School in Paris

So, I'm taking 2 classes while I'm in Paris; fashion styling and trend forecasting.  For my first class, fashion styling, we had a bunch of photo shoots to do and each of them had a certain theme.  The three shoots that I liked the most--and the ones I'm about to show you--are the deconstruction shoot, the food shoot, and the history shoot.


For the deconstruction shoot we had to take a garment, deconstruct it and use it as something else.  I took a button-up shirt and left the buttons, collar, cuffs, and shirt pockets and used the rest of it as a bustle.  I'm not going to put up the pictures of the bustle because I don't think they are as good.

The food shoot was my favorite because I used the Mad Hatter as my inspiration and because my idea started out strong, the result was even stronger.  I used bread to make the hat and for the bow tie, I used lettuce leaves and artichoke leaves.  Laura, my roommate, was my model.

Finally, I had Oscar Wilde as the subject for my history shoot.  I'm really glad I picked him because I didn't know anything about him before I took this class.  Because he was so well known for his writing, I incorporated his quotes into my pictures and did a story of a girl living her life through his quotes.  Luckily, I was able to go to Pere Lachaise Cemetery and actually visit his grave.  It was amazing.

"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction."

"Moderation is a fatal thing.  Nothing succeeds like excess."

"Fashion is an ugliness so intolerable that we have to altar it every six months."

"When good Americans die, they go to Paris."

I hope you enjoyed these photos as much as I enjoyed doing them. :)