
right hand ring -- Chanelsunglasses -- Michael Kors
For more of Lindsey, visit her blog Saucy Glossie by clicking HERE
For more street style from Lindsey Calla:
Lindsey Calla
Lindsey Calla
right hand ring -- Chanelsunglasses -- Michael Kors
For more of Lindsey, visit her blog Saucy Glossie by clicking HERE
For more street style from Lindsey Calla:
Lindsey Calla
Lindsey Calla
To see more of Lindsey's personal style including videos, visit her blog Saucy Glossie
With the new fashion season about to hit, you know you can count on some serious Models Off Duty coverage from all 4 major fashion weeks to come. From Lincoln Center in New York, to Somerset House in London, to the Duomo in Milano and finally the Tuileries in Paris. I'll be there.
Often these girls are in a serious hurry between shows, fittings, and castings. A model can have as many as 17 appointments in one day during the middle of fashion week. Fashion season for a model is kind of like a hurricane of professional obligations to tend to: designers, casting agents, PR people, hair and make up, mother agents, drivers to find, taxi's to hail. A model is not contractually required to stop for me for a picture and by no means, required to stop and let me take detail shots, full body shots, and carefully execute a photo shoot. Let alone when she's fatigued, jet lagged, or hating the make up they just applied to her skin. To those girls that do stop for me, I am grateful for their time and patience.
Because of this, I've decided to add in the off season, some work of mine that better represents the current state of my creative photography. Sometimes that will include models from agencies like Marilyn (look out for a coming series) and Women, and other times, that will include photos from DBA girls, like Lindsey above.
Hope you enjoy the shots!
entrance
cupolas everywhere
sitting areas for reading or talking with friends
stairwells reminiscent of colonial history
colonial architecture
amazing lighting
courtyard overlooking the restaurant
exquisite lighting
candle lit ambiance everywhere
in the valley of volcanos
candle lit bathrooms
colored decor
lap pool
cupola
in photo: Lindsey Calla
If Lara Stone is the hottest model out there right now, then Panza Verde is the hottest boutique hotel in Antigua Guatemala. Both have unique features, which allow them to stand out from the rest of the commercial crowd. Recently I had the pleasure of partaking of the Panza Verde experience and below recollect some of my thoughts.
No two rooms are the same
Of the 12 rooms in Panza Verde, no two are exactly alike. On a walk through, one room has a custom hammock with it's own private courtyard, another has floor to ceiling colonial window tiles, bedspreads differ in texture and print. Fireplaces are customized, bathtubs range from typical rectangular fashion to unique ovalesque rotunds. Even the key chains are distinct: my suite came with a traditional mini sandal attached to the keys. They say the value of a models beauty lies not in her standard looks, but in what makes her unique and distinct. Like Natasha Poly's instantly recognizable face, Panza Verde's unique attributes make it stand out amidst a sea of commercially available options.
Unique and safe
The staff and service is equally unique. An archeologist works the front desk, an elderly and warm, traditional native Indian serves the continental buffet in the morning. The original chef immigrated from Europe. Everyone here has a story that is unique. The entire estate is locked up at night too, like a medieval fortress to keep safe.4 star restaurant on estate
That's only the beginning. As Celine may be the current taste maker for clothes and the recent Camel colored frenzy, Panza Verde's restaurant is the tastemaker for food in Antigua. It brings back the basics like Asparagus Milanesa, Carpaccio Pensativo, Steak Dijonaise but reinvigorates them with modern twists, that lure the impulse eater from the heart. Not to mention, the restaurant won the 2008 Tenedor de Oro for best restaurant in Guatemala.
casting for your hotel
While a modern BMW or Mercedes may lurk on the street outside the gates of Panza Verde, it's inside is a like fantasy journey back to colonial times. Everything is unique, the service superb, the attention to ambiance above critique. It's no surprise that Panza Verde attracts in the "beautiful people" from around the world and an elite clientele, for with it's aristocratic attention to detail, Panza Verde offers an intimate boutique experience that will instantly seduce anyone's heart.
pumps -- Marni, click HERE to visit her blog
top -- Cynthia Steffe, sunglasses -- Marc Jacobs, click HERE to visit her blog
jacket -- vintage
With a Coach Holiday campaign and a major global fragrance campaign in store for the Spring of 2011, it may not be long before her accomplishments reach "out of this world".
layered hem jacket -- Poleci, belt/socks -- J. Crew
Visit her blog at Saucy Glossie for more shots.