Local inspiration: muses and lenses

In this week's edition of muses and lenses, local photographers turn the lens on themselves, and local designers, dancers and painters become muses.

Vintage seller and blogger Allison Vallant went to the Midwest Clothing, Jewelry and Textile Sale in a dress from Blacklist Vintage. (Click here for more photos from the sale.)

METRO Magazine fashion editor Mary O'Regan tries on the chunky sweater trend.

Wonderblood blogger Julia snaps her friend Sarah in her hyacinth Halloween costume.

Style blogger Kitty Cotten goes for a neutral chic look in the city.

Dirty Hair Halo blogger Shannon Licari Walling combines mustard brocade and fuchsia velvet.

Ellen Dahl Lawson captures some early autumn style at last month's "Bright Society" MNfashion Week event at the Alexander Ramsey House for The Minneapoline.

Vision model Ali looks whimsical in the woods. (Photo: Amanda Durhman. Click here for the full shoot.)

Photographer/designer Sohail Akhavein was a Lichtenstein character for Halloween.

Style blogger Chloe Ahlf works it.

Photographer Sara Kiesling snaps model Alexandra Fee.

Secrets Fashion Agency's Davee Ek lets it shine.

Photographer David Mendolia captures dancer Chelsey Kurth having a moment at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.

Fashion designer Danielle Everine hangs out with her pooch Franny. (Photo: Margaret Lane)

Painter Caitlin Karolczak gets captured in a candid moment at work.

Local inspiration: muses and lenses

In the latest installment of weekly photo feature muses and lenses, fall has fallen and rich color is everywhere.

Style blogger Lindsey Herzog celebrates her birthday the best way possible with a colorful batch of balloons.

Fashion editor Mary O'Regan dons one of fall's trends, colored jeans.

Style blogger Shannon Licari Walling enjoys the fall colors.

Tangerine-maned model Ulorin Vex showcases jewelry by local line Bionic Unicorn. (Photography by Allan Amato. Hair/makeup/styling by Ulorin Vex)

Style blogger Kitty Cotten hits the rooftop in bold colors.

Style blogger Julia mixes prints in a vintage floral dress paired with a plaid coat.

Style blogger Corey Tenold snaps his squeeze, Vision model Ashlee Walker, in a pumpkin patch.

Photographer Amy Gee dons a sequin sweater in the leaves.

Style blogger Chloe Ahlf has the varsity blues.

Andrea Adams stands in for a shoot by local photographer David Mendolia.

Jewelry designer Stephanie Lake wears retro sequins and her own jewelry at l'etoile's MNfashion Week event "Bright Society" earlier this month at the Alexander Ramsey House. (Photo: Ellen Dahl Lawson, The Minneapoline)

Joshua models the plaid trend, courtesy of BlackBlue, for local men's style blog MLPSTYLE.com.

Vision model Brittany McKee models fall looks from Parc Boutique.

Corey Tenold styles and shoots a neckwear-centric shoot featuring ties by local line Pierrepont Hicks Tie Co. and eyewear from Eyemusement. (Model: Blake with Vision Management Group, INC. Additional styling by Ashlee Walker)

Local inspiration: muses and lenses

MNfashion Week came calling, so muses and lenses went on hiatus. Now that things have calmed down a bit, it's back with more of the best in the newest fashion, street style and portrait photography by local photographers and subjects.

Karrah Kobus stalks Kouwai Potocnik in the woods. (Click here for the full photo set.)

Style blogger Kitty Cotten gets into the pale.

HAUS Salon previews its new fall campaign starring Vision model Mary Cann. (Photo: Stephanie Rau)

Singer Margaret Lane shows off an edgy new color and cut. (Photo: Aysha Mazumdar Stanger)

Local jewelry line Bionic Unicorn was featured in the lookbook shoot for neo-Victorian designer Firefly Path. Click here for more photos from the spread.

Style blogger Chloe Ahlf gets caught in the rain (Photo: David Medolia. See the full set here)

Minneapolis-via-New York men's style blog MPLSTYLE.com catches former Minneapolis fashion designer Ra'mon-Lawrence Coleman during his New York Fashion Week presentation last month. Click here for more photos from the presentation.

Vision model Ashlee Walker gets boyish in a shoot shot by boyfriend Corey Tenold, styled and modeled by the couple themselves. Click here for the full set.

METRO Magazine fashion editor Mary O'Regan pairs zig zags, harmen pants and her shocking red hair. (View more images at Art of Wore.)

Dirty Hair Halo style blogger Shannon Licari matches clashing prints with aplomb.

Photographer Brad Ogbonna spots Daily Show comic Wyatt Cenac on the streets of New York.

Andrew Cahak captures BlackBlue associate Satchel B. Moore in a quiet moment.

Photogen-Inc.'s Eliesa Johnson previews a frame from a forthcoming shoot featuring local model Tearra Rosario.

Andrea Vogel shows old Hollywood style in Handsome Cycles' new catalog.

Secrets Fashion Agency PR director Davee Ek styles herself in shades of mustard.

Local musician Liam Watkins gets glitter on his face. (Photo: Shanna Allyn Photography)

Local fashion designer Maritza Ramirez lounges around the park on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Local inspiration: muses and lenses

The best in local portrait, street style and fashion photography from local muses and lenses, gathered via Twitter, Facebook and blog uploads from the past week.

Photographer Benjamin Fredrickson captures his pooch Monsieur Loïc Fredrickson in Polaroid form.

Style blogger Kitty Cotten plays with her kitty.

Vision model Ashlee Walker goes to the Renaissance Festival. (Photo: Corey Tenold)

Actress Hina Khan wears a dress by Kerry Riley of local line Needle & Black in her L.A. adventures. (Click here for more photos by Cara Recine.)

MPLSTYLE.com does a style spotlight on local men's style blogger Corey Tenold of Trnds.com.

Naures Sager gets focused. (Photo: Marissa Wetzel)

Secrets Fashion Agency PR director Davee Ek tries out her new camera and new summer-into-fall style.

Ignite model John-Mark gets moody for New York photographer Carolyn Griffin.

Photographer Claire Molepske cuddles up.

The Minneapoline's Ellen Dahl Lawson snaps some folks at the last Walker Music & Movies in the Park screening for Vita.mn, including hairstylist Emily Angelo.

Dirty Hair Halo style blogger Shannon Licari cuts a mean figure in a pencil skirt and wedges.

Ignite Model Whitney Fransway walks the rainy streets of Seoul with a friend.