styling and wanted to know who was responsible for it. his name is ty hunter and he dressed solange in looks from suno, kenzo, diane von furstenburg, opening ceremony, j.crew and asos. he did an excellent job in making solange looks just as dapper as her sapeur co-stars.

director, melina matsoukas
director of photography, jackson hunt
stylist, ty hunter
hair, nikki nelms
makeup, munemi imai
flimed in the congo

 

COLOR THE DARK | emily fox

a few months ago i styled a shoot with some friends of mine for an editorial. the editorial didn't go through, which happens, but i'm happy to share the images of the fantastic ms. fox and her newly chopped bangs. i've always liked emily and i was elated that we got to work with her on this shoot.

color the dark, summer 2013

photographer, lauren hayes
styled by me
makeup & hair, lori-ann lazary
model, emily fox (next models)
art direction, joel regular

bouse, ashtiani | belt, vince camuto | trousers, libertine-libertine |
earrings, custom VAWK | ring, chloé comme parris

NIKI & LOLA | spring summer 13 lookbook

i am a huge fan of niki & lola jewelry. ever since i was introduced to their line at their breakfast media launch i knew i needed their pieces in my life; i even wanted to buy some of their jewelry right then and there! instead, i waited patiently until their trunk show to buy three rings from them, which i wear on a daily basis. being such a fan i was more than ecstatic to be brought on board to style their spring summer lookbook. since i've become friends with angie tingas and mike proteau of niki & lola, and with joseph saraceno shooting (my photog bestie) this shoot barely felt like work! 

so have a look and remember, all pieces are available for sale online at nikiandlola.com

IN MEMORY OF | annabel tollman

on june 7th, 2013 the fashion world learned that stylist annabel tollman passed away in her sleep. she was in her late 30's*.

annabel was best known for her red carpet styling of celebrties like scarlett johanson, liv tyler, mariah carey, among others; she was also known for her ability to dress curvy bodies just as well slender ones. she has worked at wallpaper* magazine, was a fashion director of interview magazine, worked as a stylist and spokeswoman for eBay fashion, and was woking on her own bravo reality series. annabel was also brought on by pink tartan's kimberley newport-mimran to style her spring summer 2013 collection.

it's sad that someone of annabel's talent is gone at such a young age, especially when there was so much more to conquer. she can still be remembered professionally through her works and personally through her social media pages. get to know annabel.

twitter | instagram | facebook | models.com | website

image from rent the runway.

*there is no clarity on her age. several different site have listed her age as 36 or 39.

MY FAVOURITE THINGS | sweet leaf bath co.

i've changed up my personal care regimen somewhat recently and have been trying to use more natural products.  i've been using kiss my face conditioner for my hair, i've been using olive oil  to moisturize my skin and hair and castile soap to cleanse my skin and hair. once i find something that i love i tend to stick to it and often do not open myself to try out new things but there was one day when i discovered sweet leaf bath company.

i stumbled upon sweet leaf via a post on hip & urban girl's website about their winter beauty round-up where they listed a lip balm in a 100% compostable eco tube. they had me at compostable-how could i not give it a try? i ordered the lip balm along with some soaps which lead to my order of their shea butter which lead to my order of their scrubs and i have been ordering from sweet leaf ever since because i have been loving every product i have tried from them.

their products are handcrafted in small batches using pure, organic and fair trade certified ingredients; they're hand blended with pure essential oils, preserved using natural methods; there are no petroleum-based ingredients, sulphates, detergents, synthetic preservatives, colours or fragrances.  and they're canadian! i love to support canadian.

below are some of my favourites that i continually order on a regular basis.

beeswax lip balm in a 100% compostable tube.

shea butter, unrefined, not bleached and in a compostable container.
it offers natural sunscreen protection equivalent to an spf15.

this java bean scrub is fantastic. filled with dead sea salts, organic fair
trade coffee beans and a lot of other nourishing goodness.
the best part is if you use this in the shower there is no need to use
lotion after because it leaves your skin perfectly moisturized.

it's hard to choose one favourite soap because all of them are great.
and all of them are free from synthetic fragrances, dyes and additives.

you can find sweet leaf bath company products at select shops and organic supermarkets across canada. you can also buy their products online (and they accept paypal!) at sweetleafbath.com

CUTTING EDGE | dress to kill magazine

the spring issue of dress to kill magazine is out! actually, it's been out for about 2 or 3 weeks but i'm just getting around to posting about it now. i've been procrastinating. sorry.

the theme for this season's issue of dress to kill magazine was futuristic and minimal. since my styling preference with accessory editorials leans towards the "more is more" taste i did find this story  to be a challenge, even more so than the le rouge est le noir story from winter. choosing only 3 items that compliment and match each other while balancing and arranging them on the geometric backgrounds was like putting together a puzzle. in the end, photographer joseph saraceno and i created some fantastic images that the magazine loved. the fashion contacts  that i work with also loved it and gave me great feedback. one emailed me stating "tricia!! that made my week.", which in turn made my week.

cutting edge, dress to kill magazine spring 2013

photographer, joseph saraceno

styling, moi

bag, louis vuitton | shoe, salvatore ferragamo | bangle, hermès

SPRING CLUTCH | 1883 magazine editorial

last month while styling an editorial photographer joseph saraceno and i decided to do a mini creative shoot on the side to update our books. we had the time, we had great product and one can never have too much new work in their books, published or otherwise (of course we did not use the same items that we already photographed for the other editorial - that would be a no-no). as with any creatives i always like to try and see if it can get published. there are countless publications, both print and online, that are always looking for submissions. london-based 1883 magazine ended up publishing our spring clutch story and they also published a beauty story joseph shot too. it's not our first time being in 1883; we once did a fashion editorial on a skeleton that they loved enough to print, but we were too late so it was published online instead.  i'm glad that 1883 picked up our work again and hopefully there will be more of our work, online and even in print, in the future.

spring clutch, 1883magazine.com spring 2013

photographer, joseph saraceno

styling, moi

TARGET | spring flyer

it's not very often that i post about the catalogue or e-commrce that i style for. most of the time it's because i do so much of it that i forget to look out for the final image, not only to see the end result but also to add to my book! thankfully i caught the page that i styled for target when in was in minneapolis last month.

the trip to get there was bananas. flights kept getting cancelled, i would get moved to another flight only for it to be cancelled or delayed; it was a nightmare. though i was to fly out on sunday to begin working on monday i actually never made it to minneapolis until monday afternoon. yeah.

thankfully my nightmare trip was no indication of how my week would be. it was nothing but good times, a great crew and good product to work with. i got a whole page to myself, which was awesome, and it turns out that they liked me enough to book me again, yay! fingers crossed this trip will be a lot more seamless than last time...

still life/off figure styling by me | still life/off figure photography, tom sadowski

MODEL WATCH | lauren english

last season i had the pleasure of working with model lauren english for VAWK's spring/summer 2013 runway presentation at world mastercard fashion week. as fashion week in toronto draws near again and the wish list is revisited to cast the fall/winter lineup of beauties, there is a chance that lauren may not be available. why? because she rocked the runways in paris fashion week for designers like céline, paco rabanne and loewe, opened for acne, closed for maison martin margiela, had a semi-exclusive for balenciaga, not to mention an exclusive in new york for alexander wang. i'm not shocked by her success (just look at her! those cheekbones...) but i was shocked to find out that VAWK was the only one to book her last fashion week! 

well good on us for booking her when we did (and while we could). i can't wait to see where lauren's career takes her.

lauren english | elmer olsen | img