gott nytt år baby!

Where I am from, on New Years, rather than going out into the cold night I prefer to stay in the warmth of my own home. I hope everyone has a lovely New Years! We love you all!

Top: Ralph Lauren; Bra & Body Suit: American Apparel; Shoes: Cheap Monday;

Photograph by:

Johns Hopkins Congdon

29/12/2012

Here is another look from the shoot I did with Johns. It was a little difficult to do because the room was so cold!

Top: Happiness is a $10 Tee; Jacket: Zadig & Voltaire;

Photographs by:

Johns Hopkins Congdon

I Only Wear Dior Homme to Bed

When planning this shoot, photographer Johns Hopkins Congdon and I started out with a small selection of his favorite pieces of clothing. With these pieces acting as the main inspiration for the shoot, we were left with the task of deciding what we wanted the overall feeling of the images to be. Using a bottle of nail polish that my brother brought back from a trip to China and a paint brush, on the middle of a piece of paper I wrote the words 'Witch Haus'; however, after some mind mapping, we found ourselves discussing a theme that was centered around a feeling of whimsical, youthful happiness.

The styling for this outfit was inspired by a mutual love for Hedi Slimane. When I first met Johns in high school, I was obsessed with Hedi Slimane who at the time was the designer for Dior Homme. After Johns and I became friends, at some point he became obsessed with Hedi as well. Since then Johns and I have both been collecting pieces from Hedi Slimane's time at Dior Homme. Both pieces in this look are two of Johns' pieces of Dior Homme.

When we began the actual shooting, rather than copying Slimane's own style of photography we used elements that reminded us of Hedi in the decoration of the set (headphones, cigarettes, images of Hedi Slimane, etc.). The Tim Walker photographs were somewhat accidental but in my mind are the image of this feeling of whimsical, youthful happiness that we were trying to purvey.

Top & Jacket: Dior Homme;

Photographs by:

Johns Hopkins Congdon

Dress Me Magazine Issue 5

Read Issue 5 of Dress Me Magazine

Featuring:
Accessorize
Rachel Antonoff
Riller & Fount
Sockerbit
The Fashion Office

Music:
Teen Daze
Them Stars
Giraffage

The rest of the details about contributors, models, photographers, and everyone who helped will be posted by tomorrow!

Snejana Onopka

Joie ‘Jacaranda’ Peasant Top and Fluxus 'Lora' Dress

Some spreads I love from our newest issue!

Dress Me Magazine Issue 4

Dress Me Magazine Issue 4 is now online, read it here!

The DMM team would like to give a special thanks to Executive Assistant and Head of PR Tyler White!

Thank you to everyone who contributed and helped, we could not have done it without you!

Editors:
 Holly Alymore- Show Time
Fydez Tan- Style Fydez
Federica Manca- Style Parisien
Cindy Voong- London Fashion Week

Contributors:
Maya- Missoni Through the Ages
Priyanka Kochar- White Wash 
Remmy McCabe- InterviewShaniqua King- Location Based Fashion
Brittany Witkin- Fashion Diary
Vicky Vaughan- A Snapshot of Fashion Photography

Photographers:
Emma Burrington
Sarah Kjelleren- Shot the last look for 'In all the World Only Two: Part I of II'

Models:
Amy, Tyler, and David

Dress Me Magazine Issue N°4 Cover

Here is the cover for our fourth issue!

Almost there!

The DMM team would like to apologize for our temporary hiatus from email. We are in the final process of completing the next issue of the magazine. We will be documenting the final stage through blogger and twitter as way of keeping you updated and giving a behind-the-scenes look at our process!

If you are currently a contributor and have a 'must contact us' situation email us at: onawimstudios@gmail.com and someone will return your email! Thank you for your patience! Back to work! Later! 

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dressmemag

New Lula

The other day Jordan and I stopped into one of our favorite magazine shops. I was surprised to hear Jordan saying 'New Lula!' because this magazine store is always a little late getting magazines in. I was excited and happy to have gotten one on time. Thank you Jordan for the new Lula!

No I am not from Sweden I am just a little obsessed

If you want to know what a day in the life of the DMM team looks like it kind of looks like this. We just wish we were more Swedish in the way that we carried on. Scandinavians seem to have everything figured out, we wouldn't mind a tip or two... 

emmas, fantastic frank

three beauty buys that are worth spending your money on

1. Shiseido products

• Shiseido is one of those brands that I am a little addicted to. Their skin care lines and makeup are all fine for sensitive skin, they have a skin care line for every type of skin, and many of their foundations and powders contain SPF for added sun protection.

2. Clarins products

• Clarins is the master of sun care. I know you have probably heard a thousand times how important it is to use sun screen, but honestly it is! I have been using sunscreen everyday, rain or shine, since I was 15. Did you know that you lose 80% of your skins elasticity before the age of 20 due to sun damage?

3. Magazines (foreign ones too)

• Magazines give the best make up tips/reviews and the best part is you can tear out your favorite tips or products and create your own beauty book perfectly tailored for you! If you get foreign magazines you get even more beauty tips/tricks/advice/reviews (the same goes for fashion and style tips).

Oh and I got some new Shiseido bronzer.... I know I am late to the whole brozer thing so wish me luck! Thankfully Bergdorfs did a tutorial recently on it. You can read it here. 

A Thursday update on Wednesday morning

When we woke up yesterday we ordered from Balthazar. It was kind of essential because I needed a soy latte and it seems to be the only place that has them. Our walk to class looked like this. We expected rain but the weather turned out to be lovely.

Thursdays are my Fridays and I am in much need of a weekend. One thing I plan to do this weekend: read the stack of magazines waiting for me on my trunk 

Polo: Ralph Lauren

Jeans: J Brand

Cardigan: LF

Leather bomber jacket and ankle boots: mine

Sunglasses: Oliver Peoples

Thursday

My parents came up on Wednesday so I have not been posting. I did take loads of pictures. Here are pictures from Thursday. One of which shows my lovely new leopard print gentleman's slippers that I have been coveting. It was beautiful out! 

Other pictures from Monday

Non outfit related pictures from Monday include Jordan on our walk back to the West Village. The Flowers that he got for the shoot. We bought them at this little flower shop that I love. It is outside a bodega on 6th and 2nd ave. The lady makes the most beautiful little arrangements, this is a close favorite of mine. The pink and the green I love. I think she uses lemon leaf too, which smells so nice. I was excited that we picked up new flowers but carrying them arount the city was slightly embarrassing, I think everyone thought we were on a first date. A copy of Elle I picked up on the way back (which felt a little weird seeing as I never buy the American version of Elle or any other version... with the exception of a recent purchase of the UK version...) and when we got back I decided that I should organize some of the magazines that were lying around.