Friday, November 23, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
varoeldur and "Lime and Davenport"
oh, goodness, it's been so long since i've written, lovelies, i'm sorry. there's been so much going on!
i've just gotten the final cut of a video i costumed for a Sigur Ros contest, based on facebook and twitter votes. we worked on the song varoeldur.you can see it here: please vote for us and share with your friends!! you can vote once through your twitter and once through your facebook ;) as the director said, "Varoeldur strikes the note of a funeral dirge, but with a note of hopefulness. Here, we see a funeral procession in reverse, highlighting the longing for death to be unmade."
let me know what you think!
additionally, The Many Monsters of Sadness, which premiered at the Nashville Film Festival is also an official selection of the Cincinnati Film Festival and the Louisville Film Festival. i am so thrilled! if you're in the area, please stop by and say hi!
i also worked on a film by Paper Ghost Pictures called, "Lime and Davenport" for which i won best costume award due to the high number of changes and their accuracy. this film also won an audience award, best makeup, best in genre, and best actress. and you can see it here!
oh, i missed you! tell me what you are doing!
xoxox
mode.
i've just gotten the final cut of a video i costumed for a Sigur Ros contest, based on facebook and twitter votes. we worked on the song varoeldur.you can see it here: please vote for us and share with your friends!! you can vote once through your twitter and once through your facebook ;) as the director said, "Varoeldur strikes the note of a funeral dirge, but with a note of hopefulness. Here, we see a funeral procession in reverse, highlighting the longing for death to be unmade."
let me know what you think!
additionally, The Many Monsters of Sadness, which premiered at the Nashville Film Festival is also an official selection of the Cincinnati Film Festival and the Louisville Film Festival. i am so thrilled! if you're in the area, please stop by and say hi!
i also worked on a film by Paper Ghost Pictures called, "Lime and Davenport" for which i won best costume award due to the high number of changes and their accuracy. this film also won an audience award, best makeup, best in genre, and best actress. and you can see it here!
oh, i missed you! tell me what you are doing!
xoxox
mode.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
teJas!
i know i've been remiss in posting, lovelies, so so sorry. i've been so busy with projects, reading scripts, and unfortunately, a death in the family.
however, there are wonderful things happening. for one, "without" will be showing at the San Antonio Film Festival this year!
let me know what you've been doing! don't forget, you can find mode. on facebook, twitter, and pinterest.
<3
mode.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Many Monsters of Sadness
The Many Monsters of Sadness, a film for which i was costume designer, will have its world premiere April 19th at the Nashville Film Festival! the film will screen April 19th at 10pm and tickets go on sale TODAY!
to learn more about this rocking film and buy tickets, just scroll down to Many Monsters...http://prod1.agileticketing.
or navigate through http://www.
this is my hometown film festival and one of the oldest and most respected in the world- i am ecstatic! i hope you can attend. i know the start time is a bit late for some of you, and that's okay. just remember if you are going to come, get your tickets asap. it's the opening day of the festival and the world premiere of this fabulous film- it will almost certainly sell out.
Nashville Arts Magazine mentioned us, as well
http://viewer.zmags.com/
we're fancy now. ;)
hope you can attend, or if not, spread the word. thanks!
ps- oh, and here's the trailer....
Friday, February 3, 2012
Fashion Overdone
while i believe in the old adage, "there's no new thing under the sun," i pride myself on my creativity as a stylist. in fact, as a vintage enthusiast and a person trained in theatrical costuming, i make sure i never repeat concepts or be lazy by using things overdone.
influences are great, homages can be fabulous, but overdone is overdone. copying is lame. uncreative isn't worth anyone's time. so here is my rundown of the most overdone concepts, stances, shots, and ideas in fashion. yes, some of these have been done very well a time or two- but over and over just makes poseurs.
here's what i consider the worst of the overdone worst...
