Dīluēre

Dīluēre

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wash away - eliminate; "wash away all the differences"

It was so much fun to prep for this job! I wanted to have colourful and fun patterns .. My vision came to life when I got my hands on the Moschino Cheap and Chic stone age collection from one of my favourite boutique and online store North of the 42nd. They have amazing pieces and I was like a kid in a candy store pulling from this story! 

Check out the story that got published online in Vulkan Magazine! 

The story was captured by photographer Brandon Allen and the hair & make up master is Jukka from Plutino Group using Dior / FHI-tools. 

Our beautiful models was Olie from Elmer Olsen and Ksenia from Sutherland Models.

Ksenia on the left 

MOSCHINO Cheap & Chic Stone Age Comic Dress from North of the 42nd

Bracelets, Made You Look New York Collection

Olie on the right 

MOSCHINO Vintage tank top

MISSONI Skirt

MOSCHINO Shoe Leather Shoulder Bag from North of the 42nd

American Apparel Socks

MOSCHINO Pop Dress from North of the 42nd

Earrings from Made You Look New York Collection

MISSIONI Dress

McDonald necklace from Made You Look New York Collection

Saint Laurent Neon Heels 

Olie on the left

Roberto Cavalli Padma Dress from North of the 42nd

Earrings from Made You Look New York Collection

Charlotte Olympia Pumps from North of the 42nd

Ksenia on the right 

Clover Canyon Top from Hudson Bay

MOSCHINO Hanging Logomania Belt from North of the 42nd

MISSIONI Skirt

Lace-up booties, customized by myself

DSQUARED2 Mod Print Dress from North of the 42nd

American Apparel Socks

Kate Spade Clutch 

Rings Stylist, customized by stylist

Via Spiga Black Heels

MISSIONI Dress

Bangles from Made You Look New York Collection

Resin Vintage Earring, Stylist Own

Kate Spade Clutch 

CÉLINE Vintage Blouse

MOSCHINO Hanging Logomania Belt from North of the 42nd

VERSACE Pants 

Photography : Brandon Edgar Allen
Styling : Marie-Eve Tremblay :)
Hair & Make up : Jukka Suutari
Photographer Assistant : Noel Araquel, Mikael Cosmo, Cody Walker

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. 

Rendez-vous avec Kim Cattrall, July 20th at 8PM on HBO Canada

Get ready to fall in L♡VE with Davina Jackson played by the superb Kim Cattrall in Sensitive Skin!

Series premiere July 20th at 8PM on HBO Canada 

Here is Davina next to her husband Al Jackson, played by Don McKellar and THE couch 

HBO Canada is showing this great video about the show, it so good!

Great interview of Kim in the red chair with George Stroumboulopoulos

Kim taking about Sensitive Skin on The View

Did you know she wore over 16 Canadian Designers during the filming of the series? Yep she wore Lida Baday, Arthur Mendonça, Lucian Matis, Pink Tartan, Sentaler, Roots, Jeremy Laing, Dsquared2, Suzi Roher, Quill and Tine, Ron White, Christina lingerie, Freda's, Dennis Merotto, Arielle de pinto, Shannon Hazell

Check out my older blog post It's a wrap on Sensitive Skin with Kim Cattrall

for detail information on Davina's wardrobe for the show. 

Follow Kim Cattrall on Twitter 

Follow Sensitive Skin on Twitter

THE DULUX COLLECTION & the day I became DEXTER

Images © Spot Cinema

When I was in high school, I spent countless "nuits blanches" painting in my tiny bedroom. I would pretend to go to bed, rolled a dark towel at the bottom of my door so my dad wouldn't see the light and I would paint all night long listening to my Nirvana tape Nevermind over and over. 

I LOVE painting during the middle of the night. It's quiet, there no rush, no schedule, nowhere to go.. But most of all, I love painting because of the way it makes me feel. It makes me feel good. Twenty years later I am still a night owl, still love to paint but I have no time!

Until recently when the amazing George Simhoni from Westside Studio asked me to work on a job for the paint company Dulux. This was no ordinary job, I had to create a clothing collection with paint splatters for a fashion show, THE DULUX COLLECTION. Somebody pinch me? This is a dream job? With the one and only Nikki Ormerod shooting stills? Can this job get any better? 

My very helpful cat Cleopatra

My tools

Before Jackson pollock-ing any garments, I installed protective plastic film all around my living room and my kitchen. Even the ceiling, everything had to be cover. Do you watch Dexter? I even had a little table with all my tool set up. Just like Dexter. All I needed was some clothing and some paint to start my experiments!

Its a good thing that the Dulux store is minutes from my place because it took me hours to  make decision on colours. I walked-in with a very good idea of what I wanted, but I got overwhelm looking at all the other beautiful colours! It was very important to have nice colour combination so the splatter would have a good flow on the garment. Overall, I am very happy with all my colours.. except for the red. Even if I love red, It just looks like blood. It's ok for my apartment to look like Dexter just moved in but the blood splatter on my clothing was just not working. 

How to create the perfect splatter? I tried everything. From simple paintbrush, sponge, straws, sling shot and shoot glass, water guns, water balloons filled with paint. For a few days, my neighbour called me Dexter and I became a paint splatter analyst. Thanks to my good friend Nikki Ormerod that gladly volunteer to help by trowing me shot glasses full of paint.. That was great help Nikki thanks but but my best splattering option turned to be a turkey baster. Seriously! 

Once I had all my colour combinations figured out and successful messy experiments.. I was ready to start "The Dulux Collection"! This was such a fun job to do.. for me it was not work. I was no longer paint splattering a dress for my Dulux job, I was making art and I was loving it!

This is the white board that I used to do the accessories. It on on the floor in the previous picture. I decided to keep it, I love the way it "happen"

Crime scene

In action

My victims :)

Here is my "trophy",  THE DULUX COLLECTION fashion show! 

The Dulux Collection from Spot Cinema on Vimeo.

http://www.dulux.ca/theduluxcollection/ 

Director: George Simhoni
Photographer: Nikki Ormerod
Agency: Reason Partners, Jeff Plowman 

Creative Director: Peter Holmes
DP & Editing: Spot Cinema Inc.
Hair & Makeup: Jukka, Lisa Vella & Cait Mitzi
Stylist & Wardrobe: Marie-Eve Tremblay
Producer: Tom Nesbitt 

Assistants: Gabe Nivera, Marvin Kwan, Bryan Ulrich, Noel Araquel, & Laura Crowell

And some beautiful shoot by Nikki Ormerod and some clever ads to advertise the colours names..

Images © Nikki Ormerod

Images © Nikki Ormerod

Images © Nikki Ormerod

Images © Nikki Ormerod

Images © Nikki Ormerod 

Images © Nikki Ormerod 

Westside's blog

PHOTOGASM | THE DULUX COLLECTION

http://www.westsidestudio.com/blog/?p=19082 

Visit the Facebook Dulux page to create your own t-shirt! 

https://www.facebook.com/duluxcanada

www.dulux.ca

www.simhoni.com

www.nikkiormerod.com

Mes pieds :)