Attention to detail, delicate depiction and fragile precision. You can’t help but notice all these fine inclusions throughout this ethereal and exquisite photo shoot by Amani Faiz.   With the artistic value reminiscent to the Aztecs these elaborate headdresses are so intricately refined that each piece commands your eyes to travel back and forth in an attempt to devour all the finer and smaller touches. Model,…

Tough and bold, untamed and powerful, naughty and nice, these would be the words fit to describe Amani Fazi’s story of collapsing duality that sets the mood for his brilliant photoshoot suggestively entitled Forces Collide. Leather accents meet over-the-knee boots, high-heels join forces with full-length gloves, while a police man hat figuratively worn under an exquisite kerchief hints towards the stronger and deeper meaning of…

If you cast your mind back to last week you may remember we featured a shoot by Amani Faiz titled 2050. It was a tale of collisions: glamour in a rustic setting, the past intersecting with the future. “The shoot 2050 is a futuristic take on the vintage glamour from the 1950’s,” explains Nicola Johnson (nicolajohnson.com), hair and makeup artist on the shoot. “We were…

Amani Faiz’s latest shoot is titled 2050, but it’s not making projections of the date the world will end or anything similarly dramatic. No, rather it’s cleverly titled to imply a mix of the past and future; a merging of the fashions of the 1950s with what’s happening now and what’s to come. To that end stylist Manuel Spiropoulos along with hair and makeup artist…

Sydney-based make-up artist Nicola Johnson created this 1950s-inspired beauty look for Toby Marosszeky’s camera to capture in his shoot The Elegance of Red and White. Featuring a bold lip and classically elegant eye, it's one you can recreate at home. Find out how after the break.

There’s a school of thought put about in some circles that we see too much vintage fashion – that too many fashion trends rework what has gone before as opposed to pushing fashion forwards in new directions. It’s a school of thought that I can’t help disagree with. If a design from the past was executed so successfully that it still appeals, why should we…