Friday, July 31, 2020

Pretend You're Leaving - Closet Core Modeling Advice

photos from Closet Core website
There is some fine advice, and great humor in this post.
https://www.closetcorepatterns.com/touch-your-hair-and-other-tips-for-aspiring-models/

I have an awful time with photos. I'd participate in more stuff, but photography is hard. 
Workroom mirror selfies are just for my reference
Opera house bathroom selfie. What the hell am I wearing?
Fun with mug shot timer selfies
One of my goals is to take better photos of me in the clothes. Because the clothes are supposed to look good on me, not because I want to take my photo over and over again.

Anne M Bray is my muse in this. She has the OOTD selfie DOWN
https://www.instagram.com/annembray/
I am so stealing this. I will have to give her a permanent art director credit if I do.
That's more than fine with me.

And then there's the gold standard
photo by Nicolas Pillai
http://dollyclackett.blogspot.com/
although she's here more often
https://www.instagram.com/roisinmuldoon/
This one is better but there was arguing and more than one photo was taken. I made those pants twice because I outgrew the first pair. LOVE THEM.

This is okay. It's from Frocktails 2018. It was a dark room, and my phone camera is crap in a dark setting
Fun fact: this is not the rectangle dress that's making the rounds, it's my rip off of a Yohji Yamamoto dress from the Seattle Art Museum Future Beauty show some summers ago. We'll finally get to that later this week.
Does no one know how to make the bed in this house?

I did a whole series of these; the parabolic mirror at the post office was the closest I could get to a work selfie
More recent work selfies in symphony hall bathroom. Won't be there until we get a vaccine

Home bathroom selfie not working

Spouse was peeved that I asked him to take one of the dress, not my face. This is as much dress as you are going to get here. And he took one. Which was one too many for  him.

So I'm working on a standard set up, and will document that process; things easier to photograph than me. I won't be going anywhere with better lighting anytime soon.
Added this, still working on new setup. But in honor of Heather Lou, some hair touching

Sunday, July 26, 2020

WilliWear 1984 City Island

If you want to go on a vacation, I recommend Willi Smith's City Island.

https://willismitharchive.cargo.site/City-Island
photo still from City Island fashion show video

I own very little designer related clothing.
photo still from City Island fashion show video


But I treasure this shirt. It hasn't left the rotation since I bought it summer of 1985 (at TJ Maxx. They had the whole runway set)


Nice article
This page is the one you want to read

So much goodness here
 I am sewing, but mostly dealing with family issues and yes, sewing my sister another pair of pants. So far they fit.