year eight

veil and heels

today, marks eight years of sisters in black frocks. I must thank all our readers, friends, and family who have supported me throughout the years and have taken part in all my crazy photo projects that I just like to do in my free time. its funny when I think about the start of this blog and how my sister and I use to share photos of images we liked. now, it has completely changed where it is just me with my camera asking my friends to wear outfits that I find inspiring and having them model and create a story with me. I guess that is what having a style blog is all about...it becomes some sort of evolution and you just go with what you believe in. I must admit that I don't write as much as I use to and that is only because I have a lot of other things I do, but I still love having a place to turn to when I feel inspired as that is what sisters in black frocks is really all about. I have been involved in a lot of projects in the last couple of months, that I still need to share, but I thought today I would celebrate with this photo. about a month ago, I wandered into a fabric store and found a black piece of chiffon fabric and thought it would be so interesting to use as a veil and with that I asked my dear friend coleman to model for me. I brought my black sky high manolo blahniks heels and after dance class we found an empty room with a black chair and I asked her to lounge on it....and just like that this happened. I like to think of her as a very noir chic italian widow. I just think her body language says it all. I must give a special thanks to coleman for being such a great muse to me in the past year. we have created so much and I don't know if people even like what we do, but we don't really care because its all about expressing ourselves and creating our own unique world. for anyone who does anything creative I think they understand that philosophy. at any rate, thanks again to all our readers and for taking interest into sisters in black frocks.....more exciting photo and style projects to come in the year....stay tuned!

taking notice

in norma kamali

I have been really fortunate this past year to photograph and style with some amazing friends, who want to take part in my visions. I don't necessarily know why I like taking photos and putting together looks, but it has become such a fun and interesting thing to do in my free time. each friend I have has a different look and style, so I like to go with what I feel goes with them. case in point, my dear friend lauren is an amazing dancer and has the perfect figure to wear norma kamali. in 2016, we collaborated on an on-going photo series of her wearing some of my favorite norma kamali ensembles that I picked up in her new york city boutique, in the past couple of years. I don't know why, but with norma kamali's clothes I felt very inspired to photograph lauren in alley ways with eye catching street art. I thought for some reason it would make norma kamali's clothes stand out, since they are such statement pieces. I guess you could even say that I turned lauren into another version of me, just because if you look through sister's in black frocks you can very much see that I just like a bold black dress and hiding behind a pair of sunglasses. however you want to classify it, I still think lauren embodied something all her own. I think its a combination of a very strong independent woman, who still loves clothes and just wants to look chic in black. with all that said, last week norma kamali took notice of my various collaborations with lauren and featured them in a lovely montage on her instagram page. why she did that I don't know, but I am completely honored. I am not one to go crazy over many designers, but when one that you admire takes notice of your work it really does feel so special. I know that when I am in new york city, her store is the first I hit, and I just like her sporty chic aesthetic, so I think with just that I was able to translate her clothes into my own story. I don't really plan much with my photo projects, but I love when I have a simple concept and just go out with my camera and create something. I must thank norma kamali for the lovely feature and to lauren for being such a breath of fresh air to work with.....its really amazing how all that could happen!