marylou.eu

Welcome to my portfolio blog.  Occasionally I might make some posts, "friends only," just to have a little privacy.  Other than that you're welcome to follow, but I only become mutual friends with people I know in meatspace. 

My most up to date Comp Card is available at : Star Now 

I have had some experience on Australian Television in Neighbours, City Homicide, Rush, Offspring, a few TV Commercials, and have completed a Finishing/Image Development Course with Suzan Johnston.  I've also had a little bit of experience with Catwalk, but would prefer some photographic modelling assignments.

My Myspace Page has a downloadable  Pdf file of my Resume, in the, "About Me," section. 

Click Here For Resume

Today I did something a little different thanks to @StyleMelbourne .  They gave me a double pass to attend the Fashion Flash Seminar at the Fashion Exposed & Preview Exhibition in the City.  It's for Industry only, so I can't give away all of the details.  There weren't any camera's allowed in the Exhibition area either.  I will however tell you and give you the names of my favourite Designers.  These names are recommendations for Retailers.  I've had to sort out a lot of catalogues and some of them went in the bin.  It took a lot to impress me, with that many stalls to look at, if you didn't grab my eye straight away, I just kept walking and a lot of people complain that I walk too fast. 

First I'll tell you what my style is, because what I choose isn't necessarily everyone else's taste, it's just my opinion.  I like comfortable shoes, so I've favoured a lot of comfy Mary-jane stockists, (and platforms)  I've started to like more colour and I like things either form fitting with a solid colour or flowing with texture, but no fur or leather.  (See, I picked up a lot during the documentary in the Seminar in the morning which was Narrated by Marylou Luther. ) 

I can't show you any photos of the clothes because they're not even due out for the next season, but you'll see most of them in the stores soon enough.  For some, their websites aren't complete yet, so the links wont work straight away, but for the rest there will be a sample of what they have.

These were my favourites:

Simone Dennis Designs  Jewellery

NAOT Shoes

Dynamic shoes

Handmade by Tania Angeli

Made in Donald

MEDASI

ERASE

Chic Empire Ugg Boots & Sheepskin Footwear

Ahnu Shoes

Amanecer Trading Co (Silk)

There were heaps more, I  mean heaps of shoes, accessories, clothes, jewellery, everything, but as I said, these were my favourites and the clothes, shoes and jewellery of these designers is indicative of the latest trends from Europe.  Trust me, Marylou Luther told me so.  : )

The Seminar was Fashion Flash: Ready to Wear Autumn/Winter 2010.  It was such a privilege to be there and be part of something so exciting and so fresh off the Runway.  Only one person asked a question and they complained about the styles they saw in the DVD, something about it all not being streamlined enough for her tastes, she wanted less diversity.  I loved all of it.   I now want some faux fur pants, some silk skirts and really baggy silk suits.  The two favourite Designers were Stella Mc Cartney and Burberry.  The two most popular colours were Camel and Orange.  

So long as you remember to make the Fashion of the Season fit your individual style and comfort.  It's all good.








FashionExposed.com

fgi.org.au

Style Melbourne Fashion Blog

I usually don't like Yellow, but my therapist tells me it will  help me feel happier?  So I went to the shops to get inspired and went a little crazy, I even bought a yellow bra.  It's a hard colour to find, but I managed it.   (Way too 70's for me...)

Very happy and tired.  Worked all day on the Set of Offspring.  A new Hospital Comedy... I think.  The last time I was on this set, it was all a bit serious, so I wasn't sure but now they tell me it's a comedy.  It felt more like one today and everyone had a lot of fun.  It was a really great group to work with and I wont be a blur in this one.  You'll actually see me, "acting."  Lol.  Not really, more like being paid to fool around and talk crap.  Seriously though, you should all watch the show, "Extras."  It's funny and gives an interesting insight into the world of the Extra.  You know the one with Ricky Gervais in it.

This is a pic of me in the morning, this shoot went from 08:00 to 16:30.  And there was much rejoicing.  I'll be on Set again for this show tomorrow morning from 07:15 for 4 hours.  Great to be working. 




Edit: 30th July 2010
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I just wanted to add that The Offspring Team was one of the nicest I've worked with so far.  They work well together and they are very suppotive of Extras and all their staff members.  I also wanted to say that Tremaine, the Extras Director is one of the best Extras Directors I've ever worked with.  She really takes pride in her work.  So she should, her efforts will reflect her talents and they do.  Other Extras Directors don't seem to care what the Extras do but T as she prefers to be called makes sure that the Extras reflect more of what REALLY happens in the background.  Thanks T for making things more enjoyable and giving us a more interesting part to the equation.

This is a bit of a late post, sorry...  I had a particularly bad week, until I got some work doing a Coles TV commercial.  I had been given two opportunities to do an audition for the Ad but I had two other appointments at the time so I missed out, then I got the call to be one of the extras, so less money but work and money none the less.

It was a fun day, met lots of interesting people, the job itself was a lot of fun.  I was also introduced to the world of Dolly Eyes by one of the other Extras which was interesting.  I really enjoyed looking at the Japanese version of Vogue with her.

