Wed 3 Dec 2008
Leaves & Umbrellas
Category: Photoshoots
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Photography: Grenouille
My mother collects vintage umbrellas. Monochromatic, striped, floral, cuckoo-spotted, with cool pointed tips and parrot heads for a handle – you name it, she’s got it. I’ve been dreaming of borrowing them for a photoshoot forever, and finally Mark and I took a whole bunch to the park and shot against the reds and yellows of autumn foliage. Amazing results below!
My outfit: Kimchi & Blue coat, plaid scarf, yellow tights, Bebe fingerless gloves, vinyl elf boots (thrifted).
Pushing back the frontiers of fashion! ;)
Soccer Field. Ok, I’m starting to get really cold here!
Some asked why Mark chose Grenouille as his photography nom de plum. He did it for a couple of reasons, all of which sort of came together in that name. Mark is part French and certainly looks the part; he’s always joked that if he were ever to take up photography seriously, he’d show up to gigs wearing a black beret to play up the French artist stereotype. :) The name itself came from the main character Jean Baptiste Grenouille from the movie/book Perfume, which Mark is really into. The parallels are obvious: Jean Baptiste was trying to capture the essence of a woman with perfume; a photographer does so with his lens. And last but not least, ‘grenouille’ means ‘frog’ in French, and everybody knows how much Mark loves frogs (green being his favorite color)! Back in his rockstar days, he even had a frog-shaped guitar covered in stickers of frogs. :) (photo courtesy Bernadette Giacomazzo) Yep. That pretty much sums it up. :)
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December 3rd, 2008 at 11:49 am
Gorgeous example of combining glasses and bold make-up! The combination of the two is quite stunning!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am
Lovely lovely looks. You look great. I love the blue plaid scarf thing and the blue beret. I’d love to know what colors were used for the makeup looks, I am getting back into greens a lot! xoxo
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December 3rd, 2008 at 11:58 am
I always love the effort you put in your outfits and makeup. looks amazing!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
I love the glasses :) and I’d like to see that make up tutorial!
btw, where did you get the tights? :)
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December 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
The tutorial for this look is coming this Friday. :) I used Lime Criminal (green) and Prima Donna (pink) eyeshadows.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
You look stunning, especially in the first photo! :)
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December 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
nice photoshoot, thanks for sharing! You should do a tutorial for that make up too!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I love the one of you and the yellow umbrella, such pretty colors! I would love to start collecting vintage umbrellas myself!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
inspiring as always. :)
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December 3rd, 2008 at 1:03 pm
wow wow wow! Love the way you walk the line between vintage/retro and bright and modern! Ur an icon :-) xx
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December 3rd, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I am in awe of how you can look like you but totally not like you all at the same time. and you do it naturally! I watched then trying so desperately to teach that on Top Model.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Frogs is how english canadian calls french canadian too ;) (aww poor us >.>)
(p.s. your pictures are stunnin and Mark is an awesome photographer)
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December 3rd, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I love your hair! I have medium length sometimes-manageable-sometimes-not curly hair and if you have any advice on curly hair styles, I would love to hear it :)
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December 3rd, 2008 at 1:16 pm
PS. I had to where those glasses when I was 10, my dad picked them!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 1:29 pm
I love vintage umbrellas! I found a beautiful one in the alley by my apartment last month and am going to try and dip dye it hot pink (it’s beige). And that green, I die. . .
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December 3rd, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I love your makeup in this one, can’t wait for the tutorial. Once I get some of your makeup I’ll probably mess around with it, trying different looks you’ve done with different colors.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 2:03 pm
The picture with the yellow umbrella in front of the tree is absolutely perfect.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
a-MA-zing! Love the 80’s glasses pic as well. BEST EVER. Totally unrecognizable. My favorite is the pic w/ the yellow umbrella. BTW, we watched Perfume on Monday – it was brilliant. I loved it. It was interesting because it was completely realistic for most of the movie until the end! I thought Mark chose Grenouille because Grenouille was also obsessed with redheads. :)
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December 3rd, 2008 at 3:06 pm
i must say that i wish i had someone like Mark/Grenouille to take photos of me
but instead of autumn leaves i would be trampling in 3 feet of snow…yes its a blizzardly here
as for you, Xenia
ravishing as usual :)
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December 3rd, 2008 at 3:09 pm
As always, you look ethereal and astonishing in these perfectly composed photos. And I LOVE the story of Mark’s nom de photog. ;)
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December 3rd, 2008 at 3:53 pm
You look amazing :D I love that plaid scarf. And your glasses remind me my dad’s glasses :D
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December 3rd, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Beautiful as ALWAYS!!! I love your eye makeup, which limecrime shadows are those?
