Very Loved

Recently, as I have been researching brands for a new women’s boutique opening this November 2011, I came upon a very cool vintage/lingerie line, The Loved One. Run my Hannah Metz and her partner, Elvia Lahman, The Loved One features a small vintage-inspired lingerie line, as well as thrifted clothing. Originally started as an online shop, Hannah and Elvia just recently opened up their first ever ‘forever-shop’ in Los Angeles.































Hannah began as a vintage buyer for American Apparel's vintage collection in 2007, and eventually collaborated with her boss, beginning their own project. Which originally began as a collaboration to sell to companies like American Apparel and Urban Outfitters, Hannah and Elvia soon found themselves opening up pop-up shops with Urban Outfitters, and Seychelles shoes in New York, where they sold their vintage finds and lingerie line.

Aside from The Loved One, Hannah has a blog with her husband Landon, where many of Hannah’s (and Landon's) amazing photos are exhibited.

Congratulations to these ladies for doing such amazing things! Their lingerie line is to die for! (or to wear in bed while reading when you don't want to face the world!)

xo

Do It Yourself - The Knot Bracelet

My favourite blogger, The Man Repeller, calls them arm parties and I've been really into them this summer. They include loads of colourful bracelets running up your arms and they're also easy to create. If you haven't seen the other diy bracelets on this site click here for the bolt bracelet and click here for the friendship bracelet. For the knot bracelet, I was inspired by a bracelet sold on the forever 21 website. All you have to do is get coloured string and use as many colours as you like. I personally like thinner bracelets but if you enjoy the chunkier ones just add more string. Then tie loads of knots with them and then add a clasp. Voila!

Tomorrow!

You should definitely check out this event!

Book Review - Bad Day Magazine

Bad Day is quickly becoming one of my favourite magazines. Bad Day, a quarterly arts publication founded in Toronto, focuses on Canadian and international artists. What draws me to Bad Day is its interview format. The text is raw, rather than perfected written prose, and it's always so fascinating to read how articulate these artists are. They explain their works so fluently and beautifully, which I find to be a big inspiration. This issue features artists ( such as Steven Shearer, Tauba Auerbach, David Shrigley and Tomi Ungerer), music video director Mike Mills, music reviewer Andrew Kuo, and furniture designer Martino Gamper. An awesome summer read that you can check out by clicking here.

Fashion Press Updates - Behind the Scenes and New Staff!

The pass few weeks have been pretty busy for The Fashion Press. Deadlines for issue three are coming up and new members are joining! Here are a few shots from behind the scenes of our most recent photo shoots with the combined theme of "dancer in the dark," which included some underwater shots and a studio visit. You can look forward to seeing the photo shoots in our next issue, which comes out this fall.

Also, welcome to Chuck N. from The Aloof Hipster, he will be our new male fashion editor. So don't worry male readers, you will not be left out of our issues. Shaya, our intern come staff member, modeled in our recent photo shoot and is writing our director spotlight section for the next issue. Finally, Jess from Hand Down Your Pants has joined The Fashion Press and will be helping out with street style.

Loads to look forward to and we hope you are enjoying the rest of your summer!

Artistic Spotlight - Carly Zinga

Carly, a student from Australia, has no formal education in photography yet her shots still turn out lovely. Carly likes to take dreamy photos with a focus on fantasy and childhood. To take her shots she uses a Sony DSLR camera. When asked about the editing process she states, " I like a natural looking photograph, so I mainly adjust the colour with curves and actions. People are who they are, I think we should celebrate that!"

For Issue 3 of The Fashion Press we're doing an underwater photo shoot so one of my major questions for Carly was about how she took hers. " I got suited up in a full length wetsuit with a weight belt (to keep me stable underwater), and goggles. It was in the middle of winter, so the water was freezing. I felt sorry for my models, because all they were wearing was flimsy clothes. I borrowed my twin sisters underwater, digital camera - it's nothing fancy. To take the photographs, I had to be close enough, because if I was to far away the water created a barrier and you couldn't see your subject. Luckily I had chosen a pool that was new and the water was very clear. All I can say is that it was a long process and took many hours to achieve. " And what are her projects for the future? " Right now, I am working on building up my portfolio, in between school and my dancing. I would like to get better at photoshop, because I realize that it is definitely going to be one of the tools of the future. In the future i hope to see my work published in magazines all around the world, and i would love to be traveling and taking photographs across a variety of different countries. " To check out Carly's online portfolio click here.