17.5.11

are you for real?





This is a true story: soon as I arrived at the Arcadia press day (Topshop etc), when I was handed a bowl of yummy beet root salad, I was sitting eating it when who should I see but the lovely Alex of Alex Loves, with two lovely blog friends (that's a whole lot o'lovely) and one of the first things she said was 'this year it's all about Dorothy Perkins.' It was almost more of a pronouncement so off I trotted to the DP floor and I was about to ask to shoot this girl, who was channelling Jerry Hall circa early 1980s, when I realised.. well I'll let the photos speak for themselves. Because she certainly didn't.





(oh and if you want to see something really moving - which IS real - check this out):



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10 comments:

  1. Shopgirl17/05/2011, 14:41

    I do love Dorothy Perkins - they just get better and better!! when I was growing up - they were the only women's clothes store in my town - I had to like them . Always feel a bit nostalgic about them :)

    That mannequin is soooo scarily life like!!! Love the look too.

    xx

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  2. staklene bombone | hard candies17/05/2011, 15:20

    uuu, it looks like a combination of jerry hall, sarah jessica parker and the holly mary herself.
    pretty scary, indeed...
    cheers!

    http://staklenebombone.blogspot.com

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  3. Alex Loves17/05/2011, 16:21

    All about DP...!

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  4. daisychain17/05/2011, 17:50

    I have so much love for DPs right now! Bonus being they seem to cut clothes for taller people!

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  5. LittleRachael17/05/2011, 18:21

    I'm a huge DP fan - i'd say 40% of my wardrobe is from there these days!

    And the mannequin is REALLY creepy, haha.

    Little Rachael
    Little Rachael
    Little Rachael

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  6. Ellie17/05/2011, 19:35

    Pahaha this made me laugh, what a shock you must have had!

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  7. Anonymous17/05/2011, 22:28

    Thanks for the laugh today! I have been guilty of this myself, though I wasn't photographing anybody.

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  8. mineral makeup18/05/2011, 14:40

    I too love Dorothy Perkins...the styles are getting better and cooler.Lovely trend setters they are.I am a complete fan.

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  9. Estela Rengel20/05/2011, 21:15

    For God's sake! I thought it was a real girl. So mindfucking. xD

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  10. Duck24/05/2011, 14:53

    Haha I was one of the lovely blog friends she was with :-) Mannequins can freak me out sometimes - the number of times I've thought they were real people!!

    xx
    duck

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