Rockstars and Royalty Blog — photo shoot

‘You can be anything you want to be, just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be. Be free with your tempo. Be Free. Be free.’ Queen – ‘Innuendo’ The Liberty dress started life as a challenge to myself to create a couture dress using half-finished projects, studio scraps, and supplies from my stash, but it became so much more. It became symbolic of the changes that were happening in my life, my struggles with mental illness and creative self-doubt, and of me rediscovering my passion for couture. It marks my return to making couture gowns, and...

This shoot was the largest most elaborate shoot that I have ever planned. It brought together some of my favourite creative people from Canberra and beyond, and, 3 years on, is still one of my favourite shoots. Here's what I wrote about the day over on Rock My Wedding where it was originally published. Genevieve and I first did a styled shoot together in early 2015 and the results were stunning. So when Gen contacted me to say that she was coming back to Canberra and asked me if I would like to shoot with her again I jumped at the...