Crooked Photo Shoot

Last week we photographed my new products for the website, it was an incredible day and the whole team were amazing. Derby based photographer Adam Morris, hair stylist Alison Jenner and make up artist Cristina Lazzarotto, along with 4 Derbyshire based models, Liuda Mi, Sunni Dehal and Rosa and Frankie Dolcimascolo. I'm really excited to see the finished photos and share my new products with you, here's a few (a lot) of photos from the day and a sneak peek at some of my new lines.  =)

Cristina and Alison getting the girls ready for the day!

Hair products and make up took over the Crooked house!

Sunni wearing the botanical garden jersey dress. Me helping with the shot =)

Frankie wearing one of my new jersey dresses.

All the girls wearing a selection of new dresses to update website banner.

Frankie wearing the new Liberty print parka (I LOOOOOVE IT)

Frankie and Liuda together wearing my Liberty collection.

Rosa wearing a ladder front top and me running round, as I did all day, in my debut action shot!!

Sunni wearing one of a Liberty print silk dresses and freelace jacket.

Adam looking at his handy work,! Frankie and Liuda melting in some new knitwear.

Frankie in one of my snoods and me making sure everything is perfect!!

Rosa and Frankie in ladder tops, leggings and leather panel and me adjusting again!!

After a long, hard (and very hot) day we made our way home!!
That's a wrap!!!

Photos of new products will be up on the website within the next few weeks, I will keep you all posted for the launch of these new clothes. I'm already working on some new products ready for the next photo shoot ;)

Introducing

Alice Kell

So about a week or so ago I got to meet Alice Kell who popped round for a chat and to discuss her up-coming exhibition as the headlining artist of our Designer Open House & Mini Arts Trail. I saw her work exhibited in an empty retail space on the Derby high-street  a few years ago and never forgot it, so I was very chuffed when one day on Facebook she pops up as someone I might know. I didn't know her but as I was looking for someone new to fill some space on the Crooked House walls I decided to send her a message and a few weeks later on a sunny afternoon she was knocking on our door.

Suddenly I'm aware that I am feeling a little shy as she looks to me to lead the way so thankfully Megan shows up to break the ice, we discuss her art and show her the house I am pleased to find her to be approachable and candid. She tells us about her three main areas of focus; politics, beauty and lesbian art the latter of which intrigues me. Perhaps, like me you wonder what that entails? Well it seems for Alice it involves watching lesbian pornography trying to find 'moments of beauty' which she then interprets into line-drawings. I like this, while I'll happily admit it's the beauty that attracts me to her work, I enjoy her subversive edge and though I'm no art aficionado I am relieved to see she is not overly pretentious, she shares my dislike of artistic elitism and I think her work reflects this. So I'm very pleased to introduce Alice Kell, who also sent us this interview with Marley Butler creator of the artists' collective Naplew Productions, enjoy!