New Website

A short and sweet, belated piece on my new website and online portfolio.  It took a lot of fiddling about and for someone like me who seems to be stuck in a technological age when Napster and ICQ was the sh*t, I am really happy with the outcome.  I used online portfolio builder Viewbook (www.viewbook.com) and what sold it for me was the gallery layout.  If you're looking for a good, clean template with an intermediate level of customisation, give this a go.

Visit my website at www.michelledacillo.com

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More colour...

...but this time, in a cemetery.  We shot at Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington with pieces from Isabel Fishlock's collection.  Olivia brought some appropriately styled gingerbread men.  It was a good day.  I even managed a nap (I was meant to be minding the stuff though.  Nothing was stolen, so I feel I can say this now). Yui worked her prop magic and created some awesome flowers which appeared to be on steroids (they were crazy, we could not control them).  Here are some of my snaps. What I did not manage to take a photo of was that crazy stick twirling guy.

Yui's creations

The thing about cemeteries is that branches get in the way

Somewhere in that pile of stuff are Olivia's gingerbread men

Lovely Hannah May

It looks really pretty, but I would never sit there...

Those flipping branches again

Flower!

Photographer:  Flora Deborah Martinez

Styling: Olivia Wright

Set Design: Yui Mikami

Makeup and hair: Me

Model:  Hannah May from M&P

Colour Clash

A colourful test on a beautiful day in London.  Here are some snaps from behind the scenes:

Photographer:  Ana Barreira

Assistant: Bella

Styling: Rachael Wild

Makeup & Hair: Me

Model: Connie from Storm

Neglected already, tsk tsk

Hmm, with a measly two posts, this poor page is already feeling neglect.  I think the reason I update so infrequently is not that I don't have a whole lot to blog, but it's the filtering of material and self-censorship (yes, I am THAT controversial) that occurs before the words have a chance to get banged out.  That, laziness and the secret hope that the blog will somehow write itself.  I could ask myself, why am I bothering to keep a blog if it's such a chore?  Why does anyone keep a blog?  I suppose for some it's a daily journal, a means of self promotion, a way to keep friends in the loop, or a platform to share your passions with others who have the same.   The purpose of my blog probably encompasses all of the aforementioned, but since my followers currently consist of one person, who coincidently is married to me, I might just stop typing and have a face to face conversation (about blogging or something else, not quite sure yet) with him.

Neurotica ASOS Marketplace Shoot

Today was spent out and about in Bethnal Green with the lovely ladies from fashion label, Neurotica, shooting for their ASOS Marketplace launch.  Cold though it was, we managed to keep our spirits up with layers of vintage capes and knitwear, cafe stops and Quavers.

Neurotica designs mixed with vintage accessories

Time for tea

Keeping warm

Borrowing purple, retro looking bicycle from stranger on the street

Designer:  Victoria McGrane (http://shop.thisisneurotica.co.uk/)

Photographer: Lisa Reckermann

Stylist & Hair: Faith Kisby

Stylist Assistant: Camila Walker

Makeup: Me

Models: Helen, Emilie & Chantelle

And so it begins...

A bit slow on the uptake in the world of of blogging, but hopefully not too late to join the party (and on a Saturday night, no less)! Here's to more equally exciting posts *clinks glasses*.