The more time I spend on the streets, the more I’ve started to notice how couples mirror each other’s style. Jeff and Mariel are quite a lovely pair.
This past autumn I photographed Tony and Tayben out front of Sprinkles, the Gold Coast cupcake boutique. This time I caught them on their way into luxury flagship Burberry. Tony, a beauty stylist, gave me excellent manicure advice when I complimented him on his checkerboard nail design (see photo insert below). Tayben is a fashion design student here in Chicago. Both Tayben and Tony highly recommended I try celebrity manicurist Deborah Lippmann’s eponymous nail polishes for their high quality, staying power, and novel materials like real diamond dust and 24k gold flakes.
Although lately I’ve found myself bored with “complete looks” from a single retailer or brand, the lighting in this particular photograph was too spectacular not to post. Plus Sonia is breathtakingly gorgeous in her American Apparel menswear look. This photo taught me the power of the “golden hour” in photography.
