punishment and reward

tomorrow shua and i will be getting together for a live drawing/styling session. the way it's been in the past is i would just grab whatever beckoned from the hanger, but this time i want more of a direction. there should be interesting poses and a little bit of narrative, as was the case with that photoshoot i did in michigan.


if i had the cash, one thing i would have blown it on was the fraulein book by ellen von unwerth. anyone who has ever looked at a fashion magazine -- or Rolling Stone even -- has seen her work. it's high-contrast, saturated cheesecake. adult women playing coquettes and masquerading like

eloise.

since i don't have the lighting, makeup expertise, or camera technique, my expectations can be low. i can focus on outfits, because that's the point, more or less. hot-curling my hair will be my one concession to a truly pin-up look. (i wish i had a team for glossy marcelled waves and greasy coal eyelids, but i am not a real model or a stylist, so.)

based on the way shua and i work/edit in post-production, the results will be staggered, but maybe after they are all done, i can put together a little triptych.

here, more EVW. i know that's what you really want.