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Shop Til You Drop December 2010

Not sure if I mentioned this earlier, but a month or two ago I was approached
by the fabulous team at Shop Til You Drop and was asked to be featured on one
of their Streetstyle pages.
The team at STYD were so lovely to meet and work with...was an absolute pleasure.

The December issue (as always) is choc-a-bloc full of goodness so go out and buy it now!

LOVE

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EffortlesslyCool

Blazer - Patricia Field

Tee - Vintage, from New York
Shorts - American Apparel California Select Vintage Levi's
Shoes - Converse
Backpack - Strandbags

My ultra smoking friend Natalie before we got snap-happy today at Minkpink!
I always love Nat's effortless style...she makes any outfit look beyond fierce.
Almost killed her today to get that vintage New York tee....need me some of that!

Today at work I styled some looks on Nat for the Minkpink Website.

There are currently some shots up on the site already of myself...
But today we shot a whole new lot on the beautiful Nat...can't wait to see them up.
So keep checking back on the site to see what's in store now and to see the results :)

love

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VanessaJackman

VANESSA JACKMAN

If there is any Streetstyle photographer to follow from now on, it’s Vanessa Jackman.
In 2007 the self taught Australian ditched her Lawyer-lifestyle and is now living the
life in London following her heart and dreams doing what makes her happiest; and isn’t that inspiring enough!
Her Streetstyle shots have made their way into British Vogue, Lucky Magazine (US), Harper’s Bazaar (Taiwan) and Style.com trends feature, to name a few.

I was fortunate to meet with her in person on her sporadic trip to Sydney for Rosemount Australia Fashion week last May, and have since got to know her better
(such a warm, and beautiful woman let me tell you!).
I decided to do a little follow up interview with her so here is a little insight into her life and adventures thus far..

What originally inspired you to pursue fashion photography?

Bit of a long story actually! When I moved to London, I picked up my husband's little Fuji FinePix 2MP camera and started messing around with it until eventually I joined the photo-sharing website Flickr, and started doing the "100 Strangers" project in December 2007. It was the first time I had ever really photographed people other than my friends at parties back home in Sydney (and I was always chopping arms, heads off etc- I was utterly useless!) and in the beginning I was completely terrified. The thought of approaching a random stranger on the street and asking if I could take their photo went way beyond my comfort zone. However, I persevered and the project built up my confidence in approaching strangers of all ages and backgrounds, and gradually I started to learn more about light, composition, my DSLR camera settings (I upgraded from the Fuji) and post-production techniques. I have always loved fashion and style, however, and moved into shooting street style images in March 2009. I absolutely love photographing (and meeting) new people and street style photography gives me the excuse to do that every day! I have met the most wonderful, interesting, gorgeous people through my blog and on the streets, and I feel so grateful that I am doing something that I utterly adore.

How did you learn your skills? Are you self taught?

Yes, self taught. I still have so much to learn and some days I feel incredibly frustrated at myself, but I think that with photography, you never stop developing and learning new skills.

How long have you been streetstyle snapping for?

I started photographing street style in March 2009.

What trends are inpsiring you the most at the moment?

Camel, camel and even more camel! And leather-I love the way designers are making such a "tough/hard" fabric look feminine and soft.

Where do you find inspiration for your own fashion?

Definitely from the girls I photograph on the street and from magazines (I am a magazine addict!)

Will you be attending London Fashion Week in Sept 2010? What sort of trends do you predict to be on the streets

Oh yes! Ankle/mid calf heeled boots, animal print (although does this trend ever really go away?), fitted sheepskin leather jackets, camel, capes and Pamela Love inspired jewellery.

What do you do apart from pursing your photography? For fun and personal enjoyment?!

I love food, travel, meeting new people although I must admit that it all kind of meshes together with the photography.

Where do you hope to see yourself in 5 years?

My biggest dream is to shoot editorials for magazines.

To see her Streetstyle snaps and to follow her journey head to

http://vanessajackman.blogspot.com/
it’s one for the bookmarks tab no questions asked.

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SbyZ

Susie, 1x1/2 designer of Stylestalker, shot by our favourite Zanita.
Dannng is this girl hot or what?!
You can tell everytime I step into our office I take away some inspiration
from the Stylestalker girls' individual style alone.
This outfit is FABULOUS on more levels than I can deal with.
She is a natural.
And when shot by Zanita - what else can we expect?!

Yoko eat your heart out.

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AbbeyAbbeyAbbey

source - altamiranyc

Love Abbey. Always.

So into this ensemble she is totally owning.

Outfits like this..can only be done with confidence.

Can you imagine someone in this who wasn't 100% confident in what they were in?

Yikes.

Her dark lips here massively edge it up too. Super hot.

Night lovers.

Early night of reflecting for me tonight.

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VanessaJackman

Vanessa Jackman

Vanessa Jackman is one of the most talented

Streetstyle Photographers out there right now.
Just a brief glance over her recent shots from RAFW in Sydney a couple of weeks ago
you can instantly see her talent projecting through every shot.
She hasn't even posted half yet I would say from her shots throughout the week...
...def stay tuned!

Above are my favs from what she has posted so far.
.wang.leopard.cuffed.khaki.clogs.neutrals.loose.shorts.stripes.docs.cute.up.buns.

.exposed.lace.lingere.statement.necklaces.alicemccall.samanthaharris.lolavanvorst.

LOVING IT ALL

And a shoutout to my gal-pal Lola in the last shot

So excited to her up there!
Super hot girl :)

Okay I have to clean my studio.
It's a bomb site from the rolling days of work and no motivation to clean.
Blah to cleaning my own mess. I am more happy cleaning up other people's...
...weird I know. haha.

LOVE

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RAFW#2

Oxford Chambray Shirt - American Apparel

Belt - Vintage

Welt Pocket Pants - American Apparel

Socks - American Apparel

Sunnies - American Apparel

Shoes - RMK

Bag - Witchery

Yo!

Here is my second post on RAFW.

Was lucky enough to fit the TAFE show in around my work commitments...

Must say I was SO impressed.

The first designer, Fuss, was amazing.

As was the closing designer of the group Elliot Ward-Fear.

Expecting some big things from all of the TAFE graduates.

It really was so exciting to watch.

The inspirations were pretty clear in each collection and the passion shone throughout.

Had a lovely time on Thurs at the OPT.

Spotted Susie Style Bubble (who I actually helped today at work shop for swim suits!)..

..and was SO SO flattered to be style snapped by the man himself; Tommy from Jak and Jil.

Now the wait to see if my photo gets posted or not...either way, I was overrrr the moooooon.

Also indulged in some wine up at the Rosemount Balcony Bar...free wine is your friend.

And was lucky to chat, and shoot some style shots with Vanessa Jackman for the second day in a row..

..Vanessa is an up-and-coming big thing in streetstyle photography and is totally LOVELY in person.

So lucky to have met with her! She is back off to London though...

....so you will have to follow her blog. She is amaze.

Now must get some sleeeeep big day tomorrow.

Styling a shoot - will try to take some pics for you guys!

On that note - still doing the Stylestalker behind the scenes post...

...waiting for the pics to go live on their site..hold onto your horses.

.LOVE.

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