S T Y L E a N D Ta LOct E 2013 NT
Lauren Lascivious Collette Von Tora Caperucita Roja Frankie
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Ashleigh K London Fashion Week SS14 On the Street in Chelsea
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a special natural ability or aptitude
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Contents Lauren Lascivious
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Collette Von Tora
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Caperucita Roja
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Frankie 15 Singer/songwriter Ashleigh K London Fashion Week SS14
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On the Street in Chelsea..
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Photography by Cameranova, Eccehomo, Edd Firminger, FBW, Greg Tallent, Julian M Kilsby, Magic Owen, Russ Freeman
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Lauren Lascivious
Photography by FBW, Peter D Photography, Richard Adams, Edd Firminger I’m 21 and a vegetarian hailing from Nottingham but currently residing and studying for a Biology undergraduate degree in Manchester. I accidentally got into modelling by agreeing to do a promo shoot for a 1950’s clubnight and I’ve always enjoyed it. When I’m not modelling, studying or working part-time in retail then I enjoy going to gigs, getting tattooed and cuddling with my pet African Pygmy Hedgehog. I also love travelling and want to spend a year after graduating doing just that.
Collette Von Tora
Photographer Magic Owen Make-up Artist Gwen Reece Jewellery Designer The Crypt of Curiosities People know me as being the slightly mad, always fun, cat obsessed, fitness freak, with a passion for horror movies and anime. I’ve been a model and actress now for 6 years and loving every minute of it. I graced the front page of Bizarre Magazine in 2011 and I made my feature film acting debut in the 2013 DVD release of independent horror movie Slasher House, by Mycho. After a music video project in 2011 for heavy metal band Mortad’s track ‘Waste of my Rage’ (produced by Video Ink and released through Metal Hammer Magazine) that required me to shave my head on camera, I decided to keep my head shaved. I have seen nothing but further success since then, with agency representation through Spirit Model Management and winning a part in a big movie secret project, which I spent the best part of this year working on. www.collettevontora.co.uk www.facebook.com/collettevontora.uk www.twitter.com/collettevontora
Caperucita Roja
Photographer Julian M Kilsby
Photographer Eccehomo Modelling for me is more akin to acting, and a break from the norm. One day I feel like Patti Smith or I become Maria Callas, draped in beautiful dresses and jewellery, on another day I’m picking up a knife like I’m Norman Bates. The first models to inspire me were Guinevere Van Senus and Nana Rapeblossom. I would stare in awe at how oddly beautiful they could make concepts look - it’s as though the people creating these images were the Salvador Dalis of the modelling/photography world. The most inspiring photographer I’ve worked with has to be Eccehomo (Gonzalo) in Madrid. Gonzalo’s studio is located in a typical urban street in Madrid, and from the outside you can see children playing or little old ladies queuing up at the bakery to buy fresh bread - but inside his studio it is a house of horrors, painted black and adorned with oddities generously donated by his neighbours. Working with him studio is always a surprise; I might get covered in bugs, waddle around wearing ten inch heels while holding a giant Spanish ham-leg or play around with early twentieth century surgical equipment. When you finally leave that black studio and walk back into the street to face the blinding Spanish sun, you can’t help but feel grateful for such unique life experiences. And when done correctly, that’s what modelling and photography is really all about. Opposite page Photographers Cameranova, Russ Freeman
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Frankie
Photographer Greg Tallent
Singer/songwriter Ashleigh K
London Fashion Week SS14
Somerset House Courtyard
On the Street in Chelsea..
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