Tonight's class was awesome!

It was our first class on Modelling.  We went through the history of modelling, all the different types of models there are and what kinds of work there is for everyone...  It kind of made me a little nervous as I know it made some of the others, especially when we discussed what had to go into the Model's Bag to take to each job and what we're going to do on our graduation night when we do a show on the Catwalk.  

It made me think of when I was a little girl and how I flirted with the idea of ... being on the front Cover of a Magazine like Vogue.  Lets face it, there are other great fashion Mags but if you want a Bench Mark, it's Vogue.  My belief as a child was that making it onto the cover of this magazine was the ultimate way of saying how incredibly beautiful you are and of course fashionable. 

I have so much more respect for people like Kate Moss and Lara Stone, who have both been on the Cover of Vogue.  They both have worked very hard and deserve way more kudos for their efforts.  People need to stop being so jealous of them.  I say that because they get a lot of crap from tabloid magazines and a lot of people leave derogatory comments under their articles in Online Magazines and Newspapers often.



This link will take you to a great article by Erin O'Connor.  She's an incredible beauty.

I've recently had to email my Agent with new measurements.  I'm talking about my body for those not following my meaning.

My friend says it's mid 30's puberty...  I'm still confused...  For your waist to get smaller and your breasts to get larger is pretty peculiar, wouldn't you say?  Oh well. 

Here is a list of links that may help those going through expected changes.  I'll keep searching for MY answers or I'll just be happy with my new changes.  It's not like they're bad or anything...

Family Education: Life Stages

Three Stages of a Woman's Life: Spiritual Side

Hindu Forum Opinions

SO MUCH IS GOING ON!!!  Hard to think, hard to stay awake, hard to smile, hard to... you fill in the blanks...  *sigh*

Last night I got to bed at 2am then was up at 6am, then spent the whole day getting my hair dyed and cut at a Hairdressers College, then a quick bite to eat, then off to my course at Suzan Johnston!  OMG!  I can't believe I'm still awake!  But hey, I've still got more to do before I get off to bed and tomorrow's another big day...  Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!

Thank you to Michelle, who's college we were at to get our hair done for free, thank you to Sanita who did my hair and the lovely teachers who guided her and made sure I didn't look like a disaster.  : ) 

As I think I promised, here is a photo of my new hair-cut and a before and after photo of me in class tonight.  We were taught how to do evening make-up by Zana.  I've got to say...  It was a hell of a lot of fun.  I don't often get into girlie things but this was cool.  Thanks for being an awesome teacher in every way Zana.  x



Me at the college straight after getting my hair done, it took about 5 and half hours.  Very tired...



Before photo, while in class.



After photo, with eye make-up that I probably wouldn't wear to a party but might go for something like this on a Catwalk.

I just wanted to have a word about my tastebud situation.  People are freaking out and well I can totally understand because eating is one of the things in life that keeps us alive, is one of our basic survival instincts etc.  That's why some people get addicted to it... 

This situation has been an interesting experience for me.  It's made me look at life in a new way that of course I would never have imagined doing, (in this particular way.)  I used to think, wow Martin Parr's a great photographer...  but now he's even more interesting to me because of the different ways that he captures food.  Food magazines go to extraordinary lengths to depict food as appetizing and delicious, Martin Parr makes it look really ordinary, old and tasteless.  This has driven a new focus with my amateur attempts at artistic photography.  If Frida Kahlo can teach herself to paint, surely I can teach myself to take photos...

This is a photo by Martin Parr.  It strangely seems very Australian and says so much about class and the drudgery of everyday life in suburbia.  So much conveyed in such a small space.  Of course you may not see anything at all, or maybe you see a sad version of the left overs of a Tea Party with Alice.  Everybody has different ways of seeing, that's the point of Art.  I love it. 

I used to be really passionate about my little food blog called, "Skinny Chic."  I poured my heart and soul into the production of it, it brought me joy and other people found it and still find it very useful.  It not only has great recipes to try, it also has a whole lot of great weightloss ideas.  I am now a, "former food blogger," because I don't seem to have tastebuds anymore.  It's a little bit depressing but when I consider all the things that are going on in my life at the moment, it's an insignificant part.  I still eat and take plenty of vitamins and minerals.  I'm taking care of myself.  I drink loads of tea as usual, lots of soup - a strong flavoured Tom Yum Soup.  If you tasted my version of Tom Yum, you'd probably puke but when I taste it, it tastes just right.  So my taste buds aren't completely gone, they're just very disfunctional.  I can also still taste sweet, but not very well...  I also eat cucumbers and celery because I know I wont be disappointed with the flavour, mainly because they don't have any...

As a result of this change in my life I  have put the url skinnychic.org up for sale, which can be found through Dynadot but the Skinny Chic Blog will always be available through http:skinnychic.wordpress.com

Oh and if you didn't notice yet, my new url for this blog is http://marylou.eu short and sweet.  :)

That's it for now.

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