Posts Tagged ‘ Photography ’

Stolen meets Jovian Lim and Melvin Ong in Alliances Vol. 01

16 Mayo, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Stolen meets Jovian Lim and Melvin Ong in Alliances Vol. 01

Remember the photoshoot we did with that beautiful dress by Stolen? Well, I am so excited to bring you some news about the brand once again. Specially when the news are about its new campaign and -even more- specially when the campaign is this beautiful! Singapore-based designer Elyn Wong has teamed this time with local...
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Thick Knits and Blue Vintage for a Cozy Evening

14 Mayo, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Thick Knits and Blue Vintage for a Cozy Evening

Yes, trust me, sometimes in L.A. you do need a thick knit sweater, some other times you even need a scarf and sometimes -just a few times- you even need both of them together! The funny thing is, since this is an extraordinary phenomenon that only happens in rare occasions and never more than -I...
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Ojai Rancho Inn – The coolest sleep in Ojai

13 Mayo, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Ojai Rancho Inn – The coolest sleep in Ojai

Ojai Rancho Inn must be, by far, one of the coolest motels I have ever stayed in. A very relaxed, cozy and warm atmosphere wraps this motel, composed of little wooden cabins, in which we spent two nights when we went to Ojai for the weekend. It is located within a walking distance from...
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Little joys for the weekend: Sunset on Venice Beach

10 Mayo, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Little joys for the weekend: Sunset on Venice Beach

Hope you have amazing plans for the weekend! We are expecting sunny and hot weather these days in here so after some surfing sessions, hopefully, we will be able to enjoy some of the stunning sunsets in Venice Beach while sipping on a nice glass of red wine -to say something…- on the rooftop...
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Peace is a state of mind – Or a weekend getaway to Ojai Valley

9 Mayo, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Peace is a state of mind – Or a weekend getaway to Ojai Valley

What happens when you have been here for a while is that you have already visited all the basics: San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Palm Springs… You name it. And, although this places are surely worth visiting more than once, you don’t want to repeat the trip yet because you know that you...
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Pulp Art Book – Exhibit & Signing at Space 15 Twenty

4 Abril, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Pulp Art Book – Exhibit & Signing at Space 15 Twenty

Remember Pulp Art Book, that super cool project in which Neil Krug took pictures of Joni Harbeck with a very cinematographic mood? We talked about it in here two years ago (does time also fly for you that fast!?) when they were just presenting it in New York and today they will be opening...
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A Short Essay on the Beauty and Pleasures of the Simple Life

12 Marzo, 2013
By Tamara Martin
A Short Essay on the Beauty and Pleasures of the Simple Life

It was not my intention to be absent for such a long time, actually, but something like a pretty cool flu has gotten me, curled up in a ball, shifting from the bed to the sofa during the last week. It is not that negative as it may sound and even when it seems you...
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Blondell S/S 13 – A new collection of printed scarves by SuTurno

21 Febrero, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Blondell S/S 13 – A new collection of printed scarves by SuTurno

The new printed scarves collection by SuTurno for this Spring/Summer 13 is named Blondell after actress Joan Blondell and gets inspiration from Elsa Schiaparelli’s surrealism, glamour in the 30s’ and the spectacular rising in lipstick purchases after the crash in 1929. You can visit their online shop in here. ———- La nueva colección de pañuelos estampados...
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Miu Miu S/S 13 campaign by Inez & Vinoodh

19 Febrero, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Miu Miu S/S 13 campaign by Inez & Vinoodh

The beautiful new Miu Miu S/S13 campaign by photographers Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin displays an intriguing, mysterious and very attractive story including a well-varied cast of beauties. Models Malgosia Bela, Bette Franke, Martha Hunt, Doutzen Kroes, Adriana Lima, Arizona Muse and Tamara Weijenberg interact in a very intimate setting while wearing soft and...
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Rivers of Time – Jewelry by Bjørg

18 Febrero, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Rivers of Time – Jewelry by Bjørg

The nice thing about starting following a brand from the very beginning is that you get to appreciate its evolution as it has been my case with Scandinavian jewelry brand Bjørg. Since the very first moment I discovered their pieces, always wrapped in a dark an esoteric aura, by the year 2009 I became...
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.Zero S/S 2013 Editorial by Paolo Coppolella

