Made in Satwa.

For a few years, my sister and I have been going to a tailor off Satwa Road. We picked him at random, just to get some alterations and zips fixed. Every time we went in, he'd be measuring up people for dresses. And he was constantly busy. I thought I'd take this as a good sign that he was a pretty decent dressmaker, also taking into consideration that his customers were of many nationalities.

I found some black cotton and grey cotton fabric from one of the fabric stores called Srour and brought it over to my man and asked him to make me two dresses for work. I came back one week later and have to admit he did a pretty amazing job.

 Photos (and post-production werk lol) thanks to FrankiV.
I'll get better photos of the dress soon!!
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Future Tailors +97143498723, Opposite Regal Shop, near Emirates Bank, Satwa.

Gothchic.

Last week I was given the opportunity to work with three amazing and talented people.

Makeup artist and stylist Gene Ginno Alducente, and fashion photographers Tinayums and Mahryska.

Not only was this an exciting experience, but the outcome of the shoot was pretty amazing. 

Makeup, styling and accessories provided by Gene.

It's so inspiring to work with such creative people. Thank you all for the fab experience!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Ps- this is a pic I took from my blackberry - I LOVE the makeup and will only dream of going gothchic full time :-)

Never Stopped Looking [Video].

Remember the pictures I posted way back a few weeks ago here from a photoshoot at Jumeirah Beach? Well, here is the finished version of the fashion video, which was shot and edited by the amazing Jmerts. I hope you like it!

Equipment: Canon 5D MII /
Song: Trespassers William 'Vapour Trial' (original version by Ride)

Shot at Jumeirah Beach, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sunset on Jumeirah Beach.

We managed to get to the beach in time for the 'golden' hour of sunset, which created different light effects as the day drew closer to its end. These are kind of a teaser of the final product which will be a short fashion music video.

Kitty cat Catherine.

Yesterday I did a video shoot and asked my best friend Dee to accompany me (and fix my hair and remind me to keep my shoulders back lol). She also snapped some 'behind the scenes' shots capturing the natural light perfect. I didn't edit these photos, couldn't even attempt to try, I need to work on my photo editing skills:-)

 

 Forever 21 eyelet dress / Diva flowerbomb ring / Dee's necklace / Gold painted Venetian cat mask

The dress is from the Heritage 1981 collection of F21, very pretty with tiny cute buttons down the front. Though it's 'too short' for UAE standards (even though I bought it here)! And of course, the mask is from Venice, when I visited last year. I bought four different masks, with sequins, tassles and feathers but this one is my favourite.

I wore three different outfits, so will post other photos later, we caught a gorgeous sunset yesterday so some cool shots coming up, and when the clip is out I will definitely post it up too. You'll have to let me know what you think! Thanks jmerts for the great experience!