Photoshoot for SB Blog

Shooting for Sketchbook Blog with model and muse Fran. Check out the Sketchbook Blog for all the rest of the images of Fran.

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Shooting with Fran

My comrade and partner in crime, Luma Bashmi snapped up these lovely photos of me shooting our model and muse of the moment Fran from her blackberry. It was the first time Luma and I styled and shot together and it was a euphoric experience being behind the camera and shooting in our Notting Hill area. The photos will be up on the Sketchbook Magazine Blog but keep watching this space as we update it everyday - at least a few times a day. Give us your rants, raves, comments on the new magazine blog.

Fashion156.com + Eugene Lin

It's no secret that we are fans of the groundbreaking online fashion site fashion156.com. So it made my day when Eugene Lin sent me the link of the fashion156.com blog where they mentioned his S/S 2010 collection. Here's to a great shoot and to a wonderful designer!

Behind The Scenes of the Harmatia Collection

Harmatia Courtesy of Eugene Lin

I can finally unveil the new collection from designer Eugene Lin on my blog. I have worked with Eugene on a separate magazine shoot but this time around I got to experience the full extent of his beautiful work by styling for his lookbook. His new Spring/Summer 2010 collection is called Harmatia.

The Inspiration:

Harmatia From the verb hamartanō

1. Greek: sin, to miss the mark; error; failure
2. A tragic flaw.
3. A localized disturbance of the normal arrangement, organization, or patterning of tissues during development.
4. A developmental anomaly resulting in the formation of a mass composed of tissues normally present in the locality of the mass, but of improper proportion and distribution with dominance of one type of tissue

“A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God.” - Deuteronomy 22:5

“For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.” – James 2:10

Based on the Biblical theology of “sin” – “to miss the mark” as coined by Aristotle in PoeticsBCE), Eugene Lin’s Spring / Summer 2010 offering brilliantly subverts the structure and conventionality of menswear pieces, deconstructing details and playing with the eye to create a focused and stunningly original debut collection. The silhouette is slim, soft and controlled, with razor-sharp jackets and coats. The inverse relationship between fabric and cut highlight the mastery of his cutting skills as strict traditional shirts melt effortlessly, crisp stripes undulating over the imaginative pleats, fine shirting caressed into sensuous dresses and skirts. (335

Echoing the theme of missing the mark and the equality of all sin, collars, lapels and waistbands break and blend seamlessly, emphasized by the clever manipulation of stripes. The palette is tight and smart: white and ecru, sky, royal, cobalt and navy blue with a contrast of platinum. Luxurious textures of fine cotton voile, herringbone and striped woven shirting and sumptuous solid and digital printed silk jerseys, all finished with exquisite engraved shell and horn buttons.

This original sin is simply too irresistibly tempting to miss.

Credits:

Photography Anna Fayemi
Styling Wafa Alobaidat
Styling Assistant Dalia Al Sadiqi
Hair and Make up Artist Justine Sullivan
Model Lizzie Tovell at Independent

All artwork and images copyright Eugene Lin 2009