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December 3rd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
never mind, I just saw you answered what colors you are wearing :)
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December 3rd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
wow! i’ve never seen a scarf like that. i have to go get one now!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 5:14 pm
are there really still leaves on the trees there!? I’m in Ohio and they’re rather bare here =[, I’m jealous. and where did you get that beret from?! Its so cute!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
How do you get your hair to do that? That would be a good tut :3
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December 3rd, 2008 at 6:08 pm
i have that same coat but in PURPLE! you look beautiful and adorable dear :)
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December 3rd, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Lovely photos :) I adore that scarf of yours!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Amazing vibrancy of colours. Oh and congratulate Mark on great taste book-wise; Perfume is sensational.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Oh My! That scarf! Those photos are beautiful, and the colours are amazing! And you are so pretty!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Very amazing indeed, love the close up shot of you in clear glasses – so cute!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
I really adore that yellow umbrella.
You look so stunning in these photographs =] And, I really like the red coat!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I was wondering if I could use a picture of you for a Christmas card idea that I have.
If so I’ll send the finished product to you.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 11:21 pm
You and Mark are the ultimate power couple. I think if you wanted you two could run the world.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 11:49 pm
I love and collect vintage umbrellas and parasols too. The pagoda shape is my favorite.
I love your make-up in the shot with the glasses. You look stunning.
Luv
Poochie
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December 4th, 2008 at 12:02 am
This is completely amazing – those umbrellas are awesome and this entire photoshoot looks like an editorial. I love this.
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December 4th, 2008 at 2:06 am
I adore the boots! Did you alter them, or did you find them just like that?
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December 4th, 2008 at 3:00 am
TOTALLY LOVING this shoot!!!!!
FAB job!! Your makeup looks absolutely flawless!!!
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December 4th, 2008 at 3:27 am
you’re so beautiful!
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December 4th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Questions, questions, questions…
The glasses are vintage and they are just frames (no glass). I think most people’s parents had something like that in the 80s, ha! I know my mom & dad did. :D
The beret is actually from France, haha. My little sister studied in Paris for a year and brought it back as a souvenir. Mark got the same one in black, so we match! :)
The scarf I got at Filene’s Basement. It was only $17, too. Hey, when it comes to clothes, I’m a bargain shopper. ;)
♣ Tanya
Sure thing, feel free to use it for anything you want. :) I’d love to see the results!
♣ Princess Poochie
Pagoda! That’s it! You know what’s weird? Pagoda means ‘weather’ in Russian.
♣ Autumn
Didn’t alter the boots. They were weird from the start and that’s why I had to have them! ;)
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December 4th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I really love the colours in these photos, so autumnal!
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December 4th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I’ve been feeling a little down recently, until yesterday when I stumbled upon your website.
People used to say I had this fizzy personality, but lately the fizz has been slowly fading. Looking at your photos, fashion, makeup, and reading your posts has really given me a kick up the backside and inspired me :)
Thankyou.
Sidenote; you’re hair is fantastic in these photos. I’d love to know how you achieve it. I always find my hair disappears when I wear hats unless I curl it.
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December 4th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Your hair is absolutely amazing, as well as your makeup. Looking forward to the makeup tutorial!!
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December 4th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
This shoot is my favorite so far, I think! I love the umbrellas.
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December 5th, 2008 at 2:07 am
adore these pics, especially the first. very beautiful.
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December 5th, 2008 at 10:44 am
amazing!
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December 5th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
It’d be awesome if you had a tutorial on how you did your hair for this shoot!
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December 6th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Beautiful pictures!
I saw this cardigan and thought of you:
http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=true&catalogId=19551&storeId=12556&categoryId=102451&parent_category_rn=93594&productId=951618&langId=-1
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January 23rd, 2009 at 10:55 pm
This is lovely! I would love to see postcards made of Grenouille’s work :)
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