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.

Weekend wrap-up: Local fashion links

[Amy Gee photographed by Ellen Dahl Lawson for Vita.mn]

Ellen Dahl Lawson of The Minneapoline snaps the stylish crowd at l'etoile magazine-hosted Project Runway premiere party and screening at Thom Pham's Wondrous Azian Kitchen's Caterpillar Lounge. Screenings continue weekly, including tonight. Click here for details.

I cover this weekend's Jenny Carle fashion show at Design Vertigo and the High Heel Dash in this week's issue of Vita.mn. For more fashion events and sales, check out l'etoile's Guide to Sales & Shopping.

Hairstylist Mark DeBolt of South Minneapolis salon HAUS has been named a finalist in the National Trend Vision Awards for hair product brand Wella. He'll be competing in Wella's national hair competition next month.

Check out behind-the-scenes images from a new shoot to be featured in local arts and fashion publication Crooked Teeth Magazine.

Photographer Eliesa Johnson posts behind-the-scenes and favorite images from her recent shoot for Anne Kristine Lingerie.

Local writer Coco Mault documents a talk from the writer of a new book In the Mood for Munsingwear: Minnesota's Claim to Underwear Fame, documenting Minnesota-born underwear company Munsingwear back in May at the Minnesota History Center, where a Musingwear exhibition is currently on display. It also includes a video featuring a former Munsingwear employee speaking about his time with the company.

Beauty blogger Kara Nesvig has kicked off her "30 days of red" lipstick project with Armani Rouge d’Armani in 400.

METRO Magazine's Mary O'Regan shares the weirdest, most hilarious and most unnecessary fashion products she's received in the mail.

Mpls.St.Paul Magazine's Allison Kaplan takes a sneak peek of the new Drama store at 50th and France.

Fashionasty's Jake Thompson waxes poetic about cropped tops and Clueless.

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.

Burlesque performer Tomahawk Tassels gets in touch with nature.

METRO Magazine fashion editor Mary O'Regan gets up against the wall in a '90s-era Express skirt and Aldo wedges.

Carla Haglund of FairShadow Photography shoots local artist Raych DeRusha as she heads for the train.

Christina "C-Rocka" Rimstad shoots the Marc Jacobs collection runway segment at Macy's Glamorama on Friday night.

Drayke Larson of PhotoSynthetique shoots some pretty cool senior photos of high schooler Javan.

Andrea Vogel is looking pretty (retro) in this Instagram shot by Samantha Seabelle.

Eliesa Johnson of Photogen Inc. gets inspired by orange in this off-the-cuff self portrait.

Style blogger Shannon Licari of Dirty Hair Halo pairs red, hot pink and turquoise with aplomb.

Quyen wears a look from local boutique Parc at June's Summer of Dresses kickoff at Aster Cafe. (Photo: Minnesota Monthly)

Style blogger Kitty Cotten does denim on denim.

Crooked Teeth Magazine editor-in-chief Caitlin Angelica gets sunbathed.

The Minneapoline's Ellen Dahl Lawson spots Vision model Olivia Uchegbu and local filmmaker Elijah Chhum at last Thursday's Ivey Awards kickoff at Design Within Reach.

Local designer Annie Archambault premieres the lookbook for her new line, Anne Kristine Lingerie, featuring Ignite model Lindsey, photography by Eliesa Johnson and hair and makeup by Amber Brenke. (Click here for more images.)

Photographer Brandon Werth posts images from an old fine art print series, "Broken Portraits." (Click here for the full set.)

Sohail Akhavein snaps ladies in heels.

The Minneapoline featured on CNN.com

CNN.com has launched a new series in which they showcase style from around the globe, and they decided to kick it off with Minneapolis. Longtime local street fashion blog The Minneapoline, and its creator Ellen Dahl Lawson, gets the spotlight in the first featured article. The feature includes a Q&A with Lawson:

[Photo: Ellen Dahl Lawson/The Minneapoline]

On her favorite local designers and shops: "Raul Osorio, Danielle Everine, Maritza Ramirez, Emma Berg are a handful of designers. You can find some of their designs at Design Collective. (Ed. note: none of these designers are actually sold at Design Collective. You can find Raul Osorio at Blacklist Vintage, Danielle Everine at Cliche, and Emma Berg at June.) As far as thrift stores, Rewind, Blacklist Vintage and Via's Vintage are all popular."

On what catches her eye: "Someone catches my eye first. I get a better overall, thoughtful look at them and decide if it hits me more in my brain and not just my eye, then I approach them."

Read the full story and view a slideshow of photos from The Minneapoline at CNN.com.

The Minneapoline's Ellen Dahl Lawson featured on Who's Next Blog

Street style blogger/photographer Ellen Dahl Lawson of The Minneapoline was just featured on the national Who's Next Blog. She talks her inspirations, favorite Minneapolis places, and favorite drink. Click here to read the interview.

[Photo via Who's Next Blog]

Style diary: J Brand jeans for J World

I recently had the opportunity to model a pair of jeans by my favorite denim manufacturer, J Brand, thanks to The Minneapoline's Ellen Dahl Lawson. It is to promote J Brand's new lookbook.nu-esque site, J World, where J Brand lovers can upload photos of themselves styled out in their J Brands. (Direct link here.)

Here's the resulting photos of me in the "Skipper" sailor pant by Ellen:


She also shot 11 other locals. Here are local designer Raul Osorio:

and beauty blogger Kara Nesvig:

Style blogger Claudette Gacuti:

METRO Magazine fashion editor Mary O'Regan:

Visit J World and click the "Minnesota" tab for more.

Style shots: Ellen Dahl Lawson shoots the crowd at Voltage

Ellen Dahl Lawson of The Minneapoline shoots the crowd's most stylish at last weekend's Voltage: Fashion Amplified for Vita.mn.


Click here for more.

Local inspiration: muses and lenses

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

Street style blog Minneapolis Affair shoots The Minneapoline/Vita.mn street style blogger Ellen Dahl Lawson.

Ahlin Sanvee shows off his swanky style at Calhoun Square. (Photo: Minneapolis Affair)

Local style blogger Kitty Cotten laughs in the face of winter and goes red.

Local knitwear designer Annie Larson gets her nails done.

Style blogger Chloe Ahlf mixes prints - and makes it work.

Caitlin Angelica, the 16-year-old editor-in-chief of local arts photographer publication Crooked Teeth Magazine, gets peachy on personal style aggregator lookbook.nu.

Keisha Harris goes mad for plaid in a promo shoot for Seattle-based e-shop Totokaelo.com. (Photo: Jill Wenger)

Vision model Elle Williams goes glam. (Photo: Jake Freeman)

Style blogger/stylist Jane Belfry glances over cat-eye liner with a leopard-covered friend.

Ignite model Whitney Fransway whips her hair. (Photo: Andi Elloway. Click here for more photos from the shoot.)

Style blogger Hina Khan saunters around her new neighborhood in L.A. (Photo: Cara Recine)

Fashion designer and painter Max Lohrbach paints a self portrait.

Despite the snow, Julia of Song of the Exile gets into the spring spirit with a trench and leopard-print kitten heels.