Charlie and the Mid-September Sunshine

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An afternoon at London designer Mark Fast's Hackney studio - Pre-London Fashion Week SS/10

_I6F4449 I spent an afternoon at the Hackney studio of London-based Canadian designer, Mark Fast to say hello and to begin shooting ongoing archival images for their use in upcoming projects. Mark and his lovely and talented Managing Director, Vancouver's Amanda May, along with stylist Erika Kurihara, saw some beautiful girls come through, books in tow, casting for their upcoming and highly anticipated SS/10 collection, to be presented at London Fashion Week.

the lovely Hayley in her All Walks dress

Also stopping by was model Hayley, who appears in the most recent i-D magazine as Mark's contribution to the All Walks project.

...without giving away any secrets from the upcoming season, click for more after the jump >>-------->

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equations episode one: arthur's theme

tori amos + beth orton x (everything but the girl) ÷ loreena mckennit = florence & the machine ...go visit this man

ACNE Jeans SS/10 Presentation @ Curve Gallery, Barbican, London - September 01/2009

...ran along with the fabulous Gabriel of Push It Magazine to the ACNE launch of their upcoming season - understated edgy with a sheen of elegance was of course the Swedish-y feel, and the models simply stood languidly amid the guests, while stylists and buyers touched and interacted freely with the garments and their wearers. Oh, and the champagne came in crystal goblets.

ridiculously low-res blackberry images below!

(see what a real blogger had to say here, for Dazed Digital)

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[caption id="attachment_509" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="pretty pretty - delicate double braids ran the length of the models' parts"][/caption]

couple more after the jump >> ----------------- >

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[caption id="attachment_514" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="tim clifton-green, formerly of love magazine, with gabriel and I at the after-reception - black blazer committee will call to order"][/caption]

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Shooting with Back Yard Recordings artist, Ali Love // London // August 09

Working again with the rad team from Back Yard Recordings, shooting press images for artist Ali Love - more pics to come once the campaign and album art have been decided - way too excited about this project. (obv completely killing me not to post any of the edits.)

...beyond amazing retro-futuro styling brought to us again by Saranne Woodcroft - knits and chains and space suits go golden gloves. Production by Camille Benett and Annabel Thompson.

...see Back Yard's post about the shoot here. Hit them up on twitter, they make almost no sense, and represent some amazing acts.

On Set with Push It Magazine in London // Aug 09

This week we got together with the endlessly charming Gabriel of Push It Magazine to shoot a killer beauty story - gorgeous looks designed by makeup artist Kristina Vidic, hair by Mitsu, on model Rachel from Nevs. The amazing hats came straight from the Vogue closet to our set, courtesy of House of Flora.

Without giving away too much, here's a peek behind-the-scenes...

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