Still Life Project...

I have just finished another brief for my styling course called Still Life Jigsaw. Basically we had to recreate a still life image which is a shoot using accesories taken from current trends for Spring / Summer 2011. I researched into the latest accesorie trends on websites such as Style.com and Wgsn . Out of all the trends i decided to go for the wicker / craft fayre trend to base my still life on.

Examples of Wicker / Craft fayre trend...

                                                           Luisa Beccaria

                                                      
                                                           Elena Miro

                                                                Anna Sui

Designers abandoned ethnic tribal themes for next summer, and instead plumped for sweet and feminine springtime looks centred on a bucolic pastoral theme. Girly and unashamedly romantic, key items include espadrilles, basket bags, rope-tie sandals, floppy sunhats and floral corsages. As with apparel  look to rustic materials such as broderie anglaise, crochet, lace and macramé to add a hand-crafted appeal to items.

The reason i choose this trend is because i like the rustic vintage fell to it. I am also drawn to the romantic feminine style.

Guest Speaker..

We had a guest speaker come and visit us to do a talk. Her name was Siobhan Lyon who is now a freelance stylist. I really enjoyed listening to her talk about her job and was inspired by what she did and by her work. Although Siobhan has worked alongside different people and photographers most of the time she was working with Tim Walker as she was an assistant stylist to his partner...

                                                            Siobhan Lyons

Here is some of the shoots Siobhan has featured on and helped with ...

This was a Tim walker shoot for Harpers Bazaar which had a halloween theme featuring Tim Burton and Helena Bowen Carter.

I really like this shoot and themes Siobhan explained this was a big budget shoot and alot of hard work and effort went into it which you can clearly see from the end result.