unique pixie head pics (no one puts baby in the corner)

The Topshop Unique catwalk show in London was held in the basement of this fabulous white-painted space - a flower hall in Covent Garden. Fabulous space and wonderful crowd. The 'catwalk' snaked thru the crowd - which was vast - and was marked by these kind of wood chips. The models were styled as jungle animals (I can't stop singing 'If I were King of the Jungle' as I post this) and it was all just perfect, except this one head kept getting in the way of me getting good shots. After a while I just figured, screw it: I'll leave the good shots to the professionals, you'll forgive me if I don't post clear shots, and I just relaxed & enjoyed the show.



It wasn't til later - til the show ended and the REAL circus began - the media frenzy - that I realised that it was little Pixie Geldorf's head, blocking my view.



And tho I didn't notice it at the time, Olivia Palermo was just in front of me, on the left.. and I spotted some familiar faces across the catwalk aisle.. Kate Lamphor, who I'd just met & shot, at Somerset House..



and of course, the Sart, aka Scott, who I shot last summer: no one puts baby in the corner.

i shot the sartorialist (but i didn't shoot his deputy)

Music to view this post by: open a new window, click here for the Bob Marley version and here, if you prefer the Eric Clapton one.



I swear, my life is so strange sometime. On Day Two of London Fashion week, I saw this guy who people were shooting who was SO a Sartorialist shot, so even tho it's not my normal subject, I figured I'd shoot him and send it to Scott. I swear to you: less than two minutes later, possibly only one, I saw the legend himself!



So I shot him.



It's funny, I've been shooting strangers for a while - six months now - and I've noticed that when most people have a camera pointed at them, even with their consent, they strike their pose. It's usually a 'say cheese' smile. Models NEVER smile. They strike THEIR pose, which is serious and sultry. Scott has probably decided he looks best gazing off in the same direction. He was trying to do his usual 3/4 profile pose, but I was having none of it. Come to think of it, perhaps I was a bit... bossy. For starters, I made him stand in the corner. But he was a good sport about it.



He was with his assistant, who I recognised by a post by Garance Dore about drinking coffee on NYC steps. But I didn't shoot her. I swear ; D