Fashion Stories – Next, Please! This Ingenue Lands Her Role in the City of Angels

by christina

While the films may be in color rather than black-and-white, with a new crop of fresh faces filling the screen, some things never change: Yesteryear, as much as today, our savvy ingenue plays innocent but knows she has to be anything but to make her way around this vast City of Angels—always looking absolutely fabulous, of course… (Her screen test after the jump.)

Image 1: Top by Maxine Dillon, $115; skirt by Costume Department,, $310; bracelets available at H & M

Image 2: Top by Isabel Lu; pants vintage, available at LA Vintage Exchange; necklace by Susan Ankersen, $150; shoes: model’s own.

Image 3: Top by Isabel Lu; skirt vintage, available at LA Vintage Exchange, necklace by Susan Ankersen, $169.

Image 4: Top by Leyendecker.

Image 5: Dress by Single; cardigan vintage, available at LA Vintage Exchange; scarf photographer’s own, gloves vintage, available at LA  Vintage Exchange; cuffs by May de Chelly, $580 each; sunglasses by KBL, $185; clutch by Jalda Hoff; headband available at H & M.

Image 6: Cardigan by Vogel 10, on sale for $84; top by Geren Ford, $258; shorts by Maxine Dillon, on sale for $110; bracelet by May de Chelly, $430; shoes are model’s own.

Image 7: Dress vintage, available at Sterling Gold; fur stole vintage, available at Ragg Mopp Vintage


model: Tabitha, Next Models

hair and make-up: Barbara Farman, Cloutier Agency

styling and photography: Christina von Messling

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

simone leblanc August 11, 2010 at 2:04 pm

absolutely gorgeous!

Dee Johnson August 11, 2010 at 2:49 pm

Amazing!

courtney August 13, 2010 at 1:09 am

AMAZING work Christina Xx!!

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