Something for the Bonfire weekend

I like the icy-cool feel of these new Kaori's Latex Dreams shots by Luci Alice, and it seems appropriate now that winter is here!

Makeup and skincare from Mya Minerals and Bareskin Beauty respectively.

If you think you've seen that pose before, you're right... it's one of my favourites from the '40s:

Do you feel a spark? I'm looking forward to bundling up for a firework display in our garden with my home-made Portabello mushroom burgers and sweet potato fries, mmmm! And plenty of mulled cider. This is all assuming my cooker gets delivered tomorrow, otherwise it's houmous all round again :p

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Spirit of the Woods by Emma Delves-Broughton

I love these new photos styled and photographed by legendary fetish photographer, Emma Delves-Broughton- they make me think of films like Legend and Willow!

Skincare provided by Bareskin Beauty :*

The stay-home horror marathon continues. On top of Ring, The Devil's Advocate, The Hunger, The Blair Witch Project, Poltergeist, and The Conjuring 2, I have also watched Lady in Black 2, Paranormal Activity, Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist this month! I think I might do a double bill of Nosferatu and Shadow of the Vampire tonight... my vegan pumpkin brownies are in the oven ready for the trick-or-treaters. They were a big hit last year :)

Happy Halloween!

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Natural Light Portraits

I can't believe it's September already! I'll have been in three different countries by the end of the month. I miss my boyfriend and cats when I'm touring, but other than that, I never really feel "lonely", like people expect me to! I find it liberating and kind of meditative to travel alone with nothing but my thoughts and a suitcase for days or even weeks at a time.

Okay, make that suitcases, plural.

Here are some more photos from my shoot with Tim Bircher last month, using Bareskin Beauty organic skincare and Mya Minerals vegan cosmetics.

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So... what have I been doing?

I've had a strange sort of August... waiting to see if house #3 pans out is starting to get to me. I've felt homeless for the last two years. However, I have enjoyed the luxury of a summer in Somerset with no real ties... the weather and the little towns are beautiful. There are some great restaurants, pubs and days out to be had here. But I would like my own place to return to at the end of each day.

Something I have learned through trying to buy a house here and (so far) having had two fall through, through no fault of my own, is how dumb and self-entitled rich people can be. I was sort of raised to think that if you're rich, you probably got there by being smart and working hard. Well, I'm now dealing with my second millionaire in a row, and he appears to be just as dense and lazy as the first one. I feel like if I had that kind of money, I would use it better ;) For example, we had to break off with buying the last house we were interested in (the really big one!) because at the last minute, the (millionaire) seller asked us to pay his £5000 back-taxes for him. Uh.......................... no?

So having thrown literally thousands of pounds around this summer already and still being no closer to having our own home than we were a year ago, things have felt tough. I finally have a really excellent/ scary London lawyer on my side now, who is a partner in her own law firm, so hopefully that will help move things along. I really want to be in the new place by October, in time for my favourite holiday!

I've ended up getting a lot of little bookings in a lot of different places next month, which is unexpected and exciting. I love travelling :) Here is my current list... if you'd like to book me for a shoot in any of these places, email me! contact@anitadebauch.com. I've rented a car for Ireland, which should make getting around a lot easier and more efficient!

The Milan Fashion Week booking came in just last night. It's not what you think ;) Stay tuned and keep an eye on the news.

I'm planning on giving myself a big makeover over Christmas this year, while I'm off work... let's see how that turns out. Today I'm starting small by experimenting with some wigs and the many, many Mya Minerals eyeshadows I seem to have acquired (thank you!) :) She also sent me something called Fairy Dust, which is supposed to be for highlighting your face, but I'm thinking of dusting my body with it for fashion nudes and bodyscapes. Hmm...

I'm supposed to be saving money atm, but it's hard when you have a shoe fetish... I was bad and bought these:

I plan on having a wall of floor-to-ceiling shelves in the new place, dedicated only to shoes... *dreams* One day, I want to have a whole room dedicated to nothing but shoes, hats, corsets, sunglasses, latex, lingerie, jewellery, dresses and playsuits! I will eventually need one, that's for sure.

I really feel like I should post some modelling pictures now! Here are a couple of new natural-light portraits shot this summer, if you haven't already seen them on Instagram. I did my own hair and makeup as usual, and the skincare is all from Bareskin Beauty :)

Photographer: Tim Bircher

Photographer: Shawn Spencer-Smith

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House of Vestress latex fashion editorial in Tenebrous

Spring 2016 issue, shot by Luci Alice, with Mya Minerals cosmetics and Bareskin Beauty skincare.

Good news on the house front today! I might be able to move in this month!! :D :D :D

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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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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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Dirty Polaroids by Steve Prue feat. Lady Allura's Latex & Fabulously Fetish shoes!

I'd like to share some DIRTY Polaroids Steve Prue took of me in New York, wearing (in some cases) Lady Allura's Latex and Fabulously Fetish heels, plus a pair of earrings I found in a vintage store in Manhattan :)

This was the point in the shoot where I really let my "trashy" side out to play! Not sure if any of these pictures will end up in my portfolio, but they were fun to shoot... click the images to see full-size versions.

Super excited about viewing an apartment in a gorgeous historic building tomorrow that has its own library, courtyard and dungeon!! Well, okay, the "dungeon" is listed as a "wine cellar", but it can be multi-use, right? ;) Send positive thoughts for me, because I could make some great pictures/ movies to share with you there if I do buy it :D

Lady Allura's Latex & Fabulously Fetish shot by Steve Prue in NYC. 18+! Photo-heavy.

Some badass photos from my Lady Allura's Latex and Fabulously Fetish shoes shoot with Steve Prue in NY in March last year, when I learned why New York models are so skinny- they don't get time to eat!

I was rushing all over Manhattan, Staten Island and New Jersey for shoots during my trip there. I managed to get breakfast every morning, usually carrying my cup of peppermint tea with me on the subway in the eco carry cup that was in my LFW goodie bag, but then often didn't manage to get lunch running between shoots in the middle of the day, and then was often so exhausted on returning to my hotel that I'd simply wash my face and pass out in bed by 7.30pm.

I started to notice on the back of photographers' cameras that I was starting to look a bit twiggy, even to my eyes, and I occasionally see it in this photo set, even though the lighting is fairly high-key. Nonetheless, I really like that I got the opportunity to work on such an American-looking set while visiting the States, and I think these photos are in a completely different style and show a completely different side of me than usually shows up in photos. I'd like it to be a magazine editorial some day :)

PS: I viewed a lovely apartment in Glastonbury today. I might end up buying it ^_^