Rebel Heart | January 2015

She is a beautiful free spirit. One that holds a bit of mischievous curiosity underneath it all. Perfectly polite, graceful, and beams hints of glamour, but she can't seem to shake her love of rebelling from the expected once in a while, the thrill of rush and and the so called bad boy. She has a Rebel Heart.

Credits:

Creative Director + Stylist: Sydney Ballesteros

Photography: Puspa Lohmeyer

Model: Lisa Marie Lipscomb (FORD RBA)

Makeup: Tangie Duffey

Hair: Raul Mendoza

Wardrobe: Razzle Dazzle Vintage, How Sweet it Was Vintage, Black Cat Vintage, Ellie Mayhem Vintage, Buffalo Exchange, Zappos

Published:

Fashion Shift Magazine, UK

Zocalo Magazine, Tucson AZ 

Love + Hustle

I want to introduce you to my latest fashion story, Love + Hustle. A seventies fashion take on a modern day love story. Featuring renowned tattoo artist and rapper Isaiah Toothtaker and his fiancee Caroline Jackson. Featured in this month’s issue of Zocalo Magazine and shot in an amazing 1970s time capsule house offered by Atomic Tucson.

Creative Director + Stylist: Sydney Ballesteros

Photographer: Puspa Lohmeyer

Producer: Michelle Hotchkiss

Models: Isaiah Toothtaker and Caroline Jackson

Makeup: Tangie Duffey

Hair: Raul Mendoza

Wardrobe: Black Cat Vintage, How Sweet it Was Vintage, Razzle Dazzle, Desert Vintage, Buffalo Exchange, OZMA Atelier, Isaiah Toothtaker

Gold Dust Woman

A few months ago I worked with my amazing crew to produce this editorial, Gold Dust Woman. It is a bohemian fashion story, that boasts the underlining of chic style, surrounded by the beauty of music, art, and the free spirit.

credits:

creative direction: sydney ballesteros + puspa lohmeyer | fashion styling: sydney ballesteros | photography: puspa lohmeyer | prop styling: sydney ballesteros + puspa lohmeyer | model: becca hammen | makeup: tangie duffey | hair: raul mendoza | wardrobe: razzle dazzle vintage, black cat vintage, desert vintage, how sweet it was vintage, buffalo exchange, ozma atelier, stylist own.

*view the spread in zocalo magazine here!

xx~syd

Tucson Modernism Week

Last week my attention called for some things I had in the works that took place this past weekend and my online presence was pretty non existent. In exchange for that I have these beautiful images of the mid-century modern (mid nineteen fifties to early seventies), vintage fashion exhibition I styled and hosted in collaboration with my frequent collaborator Claudine Villardito of Black Cat Vintage for Tucson Modernism Week. It finally came to fruition on Friday October 4th 2013 and featured some of my favorite pieces of vintage. Tucson Modernism Week is a celebration of mid century style, art, fashion, architecture, automobiles and craftsmanship found in our community and connections beyond. It brings people with a kindred love and appreciation for all of these things together under one desert sky, and it's pretty magical. I am grateful to be a part of the fashion component annually, and feel strongly about my hometown connection to this event because of my roots, passion for working with vintage clothing, love of history and my studied background. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Tucson, Arizona is a treasure trove of beautiful things and people, you should come visit some time.

Behind the Scenes:

Twenty minutes until show time and after a full day of styling + organizing models and working with my creative team, I must attempt to make myself presentable……all while still directing. It can happen!

The Exhibition: A fashion homage to the mid century styles of the fifties, sixties and early seventies, for Tucson Modernism Week.

Photos by my friend and colleague puspa lohmeyer
Production, Creative Direction + Styling: sydney ballesteros
Wardrobe: black cat vintage
Makeup: Tangie Duffey
Hair: Andrea Furedy
Models (left to right): Kelsey Hagan, Jesseca Haag, Lauren Free, Lindsey Meredith, Abbey Gaitlin, Ariel Robinson, Wendy Van L
Vintage Cars: Hi Speed Customs + Alex Mastrangelo (private collector)

Thank you to all of those involved.

~Syd

Edge of the Orient

My latest styling work for the June issue of the Black Cat Vintage garment district….

Edge of the Orient

The luxurious textiles and beautiful motifs of the East have captivated audiences since the days of the Silk Road.  But could such an ancient culture be re-imagined for a new age?

Against a backdrop of minimalist lines we reinterpreted the basic elements of Asian dress--the kimono, mandarin dress and obi--and conceived a neo-traditionalist collection fit for a modern Anna May Wong.  If Paul Poiret were alive, we’d like to think he would approve of our imperial vision for the edge of a modern world.  We hope you enjoy it too.

Introducing our vintage version of the Orient. Built from the ground up.


~Sydney Ballesteros

credits
creative director + stylist: sydney ballesteros
photography: stacia lugo
model: kendall visser {agency az}
makeup: tangie duffey
hair: raul Mendoza {fringe studios}
wardrobe: black cat vintage
select jewelry: razzle dazzle vintage

Vintage Vegas

Last month we packed up the crew and headed out to Las Vegas Nevada, to shoot the first editorial of Spring 2013 for Black Cat Vintage. Spending time in Vegas, means 1960s Ginger McKenna style. There really is no other way.

Vegas craves the glamour of its vintage past, when extravagance and mystery made Sin City--and its women--notorious. White fringe, metallic brocade and electric colors made rooms stand still in a city that never stopped moving.

This is our love story to vintage Vegas.  And for our "Ginger," love costs money.

Viva Las Vegas.

~Sydney Ballesteros


credits:
creative director + stylist: sydney ballesteros | photography: stacia lugo | model: paige pacheco {ford/rba} | makeup: tangie duffey | hair: raul mendoza | wardrobe: black cat vintage| shot on location in las vegas, nevada.