Add sexy to your home with stone tile.. and this advertising campaign

When I am on set, so much is going on in my mind and I always need to be focus ready for what I have to do next.. BUT sometime it's really hard to concentrate.. and stone tile was one of these jobs! It was such a fun project to be part of and for obvious reason.. everyone was smiling. All day.

The amazing photographer and my great friend Nikki Ormerod is the talented photographer that capture the sexyness out of these 3 "tile installers".. Who thought installing tiles was so.. hum hum fascinating :)

Now for anyone interested in the wardrobe part.. the idea was that the clothing should blend nicely into each sets with the same color tones as the tiles. So I visited Westside studio to see the amazing sets that was getting built in studio and I left with a few very heavy tile samples.. I went shopping for Dark brown for Maciel, dark grey for Eric and light grey everything for Steve B. 

Here are my hard working men.. looking perfect! 

Here is Maciel Mendes from Sutherland

Eric Q from B&M

 Steve B from Elmer Olsen 

Its a wrap on stone tile advertising campaign Add sexy to your home!

Client: stone tile

Agency: Union Creative Director:  Lance Martin

Art Director: Lorraine Sit Writer: Marisa Faustino

Photographer:  Nikki Ormerod

Assistants:  Bryan Ulrich, Jon Wayne Brown

Producer:  Phaedra Kennedy
Wardrobe styling: Marie Eve Tremblay

Hair/Makeup/sweat: Cait Mizzi

And to make it look even more monochromatic, I spray painted all the tools overnight in my back parking lot! Here is some picture of the tools that I taped and painted. I had ladder, buckets, gloves, measuring tapes, sponges, tool belts for everyone and all kind of other tools that is normally used while installing tiles. It was so much fun to do! 

Look out for the billboards around town and in the August issue of House & Home, Azure and Style at Home. 

Tea dye fashion editorial

I truly LOVE doing creative photoshoot but I like to take my time and give it my best so I don’t do too many. But when the amazing Jukka Suutari contacted me to be part of ANHEDONIA, I couldn’t refuse!!

It was NOT going to be an easy job, It was a big shoot with 7 models, each needed a nude and a black look. Yep, 14 outfits in total. 

My biggest challenge was that the 7 nude looks needed a lot of work.. Everything had to look worn, dirty and old!! AND since none of that is in stores.. I had to do it myself starting with white Fabric. 

First I washed all the white fabric, shirts, tank tops, bras & underwear.

Then, I made A LOT of tea using about 40 tea bags! I added the tea and more boiling water in the sink where I had my fabric.  I used black tea bags to have that instant brown vintage look and it gave me immediate results!

Once I was happy with the colour, I dried everything in the dryer at high heat setting to set the stain. 

When dry, I sanded all the fabric, especially the edge using different sanding blocks. I used the fine 200-grit and even the corse 60-grit. Sometimes, I use my sanding machine! Depending on the area and the fabric type.

Since I wanted a dirty look, I added some dirt, movie dirt. I absolutely love aging garments and breaking down clothes. But for me, its like art and the fabric is like a blank canvas..

Finally, I bought 7 pairs of the cheapest heels I could find. I taped the sparkly outsole, the heels and I protected the inside. Then I spay painted with nude paint, sand the them up a bit and added some dirt! Voila! :) 

The shoes in progress..

Some of my accessories:
1. Silver Cuff by Aimée Kennedy of Fine and Good
2. Chain Shrug by Hoda Menshari Designs
3. Crystal necklace & earrings by Nadia Werchola
4. Necklace & earrings by Green Bijou
5. Earring by Jen Day
6. Resin rings by ASHLEY WINNINGTON-BALL 
7. Aluminum rings by Jules Roman 
8. Custom rings and necklace by Marie-Eve Tremblay
Jewelry available at Made You Look

Fashion Styling by moi, Marie-Eve Tremblay
Hair & Makeup by Jukka Suttari with PLUTINO GROUP 

Photograph by David Krovblit

H&M assist: Christopher Mooyer & Christine Calde

Set Sesigner Caroline Pandeli

Models by PLUTINO GROUP

Necklace by Nadia Werchola

Behind The Scene shoot of myself making sure everyone is dirty enough :)
Both sparkly necklaces by Green Bijou

Sequins blazer by Alexander McQueen

Custom ring by Marie-Eve Tremblay

Left: Striped men vest by Comme de Garçon

Middle: Victorian cape from Berman & Company Ltd.

