Corporate Lookbook: love bonito

this is the lookbook shoot that i did with love bonito <3 it was really fun! hm...i'm running out of words huh. haha. well i do hope you like the lookbook and find some inspiration from it.

# maybe i'll come back to this post again and i might have more to say lol. for now i've got to head out! have a wonderful friday :)

love love me

so here's the full lookbook that i did for love bonito :) of course there are plenty more. and those additional pictures will probably end up on my personal blog (onenotetoplay). tomorrow I'll be attending the press conference for Audi Fashion Festival 2011 and i promise to bring my external flash in case the lighting's not good so that i actually have some pictures to blog about and share with you the exciting news for fashion week!

# on a side note: i can't believe february's gonna end!! ahhh

around and back again

woah, sorry for the long absence! it's actually 8 days since my last post, yeeps! I do miss updating the site with stylish people and lookbooks. I've been so overwhelmed recently so i'm trying to reduce my workload and i was trying to celebrate my birthday proper too. haha

well this is something that I worked on a few days back, a sneak peek to Love Bonito's spring lookbook.  so many things could have gone wrong, for one it was raining at the office - but God was gracious and I prayed for it to not rain. not only was there no rain but the ground was dry, the dark clouds got chased away and the beautiful sunlight streamed in - we literally chased the sun all the way until the moon appeared! haha

second, we missed out the big luggage full of clothes for the different looks. thank God, the models were already dressed in first look so we could carry on with the photoshoot while fred rushed back to the office to get the red luggage.

and finally the security guard...hm, the first uncle was very nice and i think he was glad that there's something exciting happening around where he worked. but the second security guard was a bit jumpy and wanted us to stop. still, thank God we managed to pull it off. it was nothing short of a miracle, seriously! haha so many things could have gone seriously wrong.

# off to clear my emails now! sorry girls, thank you for being so patient with me <3

nicolethen studios: country grunge girl

I am such an outdoor-sy-natural-light-loving photographer that i actually get depressed from shooting too much studio shots (at first i didn't know why i was so grumpy! haha but after this shoot, i knew why...) Well i shot with Vineeta, who is a first-time model (amazing? haha), well i hope you enjoy this lookbook.

# african print top & floral silk midi skirt from nicolethen boutique

# embrioded cream blouse & alexander-wang-like cotton dress from nicolethen boutique

# blue ginger maxi dress from nicolethen boutique

Special collection launching tonight (friday,28 January) for CNY purchases. So just get your items paid over the weekend and we'll pack it and mail it out Monday with a special speedpost postage!

photographer & styling: nicolethen
model: vineeta
assistant: michele

what i've been up to: almost famous

Almost Famous Lookbook



Sorry for the absence of street style pictures :P I've got one coming up soon though ;) But in the meantime, I thought I'd share with you the lookbook i shot for Almost Famous. When asked to describe the "Almost Famous girl", I was told that she was "glamourous and chic" But if you understand my style aesthetics enough, I'm no red-carpet guru. Don't be mistaken, I'd love to wear a gorgeous Marchesa gown. But I would probably dress it down with vintage ankle boots.

So I went about to re-interpret a glamour shot. I thought of princesses which then led to me wanting to make those paper crowns (that just adds that element of glamour in a fun way, not taking oneself too seriously and yet still looking stylish...by the way, I must add that we had the cutest "audience" while shooting this. A little girl couldn't take her eyes off Francesca when she donned her gold crown and she and her grandmother stood there just watching us for a long while. Then we also had this grandfather who came with his umbrella and decided he should "shield" my model from the sun. It was just adorable! ok, I'm rambling...back to what i was saying...) and there was this beautiful venue with the loveliest pastel walls and I knew it would be perfect for the lookbook ~ Girly, glamourous and fun <3

I hope you enjoy this lookbook as much as we did shooting it. It was an incredible time of make believe and play <3 Thank you Almost Famous for giving us the opportunity to create magic!

# photography & styling: nicolethen photography (info@nicolethen.com)
# model: francesca