Maeve is royalty of models.  I love working with her and her hair!  She’s so gorgeous, highly educated, and speaks from her amazing experiences.  So cool!  We met early for the shoot and got ready so fast that we went out for breakfast while we waited for Daighna Rayner, the photographer, to arrive.  The day before, Maeve came to Grateful Dreads, and I deep conditioned her hair and braided it to dry.  When I took out her braid for the shoot, her hair looked beautiful just how it was!  I did a little detail work to create some smoothness.  Maeve did all of her make up in all of the photos.

This is a very special shoot.  I put a lot of myself and my ideas into this and was able to meet with both of my favorite designers, Kelly Lynne and Fotoula Lambros, to pull from their new collections.  Given the concept and the model, we were all excited!

All photos by Daighna Rayner for Daighna Photography:

The dress in the last picture is the Monroe dress in black by Fotoula Lambros for Fotoula Lambros Design.  The dresses in the above pictures are both by Kelly Sager for Kelly Lynne.  The machine in the top picture is a Linotype and is how newspapers used to be printed.  Maeve looks like she is from that era in Kelly Lynne’s beautiful lacy dress!  I really love the red puffy sleaves on the middle dress.  So haute couture!

Maeve has amazing energy.  Thank you to all of you involved in this shoot!