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JUNGLE FEVER

So much fun shooting Colombian beauty Daniela Marin-Narvaez in the London heatwave yesterday! Sizzling hot it was indeed! We just had to take advantage of it and shoot some animal magic shorts and bikinis for Boodwah. Mimi Haleyi on creative, Rebecca Keates did beautiful hair and makeup and Julian Reid took the pics. Some results coming at you next week - in the meantime here are some outtakes from the day the Amazon came to town! If only for the afternoon;) xx 

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HEY W#OY! Excited to welcome W#OY aka World House of You and our new collaborations. Oh yess. Check out the blog (put together by yours truly) and go design some leggings on the W#OY legging machine! Then get 10 of your friends to pre-order them and they'll get produced! And it hasn't even officially launched yet so you are one of the first to know. Beyond cool!

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Shooting Lipsticks... POPaganda propaganda makeup missiles

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Outtakes from a kooky little shoot for Boodwah.

Models Ruth, Sophie and Shannon.

Creative by Mimi Haleyi.

Photos by Julian Reid.

Hair by Jaymarie Winkler, Makeup by Louise Stacey. 

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Here's fabulous Shannon Louise Harris as she rocked up to our shoot for Boodwah yesterday. She certainly brought the glamour even before hair and makeup wearing faux fur and platform stilettos first thing in the morning. LOVE. 

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Postcard from Cuba

After a bit of Cuban rest & rejuvenation... now ready for SPRING! Let's get this party started xx G&M 

Photo by Mimi Haleyi

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CHRISTINA RUTH LINGERIE

Shot some gorgeous handprinted Christina Ruth silk panties. 

Model was Darya Khus, makeup and hair by Claire Elizabeth Hollis. Photos and Creative by Mimi Haleyi.

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IMITATION A FORM OF FLATTERY?

Maybe. But we’re not exactly sure what to say about Wix.com’s blatant copying of our website design AND brand look for one of their templates. Hey Wix, want to give credit where it’s due perhaps?

Very naughty.

The Genius & Mary website:

and the Wix.com copy:

*Update: Wix have since apologised and removed their copy of our website design. We appreciate it!

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OUR SWEETPEA & FAY DESIGN GOING STRONG!

Our logo for Sweetpea & Fay looking totally hot with this gorgeous evening look. Oh yeah.

And a photo from Ballad Of.. magazine of the products looking awesome!!!

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“Lunettes Noires Pour Nuits Blanches” by Rock City Sixteen, listen to the full track from our Lunettes video!

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Video for Lunettes London by Genius & Mary

Models: Phoebe Abbott, Alicia Robinson, Monica Chung, Danny DeCroiz

Camera: Julian Reid 

Make up and Hair: Erica Schlegel

Music: "Lunettes Noires Pour Nuits Blanches" by Rock City Sixteen

Creative Direction and Editing: Mimi Haleyi

Special thanks to Lindsay Kirkman of Lunettes and Paolo Berni! 

Also to Rock City Sixteen for the great track! 

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LUNETTES LONDON

Our recent night shoot for eyewear co Lunettes London!

Photographer: Julian Reid

Art Direction: Mimi Haleyi 

Make up and Hair: Erica Schlegel

Models: Phoebe Abbott, Alicia Robinson, Monica Chung, Danny DeCroiz

And super thanks to Lindsay Kirkman of Lunettes London and Paolo Berni!

Plus LA band Rock City Sixteen for the great track in the video - “Lunettes Noires Pour Nuits Blanches” Love it!

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GENIUS & MARY PRESENT SHORTCUTS IN DIRTY FLASH

FULL SET COMING TO MAIN WEBSITE SOON!!!

PHOTOGRAPHER: JULIAN REID 

ART DIRECTION/CONCEPT/STYLING: MIMI HALEYI 

MAKE UP & HAIR: ERICA SCHLEGEL 

MODELS: MARI & AUSRINE OLIVIA

BUY SHORTCUTS GEAR HERE: 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Shortcuts

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So we had a shoot for awesome small label Shortcuts this weekend!! It all went down in legendary actress Patricia Quinn's flat in sunny Primrose Hill - THANK YOU PAT AND MARCUS!!! The idea was to use this fantastic cheapo vintage camera for some Roxy Music inspired antics. Of course we couldn't resist taking a bunch with new cameras too and as a result ended up with too much to choose from!! Stay tuned for the results, we have some editing ahead of us... 

Julian Reid's dabbling in photography lately is yielding some excellent results! Super thanks to him and also to makeup and hair artist Erica Schlegel, who was so great to work with, plus Ore and Obe from Shortcuts, and models Mari and Olivia - they are all crazy cool kids!

Here's some snapshots from the day: 

Erica Schlegel doing her thang

Cool cats Ore and Obe of Shortcuts

Olivia off duty - shady lady

Pat's brilliant flat

Mimi meditating on the next look

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Been hard at work helping prepare for this great event presented by Daniel Poole - ¡The New Curiosity Shop! - It's going to be an amazing exhibition - neon signs by Chris Bracey, paintings by Jennifer Louise Martin, works by mixed media artist Sue Golden, sculptor Finn Stone, rock n’ roll photographer Kevin Westenberg and many more! Plus an eclectic cornucopia of curiosities - lots of weird stuff!

The exhibition has been kindly supported by Londonewcastle and is being hosted at their 'Project Space’ - 

28 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch E2 7DP

Open every day 10am - 7pm

1st - 17th March 2012

Neon by Chris Bracey

Bono by Kevin Westenberg

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Enjoyed designing website and logo for LA photographer Tracy Jean Shields. Her stunning underwater pics rock our socks off! She also does wonderful portrait, editorial and commercial work. Check out the real thing at www.tracyjeanshields.com

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Graphic by Mimi Haleyi