Orb...oh, my, lace...

...new work by the amazing Darla Teagarden featuring the Dentelle evening gown that I designed for the 13 years collection...





*all photos courtesy of Darla Teagarden.

Merci, Madame Darla...

So, it was a tough one.. that is to say, the photo shoot with my children, Creed & Zelda, in 100 degree heat, on the side of the road. There was a miniature church, a gaggle of geese, a crippled goat and 2 unwilling twins. Our beloved photographer had brought props - an amazing feathered Chief's Indian headdress that she had painfully constructed and that Creed adamantly refused to wear. She brought a wooden ring that Zelda promptly stepped on and cracked. The disco ball somehow survived as did the children; the adults - not so much! No matter how much supposedly psychological preparation had been done preparing the twins for the shoot, they both melted down almost immediately. As soon as la petite Zelda descended from the car: "I want to go back in!" Creed, on the other hand, in a vintage velvet mariachi jacket and shredded pants, flatly refused to stop moving and was distracted and as non-compliant as a buzzing mosquito. Thus, here as the amazing portraits that Darla Teagarden was able to capture before, during and after the crazy, brief morning:

Zelda

Creed & Zelda

the only time together when they weren't running

the Prairie Mystic

Stars

... all photos by Darla Teagarden

Darla, oh Darla, how I love Darla...

For those of you who don't know the work of Darla Teagarden, you are in for a real treat. I am lucky enough to know her personally and have been a fan of her work for ages. Her photographs are a fairy tale - often macabre, more often delightful, that take one to another time and create a wonderful story. She makes me think of the gay, French artists who came about in the '70's, Pierre et Gilles, but on a more delicate and less homoerotic scale.

all photos by Darla Teagarden

For a while now, Darla has said that she wanted to do a portrait of the twins and I am thrilled at what she'll come up with...so, I have been preparing the almost 5-year old, Credence & Zelda, for their photo shoot. They are indeed ready for their closeup, Miss Teagarden...
much more on this later...