My Dream House

I am always on photographer Tom Selby's website, (The Selby Is in Your place).I love looking at how creative people decorate their homes, it's great inspiration to me when it comes to decorating my own flat. The house of Glenn O'brien a writer and Gina Nanni a public relations excutive is an amazing building and space in Connecticut that I would love to own one day ..... well we can all have a dream!











Courtesy of Tom Selby.com © 2010
© 2010 Charlie Mack

Juergen Teller Marc Jacobs Advertising

I can't wait to get my hands on this book! Starting on Amazon at £268.00 it's not cheap but what a wonderful keep sake for a Marc Jacobs fan, especially when the advertising campaigns by Juergen Teller are so cool!



Courtesy of Steidl © 2010
© 2010 Charlie Mack

Carry Jardine

Hi followers, I am sorry for my absense I changed jobs and worked in Paris for three weeks, so things have been a little crazy!
But I am back! One of my work colleague's showed me this beautiful art work by Carry Jardine, I particulary love the Alaphabet pieces.



Courtesy of Carry Jardine © 2010
© 2010 Charlie Mack

Mociun Jewellery

I absolutely adore Brooklyn-based designer Caitlin Mociun fine jewellery line. Caitlin studied textiles at the Rhode Island School of Design before launching her own label Mociun, which includes jewellery, womens wear, mens wear and accessories. I spotted the Bauhaus inspired 14kt gold hexagon and triangle rings in Nottinghill's lifestyle Boutique Coverture, currently the only UK stockist for this brand.








Courtesy of Mociun © 2010
© 2010 Charlie Mack

Will Broome Illustrator

I never knew that these super cute illustrations for Marc by Marc Jacobs Miss Marc collection, were by British born illustrator (artist) Will Broome. Will says the following about his work. 'I work in a quite a naive way. I like the simple act of drawing, of making a mark. I can draw in a much more sophisticated style, I just choose to work like this. I don;t really like anything too slick or computer generated. I also work in collage-even when I do this is looks haphazard'.





Courtesy of Will Broome © 2010
© 2010 Charlie Mack

The worlds best channel bag!

Today I was sent this picture below, from a collegue at work. I LOVE it what a genius idea!


Courtesy of Charlie Mack © 2010
© 2010 Charlie Mack

Hummingbird Bakery

I popped into Hummingbird Bakery with some friends yesturday on Portobello road. They are fantastic at making moist buttercream cup cakes, chocolate layered cakes and chocolate brownies. We tried the red velvet cup cakes and they were delicious!!!!



Courtesy of Hummingbird Bakery © 2010
© 2010 Charlie Mack

Sea N-Y

A friend at work was telling me about this New York based women’s apparel line designed by Monica Paolini and Sean Monahan, called Sea N-Y. The collection is an accessible line of modern feminine dressed and separates with a flirtatious cut. I think the collection is absolutely gorgeous! There are only two boutiques in the UK selling this line Cochinechine in Hampstead and Oxygen in the West End.








Courtesy of Sea N-Y © 2010
© 2010 Charlie Mack

Miu Miu S/S 2010

Miu Miu has as fabulous advertising campaign for this S/S 2010. Love the styling but more importantly the clothes,shoes and bags!





Courtesy of Miu Miu © 2010
© 2010 Charlie Mack

Bex Rox

Here is some great jewellery by Bex Rox. Bex Manners a London based designer, who launched her collection in 2006. Her rock / vintage bracelets, necklaces, earrings and ring designs are inspired by her time growing up in the Baleraric islands. Along with travelling around the world, trawling flea markets in Asia, experiencing tribal life in China to trekking in South America.





Courtesy of Bex Rox © 2010
© 2010 Charlie Mack

Rika* Pop up Store

I popped to the shop at Bluebird after work tonight to check out the Rika pop up store. The collection looks amazing! and so does the Bluebird. I'm like a kid in a sweet shop when I visit this store, I have to have everything - oh well I can keep dreaming!








Courtesy of Rika © 2010
© 2010 Charlie Mack

Gemma Booth Fashion Photographer

Interview with Gemma Booth, Fashion Photographer.

Born in Manchester, but residing in London, this famous photographer has photographed for big name clients such as American Eagle, Levi's, ROXY, Carhart, Vogue, i-D, Nylon, and more. Her new blog, GemBlog, has a collection of her latest work, and photographs from other photographers. Visit her personal site and agency's site to see all her amazing work. Here is our interview, for you:
01. When did you start shooting?
I started shooting in 1998 when I was doing work experience at i-D magazine, Terry Jones asked me to go up North to take pictures at a club (I think it was because no-one else wanted to go).


02. When did you catch your first big break?
Although I did lots of good jobs before I feel it was in 2006 when I was taken on by my current agent Marco Santucci. He and his partner/ photographer Elaine Constantine believed in me, encouraged me to shoot fashion and gave me the confidence to show my true personality in my images.

03. Where have you traveled for work? All over the USA, Mexico, New Zealand, Cape Town, Buenos Aires, Japan, Iceland, and many other places in Europe. I've been lucky, I love traveling. Any favorites? My trip to New Zealand was a real highlight as I was shooting for i-D magazine and the journalist and I were treated like royalty. We were flown all around the Islands, stayed in the best hotels, went paragliding, visited the set of 'Lord of The Rings', and even had a party thrown in our honor!


04. What is your favorite shooting job so far? I like shooting fashion stories the most, when I can come up with the concept and see it through to the end result. It's like making up your own storybook, and I love it.


05. What do you look for when you cast a model? A girl with personality and confidence, someone who has a talent to act naturally in front of the camera as well as look beautiful. Modeling is like acting.


06. Have you had any disasters with models on set? Not really. My worst experiences are with girls who find it hard to be natural, and think they have to 'model', you have to try and get them to forget what people might have told them before and encourage them to be themselves. I always make sure I cast models myself before I shoot them, personality is so important to me.



07. What equipment do you shoot with today? Either my Mamiya 7, a Nikon D3 or a Hassleblad H3D. I still prefer to use film when I can.


08. Favorite photographers? Stylists?
My current favorite is Venetia Scott, she styles and shoots and her effortless style is consistently cool.



09. What inspires you? Old family photos (mine and other peoples, esp from the 1950's-70's), storybooks, movies, my boyfriend, the sun.


10. Do you ever get stressed on set? No. Stress is counter productive, and if you appear stressed your team will too. It's better to take a deep breath and think, you can't be creative whilst panicking. What do you do to prepare for a shoot? Collect visual reference, try to create a story for the shoot so that the models or characters can get into roles.

11. Who is the best celebrity or model you've worked with? It's nice shooting people before they get famous, then watching them grow into being famous. I did that with The Arctic monkeys. 12. Any advice for those entering the photography world? Believe in yourself, don't obsess about what other people are doing, persevere, and most of all enjoy what you do, if you are not enjoying it, there is something wrong.




Courtesy of Little Stussy © 2010
© 2010 Charlie Mack