Paris Fashion Week AW 2012...Mohini

French singer Mohini Geisweiller, after Carven, Paris, March 2012.

Listen to Mohini's music here (you have to watch until the end of the Milk Teeth video to find out what happens to the little white "creature")

Recreate Mohini's look (kind of):

Carven twill and tweed dress

Jimmy Choo patent leather pumps, Pierre Hardy round toe pumps or ASOS storm point court shoe





Paris Fashion Week AW 2012...Marianne

Marianne Theodorsen from Style Devil blog after Dries Van Noten.

Love this vaguely sporty/preppy/varsity look on Marianne. It is the Olympic year after all! (does anyone have tickets? I applied for lots of tickets - swimming, rowing, diving, equestrian - and ended up with just the equestrian).

Recreate Marianne's Look (kind of):

Alexander Wang track suit bomber jacket, See by Chloe Varsity jacket, Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony varsity jacket or Antipodium Game Player jacket

Rory Beca Rambler Dolman blouse or Chinti and Parker oversized t-shirt

J Brand Aidan slouchy boy jeans or Current/Elliott The Boyfriend cropped jeans

Proenza Schouler PSII shoulder bag

London Fashion Week AW 2012...Camille

Camille from Over The Rainbow blog, Somerset House, London, February 2012.

Love Camille's style (she is half French/half English) and I am especially coveting that baseball cap (and the Celine bag, of course!). Before fashion month (and photographing Talissa in Australia last November), my response to wearing a baseball cap other than for sporting activities or for sun-protection purposes would have been, um, really? Are you sure?! Which is clearly one (of the many) reasons why I am a photographer and not a fashion editor ;) I have owned many a baseball cap over the years ranging from Polo Ralph Lauren to a Sydney Swans AFL supporters cap and a most-flattering fluro yellow Sydney Harbour Bridge 75th Anniversary cap circa 2007 however none have had quite the desirability factor that Camille's cap imparts.

Recreate Camille's look (kind of):

My Lovely Jean painter skinny jean (add your own strategically placed rips) or Helmut Lang metallic mid-rise jeans (with metallic foil swooshes) or J Brand Zoey triple zip skinny jeans

Bird by Juicy Couture slate grey sweater or ASOS grey double-layer t-shirt or T by Alexander Wang classic muscle tee 

Christian Louboutin Sixties black pumps (love the low cut side) or Gucci patent leather pumps

And hit it out of the ballpark in a baseball cap: Juicy Couture black cap, House of Holland baseball cap or Topshop acid wash cap

New York Fashion Week AW 2012...Lauren

The exquisite Lauren Remington Platt after Jason Wu.

Seriously, she is just so poised and elegant (she literally glides when she walks) and (sigh) beautiful. And the best advertisement for her members only NYC-based hair and make-up booking company (they come to you), Vênsette.

I can't think of anything better than having hair and make-up done by a professional before a special night out.....especially if, like me, you aren't so great at wielding the eyeliner and curling iron (I am still in awe that Kate Middleton did her own make-up for her wedding!). I spent many an hour (and $) in the beauty hall at David Jones (a department store in Australia) having my make-up done for university ball's/weddings/parties. I love the idea that with Vênsette, the artist comes to your home (or office) and will even use your own products.....much less embarrassing than sitting in a chair in the middle of a department store with the general public wandering by and passing judgement on your choice of lip gloss :)