En Vogue

After our third edition of the "Monochrome" workshop, Bruno and I decided to start preparing a new workshop that he names "En Vogue". It will be a fashion workshop where I get to do both crazy poses and hang around pretending to be bored.

Here's a preview of what we will be working on during the workshop!

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Beautiful jewelry

I worked with Gert O. on his beauty portraits involving jewelry. I'm loving the results!

Here's what we have so far:

Berlin weekend

Last weekend I was in Berlin to shoot with 2 talented photographers. I got up early in the morning for a relaxing bath, before we got started with the first shoot.

Part 1

First photographer of the day was Martin from 1m89Photography. We shot a lot of beautiful latex and although it had been a while since I shot latex, I loved it! Edit is by Lara Gilles Photography.

Body: Jacky Villain latex

Stockings: Noire

Leggings: Pandora Deluxe Latex

We ended the shoot with a yum vegan meal at Coa. If you travel to Berlin and are looking for a vegan or vegetarian restaurant, I definitely recommend this restaurant! I had Sweet potato fries, rice and tofu with a vegan dip sauce.

Part 2

Second shoot of the day was with Lara Gilles. It's fair to say it was completely different from what we shot in the morning.

Publication: Signature

Let me present to you, The Signature Collection. I designed and created 3 silhouettes for William De Ridder's fall/winter hair collection. I got some beautiful beauty shots for his collection, but wanted to show more of my outfits. So here are the results from my shoot with Mew-Chiel, showing off the entire design. Special thanks to Lara Aimée for the beautiful edits! <3

Observant readers will notice that the designs wear a close resemblance to the dress I showed in my "Bodybinds and other new designs" blogpost. That's because I reworked the original dress into the second dress you can see here. I started on the dress a few years ago, but never quite decided on the details, until I started working on this collection.

The editorial is published in Kirameki Mag, get your copy here.

They misspelled my name again, that's two in a row. Third one buys me a beer!

Silk, wetlook spandex and crocheted lace are the main fabrics used. Boy did I sweat on the silk! It looks so gorgeous when finished, but it was one of the most difficult fabrics I ever worked with, because it's so light and flowy. Cutting a straight line was nearly impossible! Makes me extra happy to see the results! ^_^

Lingerie shenanigans

Shot another lingerie set earlier this week with Meredith Thorina Juliana. I don't know what it is, but there's something about shooting lingerie with female photographers that I really like.

Lingerie: La Chaton Bottée

 

Publication: Luci Alice in Latecstasy

Remember my post about my shoot with Luci Alice in London?
I got the tearsheets from Latecstasy Mag last week and can finally publish them ^_^
Apparently, they misspelled my name -_-

Photographer: Luci Alice
Latex: Kaori's Latex Dreams, Slaughterhouse Couture, Pandora Deluxe Latex
Wig: Insomnium Wigs

Budapest adventure

Last week I took some time off to visit one of my best friends, who lives in the capital of Hungary. Budapest is one of my favorite cities in the world! Being the workaholic that I am, I still managed to squeeze in a shoot or two while I was there.

It's all about location scouting:

Results from my first shoot with Mew-Chiel:

And from my second shoot with Mew-Chiel, a bit more colourfull this time ^_^

I will spare you the photos I took of Michiel eating a Hamburger after our shoot, shouting "trolleybus" every 5 seconds, but instead want to share a more touristic impression of my trip. I love taking photographs, but avoid being in them myself. I don't like those typical tourist photos with selfie sticks - no Michiel, you will not be able to convince me otherwise! :D I only had my phone with me on this trip because I had to choose between my camera and lenses, or styling for my shoots.

This is her, my best friend and host for the week <3

Goddess Collection by Imke Pauwels

A few weeks back I shot with Sarina Mannaert for Imke Pauwels' "Goddess" collection.  Sarina delivers the total package. She starts with make up, creates beautiful photos and does excellent post-process work. Imke designed the most beautiful outfits, the design was simple and sophisticated, they were really comfortable and the detail was amazing. I enjoyed working on this project so much!

Old Trade Market Antwerp

Had the chance to shoot at this wonderful location before it's turned into a hotel. It's one of the most beautiful urbex locations I ever had the chance to work in. There is so much detail in everywhere. For example, each of the columns in the photo below are unique. They all have different engravings and relief, probably because they are handmade.

Here are some of my favourites from this shoot <3

Photographer & Concept: Patrick Creemers

High Fashion Latex

A few months back I did a latex shoot with Paige Addams and the results are finally in.

Credits:
Photographer & MUA: Paige Addams
Pink, latex bodysuit with leopard print: Jacky Villain Latex
Pink, latex stockings: Noire
Black V-harness bra: Pandora Deluxe Latex