Tag: fashion editor
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In Defense Of Photoshop
It’s not cool to stick up for altering photos, even though every selfie taker does it every day! Photos are not reality, they are the perception of a device and fashion photos are usually a heavy dose of fantasy. To say that a fashion photo looks unrealistic is to say that the sky is blue.
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Top 13 St. Louis Fashion Stories of 2013
Yes, we had 13!!! Don’t be a smarty. It was a banner year for the city’s fashion set. Probably the best since our historic Garment District era.
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Best clothes for fall are cozy, comfy and tough
The pendulum with eventually swing back to pastels, florals and swinging dresses that threaten to go all Marilyn Monroe in the wind, but I am lovin’ the tough girl seasons.
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Do I have the “worst job” in America?
Apparently, yet another career study — there have been many — has decided that journalism sucks. We’ve ranked at the absolute bottom and it’s a good thing … journalists love an underdog.
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Comfort is not the enemy: Walk tall, wear flats
When every starlet on the red carpet is perched atop artist sky high footwear torture devices, who wants to be the slob in flats. Besides me.
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Spring is weeding time for your closet
Every year I write a spring closet cleaning story and every year it gets easier. You’d think that it wouldn’t, but every year I write about what I’m doing to spring clean. It’s hard for me too.
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To splurge or to save, the shopper’s conundrum
This piece was my way of saying, you can buy one great item that you’ll cherish until wear-and-tear do you part and you can surround it with less pedigreed items and no one will be the wiser.
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Swimwear that’s not so itty bitty, still sexy
The shoot was all about the revival of swimwear influenced by the retro trend winking at the 40s and 50s. We also wanted to show that a little more coverage didn’t mean you’d look like a grandma.
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Will sweating with style give you a better workout? Probably
I got the idea for this shot because my sense of humor is a little warped. I wondered why people were walking around in professional cycling gear to cruise the park but it turns out that dressing up to workout can improve your performance. Why? Because if you look more like a professional athlete, you…
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Fall fashion for lovers
Spring was full of girly fashion that year, but fall was about drama and shimmer, sheen and bold fabrics. And unlike this year, it was heavy on accessories. Fun to play with.
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Girl-on-the-run fall fashion
We wanted this to be a bit gritty since the fall clothes were a little serious. So the photographer played around with the concept of her being on the run but confined.
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