The 90s is my favourite era for street fashion and music!

Some moody 90s-inspired fashion portraits shot by talented photofervor earlier this month :) I did the styling with Mya Minerals makeup, and skincare is by Bareskin Beauty.

I love 90s alt rock like Nirvana and Placebo, 90s gangster rap like NWA and Snoop, and select electro/ rave from 90s to modern, really, like dubstep and brostep. I think people expect me to be listening Glenn Miller and Doris Day in my car when I roll up to shoots, but it's the 30s/ 40s/ 50s visual style I like, not so much the music! I guess the bands of the day sounded new and exciting at the time, but it just doesn't translate to me post-60s.

Late 90s/ early Noughties music videos are my favourite, too (except Die Antwoord). Here are a couple of classics that I think really capture the flavour of what I like to imagine the decade was like!

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Who still needs this year's Christmas cards?

Just a little blog to remind you that packs of chic fashion 'Winter Wonderland' Christmas cards shot by David Angel are available to order HERE.

Enjoy!

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"I have been incredibly lucky that I had some talented models believe in me from very early on. Most notably, Roswell Ivory and Anita De Bauch."

Lovely interview with photographer Magpie Tommy in the lastest issue of Spain's BeDeSeMe magazine :)

I'm wearing Pandora Deluxe latex, Fabulously Fetish shoes and Bareskin Beauty skincare.

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That feeling you get when...

... you see that the photographer has uploaded every single unedited test shot to Flickr... in high res.

:p

Mark Fiddian would never do that, and he shot and styled this photo at his studio in Cambridge last January, so yay ;)

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Too rude for Playboy

I was considering going normcore for Halloween and wearing a streaky blonde wig with lots of bronzer, sticky beige lip gloss and one of those weird peaked berets, but then I thought, even that sort of look relates to me in a way, as it is still carefully controlled, groomed and styled. Huh.

More unusual for me still is this dishevelled swimwear shot by Mark Fiddian, shot at his studio in Cambridge earlier this year, with Bareskin Beauty skincare. I really like how it came out, and what a contrast to the Orchid Corsetry campaign photos! What do you think- is this a look I should do more? ;)

PS Happy birthday for yesterday Ivory Flame! :)


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Dancing in the Moonlight

More photos from the Orchid Corsetry AW15 campaign, shot by Salleh Sparrow. I love the colours and feel of of this line so much :) I imagine the silver ensemble would be absolutely scintillating by moonlight...

Organic natural skincare for the shoot was provided by Bareskin Beauty, and the makeup cosmetics by Mya Minerals.

Celebrations of finally having somewhere permanent to live in a couple of months continues. I visited my nan for a huge homemade vegan feast, and boyfy and I went to a local firework display with friends.

I also have glamorous couture Christmas cards for sale, for anyone wanting to add a little Anita-sparkle to their winter season! The original photo was shot in the snow in London for Vivienne Westwood's corsetiere, and they're only £1 each with envelopes :) They're selling fast, so don't forget to order now xo



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Good things come to those who...

I forgot to say before, but we ended up backing out of that C18th home we wanted to buy when the surveyor told us it was a total disaster zone. It was disappointing at the time, but I'm happy to report that we've now had our offer accepted on a much bigger, brighter and better value castle in the sky  :D

It's a Georgian townhouse with guest bedrooms for putting my model friends up in when they visit, space downstairs for a modest photo studio with French doors leading onto the patio, a library, meditation room and a rooftop garden with lovely views of the Somerset countryside. We can't wait to move in and I can't wait to shoot in it!

 

These photos are from Orchid Corsetry's AW15 campaign, which was launched on Saturday 31 October, shot by Salleh Sparrow in a huge abandoned house. (My skincare was provided by Bareskin Beauty and I did my own hair and makeup.) I love how she's picked up the luxurious texture of the fabric on this corset.

I think ^this^ one might be my personal favourite. It was tough not being allowed to share these images with you until after Halloween! Good things come to those who...

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Orchid Corsetry AW15: Seductress in Red

Happy Day of the Dead! Although this set seems more appropriate for Devil's Night...

It also seems to be becoming a bit of a tradition for me to do a fancy lingerie campaign launching on Halloween, which is fine by me! :D

Yesterday, Orchid Corsetry released their Autumn/ Winter 2015 collection, which exclusively features me modelling a beautiful range of the finest English corsets and lingerie handmade from the most sumptuous materials, photographed by Salleh Sparrow, who I've been wanting to shoot with for a while now. I was the only model used this year, and was allowed to do my own hair and makeup as usual, so I felt really comfortable :) I used my favourite Bareskin Beauty skincare, of course. My earrings are vintage 1940s costume jewellery that clip on rather than use piercings :)

Hope you like these pictures as much as I do and feel inspired to treat yourself to something really opulent to wear to parties this season, and/ or to give more shape to your winter clothes.

I will post more photos from Orchid Corsetry's latest campaign over the next week. Feel free to subscribe for free near the top right-hand corner of this page to have them e-mailed to you directly as and when I post them. NB: The mailing list is so private that even I'm not allowed to see the list of addresses, just so you know!!

Anita xo


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Happy Halloween!

I never need an excuse to dress up as a latex cat...