HAUTE IN A HOVEL
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
seriously. how many of these shoots have you seen? this one i at least understand a bit, because the subject matter is so fascinating and there are many characters, colors, settings, and attitudes in the story. however, over and over again, what we see in AIW shoots is really that the team wants to play with one or a combination of the following: madness, petticoats, blue stripes, large vs. small, or red and black. and at the core, the Wonderland is a place where anything is possible: why not take this single most important aspect and apply it to a new and different shoot? and, for the record, circus shoots are not far behind this.
THE COUTURE HUNCH
stop. just STOP.
THE "HOMAGE" TO THE GREATS- MARILYN, JAYNE, MAE...
too numerous to pick illustory photos. and i know you don't really need them. no model is any of these ladies. they are all dead. let's let these them leave the party, shall we? not to mention the fact that part of why we remember these fabulous fashion icons is they were creative, different, and their own.
don't get me wrong- inspiration is fantastic and strong artists are open to it every minute of every day. but the most powerful influenced pieces, in my opinion, are those where you cannot see the jumping off place until it is pointed out to you. at the end of the day, creativity is what truly shows your art- whether you're a stylist, musician, model, designer, whatever. and frankly, if you're not being creative, what Are you doing?
influences are great, homages can be fabulous, but overdone is overdone. copying is lame. uncreative isn't worth anyone's time. so here is my rundown of the most overdone concepts, stances, shots, and ideas in fashion. yes, some of these have been done very well a time or two- but over and over just makes poseurs.
here's what i consider the worst of the overdone worst...
a dilapidated house, abandoned church, or dicey grafittied wall and a model is inexplicably there in full on couture. she just happens to be there. these shoots are meant to set up dichotomies or comment on the eventual destruction of all things, but all i can say is puh-leeese.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
seriously. how many of these shoots have you seen? this one i at least understand a bit, because the subject matter is so fascinating and there are many characters, colors, settings, and attitudes in the story. however, over and over again, what we see in AIW shoots is really that the team wants to play with one or a combination of the following: madness, petticoats, blue stripes, large vs. small, or red and black. and at the core, the Wonderland is a place where anything is possible: why not take this single most important aspect and apply it to a new and different shoot? and, for the record, circus shoots are not far behind this.
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| Alice AND the hunch (see below) Gahh! |
THE COUTURE HUNCH
stop. just STOP.
RUNNING MASCARA
either a crying model or one fully clothed in a shower or bath. she's deep. she's not just a pretty face. those tears are Real. REAL! and most of these are black and white, because that's Legitimate. didn't you know? Suffering is ART. and along the water route is famous....
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| & underwater! ugh... |
UNDERWATER PHOTO SHOOT
there is a whole site devoted to this. Seriously. http://underwaterfashion.org yes, the light play is beautiful. yes, it's flowy and pretty. but for fashion's sake, can we move on?
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| AND the damn hunch again! |
too numerous to pick illustory photos. and i know you don't really need them. no model is any of these ladies. they are all dead. let's let these them leave the party, shall we? not to mention the fact that part of why we remember these fabulous fashion icons is they were creative, different, and their own.
don't get me wrong- inspiration is fantastic and strong artists are open to it every minute of every day. but the most powerful influenced pieces, in my opinion, are those where you cannot see the jumping off place until it is pointed out to you. at the end of the day, creativity is what truly shows your art- whether you're a stylist, musician, model, designer, whatever. and frankly, if you're not being creative, what Are you doing?
Saturday, January 28, 2012
great news!
yay!
Official Trailer for "without" - a Chad McClarnon Short Film from Chad McClarnon on Vimeo.
Friday, January 20, 2012
20s trends in 2012 | vintage fashion
most of y'all know i'm a vintage fashion writer for the Examiner. here's my latest article, on wearing styles from the Roaring Twenties in 2012. enjoy!
http://www.examiner.com/vintage-fashion-in-nashville/vintage-1920-s-trends-are-back-for-2012
if you wear this style, let me know!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
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