Leather bodysuit by Northbound Leather  

Left: Leather shrug by Northbound Leather 

Leather bodysuit by Northbound Leather

Wild boar ring by Jules Roman 

Middle: Sequins blazer by Alexander McQueen

Custom ring by Marie-Eve Tremblay

Right: Leather fetish bodysuit by Northbound Leather
Snake ring by Jules Roman 

Check out the full story in HEAVEN HAS HEELS May WARRIOR ISSUE

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in W25 Magazine Issue 69 June 2014

I DECLARE WAR - THE MOVIE -

How strong was your imagination growing up? Mine was expressed on paper drawing pink dreamy dresses quietly for hours and hours wearing my mother's heels..

But for the teenagers in I declare war, they don’t joke around and definitely don't wear pink. They play war and they this very seriously. 

I Declare War is about two groups of 13 years old friends that often meets up in the woods to play war. One afternoon,  the game gets out of control and their fantasy game soon becomes reality. They have rules to follow, they built weapons, grenade and they have flags to collect.. Things get really nasty. Friendships get tested, they get jealous, they lie, they get competitive, they fall in love.. they wanna win and will do ANYTHING in their power to win.

I worked on I Declare War as the costume designer over the summer of 2011. It was A LOT of work but a great experience. I’ve had the privilege to work with a lot of young actors in my career, but few have impressed me and inspired me like the gang of I Declare War. I miss them all.. yes including their multiples f-bombs! Fuck I miss them!!  

I am now very proud to announce that I Declare War is showing at the Toronto TIFF Bell Lightbox from May 10th through May 16th 2013. You can see the full schedule and purchases your tickers HERE.

I DECLARE WAR - The Movie Trailer:

Written by Jason Lapeyre. Co-directed by Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson. Produced by Lewin Webb,  Samaritan Entertainment Inc.

Starring Mackenzie Munro, Andy Reid, Gage Munroe, Siam Yu, Michael Friend, Eric Hanson, Aidan Gouveia, Alex Cardillo, Kolton Stewart, Dyson Fyke, Spencer Howes, Alex Wall 

I have been getting a few questions regarding the wardrobe of the movie. The main question that always come back is how do I decide what each actors will be wearing? I wanted the clothes to reflect a little bit of each actors personality and represent each character correctly. Like in real life, what you wear says a lot about yourself. As a costume designer, I had to make sure that was felt. I got inspired a lot by watching teenagers in the street. Budget was limited so I also had to get crafty by creating some of the t-shirt design for Skinner, Frost, Kenney and Jocker. People watching is the best! But I also watch a lot of movies that showcase teenagers such as Lord of the Flies (1963), The Goonies (1985) and of course Stand by me (1986).

One of my biggest challenge was to find multiples of the same items, aged and distress the same outfit to follow the continuity of the shooting schedule. Of course when the actors started getting nasty to each other, so did the wardrobe! Oh la la I spent days and stayed up at night washing and scrubbing, distressing, aging, over dyeing and scrubbing the clothing.. did I say scrubbing? And I can honestly say that Oxi Clean truly works. They should pay me for that.. right?

Although it is a movie about a one day war.. a lot can happen in one day. Every actors needed more than one change of clothes and shoes. Thanks to Adidas for getting me a great deal on a LOT of shoes! Some kids needed up to 8 changes of the same outfits.. and all 8 changes had to be the same. Washed the same amount of time, dyed and aged the same exact way. Thanks to all my wonderful wardrobe assistant! 

I am very proud to have been part of this movie and to have worked with all theses amazing talented teenagers. I Declare War is an amazing movie not to be miss! It has been getting really amazing reviews! It have been compared as a modern twist of Lord of the Flies. The movie has won the best screenplay and the Best Movie at ActionFest 2012. It also showed at the TIFF in September 2012. It also won the coveted audience award at Austin's Fantastic Fest. Honestly, I lost count on the amount of great reviews I have read over the past year. Just go see it! 

"I Declare War is the best movie at the Chicago Critics Film Festival

and one of my favourite films of the year" - Patrick Bromley

"I Declare War may be the best movie for adults starring children ever made" - Toro Magazine

"Sharp, funny and edge of your seat chilling" - The Globe & Mail

"I Declare War is a must see movie" - Twitch

www.ideclarewar.ca

www.facebook.com/IDeclareWarTheMovie

Vancouver International Film Festival from May 17th to May 23nd 2013

Myself Costume Designer, Lisa Mandel the key make up artist, Michal Page the Second Assistant Director

Myself on set trying to look gangster!