 Photographer: Damian McGillicuddy using Olympus

Wardrobe: Lady Lucie Latex | Makeup: Mya Minerals | Skincare: Bareskin Beauty

I'm going to mull some cider tomorrow, go for a starlit stroll and then watch scary movies in my candlelit bedroom ^_^ and get my Tarot cards out ^_^ What are your plans? Let me know in your Facebook comments!

Bath night!

I'm on tour round Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Nottingham and Bristol atm, so Friday was spent prepping for 8-9 days of shooting:

• Full body wax (ow, but worth it!)
• Mani/ pedi (my favourite part)
• Dyeing hair
• Shaping eyebrows
• Working out hard all this week! Lots of yoga, Pilates and tai chi :)
• Laundry
• Cleaning makeup brushes
• Getting the car valeted (I'm in it a LOT)
• Booking hotel rooms
• Packing
• Buying bunny slippers (most important)
• Going on a date :)

This photo was taken by lovely Glenn Cockerill at a beautiful C13th stately manor here in Somerset last month :) I did the hair and makeup using Bareskin Beauty skincare and Mya Minerals makeup.

My slippers and I are currently staying with my good friend Ivory Flame in Leicester. We watched The Conjuring last night after a nice little Lunar Samhain dinner and both ended up hiding under the duvet, screaming. The soup was great, though.

Boudoir-y nudes and an opportunity for photographers to shoot Ivory Flame & me together!

Hope you've got something glamorous planned for the weekend! :)

Photographer: Paul Mason
Skincare: Bareskin Beauty | Shoes: Kurt Geiger

I'm off on tour round Central England for eight days, and visiting Ivory Flame :) We're available to shoot nudes and classy vintage glamour together in Leicester if any photographers reading this are interested! Email contact@anitadebauch.com.

#EzRepost @ivoryflamemodel with @ezrepostapp Working with the gorgeous & glamorous @AnitaDeBauch around the grounds of Maunsel House! We also posed as silver screen sirens in the decadent boudoir interiors #maunselhouse #somerset #photography #photoshoot #modelfriends #redheads #selfie #behindscenes #me #redhead #modellingduo

A photo posted by Anita De Bauch 🍒 (@anitadebauch) on Sep 30, 2015 at 2:45am PDT

Back in the office?

Back in the office today? Give me a wave if you work in Canary Wharf ;)

Lingerie: What Katie Did | Shoes: Fabulously Fetish | Skincare: Bareskin Beauty

Photographer: Paul Mason

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Feelin' blue

More from my shoot with Steve Prue in NYC last year. You might have already seen the preview on Instagram.

Latex: Lady Allura | Boots: Fabulously Fetish | Skincare: Bareskin Beauty

While we're on the USA theme, here is a podcast of a recent interview I did for Ds Lifestyle Magazine. Yep, that's me in a black wig, shot by fetisheyes.com.

Spent the afternoon dreaming about decorating the new house. I still have some of this wallpaper left over from when I redecorated my apartment in London; wondering if it will work in the new lounge, which has some original 1750s terracotta-coloured floor tiles near the window. Blue/ orange? :/

That 1920s clock on the mantlepiece died last month, but I'm looking forward to getting my 1930s brass peacock fire-guard out of storage and back in front of a real fire :)

Vintage glamour lingerie with What Katie Did, Fabulously Fetish & Bareskin Beauty

Lazy Sunday morning... actually, it's 1pm already... goes to show how lazy my morning has been...

Looking forward to modelling with my good friend Ivory Flame (go check out her new website!) at a stunning old mansion here in Somerset tomorrow. We've been booked together as a duo for fashion and art nude work before, but this is the first time we'll have shot vintage glamour together, one of my favourite styles :) Girly sleepover at mine tonight!

Photographer: Paul@WestFive

Lingerie: What Katie Did | Shoes: Fabulously Fetish | Skincare: Bareskin Beauty

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Castle in the clouds complete with Prince Charming? Check!

Great news! Boyfy and I put in an offer on our first house, and it was accepted! It was the one I mentioned at the end of my last blog that has a huge old fireplace, library, courtyard and dungeon :D

(Apologies if you already know this from my Instagram/ Twitter!)

It's an apartment in a massive Georgian house in the country. We knew it was ours the moment we clapped eyes on it! Thank you so much to everyone who has booked me over the last two years- it was entirely your constant support that funded my half of the deposit :) As far as I'm aware, I'm one of maybe four art nude models in the whole country who's managed to buy a place purely with modelling money... baby-boomer photographers proclaiming that models over-charge, take note ;)

There is a chance we might be able to move in to our first home by Christmas! :) Visualise this fireplace decorated with fir tree branches, holly and candles if you will (I am!) with deer antlers above and a live tree covered in tiny gold fairy lights in the corner :D

CGI by anonymous local artist :p Those are my cats, btw.

I love old buildings; they instantly make me feel at home. They almost seem alive and with their own personalities that they've accumulated over time. Here is a shot from a recent shoot with one of my favourite photographers in one of my favourite locations, The Pit Studio in Nottingham, a massive Victorian Gothic set of high-ceilinged rooms with big windows and an air of beauty in decay. I will try and do a studio day there on 17 October @ £50ph, if any photographers reading this are interested :)

Photographer: Rob Ellis.

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I am having a wonderful time writing to do and to buy lists for the new house... I should really get my head back in the game and get on with booking tours for October and November!

xxx