Posted by Rebekah Roy on April 24th, 2008
Models go on castings on a daily basis, the rest of us make up artists, hair stylists, photographers and stylists go on appointments. It’s hard to make the time when you’re busy shooting but it’s important to meet new people and show your work. You’re basically going on mini interviews all day.
What’s great and not so great is that you might be running all over the city while going to appointments. So I generally use this opportunity to check out any cool shops or cafes. Near Dalston Station there are two Oxfams quite close to each other – one for clothing and then just a few doors down an Oxfam book shop. It’s huge and all the books are 99p!
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Posted by Rebekah Roy on April 18th, 2008
Stonefoxx performed last night at Embassy Club in Mayfair.
Who is Stonefoxx? They are a relatively new pop band. I met them about two years ago when they first started working together: Gem Allen, Stacy Burton and Lizzy Williams. They are super fun, cool and hard working. I adore them! They are managed by James Merritt (also very cute) of Kiss 100 and they’ve worked with some very talented people such as Richard Stannard, Shaznay Lewis, Stuart Crichton Georgie Denis & Remmee. For a new band they’re doing quite well; they won the BT Broadband Search for Talent 2007, and the Songpeople Award for top new act!
Me, Stacy, Gem, Lizzy and their choreographer, Nikki Trow! Nikki has worked with Blue & Kylie Minogue.
Me with Sam Hosker the make up artist and Alex Foden hair stylist extraordinaire!
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Posted by Rebekah Roy on February 13th, 2008
I had a fantastic time styling Inbar Spector’s show! There is so much of this collection that I want and would wear all the time, I really love all the clothes and the construction is genius! When you have clothes this special you’ve got to have a fantastic team! First and for most we had Inbar and a very very dedicated team of seamstresses including her Mum! Then great hair and make up people (I’m a hair obsessed stylist…) Anyway sometimes you work with people because it’s a job and then just sometimes you just love the people you work with! Today was one of those days :) I’m so lucky!
For more information about makeup artist Lan Nguyen check out Bella Sugar!
Our lovely models, Yan from Toni & Guy, Inbar Spector, Lan our make up artist and me!
Update: Inbar on the BBC and Vogue.com
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Posted by Rebekah Roy on February 7th, 2008
Most of us are starting to understand why we shouldn’t buy fakes but we don’t really understand why we should or shouldn’t buy luxury goods. We don’t really know any more what makes a luxury item really luxurious. I have never bought a fake luxury item, but I don’t own many luxury items I have a few Prada bags but nothing too extraordinary. This might be because I love new designers, I like vintage but not 70’s, 60’s more like 30’s and 1900’s. I don’t want to write a book review for you as there are already so many good ones out there but I think it’s worthwhile to read Dana Thomas’ book Deluxe How luxury Lost its Lustre. This book got me thinking…
Fashion is very intuitive, it’s visual, tactile, it’s fun and it’s social, but it’s also a business. In 2005, the UK clothing and footwear industry was worth £44.45 billion and employed more than 165,000 people – which doesn’t seem like a lot when there are 60 million people in the UK.
I’m trying to find stats that shows how many people work in every aspect of the fashion business in the UK from shop assistants, garment workers, designers to make up artist – anyone who makes a living from the fashion industry. There seems to be a lack of data on the fashion industry as a whole, it’s broken down into sectors and it seems a bit dis jointed. I guess what I’m thinking about, is that fashion can be so many things – but it’s still business and I’ve noticed that London fashionistas don’t like the business of fashion. London is an epic centre of creativity, it breeds it – there is a unique style in every area of London. London style is that there is no one style; it’s known & admired for it’s creativity and but not for it’s business – which I understand – but some how that means we don’t know how important the fashion economy is to the UK and it’s not appreciated. Last year when I was at Danish Fashion Week everyone was telling me the fashion was the 5th largest export and how proud people were of that. Even thought we have the British Fashion Council, there is no single organisation representing the whole industry, supporting its development and lobbying for policy support.
I have no idea how much the fashion industry is worth in the UK but once I find out I’ll let you know!
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Posted by Rebekah Roy on February 5th, 2008
Sometimes you’re booked for a location shoot and you have no idea how it’s going to work out. I worry about my clothes being wrinkled and having no where to iron or steam them. I packed them lightly and put them in garment bags so they don’t get crushed but I know they’ll still manage to get a little crushed and I hate that. We had a van for the shoot, not a location van but more like a people carrier. I do have a portable rail and steamer but sometimes there isn’t even room for that especially on a location shoot. The skill of doing a location shoot is you have to think on your feet and this is why a good photographer is really important! I was working with a team that I really like so I know that we’d get the shots we needed. Of course there are some things you can’t plan for, our model sprained her ankle the night before so her foot was swollen & sore and didn’t fit most of the shoes – so we just did a lot of 3/4 shots and tighter crops.
In the end – which was really the beginning of the day we really lucked out! We thought we do the hair & make up in a hotel bathroom or coffee shop but that didn’t look like it was going to happen – too many people were having business meetings. We asked the front desk if there was anyway they could help us with the photo shoot and they gave us a room for £50!! So we had plugs for the hairstylist, a mirror for the make up artist and a wardrobe for me to hang up the garments and just a lovely room for the day. The hotel said we could shoot in doors and anywhere on the hotel property! How delightful!!!
One of the most important things about any shoot, especially a location shoot is the team you’re working with. It could have rained, and we could have done the make up in the car and I could have worked out of a case and we would have made it work – because that’s just what you do and you even manage to have fun!
Check out Disneyroller Girl and her great post Ready Steady…Style!
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