I have never been one to indulge in the glossy magazines’ pages called ‘styling tips 101’. Or the ‘This is how you assemble your IKEA table’ vidoes, even though I just bought that exact IKEA table and have no bloody clue how to connect the dots. I’m waaaay to impatient to read the manuals and I find it sooo uncool to have a tutor to tell moi how to go about my business. It’s my way or the highway. #Iwonderwhymyteachershatedmeinschool! But, I guess you can teach an old, stubborn dog
Today I had a truly long day of shooting. 10 hours in heels baby! Yes, it was long, but super enjoyable. Most of the day was spent Downtown LA on the most cool and urban rooftop I’ve been on in LA yet. Taking the view of the skyline into consideration it felt like I was in NYC again. Except this rooftop was as big as a football field and you do not come across that in The Big Apple. Later, starved, we went to the quaintest little place on 1850
If you enjoy photography, feel drawn to beauty and happen to be in Los Angeles I have the best tip for you! Go see the exhibit ‘Beauty Culture’ at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City. I went today and truly enjoyed the documentary about beauty, beauty culture across gender, age and nations, plastic surgery and the interviews with all the top photographers. Aside from amazing art and photography you can give yourself a ‘makeover’. Choose a brand new hairstyle, lips, eyes, face shape – you name it –
I’m ever so slowly beginning to tap into the LA lifestyle again. I always feel a tad alienated when I return from either NYC or Europe. The energy in LA is very different from all other cities I work in and visit. Mellow and glamorous on the outside and super busy and stressful on the inside…. Welcome to LA baby!!! 😉 These days the weather is so nice. I love this time of year. Warm, yet the air is still crisp and fresh plus the whole outdoor scene is exploding
The other day I was meeting my friend and designer Nina Morgan Jones. She is a gorgeous London born blonde, who is now LA based since years. I shot for her line Romp London back in December at the Avalon hotel and fell in love with most of the collection. She just moved into her new showroom smack in the middle of Beverly Hills. The most adorable and beautiful little space with dark wooden floors, exposed brick walls, old fashioned windows and fire escape stairs outside just like were er
What a day! Woke up with a slight hangover after yesterday’s dinner party in Beverly Hills. I’m developing a solid hate/love relationship to Domaine Ott rosé and I think we are about to get serious… 😉 They say that the early bird catches the worm. And early I was headed down to The Raleigh’s Studios in Manhattan Beach for today’s last shots for the feature film about Bernie Madoff. The block next to us they are setting up for Avatar #2. I didn’t see Jim Cameron today, but maybe next
It happened again! I got so annoyed by my long, long locks that I decided to cut them myself. One morning I took the scissors from the kitchen drawer and carefully tried to copy what I have seen 100s of hair dressers and stylists do year after year. But for some reason the result just did not turn out exactly how I imagined. And seriously I really tried. But my hair was still stubbornly annoying to comb out the days after and I was also getting pretty fed up with
Still sick and extremely bored in bed after a week of ultimate fun and work in NYC it sucks balls to be back in LA with a cold. Not to mention seeing all my friends out and about celebrating Memorial weekend at pool parties here in LA and in Vegas without moi. Yes, I’m having a royal pitty party from my huge comfy bed and I should just shut it and be happy for everything I have. I am grateful. But sometimes it’s ok to feel lonely and be your
After a long haul flight yesterday that took me from NYC with a 5 hour overlay in Minneapolis to Los Angeles, I’m finally home in my little sanctuary of a flat in West Hollywood. Thanks God for the Sky Lounges around the world. I spent the 5 hours well getting tons of work done on my computer and skyping with my sister in Copenhagen while sipping on white wine and indulging in the abundance of snacks, salads and chocolate chip cookies at the buffet. I had no idea that the
Yesterday was a typical NYC day. I had made some plans, but they changed every hour and I kind of liked it. This playing by ear is a dear friend of mine and when in the city that never sleeps it is the perfect way to go about since so many possibilities lie unexplored in front of you that you don’t want to miss. So completely unexpectedly and very spontaneous I met up with French photographer Chervine, whom I shot with in December and we indulged in a typical NYC