Recently I had the privilege of working with Lookbook.nu on their collaboration with Collection B for their Fall line of jackets. It was definitely a bizarre and exciting opportunity, and I have to admit I was quite shocked I was even asked to model one of the jackets. I post on Lookbook more often than any other style site, but as most of you probably know, vintage dresses don't get too many hypes in that area of the web. At first I was like, 'is this some kind of scam?' when Yuri contacted me last Tuesday, but when I heard from Whitney, the Lookbook intern, on the following Thursday I knew that it was a real gig!
It was a very rushed ordeal that filled me with a little bit of anxiety and a whole lot of excitement. I was supposed to get the jacket on Thursday, style it, shoot it, and have it back in the mail by Friday so it could get to a shoot in NYC on June 1st. I watched for the FedEx man like an insane family pet that day, running at the door anytime a loud truck passed by. Turns out the jacket didn't arrive til 3pm on Friday leaving me about two hours to get the job done. I was freaking out!
When I opened the jacket I was like, 'wow this is awesome, but this is soooo not my style'! I really did love the jacket though, and it was fun to focus my brain on a more urban, Lookbook-style outfit for the afternoon. But yes, I was going crazy thinking about the time and how quick I had to get this done!
The look was supposed to be styled for Fall since it is from their Fall collection which was also a little tough since it was about 90 degrees here that day. I styled a look with my American Apparel lace bodysuit and Tabio heart tights and went on a little drive to my secret location. As soon as I got there and took a couple shots I realized that I hated the outfit. I had to run home and change!!
Ahhh, even more freaking out!
It was a very rushed ordeal that filled me with a little bit of anxiety and a whole lot of excitement. I was supposed to get the jacket on Thursday, style it, shoot it, and have it back in the mail by Friday so it could get to a shoot in NYC on June 1st. I watched for the FedEx man like an insane family pet that day, running at the door anytime a loud truck passed by. Turns out the jacket didn't arrive til 3pm on Friday leaving me about two hours to get the job done. I was freaking out!
When I opened the jacket I was like, 'wow this is awesome, but this is soooo not my style'! I really did love the jacket though, and it was fun to focus my brain on a more urban, Lookbook-style outfit for the afternoon. But yes, I was going crazy thinking about the time and how quick I had to get this done!
The look was supposed to be styled for Fall since it is from their Fall collection which was also a little tough since it was about 90 degrees here that day. I styled a look with my American Apparel lace bodysuit and Tabio heart tights and went on a little drive to my secret location. As soon as I got there and took a couple shots I realized that I hated the outfit. I had to run home and change!!
Ahhh, even more freaking out!
The reason I hated the first look so much is because the jacket just blended in with my outfit. All that black was making it tough for the jacket to stand out! As I was driving home I was scheming for something floral to pair with it and something that still fell into the Fall color category.
BAM! My Forever 21 floral dress I got off the sale rack for $4 a couple years ago. It was perfect and still felt very 'me'.
I finished with about 20 minutes to spare, and when I dropped the jacket off at the FedEx drop box I realized that they didn't do their pickups until 7:30. I had two and a half extra hours and didn't even know it!
What a fun opportunity this was though! Big thanks to Collection B and Lookbook.nu for asking me to participate.