Edits

Here are the original images I decided to use and their edited versions. I brightened up the images and changed the vibrance, contrast and saturation. I tried to keep the pastel theme apparent through the shoot but I needed to make sure the colours didn't look to washed out. I am pleased with how they turned out and I now need to figure out how I am going to lay them out for an editorial. I am considering doing a title page as well as an opening for the editorial.

 

AnOther

The magazine I have chosen for my editorial is AnOther magazine because they well known for studio shoots and I think they display their still life editorials in a very interesting way. Going through AnOther i found the page layouts very peculiar and there seemed to be no real uniformity or constancy to them. Some pages were full bleed where as some where collaged with a few images. Going through some back issues and images I looked at online, AnOther tend to use a slight grey tint on their backgrounds which I feel gives a bit more depth to the photograph rather than using a bright white background,

Example of AnOther credits

Example of the mis matched layouts.

I really like how they have portrayed the images in this editorial and I think I am going to do something similar. Although there is a lot of white space it still looks sleek and professional.

Accessory Creation

Here are my accessories. I spray painted them a few times to make sure the colours were bold enough to show up on camera but still fitted into my pastel trend. My next job is going to be finding milkshakes that match each accessory.

Concept

After looking at my trend boards and my research I feel my pastel trend fits in with my research into milkshakes. I feel as I have been focused on colour throughout my research these two concepts are very closely linked. My initial idea was to display the accessory item next to a food item with similar colours and include the recipe at the bottom but I have moved on and developed my idea to make it more suitable for a fashion editorial. I went back through my photo's from Manchester and looked again at the 17th/18th Century garments and noticed they were all quite pastely soft colours due to the technology and knowledge of how to dye clothes at the time. I looked again at these when going through the accessories I want to use for my shoot. I have tried to incorporate the two as well as considering my food experiences. I really decided on milkshakes when I was going through the trends as I kept seeing pastel pinks which reminded me of the shake I had at the american diner In Camden. If you compare the colours of the accessories I have chosen to the photos from Platt Hall you can definitely see the links and where I got my colour pallet from.

Charlotte Olympia

Jimmy Choo

Nancy Gonzalez 

Gryson

All accessory images from http://www.style.com

Trend alert

I decided to look at s/s13 for my accessories as I felt there was a lot more to chose from than a/w13. I have compiled 3 mood boards of the trends I felt were strong. I really like the contrast trend as it's bold and black&white are always on trend and there is so much that they would work with but I don't feel my research, which is based on colour would work but I feel for my research pastel works much better. I think after looking at my research I am going to link pastel colours to milkshakes. I think this is a strong link to my research and I can produce something that relates to the trends.

Food, Fashion, Colour

Here are two mood boards I have created where I have looked at the colours in the outfits/accessories and found food that incorporates those colours giving you a visual link between the two and aesthetically you can notice the similarities. This links in with my original concept of displaying the accessory and then the food next to it to show the comparison with the colours. As you can see I have focused on 2 collections here instead of trends so that I could show a variety I tried to focus on mainly the accessories as well as including some of the outfits.

Peter Lippmann

Peter Lippmann is someone I stumbled across while researching accessories and food, his pictures for Louboutin's look books had my jaw dropping, I thought they were beautiful. They were so different to what I would expect from Louboutin as they aren't glamourous or sleek instead using nature, food and water to display these high end items with such a reputation is such a juxtaposition I think it works nicely.

From finding his website I then stumbled onto other work he has done.

These were from the NY Times

These two were from the London Sunday Times

Here is some of Lippmann's personal work. I really like the background in these as you can still see the shadows but the background is clean and sleek and there is a warm tone to his work.

To see more of Peter Lippmann's work go to: http://peterlippmann.com