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The changing face of fashion photography

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Guest post by Hafsa Hussain

In the fashion industry today, big changes have gradually occurred with the acceptance of all skin colours, body shapes and religions. No matter your background, the fashion industry is opening up to all possibilities and with the help of Edward Enninful, since becoming editor-in-chief of British Vogue at the end of 2017, he has pathed the way for creators of all genres to be part of the industry.

One young African American fashion photographer is making big strides in his career, in September last year Tyler Mitchell photographed Beyoncé at her most natural for American Vogue and has just premiered his first solo exhibition in Amsterdam at Foam. Tyler Mitchell is a talented man whose work is exploring his community and capturing people of colour. His photography style of inclusivity, vulnerability, natural and soft has many people adoring his images, including myself! Growing up I never thought the day would come when models wearing the hijab would be accepted in the top fashion magazines – globally. Tyler is already shaking the industry and I’m sure he has more to come! The exhibition will run until 5 June 2019 at  Foam Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam.

  

  

Tyler Mitchell @tylersphotos 

 

Brooklyn based fashion photographer, Renell Medrano gained popularity online showcasing raw and intimate images with Instagram icons and celebrities like Bella Hadid, Kylie Jenner and is responsible for ASAP Ferg’s album covers. Starting off with film cameras, her touch of colour and impulsivity has attracted a lot of admiration on Instagram and the fashion industry alike. The March 2019 issue of Office Magazine shot Solange for their  maggazine cover and had all her followers celebrating her body of work. Renell’s style of photography has a way of capturing the youth beautifully in motion for future generations to see.

Renell Medrano @renellaice

 

Anastasiya Lisitsyna, from Russia, is a fashion photographer whose photos are wonderfully cinematographic, romantic and tender. She creates a moment in time playing with the natural light and sensuality on the skin of the model with a warm soft tone. Anastasiya’s work has been inspired a little by the French New Wave film movement and creates a beautiful and strong body of work. She allows the viewers to experience the closeness and tranquillity in her chosen women who have something to say.

 Anastasiya Lisitsyna @anastasia.lisitsyna

Furthermore, as we are talking about fashion photography the icons must be included. The British fashion photographer Nick Knight has always been powerful when pushing the boundaries and creating beautiful and innovative imagery. He has worked with an endless stream of A-listers and models globally including Kate Moss and Rihanna. Not limiting himself, Nick founded SHOWStudio which explores moving imagery and has revolutionised the industry pathing the way for new generations to take inspiration. His most recent work includes models Gigi Hadid and FieFie Sun on the first cover issue of Vogue Hong Kong in March, which was phenomenal and ground-breaking.

 

Nick Knight @nick_knight @showstudio 

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Vintage BTS with The Stellar Boutique

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Vintage BTS; Here at The Stellar Boutique, we love to keep you, our customers, in the loop. Therefore, today we are offering you an exclusive sneak preview into a selection of the new vintage pieces that will be appearing on The Stellar Boutique website in the near future.

Vintage clothing is one of the most important aspects the fashion industry, the unknown journey a piece has been through, the history it may or may not hold, let alone the environmental positivity’s they bring.

We hope you enjoy these previews just as much as we enjoyed the shoot. These shoots not only give us an opportunity to display our new collections to you but a way to let loose and experiment with styles.

Keep an eye out for the latest vintage pieces launching soon to The Stellar Boutique. In the meantime, why not check out our current vintage pieces or ‘Blame it on the moon’ our new eco fashion collection.

 

 

 

 

Tales from the shoot

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Photo shoots are one of my fave parts of the job, a little chaotic maybe, but always lots of fun!

For the recent Heroes + Villains shoot I hijacked my friend’s camper van which came with a dog included…. winning!

Dogs and Camper vans make the best props.

In the gorgeous sunshine we eagerly snapped away taking over 1000 pics (whaaaat?!) so now is the laborious task of scrolling through to pick out the best, editing them and sharing them with the world.

New fashion shots of the reworked vintage, custom jackets and customised t-shirts on their way…

Shop the collection here

Tales from behind the lens

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Running an online fashion shop often means being a ‘Jack of all trades’! There are so many different aspects of the business that need daily attention and naturally some are far more interesting than others! That’s why I always look forward to the photo shoots. It’s the one time where I get to bring out my creative side, raid the clothing rails, play dress up and hang out with my friends who I rope in to help as they very kindly offer their time and talent as models for the boutique!

Living on a farm certainly has it’s perks when it comes to shooting, there’s never a shortage of interesting backdrops. As we cavort about the house and garden following the light and using every feasible location, by the end of the day the house is an explosive mess of clothes, accessories and make-up in a scene of fashion devastation! It’s exhausting but it’s also a whole lot of fun!

Here’s a little peak at some scenes from behind the camera that you don’t usually get to see.

….And of course the animals just love to get involved too, any excuse for a photo bomb!

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Corinne Day, photographer of our time.

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On August 27th 2010 the fashion world lost one of it’s greatest photographers of a generation. Corinne Day, known as the woman who launched Kate Moss’s career, sadly died aged 48 from a brain tumour after a long struggle with cancer.

A self taught photographer and previous model, she became one of the most influential photographers of our time. Her pictures were original, provocative and often controversial. Shying away from the high glamour trend of the 80s, she took a more documentary approach to her photos.

In 1990 she teamed up with a young, fresh faced Kate Moss and headed down to Camber Sands, Kent, for a series of candid and intimate portraits for The Face magazine’s ‘3rd Summer of Love’  editorial. I will never forget how I felt when I first saw those iconic black & white images. Unpolished, raw, natural beauty unlike anything I’d seen in fashion before, she captured a moment in fashion history and inspired a whole generation of people, me included. Credited for pioneering the Grunge movement, the images spawned a new era of fashion and fashion photography.

Three years later she was causing a storm once more when Vogue magazine published the somewhat seedy pictures of Kate Moss in a grubby bedsit wearing mismatched underwear and looking pale and forlorn. Gritty, hard edged and real, the shoot caused international outrage and the radical new wave of photography, labelled  ‘dirty-realism’, paved the way for the ‘Heroin chic’ trend that was to follow.

A revolutionary in fashion image making, Corinne Day changed the way we viewed fashion photography.