Revive

Is it me or did this year go by in a snap? It's already over half a year, and we were only just writing down our new year resolutions. I feel like I've been running a marathon, and realized how much I need to schedule in a block of nothing. Meaning stay home, read, recharge, watch TV, eat healthy and sleep for 10 hours. Most of the time, we're so concentrated on ourselves, that we forget to look around, people watch, meet new friends, or read the news. I thank Hey Yeh and you guys for keeping me on track. It's really nice to have a platform to share my thoughts, my style and my work - and to recap at the end of the year and reflect on what I've been doing with my life. 

On that note, I did this photo shoot with Taya a few months ago. We had a full crew of people from makeup artist, to hair stylist, photographer assistant, and fashion stylist. We pulled off 4 looks in 4 hours with full hair, makeup and wardrobe changes each time. This series is my favorite - featuring Taya Rogers (model) wearing this whimsical and eccentric jacket from OTT. 

More series to come! 

Photographer/Direction: Courtney Yeh
Model: Taya Rogers
Photo Assistant: Jonathan Shih
Hair: Yuichi Ishida
Makeup: Josh Masuda
Stylist: Ariana Armendariz

HK

Took a last minute trip home for a week to see family. During this trip, I mostly worked from home and hung out with my family. It was pretty rough going out anyway - once you stepped outside, you were immediately sweating and suffocated by the humidity. On top of that, it was about 100 degrees. My mom and I did go out to check out a few new spots that I haven't seen - the Innovation Tower at PolyU, and the HK Walls in Sham Shui Po. The inside of the Innovation Tower is like the futuristic Men In Black office - all white and sleek with black floors. My kind of color palette! There was a white staircase in the middle of the building that went all the way up the 13 floors and towered over you. My uni definitely wasn't this cool!

The HK Walls was another fun (but sweaty) adventure. We printed the map from the website, and walked around the area to find all the artists' work in the alleyways and on the buildings of an old residential area. 

Photos by Me & Mom
frayed top -  | sunglasses - nannini | blue top - c/meo collective

KILIHALI

I recently photographed Hokuto Konishi's latest KILIHALI project with Lauren Bennett. We also had the amazing Gina Atkinson and Josh Masuda for hair and makeup. Woo! Dream team! Kili Hali means cutting and pasting in Japanese. What does that have to do with a beauty with a tattoo on her arm you say? Well... every stroke of the tattoo is a carefully cut out sticker meticulously placed onto her arm. I think this art piece took about 2 hours to create.. Check out more of Hok's KILIHALI projects here!

Art Direction / Hokuto Konishi
Photographer / Courtney Yeh
Model / Lauren Bennett
Hair / Gina Atkinson
Makeup / Joshua Masuda

The Weekend

Took a day trip down to San Diego with Vibrvncy to do a few mini photoshoots with some friends, which you can see here! Afterwards, we went searching for the best carne asada fries. We ended up driving more inland to supposedly the best place to get them... Vallarta. Anyone from San Diego that can second this? It was.. bomb. The portion was so giant, I could only finish 1/3 of it but it was worth every bite. :)

photographer: FENG
styling: Courtney Yeh
top - madewell | skirt - melville | shoes - zara | sunnies - see

Flared Out

The continuation of Char's photo shoot. In this look, we focused on an all black sexiness with these awesome flared chiffon pants, bralette, and her funky layered jackets on top. We borrowed the camo from her boyfriend of course. A combination of my favorite styles - a little baggy on top (boyfriend style), and a little feminine touch underneath. 

photography // Courtney Yeh
hair & makeup // Gina Atkinson
model // Char Baquiran