petite tenue

Posted on: Sunday, November 30, 2014

howl at the moon

and sit tight for your response

will an echo do?

for love and lemons dress

vintage boots from with lavender and lace

Posted on: Wednesday, November 26, 2014

#tbt Thanksgiving edition: Thankful for all the FaceCrimes fun I've had, so we are giving free downloads of unreleased tracks! Find free downloads here!
(also, purchase our single here and see our music video here!)

undressed: julia updegraff

Posted on: Monday, November 24, 2014

Julia Updegraff is a young photographer who is currently contributing to the strong voice of women in art. Her work seems to perfectly juxtapose candid youthfulness and calculated scenes.

Tell me about yourself!
I’m 18 and I am majoring in photography at SCAD in Savannah, Georgia

What are some of your influences?
My biggest influences are my Instagram feed and the music scene and the people who are scared of art and inanimate objects.

I am also into the re-emergence of film as a medium for young artists. Do you think we are becoming nostalgic for the times before it was so easy for a person to just snap a photo and share it?

I think a lot of people like to shoot film for the vintage look of it, but I shoot film because of the tangibility. What you captured now exists outside of the digital world and feels more real. I am by no means against digital photography it just doesn’t have the same feeling and excitement as film.

What kinds of goals and plans do you have for the future?

Traveling and working with photographers/models in other cities. Making clothes & zines and selling them on the internet for fun. Putting out content and working hard in school. School is definitely my main focus right now

If you could shoot anyone, who would you choose?

The Cake Boss

visit: julia updegraff

@juliaupdegraff

the wild wood

Posted on: Thursday, November 20, 2014

whisper in the wood
turn it up and drown it out
goodbye to all that

silence + noise suspender maxi skirt

american apparel crop top (also seen here)

asos hat

undressed: jacqueline foss

Posted on: Monday, November 17, 2014

Jacqueline Foss is a photographer from Woodbridge, Virginia. (not too far from where I grew up!) I love the color that she captures in her work and was happy to learn about some of her thought process.

I took an interest in photography when I was 16 years old. I was browsing the internet when some of the photographs that caught my eye lead me back to Flickr. From that point, I saw so many talented artists, and thought, I can do this too. I got my first camera which was a Nikon d3000 and taught myself how to use it. I have grown a lot since then, however, I will never forget my first camera or the community of Flickr which inspired me to create visually pleasing works of art

To challenge myself, I plan on creating a project that relates to human communication.

I went into Baltimore, MD for Halloween this year and saw all the colorful people outside interacting with each other, getting in fights, and strangers laughing together. That event inspired me to start up a project where I will take photographs at different events/festivals to convey how strangers act in unfamiliar environments. Besides that, I have been interning in D.C which has given me a great opportunity to learn the ropes of studio lighting as opposed to what I primarily use, natural. I am excited to see where that takes me as I gain more experience in the studio!

If I could photograph anyone, I would choose William Eggleston. He was a pioneer for color photography. I love how color can be conveyed to evoke a certain emotion. In addition, his work is very inspiring as he was just taking photographs of ordinary life that was around him.

visit: jacqueline foss

@jacquelinefoss

the anniversary

Posted on: Wednesday, November 12, 2014

adventures will be

on a path paved with glitter,

another year please.

vintage skirt and top via etsy

forever 21 tights

retrospect vintage shoes

undressed: xanthe hutchinson

Posted on: Monday, November 10, 2014

Xanthe Hutchinson is an English photographer who takes insanely beautiful, dreamy portraits. She has been published in quite a few of my favorite fashion magazines, so I was happy to learn more about her!

petite tenue: Tell me about yourself!
xanthe: I'm an eternal student! I have a philosophy degree, a photography degree, I studied law for a time and I'm now thinking of doing a Masters!

I'm a massive book worm and I get all my best ideas from cinema and literature. Inspiration can come from the most unlikely sources so I'm already reading books, magazines, blogs, whatever I can get my hands on.

petite tenue: How did you get into photography?

xanthe: I did a-level art and really enjoyed using film and experimenting, years later I decided to pick up where I left off; I started with an OCN, then did a B-Tech and finally a degree.

I loved working in the developing room, total blackness, just feeling your way around everything. Very meditative!

I also love the digital side and the manipulation that photoshop etc now affords. You can almost realise any vision or idea these days with technology!

petite tenue: If you could photograph anyone, who would you choose?

xanthe: This is hard, can I only choose one person?

In terms of models I'd love to shoot Ana Ewers; she is like a modern day Bardot, so dreamy. But I would have loved to have shot Marilyn Monroe, that perfect mix of vulnerability and sexuality is fascinating to me. I'm also a teeny bit obsessed with Vivienne Westwood too, she is just too cool.

petite tenue: What do you have in store for the rest of the year and the future?

xanthe: I'm going to the BHA's soon as a series of images I shot got through to the finals, which is cool. I'll be working in London a little and then winding down for some family time at Christmas. I have lots of commercial work lined up for 2015 so busy busy!

visit: xanthe hutchinson

@xanthephoto