Archive for 2012
Yumi Minamikurosawa, photographed by Amy Creyer for Burberry
To celebrate the new flagship store at 633 North Michigan Avenue, Burberry asked me to take streetstyle photographs of Chicagoans for Art of the Trench. I am deeply honored to be one of the photographers involved in such an incredible project. For Burberry to shine a spotlight on Chicago’s street style, something I’ve been passionately working to elevate for nearly three years, is a dream come true.
At Burberry’s Art of the Trench website you’ll find my street-style photographs of Chicago’s most stylish citizens wearing iconic Burberry trench coats. One of my favorite street-style photographs is of creative director Yumi Minamikurosawa, who I caught in Old Town during a thunderstorm.
Over the next few days I’ll be sharing just a few more of my favorite Art of the Trench photographs on my blog, so please visit Art of the Trench to view the entire Chicago collection.
Laura’s style reminds me of Courtney Love at her peak with the perfectly feminine lace babydoll dress. I love how she paired such a girlie piece with a brown faux fur coat and black ankle boots. Next time I go thrifting with friends, I’ll be searching for the perfect babydoll dress to channel my inner grunge rocker…
When I was a small child I inherited a strand of pearls from my great-grandmother. They’ve always been more of a treasure piece cherished for sentimental reasons than jewelry to wear everyday. Suffice it say that I’ve never been a pearl-wearing woman. Or, as my coworker said to me when I opened my holiday gift box from Blue Nile, “those pearls are too classy for you. What are you going to wear them with? STUDS?!”
You know, I think that’s a common misconception about pearls that only Jackie-O types can pull them off. Let’s face it, it doesn’t get any more predictable than pearls with a Chanel suit. Amiright? I’m excited to wear my new pearls with my favorite tees by Mary Katrantzou, 3.1 Phillip Lim, and Meadham Kirchhoff and a leather jacket. You heard me, pearls with STUDS & TEES! Today I threw them right on top of the Proenza Schouler tee I wore to work. When I looked at my red fingernails, I had an epiphany. All pearls need to be cool is a little bit of edge.
Now you have a chance to win your own strand of pearls! Blue Nile is giving away $100,000 worth of jewelry over the next 12 days through Facebook! All you have to do is like the Blue Nile Facebook page and play the Extraordinary Days of Christmas game. That’s it! Plus, until midnight on November 29, you’ll get 20% off all pearls, silver, and gemstone jewelry purchased with the code SPECIAL20%OFF. Good luck and happy playing!
FTC: Post sponsored by Blue Nile
