Alt Fashion
In the mid 1970s I did a lot of assignments for Women's Wear Daily. I appreciated the beauty of a lot of the models and often enjoyed the fashion photography of the time. As I've changed as a photographer, I've tended more toward what I call Alt Fashion. These are simply fun shoots with a variety of models - but usually my daughter, Emma, and they are more goofing around than serious. In a number of images, the "fashion" worn, like the moth cape above photographed at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, was created by Emma.
Emma in her starfish skirt photographed in La Jolla, California (above and below)
I recently found this marvelous orange hat (above is a more sedate look from the shoot and below is a bit more intense) at a thrift store and immediately knew it had to be incorporated into the Alt Fashion genre. I looked further and found some orange gloves and some other accessories, such as the orange scarf and orange sunglasses, that I thought would compliment to look, whatever "look" meant in this case.
When one wants to light up the room with Alt Fashion headwear
Seductive Shrimp
Emma and her cactus-inspired dress posing in the Sandia foothills, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Above and three photos below)
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Emma wears a very fashionable heater screen as a modest veil
Emma with her starfish skirt photographed in La Jolla, California. She's augmented the skirt with a very fashionable seaweed shawl.
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Woman in recycled newspaper dress (above left) and woman in safety belt dress (above right) at the Recycle Santa Fe recycled art show in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Vintage-looking pinup models (above and below) at the 2019 Lowrider Day in Española, New Mexico
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Emma with her moth cape at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque, New Mexico (above and below)
Solar oven hat (above)
Stolling Española, New Mexico, Plaza
Comic Con, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Emma in her starfish skirt photographed in La Jolla, California (above and below)
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Recycled fashions Santa Fe, New Mexico (above and below)
Woman shows off her fantastic hand-made hat at the Albuquerque, New Mexico, Comic Expo
Emma showing off a thrift store gown with an agave branch she found serving as a prop. Her son, Bodhi, rests in a rocking chair during the shoot.
Emma with her moth cape shown on a video screen at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History
Parachute dresses
Accessories
When I add images to the Alt Fashion page, the accessories are often goggles, sunglasses or umbrellas, but occasionally other things that might add to the ambiance. Here are a few.
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