Jacques Henri Lartigue

While Travelling through Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris recently

 I was struck by the large photographs on show by 

Jacques Henri Lartigues

I was unfamiliar with his work 

He was known as an artist and really only gained acclaim as a photographer in his 70's 

Born in 1894 his is an Inspiring story

It's never too late 

His images are so modern and fresh 

and unlike any I have come across

Vanessa Winship for Hermes

Beautiful portraits of the Hermes workers 

By 

Vanessa Winship 

for the Hermes A/W 11 magazine

They remind me of 

August Sander images

The beauty of Crafts people

Vee Speers for Bloom

Beautiful images by 

Vee Speers 

for

BLOOM

August Sander and life

I have not yet been hooked up to the 21st century again.

I am thinking internet will be up and running in about a week

so please excuse the lack of posts

I will be back with gusto and have many photos and thoughts on the change

from Brooklyn NY to Rural Ireland

Lots of exciting things going on and I am sure that the move back was the right thing to do 

In moments my life went from Subway commute to a walk in the woods

Lots of baking and chutney making 

Ordering chickens for the garden

...but don't worry I haven't put down the design brush 

I have been busy working on a very exciting new project 

In the process of doing some research for this exciting new project I came across

the beautiful works of 

August Sander

and had to post them 

please bear with me until regular posting is back up and running

x

Danko Steiner

I saw this

Photograph of Hamish Bowles by Danko Steiner

at Little Augury

Which reminded me of This Shoot

Because of this detail

and lead me to
HERE

To Discover 

These

Final 3 photographs by

Danko Steiner

New Helen James collection

 

I have no fingertips left, having spent the last few days handstitching lace and beading on to chiffon and silk dresses for a new mini collection.
Early tomorrow morning I set off to Galway to attend the Golden Egg Fashion Innovation awards

I am honoured to have been nominated as Best Designer 2010

Here is a preview of some of the items I will be showing.
All clothing and headpieces by Helen James
Photographs by Helen James
Model is the divine Chacha,

ps. don't forget to enter the fab giveaway which ends monday

Helen James by Simon Watson

 

 

Some images from one of the very first photo shoots I ever did..... what could now be considered Vintage Helen James

All photos by the extremely talented Simon Watson

New Photo Shoot

You may remember this post about the Photo Shoot we did last Year. 

Well it is finally going to be published. If you live in Ireland look out for it in this Sunday's, Sunday Independant Newspaper.

Here is a sneak preview of the final images.

 

all clothing by Helen James

photo by E J Carr

Full Shoot coming here on Mon.

Helen James Inspiration

image US Vogue Oct 2003 via MOODBOARD 

Head over to Moodboard today to see a post about the US Vogue editorial that was part of the original inspiration for this Helen James shoot.  

 

 

 

To see more images from this shoot and read more about it go HERE

Photographer David Timmons

All clothing and accessories by Helen James

PHOTO SHOOT

It has been a very busy week, what with meeting The Sartorialist, going to The Peter O'Brien for A-Wear fashion show, ( a beautiful final collection, head to A-Wear soon so as not to be dissapointed, The black coat with ruffle detail is a personal favourite, only €200 ) The David La Chapelle exhibition at The Sebastian Guiness Gallery, The Theatre to see The Blue Dragon and doing a new photo shoot! Life is busy with culture. Here is a little taster of the concept for the shoot.

I took inspiration  from 15th and 16th century portraits such as..

Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo Da Vinci

 Laura Battiferri by Bronzino

We shot in the basement of Turbotstown House in Westmeath, big Thank you to Cha cha and Peter.

The Stairs

Downstairs Kitchen

Vaulted Cellar

The hair and make up was masterfully applied by Ivey Sullivan from Morgan The Agency

Starting to apply the make-up 

more make-up

The model was Vanessa from Morgan The Agency

E J and daughter Chloe

All captured artfully by Photographer E J Carr

A touch up during the shoot

I'll Let you know when the images are first published and then I will post them here for you all to see. 

HELEN JAMES PHOTO SHOOT

This has to be one of my favourite photo shoots I ever did. We shot it in 2004 and I think it looks as beautiful today as the first time I saw it. The collection was based on the paintings of Vermeer and i feel it totally evokes that while remaining modern and fresh.

The model is Julie Flynn from Morgan the agency this was her first ever photo shoot. She since went on to grander things, including a John Rocha ad campaign. She totally captured the innocence and grandeur I was after.

We painted Julie's hands to add an otherworldly and painterly feel. Make up by the talented Tom McInerney . The amazing Sonya Lennon styled the shoot for me, she is now the presenter of the TV show Off The Rails but back when we shot this she was just an amazing stylist whose fresh eye and incredible talent made my pieces look so beautiful.

The final touch was the vision and wonder of photographer David Timmons. It was the first time I worked with him and I hope to do so again real soon.
I truly loved doing this shoot, it was hard work organising it and they can be prohibitively expensive , but this one was worth it all