Thursday 23 June 2022

Lingerie Inspired Fashion - The Hunger Games meets The Age of Glamour

This shoot started with an email in July or August last year, about shooting a range, in 2022. It seemed such a long lead time, I wondered if it would happen. We had a mood board. A long siesta.. then back to it. The words were Lingerie and The Hunger Games, the mood board inspo was elegance.  I found some good location options. Then as we closed in on our shoot date the weather really turned on us. We started thinking studio - then my partner suggested hotels. Of course! I've been shooting them for White Caviar Life for years now, how did this not occur to me; an interior location for around the same cost as a studio!

Model photographed in a hotel room wearing vintage style haleter neck bra top and 'carwash' long split pants.

We went with The Old Clare Hotel which has an inspired mix of old and new - and - heating! I dialled that thermostat up to 28 C the minute I got in the room. Our talent for the shoot was dancer, Micaela who was a great choice for our story in four outfits.

Model standing in profile, wearing a bra style top with paneled skirt in dark blue/green and burgundy.
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Model reclining on a hotel bed wearing a bra style top with paneled skirt in dark blue/green and burgundy.

 I was looking for moody, not dark, vintage but not old fashioned.

Model standing before a tall window at night in bell sleeve, coreset style top with square neckline, soft red satin shorts and stockings.

Midshot of a model standing before a tall window at night in bell sleeve, coreset style top with square neckline, soft red satin shorts and stockings.

Full length of a model standing before a tall window at night in bell sleeve, coreset style top with square neckline, soft red satin shorts and stockings.
We changed it up a bit, or laid it down.. the model anyway - with her feet up.

Model lying on her back, blue bell sleves, strappy burgundy bra with blue-green-bodysuit

We shot four looks and included front and back shots and worked on capturing key details. Like the splits in the pants in the opening shot of this blog. The fabric panels, the shape and drape of the sleeves. Look at those sleeves! How can you not want to find a way to feature them, so beautiful! I'm glad we opted for the room. Though it was not as large as a studio, it gave us enough of the world to help us tell this fashion story, a little mystery, moody though not dark, vintage but not old fashioned.

Designer - Gemma Pope, the range - Viena

Model-Dancer - Micaela Sacco-Tranter

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