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ELKE SAENZJUNIOR
FASHION MERCHANDISING MAJORDIGITAL RETAILING MAJOR
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s t y l i n g & w r i t i n g
p o r t f o l i o
Walk theLINE
Photography Hillary HeadStyling Elke Saenz
Suit from Dillard’s at Golden Triangle Mall, sunglasses from J. Crew, jacket & skirt from Francesca’s, sweater from J.
Crew, jewelry from Francesca’s & Target
METHOD SEVEN MAGAZINE | page 50
Top: Blazer, top & pants from Ann Taylor | Bottom: Vest, shirt, thermal & pants from H&M
METHOD SEVEN MAGAZINE | page 52
METHOD SEVEN MAGAZINE | page 54
Sweater & pants from H&M, dress & jewelry from Francesca’s, sweater from Banana Republic, jacket from Dillard’s from Golden Triangle Mall | Models Alexandra Levee and Justin Miller
GARDE
MY UNFAIR LADY, OUTSIDE OF TIFFANY’S
Sometimes the most beautiful version of self is the self void of the projections of main-stream societal expectations of beauty, like the idea of beauty as long black- could always be longer lashes, full injected red lips, blushing and bronzed cheekbones- please no cheeks, threaded and painted in per-fectly arched or un-arched eyebrows, silky product flowing curling iron hair, and clothes tailored just for your body, so as to accentuate your figure, well not YOUR figure but the
MY UNFAIR LADY, OUTSIDE OF TIFFANY’S
must have figure, tucked here, let out there so as to give the most slender, unbulky version possible and prevent you for dragging and sagging. Women everywhere hit their credit lim-its, and leave who they are be-hind, trying to buy beauty and be what they are “supposed to be.”
Awestruck by the beauty of a woman without enough money to furnish an apartment, who looks more beautiful than the most wealthy, high ranking social queen, the character, Holly Golightly, inspired me to see the beauty of ignoring what society deems as beautiful, ignoring the beauty that only money can buy, and instead find the unpurchasable beauty of raw self, sans concern for what others think or who one is supposed to be.
The coat is over sized, as if specifically not made for the model, belonging to someone else, a someone else’s trash is my treasure kind of piece. The bra is exposed, but looking as though it is an addition to the dress, a bra-like top, making a typical shiny cookie cutter prom dress into a more couture, one of a kind ensemble. Under the bust the dress waves and flows, draping beautifully, but in actuality it hangs because it is pulled down and thus on a smaller part of the body than it is meant to be. It doesn’t fit here but that is precisely what is beautiful. Furthermore, as a result, the dress is long, drag-ging in a most beautiful, a-lady-doesn’t-let-her-clothes-drag-in-the-streets-rule breaking, I am perfectly untailored and no
one will pinch, tuck, and cut me manner. The gloves and jewelry accentuate the refinement of the unrefined. The pearls spot her hand and wrist as colors spot the coat. The gloves, the epitome of refinement, do not fit. She screams- if the glove doesn’t fit wear it. They are a bit short and loose at the same time, causing them to drape slightly, mirroring the draping of the dress. The head wrap com-pletes the look, covering un-tamed hair in an unstructured, round about sort of way, draped around the model’s head, not adding any kind of manufac-tured structure or bouffant, but flattening any volume that was there so as to say this is who I am, take me or leave me.
The rawness of the look is ac-centuated by the fact that the colors are the model’s colors, that is to say the dress is the color of her skin, of exposure, i.e. nude; the fur coat, the color of her eyes, hair, and skin com-bined, i.e. nude and cream with hints of reddish caramel, mocha and coal black; the lining of the coat, the color of her hair fram-ing her face, i.e. rich copper red. The black gloves, bra, lips, and head wrap punctuate the look like her pupils do her face.
I have short, white lashes, black lips, blackened, dirt dusted cheeks, unruly, over grown, messy whited out brows, un-kempt, not silky, straight or curled hair, untailored over and undersized clothing, I do not shop at Tiffany’s, I am not a fair lady, I will not be tamed, I will not be cookie cut, here I am, this is me, exposed, and I am beautiful.
RESTYLE A
FOREST CHILD
Photographer Emily Soto : www.EmilySoto.com
Model: Fern @Profile Models London
Stylist: Amanda Brown
Makeup and Hair: Julia Wren using Clarins and Bumble and Bumble
In the editorial “forest child,” the model is dressed in all white, similarly the photos are strictly in black and white. This emits a feeling of innocence and also ironically it seems a loss of innocence i.e. graveyard. Putting a spin on the “forest child” aspect, I choose instead to highlight the colorful spirit of innocence, reveling in chaos and glory of innocence. There is nothing as carefree and colorfully joyful as a child’s innocence.
PORTIONSDue to the oversized nature of the skirt and shawl, I chose to accentuate her small frame with the bandeau top. For-going a shirt, I prevented her from get-ting lost in the clothes. Furthermore, with the model’s figure being boyish border-ing on androgynous, the top pulls forth womanliness, helping to create curves and sexuality. The bandeau top in com-bination with the way the long flowing skirt hangs low on the hips, elongates the torso. Finally, the necklaces and bracelets help balance the longitude of the outfit.
PORTIONS
BALANCE
