A light in the dark

By my talented friend @elinapaunimo

xxx LauraMirjam

She is...

This was my university project, to do a zine.

My zine is about breaking stereotypes in Finland, my personal view of Finnish fashion and being Finnish.

Enjoy!

p.s. I am planning to do another zine on summer, let me know if you want to be part of it.

My portfolio is online, http://lauramirjam.wix.com/portfolio

 xxx LolaMirjam

Made Of Paper

I did a shoot at university. I also made these necklaces.

"Made of paper"

"Jewelry has the power to be this one little thing that can make you feel unique."

xxx LolaMirjam

stay inspired

 Stay inspired...

xxx LolaMirjam

he knows the body

First project.

Have you ever heard about designer Azzedine Alaia?

If your answer is no, google it. He is AMAZING designer, I think there is no one who knows woman´s body better than him.

At the beginning I didn't even know who he is.

Even though I was sometimes annoyed that I got a designer that I didn't even know, now I´m so glad that I got him. 

I got to know amazing, unique, timeless designer.

It was really hard project, I mean he has really unique style and he don't follow fashion. There was days that I was ready to cry and go home. And I didn't expect that we were doing our first projects in group. But of course that is a great way to get to know each other.

One month, all about Alaia, his store, his life, designs, future, research book about him, people he has worked with etc.  

 My highlight was a visit to his store,where I saw the real beauty of his designs. There I realized why women love him, like Naomi Campbell and so many more.

He has a lot of loyal customers. 

Alaia cuts his own clothing patterns and sews the samples himself.Alaïa has always made the clothes he wants to make, at his rhythm, showing them when it pleases him, selling only to stores he likes and delivering them when he wants.The fashion shows are only for his friends and family.

some inspiration pics...

He is just so unique.
We booked a model from Instagram, we borrowed clothes from our friends and photographed in studio.
We wanted something simple but stylish at the same time.

This is our photoshoot inspired by Azzedine Alaia.

So you understand what I mean...

http://senatus.net/album/view/13192/

Do you love him now?

xxx LolaMirjam

behind the scenes...

We were test shooting the Serge Gainsbourg-hat project...

I don´t like to be in front of the camera but sometimes you have to sacrifice for your uni project.

xxx LolaMirjam

Reflection

Reflection

This was our individual part of the first project.

My inspiration was designer Azzedine Alaia.

Actually the first unit was all about Azzedine Alaia. It was the first time I heard about him. We (my group) needed to do photoshoot and presentation and then individually, research book, edit the image and then do a project about his future.

For the future project I painted myself all white and projected his designs to the wall. I went to stand in front of the wall so I was part of the designs.

Azzedine Alaia studied sculptor when he was younger so my idea was to be a human sculpture and that is why I was all white.

My friend Elina took all the images.

It was really exciting experience, something different.

And when you think about the tools we had, the outcome is really good! Because we actually used the projector that teachers use in the classroom. 

What you think? Was it worth it to paint myself white? I think I still have some paint in my ear...
Oh and I got to say,Azzedine Alaia is amazing designer. I fell in love with all the garments, especially when I visited his store and heard about his story, amazing!

xxx LolaMirjam

"I wont cry for you, my mascara´s too expensive."

I told my friend Elina that I might start a blog and I asked her to take some images for that. 

She is really good at doing makeup so she did my makeup. It was so weird to look at the mirror after I was ready because I don't usually use that much makeup, it was something totally different but in a good way.

We photographed in her room, next to the white wall and believe it or not, the only light we had was her table lamp (the light was yellow).

So I think these images ended up pretty good.

I love editing. Trying different colors,layouts etc.

I edited these images with Picasa, even though I have photoshop.

I used to edit everything with picasa or powerpoint but now I have noticed that the image quality becomes poor when I'm using them.

So I need to learn how to use Photoshop.

What you think about the styling?

Smokey eyes and leather jacket, perfect combination.

Bare skin and messy hair.

Sexy but not tasteless.

xxx LolaMirjam

Bonnie and Clyde

Cd-cover

Serge Gainsbourg- Bonnie and Clyde,

Do you know the song?

It is based on an English language poem written by Bonnie Parker herself a few weeks before she and Clyde Barrow were shot, entitled "The Trail's End". The song tells the story of the outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde.

Our photoshoot was based on the song and the singer, and it was all about the hat. We needed to find a hat inspired by the song and the singer.

Serge Gainsbourg loved alcohol, cigarettes and women. He had scandalous life. He was a French singer,songwriter,pianist,film composer, poet, screenwriter, writer, actor and director.

The photoshoot plan was

-Two lovers ((girls)he would have loved that)

-rough look(Serge looked always kind rough)

-black and white images

-alley

-cigarette(Serge always smoked, in every picture)

-HAT

We need to have three images edited.

This project was group project but the editing part was individual.

inspiration picture

Which one is better?

Cd-cover one

Cd-cover two

xxx LolaMirjam