Floating 70ies!

Hello Everyone!

I love doing underwater-editorials! It"s a lot of work but also fun at the same time! Since Barbie does not much but being beautiful, I have to do everything. You wont believe all the things you have to think of. First you need to find the right light. Then you need to place and pose Barbie, you need to watch out that you are not on the pic, you have to put weight on your shoulders or hips to stay underwater. And because i dont use a oxygen bottle, i have to do everything holding my breath, hoping that the diving goggles dont steam up.

I use my I-phone to take the pics. I bought a underwater-case for it which works very well. Its just a little hard to see what pic you acctually have taken because there is a lot of reflection when shooting in daylight/sun. So I never know what i got until i open the case.

But I think I got a few pretty good shoots here.

I decided to do some 70ies inspired summer-dresses. I got some nice fabric from liberty-art-fabrics ,they have great prints and very thin cotton-mousseline, ideal for miniatur-tailoring.

I was born in the 70ies, so maybe thas why i love this era so much. Flower-prints, romantic gowns, long hair and platforms may never go out of fashion. When i look at the dresses i feel like they would work today and i know a lot of girls who would wear them

 Since i am a big Project Runway fan i also found a lot of inspiration in Uli Herzners flowy gowns...

Enjoy!

Listening to: Junip - "Walking Lightly"

 I used my two OOAK-girls again (find out more here) Right now i am rerooting some more girls. I think i need to do a blonde for once. I am trying to get GreenLantern-Barbie for like months now. Totally love her in blonde. We will see, she plays hard-to-get with me.

Earrings are from Topmodel-Teresa and On Location - Barcelona. Silver bracelet is from Tim Gunn, the golden ones are custom.

Hope you enjoy your summer! Have you been on Holiday yet?

Be nice to one another,

Axel

Floating 60ies!

 Hello World!

Well, since everyone loved my Underwater-Floating fashion Editorial from last year, i decided to do much more this year. Let"s start with the 60ies, shall we?

As you know, most of my historic-corset-dresses where handsewn and took forever to make. So the thing is: I need machine-training. That"s why i wanted to go into the 20th century, with tiny steps... The dresses you see here are inspired by Vogue Pattern Nr. 7552. I bought it in the 90ies, when it was still out and me and my first boyfriend tried to sew them, but where not so successful. Now i want to redeem myself with this Editorial.

I made all the patterns fit the Pivotal/ModelMuse-Body, which was a good practise to start doing my own patterns. You know i always had them made by my tailor. But i found out that i can do more than i thought!

What can i say about the 60ies, other than i love them?! Of course there was this big Revolution-Movement, everyone started to stand up for their rights. Woman started to show legs, the hair was big an beautiful, love, peace, Beatniks and, in my opinion, there was a lot of good music. 

Enjoy!

Listening to: The Hunters - " Teen Scene " (AnEducation Soundtrack)

You can see my new OOAK-Girls here. Its Joan Jett, with a Re-root in a custom blend of Mocha and Brunette . And Sinatra-Barbie with a custom blend of Cognac and Stacy-Titan (everything Saran hair from mylittlecustoms.com) and I made her new lips! The boots are vintage...

And what about my new Logo? I had it made by a professional and i am very proud of it. Axel Storm is becoming a brand....

I really hope you have a great summer. We got a lot of rain so far here in Austria, but i still believe it"s gonna be hot and sunny in July!

Be nice to one another,

Axel

Underwater Floating

Drowning.

I remember, when i was a child, i loved to play with Barbie in water. We have a huge garden where i grew up. There was a big conatiner with rainwater in the back. My parents used to water the flowers with it. I always used to play Barbie there. I can`t really remember what Storys i made up. Maybe she was on a desert Island or living underwater, like Arielle. But i remember that she always had to wear  flowy Gowns. I loved the way her hair and the Gowns moved...

I also want this Blogg to be about my Barbie-Fashion Photography and Inspiration for you, my Reader. As you already know, if you follow my posts,  I acctually still love to play with my Barbies. Just in more grown up way. Babie is the ultimate Fashion Model and she does not complain at all. You can do whatever you want with her. So this time, i was creative with water and tulle, to pay tribute, to my inner child..... Enjoy!


Listening to:  Abel Korzeniowski - `Drowning`(A single man Soundtrack)

 

 

I used, again, Renaissance Fair Barbie and Barbie Basics 002 Model Nr. 14. All pics are taken with my Hipstamatic-App on the I-phone! Fashion is a mix of Old&New, Playline and Collector-Line!

Hope you have a great summer so far!

Be kind to one another...


Axel