12 Febrero, 2013
By Tamara Martin
.Zero S/S 2013 Editorial by Paolo Coppolella

Italian designer Paolo Coppolella showed last October, during the sixteenth edition of the International Fashion Show of Chinese city Ningbo, his most recent collection .Zero S/S 13, a proposal with a very graphic mood in black and white, mostly, including flashes of red and also some stripes and dots motifs. From images by Elena...
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IT Hunter for ‘Stolen’ by Elyn Wong

11 Febrero, 2013
By Tamara Martin
IT Hunter for ‘Stolen’ by Elyn Wong

You may remember Singapore-based brand Stolen and the beautiful minimal dresses created by its designer Elyn Wong from this project called I Stole Paris in which I took part some months ago and for which I did this photoshoot and this other one. As they announced on the beginning of the project...
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Red Suede Heels – Latest Shopping Delights

7 Febrero, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Red Suede Heels – Latest Shopping Delights

It must have been a conspiracy of the elements; there’s no other possible explanation for the fact that buying these amazing red suede sandals (a.k.a. the per-fect shoe) and the change in temperature have exactly happened at the same time. And now, there we are, waiting for the eternal Californian spring to come back… The red...
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photo L.A. – International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition

6 Febrero, 2013
By Tamara Martin
photo L.A. – International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition

It recently took place in Los Angeles the 22nd edition of Photo L.A. -an international photographic show that gathers more than 300 exhibitors and which includes seminars and conferences- that takes place every year in this Californian city since 1992. A great chance to discover some new talents behind the lens and to reencounter...
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Coveting Now: printed handbags by Zubi

4 Febrero, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Coveting Now: printed handbags by Zubi

Mercedes and Elena are two sisters based in Madrid that last year founded Zubi, a brand that creates printed bags following a very romantic and fond of traveling idea, just as we like it. Each of their pieces is a little remnant of their own trips, a portion of memory captured for eternity in a...
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Slazenger fitting session with River Viiperi

30 Enero, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Slazenger fitting session with River Viiperi

Only a few days ago my friend Tatel from Trendycrew commented on the entry about Rubenimichi’s exhibition in Barcelona that I am (being here) more in Barcelona than her (being there). It sounded kind of funny because it is actually true, somehow. Even eager to discover all the new and interesting stuff -which is a...
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A glamorous coffee in emerald green lace

24 Enero, 2013
By Tamara Martin
A glamorous coffee in emerald green lace

Although it is terribly rainy and grey today in L.A. I promise last week I was wearing this for a coffee with my friend Samira at Shutters in Santa Monica. A very glamorous coffee, indeed, but what can I say in self defense, I think I’ve been watching too much Revenge lately and all...
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Penélope Cruz new face of Loewe in Spring/Summer 13 Campaign

23 Enero, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Penélope Cruz new face of Loewe in Spring/Summer 13 Campaign

Spanish actress Penélope Cruz begins the new year as the face of luxury leather goods label Loewe in the Spring/Summer 13 campaign shot by photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. ———- La actriz española Penélope Cruz empieza el nuevo año como rostro de la marca Loewe en su última campaña para esta Primavera/Verano 13 a cargo...
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Raf Simons’ blooming garden for Dior Haute Couture Spring 13

23 Enero, 2013
By Tamara Martin
Raf Simons’ blooming garden for Dior Haute Couture Spring 13

While some seem still willing to insist on the debate about Galliano’s comeback to Dior, reality is that collections are following one another without any break nor rest at French maison, now with Belgian designer Raf Simons in charge. Taking nature as the starting point of his inspiration, his latest Haute Couture Spring 2013...
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OE Magazine #4 – All these places have their moments

15 Enero, 2013
By Tamara Martin
OE Magazine #4 – All these places have their moments

Biannual OE Magazine has just launched its fourth issue. Composed of ten fashion editorials, shot by ten different photographers, in which each of them portrays his own personal and particular view of the fashion scene in Berlin, this amazing compilation of editorials, aims giving shape – as its editors define in their own words-...
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