Daily Archives: July 25, 2012

Made U Look: The Library

Nubby Twiglet Made U Look Santa Monica

It’s not every day that you get to take demented family-style portraits in a glamorous canary yellow library firmly frozen in the 60s. My go-to spot during our stay at the The Viceroy in Santa Monica, it felt like a strange movie set due in part to the perfectly coordinated couch, curtains, lamps and dare I say it, lemony shag carpet. Kelly Wearstler created a place that you can sneak away to have hush-hush conversations but inevitably, it’s hard not to let the conversation steer towards the room itself.

Nubby Twiglet Made U Look Santa Monica

Nubby Twiglet Made U Look Santa Monica

The Made U Look girls snapped our first set of photos by the pool and this library is where Gala and I landed next. As I mentioned last time, they shoot almost all in film with a massive variety of vintage cameras and I though that technique fit in especially well in this setting.

Nubby Twiglet Made U Look Santa Monica

This dress. You know how you imagine the perfect wardrobe existing in your mind? In high school, if I had sketched out my collection of dream dresses, this would have been included. It’s by ASOS and appears to be mostly sold out at this point.

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