Supercalifragilistic... Photos by Regina Marie

I started working on a new line of witchy clothes entitled Supercalifragilstic... a few months back. This wildly wicked collection is full magical pieces including sultry dresses, long flowing skirts, warm and wintery capes and jackets, and hypnotically foxy tops and bodices. As I work on the pieces from this I will be selling many of them on my etsy. Below you will find photos from my first shoot of this line, with a very talented crew of ladies... many of the pieces from this shoot are available in my etsy right now.

PHOTO CREDITS:

Photographer: Regina Marie
Models (listed in order they appear in photos): Laura O'Neill, Lizzie Gunst, Audra Horridge
MUA: Becky Brazier
Hair: Celia Racicot
All apparel designed by Papusza Couture and jewelry in this shoot by Illustrious Light.

"She tastes like nectar and salt. Nectar and salt and apples. Pollen and stars and hinges. She tastes like fairy tales. Swan maiden at midnight. Cream on the tip of a fox’s tongue. She tastes like hope."

Laini Taylor

"Under the snowdrifts the blossoms are sleeping..." -Alexander Smith

“I myself have seen this woman draw the stars from the sky; she diverts the course of a fast-flowing river with her incantations; her voice makes the earth gape, it lures the spirits from the tombs, send the bones tumbling from the dying pyre. At her behest, the sad clouds scatter; at her behest, snow falls from a summer's sky.” 
― Catullus

Nomadsland; A Story of Oakland-Photos by Sean Murdock

I recently had the pleasure of doing a shoot with Sean Murdock in which he captured the nomadic sense of transience that seems to fill the Oakland air, and California as a whole. We worked numerous epic spots from around the east bay into our shoot, including the notorious 16th Street Station and the Cement Factory in West O. It was a really awesome day, and I enjoyed working with every person who was part of the talented crew.

PHOTO CREDITS:

Photographer: Sean Murdock
Model: Vera Gushanksky
MUA: Lauren Warner
Hairstylist: Celia Racicot
Wardrobe Stylist: Kaytee Papusza
Apparel Designer: Papusza Couture
Jewelry Designer: Mad Elegance
Cuff and Chocker Designer (Worn with red dress): Surrender Love Letter
Glove Designer (Worn with flowered leggings): Lamia Akar
Red Barracuda courtesy of Classics by Steve
Gold Bike courtesy of Tall Paul

If you are interested in purchasing any of the apparel from this shoot you can find most of it for sale in my etsy shop.

Save The Mermaids: A Debut in Couture from Papusza

I recently created a small collection of mermaid couture, which I hope and plan to build upon in the future. I have always felt connected to mermaids, from the time I was a small child, splashing in the icy ocean waves of the Pacific Northwest's rugged beaches. I still feel the same freedom and kinship when I swim in the ocean as I grown woman. It is a part of me I know will never disappear. I need to know that the ocean exists in order to function as a balanced human being.

Below see a debut, told through handmade clothing, beautiful treasures of accessories and exquisitely composed images. In this magical land the sirens are muses, with locks of hair so intricately placed and countenances so perfectly painted that you would think their beauty had been licked on by the sea.

PHOTO CREDITS:

Photographer: Regina Marie
Clothing Designer: Papusza Couture
Accessories Designer: Mad Elegance
MUA: Becky Brazier
Hairstylist: Celia Racicot
Models: Sarah Rose Butler and Audra Horridge

If you are interested in purchasing any of the clothing from this shoot some items are currently for sale in my etsy.

"A woman needs ropes and ropes of pearls." -Coco Chanel

"But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more." -Hans Christian Anderson

"I am a siren, a mermaid; I know that I am beautiful while basking on the ocean's waves and I know that I can eat flesh and bones at the bottom of the sea." -C. Joybell C.

"I must be a mermaid... I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living." -Anais Nin