Being a stylist is something
I’ve always kind of done.
I’ve always loved styling outfits, parties, table settings, little vignettes on display shelves. When I was in college I lived in a house with 50 other girls who would stream into my room on the day of special events to borrow accessories and solicit my opinion of their ensembles. This is something I love. But, only in the past couple of years did I discover that there’s an actual profession for this as a stylist and that it’s something right up my alley.
Here is my first “actual” styling job. My friend Jamie and her husband Matt wanted to recreate their wedding photos in a stylized way (they hadn’t gotten many good shots on their big day 3+ years ago) along with some just for fun photos. We sat down and came up with a concept that would be cute, but also capture their personalities as a couple and what emerged based on their love of reading, coffee and classic style was:
“Vintage Book Nerds”
{Photos by Ali Lavin}
{Wardrobe and Prop Styling by Me }
(Feel free to share these photos, but please give credit where credit is due.)
Hope you enjoyed these photos! It was so much fun having creative control with this shoot – everything from the floral arrangements, locations and outfits to giving my friend Matt a pre-shoot haircut :). Thanks Matt & Jamie for asking me to be your stylist!
xo
{Lauren}
My dream job is a stylist, so this post made me very excited!
You really have a talent, Lauren. These are simply precious, and what a fantastic couple you got to work with! I just love everything about these, so thank you for brightening my day with them.
Yours,
Norah x
These are fantastic!! You must be chuffed with yourself! 🙂
Wow, these photos are very very nice!
I think you did a good job 🙂
Jamie and her husband seem to be a lovely couple and I’m sure they’re happy with this result.
I love it!
♥
these are absolutely stunning Lauren! Well done, beautiful job
Wow — these look great! And, it just goes to show, there’s always a good excuse to take professional photos with your man. 🙂
These photos are fantastic!! Love love love.
OH MY GOSH LAUREN! LOve this! Thanks for styling me this weekend! I am officially a fashion plate 😉 Well maybe not quite…still love my yoga pants, but a lot closer!
These are really amazing Lauren, you did a fantastic job!
holy cow, girlfriend you rocked it! wish you lived close to me and I would hire you as well!
Hope to see some more of your styling in the future!
how funny! andy and I are re-creating our wedding photos this year for our 8 year anniversary! we’ve been planning it for a couple months now! our wedding was back before digital photos really so i just have a bunch of negatives in a box!
oh, i LOVE these! they both have great style and seem so in.love
you’re so talented! these shots turned out great… i bet the happy couple was thrilled! love that red lipstick with the blue top; just beautiful!
Wow! These are absolutely amazing. I love every single shot!
Great job, Lauren. They look so great!
Very impressive, lady! You have a creative eye!
My fav is where she’s standing on a stack of books to reach his height, way cute!
Looks fantastic! I love the lace in the background. The one shot of her standing on the books is completely adorable.
Lauren! They all turned out so adorable! You aren’t “kind of” a stylist, you ARE a stylist…and a dang good one at that! I love the locations you chose. I’ve always thought a photoshoot in Powell’s would be awesome and it surely is! I think my fave is the one taken from outside of Stumptown. So cute!
my goodness! these are simply lovely! so wonderful you’re using your craft in a way you love! ♥
you did a beautiful job styling this photo shoot! it must have been so much fun!! all of the photos are so beautiful!!
these are awesome! i love them! awesome job, lauren! did you take them?? i LOVE the one of her on the books. so so cute!
These turned out so fantastic! Wow, you did such a good job. I did a photo shoot that was styled with props and everything like this. I LOVED it.
These are gorgeous! I love the outfits and the overall theme. Great work 🙂
i think you did a great job styling them, and the photography is amazing! i wish i lived down the street from you so you could come over and go through my closet! oh, and obviously i’d just like the visit, too 😉
xoxoxoxoxo!
I don’t think I would have used ‘kinda’ to describe your talent… more along professional. My opinion anyway… I love these!!!!
ToOdLeS.
I’d love to recreate my wedding photos. What a brave idea! I’ve done styling jobs here and there over the years, and nothing beats total creative control. I love these, you nailed it!
Beyond impressed! You’re so talented.
what a cute photo shoot! Well done! Love the blog!
Cheers-Julie
Aww Lauren, your blog always was my favorite blog to read, but in the past year you’re not anymore just a person whose blog I love to read but you’re becoming more and more kind of a role model for me! These pictures are incredible!
And I really liked your first video blog over at ground rules… it wasn’t akward at all 🙂
I loveloveloooove this shoot lauren! You did an incredible job!!
Lauren! Great job on the shoot. Jamie and Matt look so adorable. I love how you helped capture how in love they are and how adorable they are together! Matt and Jamie definitely look like magazine-worthy models in these photos. Awesome job friend!!! You’re so stylish.
Awesome photos!
Lauren! I can’t pick which one is my favorite. I love the one with the backlit sun because it’s all grainy and her freckles make so many little dots it’s just magical! … and the stumptown one because it’s so portland! … and the one with the book-step-stool.
You did such a great job styling.
I would love to be a stylist!
I think you did a wonderful job, the pictures fit together so well and they’re so lovely.
Great job, darling!
Good Job friend!
I cant wait to come visit you…sometime this year! we need to start chatting with danielle and kassi!
im back with blogging comments too!
xo
b
these are really amazing photos! she must be super happy with the outcome. i love every outfit you put together! they are an adorable couple.
The photos look fantastic. It looks as though the clothing fit their personalities! Good job!
SO cool! Some of my local friends just did a very similar shoot! Not the book thing – the wedding re-do thing:)
Lauren, these are SERIOUSLY incredible! I’m a photographer & have a file on my computer where I save ideas that I like & I’m pretty sure every one of these went into that file. You did such a great job with the colors & props &…everything. I’m in love!
WOW these are so beautiful, I wish my life looked so perfect! You captured such delight in these photos.
Gorgeous I mean it.
-Color
http://hellomydove.blogspot.com/
These are incredible! So so cute!
You did a wonderful job!
Congrats! These photos are beautiful!
Oh my gosh, you did an amazing job! I absolutely love the photo where she is standing on a pile of books.
These photos are amazing and the styling is too! The couple in the pics are so sweet! The woman is so cute and tiny in comparison to the big burly man!
LOVE IT!
Love your styling Lauren!
oh my gosh, i LOVE the one in the library where jamie is on the stack of books. so cute! i would love to do something like this with jake sometime. you’re very talented!
You did an amazing job!