BRIGHT LIGHT AND WEDDED

These images are from one very energized day: the first day I worked with Hogan, my now-frequent collaborator. We met to discuss what each of us was working on and how we could meet each other in the middle to make things together. This day, I got ridiculously excited and realized there was so much I wanted to do with Hogan. We got straight down to business with an impromptu(ish) photo shoot featuring this vintage wedding dress and a liberal amount of coconut oil on my face.

What was so exciting about this day, and what continues to be so invigorating about working with Hogan, is the speed and energy with which we work. We went from sitting on the couch gabbing to styling this look to shooting it to then shooting a dancey video all in the span of 25 minutes. Though these images and this video are all sort of one-off experiments, I think they really capture the spirit and excitement of creating collaboratively.

I can't wait to show you more of what Hogan and I have been working on! 

HEAVILY BLUSHED IN THE HELTER SKELTER

My last post was about readjusting to California after moving back from New York, and this is much the same. Coming back to my apartment with all of my things stashed away was so strange. On the one hand, it felt as if I had never been gone. There were all the same smells, the same light in the kitchen, the same paths tracked back and forth over our green carpet and green linoleum. But all of my things were packed up and put away in the little corners where I had left them, only to be rearranged and rediscovered three months later. These images are from the day after I returned to Berkeley. I was reorienting myself. I went grocery shopping, I went for a tea at the museum, I went for a stroll through campus as the sun washed everything in gold. And through it all, with my bed non-existent and my closet similarly in disarray, it was important to me that I hold down the fort, so to speak, with a classically "Alexandra" outfit. A bit academic, with oversized proportions and delicate details, and of course...glowy skin and lots of blush.

Coat: Vintage (similar) Shirt: Old Navy (similar) Pants: Uniqlo (similar) Necktie: The Met Shoes: Urban Outfitters (similar)

Blush and lipstick: Pixi by Petra Multi Balm in Wild Rose

BERGAMOT NEUTRALS

 

From a hot day in mid-August, just after returning to California from New York. 
This is how to dress for California heat: a loose, light dress, a simple belt, flat shoes, and the most important element of all: a wide-brimmed, sturdy straw hat. As I think I've mentioned before, (and as you can read in my editor's letter here) dressing simply and naturally is how I feel most powerful in my body. This was a good one.