PT 4: PLANNING

STYLING

Alastair McKimm

-Freelance Irish Stylist
-BA in Fashion from Nottingham Trent
-Based in NY
-Moved to London in 2000 to assist w/  Edward Enniful @ i-D
-Has worked with numerous fashion publications including Vogue China, Vogue Italia, Vogue Japan, Purple, V, Numèro and Numèro Homme.

Having styled on the shoot for the F/W13 Jil Sander campaign, Alastair's styling bares relevance to my own venture into creating a fashion story, particularly the layering of achromatic hues and the minimal accessories. One of his shoots which I was particularly inspired by for my Industrial shoot was his work with Dazed and Confused for their December 1 issue.

What I found worked especially in favour for this shoot was McKinn's choice of tough patent leathers and the layering of bold silhouettes which are not too disimilar from those in my own wardrobe. The usage of muted monochromatic hues set against a pure white background really propels this story into the future for me.

LOCATION

INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH
Photography Meg Urbani
Styling Jandy Monroe 
Hair Sonia Castleberry 
Makeup Samantha Lennon 
Model Anastasia w/ Q Model Management

ELLE - Fly Away, Fashion editorial January 2010 Issue

Photographer: Julius Bramanto
Fashion Editor: Amanda Prihutomo
Model: Anna B @ JIM

Model: Maria Loks 

Photographer: Susie Q & Leo Siboni

for Exhibition magazine S/S13

Fashion Editor: Hannes Hetta.

As I plan on keeping my looks quite minimal in terms of colour palette, I would prefer not to use the white or black wall of a studio to capture my vision against. Ideally, I would love to be able to gain access to an aircraft site to capture a similar mood to the Fly Away fashion editorial by Elle, however something closer to the Industrial Strength shoot may be more palpable. Alternativally I could aim to capture a similar editorial to Dazed by shooting on a building site or scrap yard as Photoshop would enable me to edit backgrounds and colours to compliment the styling/ story.