LFW Street Style

For this fashion season I had the pleasure of assisting the wonderful stylist/art director/designer Hope Von Joel; this included shooting the beautiful show goers in all their glory and also attending shows. Here are my favourite street style snaps from the week!

Girls, Girls Girls:

Crazy and Colourful Accessories:

Wonderful Chunky Shoes:

Familiar Faces:

Louise Gray at the Fashion East Show

Daisy Lowe at the Topshop Showspace

Sarah Harris at the Burberry Show

Susie Bubble at the Topshop Showspace

Susie Bubble (again) at the Burberry Show

Laura Mvula at Somerset House (The best colour blocking EVER)

Eliza Doolittle at the Temperley London Show

 Amber Le Bon at the Temperley London Show

Hilary Alexander at the Temperley London Show

Peaches Geldof at the Temperley London Show

Boys, Boys, Boys:

Most Stylish Couple:

 Cutest Kid:

For more street style photos and LFW show reports visit Hope's blog here!

Layla x

Lana Del Rey for H&M Autumn Collection - Get The Look!

The gorgeous Miss Del Rey will front the Autumn ad campaigns for the Swedish high street retailer H&M. This beautiful image taken by the photography duo Inez and Vindoodh is a taste of what will be hitting the stores very soon. I will be expecting more 60's style hair and make-up, along with a variety of vintage pastel shades and soft textures. Donald Schneider, H&M's Creative Director, told WWD: 'The mood is very LA noir. It’s inspired by our fall collection.' 

Below I've shown how to get Lana's sultry sixties look:

Click to buy from nails inc, Barry M and Elnett. Bumpits are sold at the 99p store - Bargain!

Layla x

Super Hero Mash-up!

Last week I was involved with a big shoot for the photography company ALUK. My role was stylist for the vintage, american ladies and the Joker character. The brief given to myself was that the girls outfits had to fit in with the 50's american style diner, yet also have strong 80's references throughout. 

I used tropical, 80's style prints with bright, contrasting colours and vintage pieces. Looks were sourced from River Island, Top Shop, New Look and various vintage stores. The Joker's trousers and shirt are from Blue inc.

Being involved with the shoot was so much fun, I loved being around so much colour, from the green haired joker to the blue lipped 80's girls. My kinda shoot!

Team:

Photography & Design       – Linda Blacker

Stylist                    – Layla Hart 

MUA                        – Michelle Blacker & Louise Hall

Hair Stylist               – Louise Plumb

Body Painters:

Superman & Iron Man        – Anna Brown

Wonder Woman & The Joker   – Ashleigh Bunce

Models:

The Joker                 - Liran Nathan

Iron Man                  - Tom White
Superman                  – Lee Moran

Wonder Woman              - Hannah Inggs

Layla x 

Betty Magazine Summer Launch!

It's that time of year again, and Betty magazine are back with a bigger team and a beautiful new issue to brighten up those often dreary summer months! Last week I assisted at the summer issue launch party in the lomography store, Spitalfields. What a great venue to host such a colourful, retro-themed, fun party, including a set from the wonderfully sounding Peter and Kerry and some gorgeous Malibu cocktails. Ironically, within seconds of leaving the nostalgic beach style party, my favourite umbrella was broken from the stormy wind. Ah Britain! At least I had the new summery issue to bring my spirits back up again.

Here are a few shots from the launch night:

My cutesy nails for the occasion!

This issue of Betty is filled some amazing photo shoots, I particularly love the 'History of Skirts' shoot, set around the gorgeous Columbia Road, London. This is probably a very biased opinion however, as I had the great opportunity of being a styling assistant for this shoot. Being on set with the Betty crew was such a great experience, I would definitely be honoured to go back any day! 

Here are a few of my favourite spreads from the magazine:

Photographer - Ellie Smith

Stylist - Charlotte Melling

Hair and Make up - Sofi Keenan

Model - Anastasia at Bookings

Styling Assistants - Layla Hart and Si Pui Tuong

Click here to buy the latest issue of Betty magazine, a purchase not to regret!

Layla x

Inspired by... Welcome to Oddity Park

Hunger tv, created by Rankin, showcases some of the best fashion photography and films around. Here is a recent shoot which I particularly loved. I believe that the humorous concept mixed with the amazing styling by Anna Trevelyan and the beautiful, colourful photography by Rankin all together creates some amazing photographs.

Layla x

Celebrating Matt Irwin

Layla x