Waiting

While I take a well needed holiday in Spain, I have a few things to offer you:

1. WE ARE COLLISION IS NOW AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL!

Get your copy and a year's subscription HERE

2. We are also looking for all you talented people to show us what you're made of!

Email: submissions@wearecollision.com

3. My view while I work

Not bad, right?

Posting

So, now that I have begun my new postion as Junior Fashion Editor at WeAreCollision, I have much more of an excuse and reason to post more, YAY! I have been given to the opportunity to write about such great things, and show my interests to a larger audience than usual Although I have never been the greatest writer, I have definitely found it a liberating experience so far, and am looking forward to covering many more topics and finding people who inspire and wow.

Here a some of my posts that you should feast your eyes on!

ART: Kevin Francis Gray

Prada A/W 13

A Summer Adventure

New Appointment

So, it's been a month since I last posted, but I promise the following things are valid reasonings as to this ocurence.

I have been appointed as We Are Collision's Contributing Fashion Editor! ISSUE 3 is OUT NOW, and available in 17 countries, so find your local stockist HERE.

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British ELLE Collections A/W 13 is also out! I spent some very hard months working on this with the rest of the amazing team, and I couldn't be more proud. The publication's redesign is breathtaking and the content is more innovative than ever. Purchase your copy and treasure it forever, AND follow the Collections Tumblr HERE.

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Last but not least, I have been working on my website, so why not take a little look?

www.sophiachemaitelli.co.uk

What ELLE Wears PART 2

I was featured again in last week's 'What ELLE Wears', this time in head-to-toe ZARA!

The wonderful Silvia Olsen really makes me enjoy having my photo taken, when I am so used to being behind the camera.

Click HERE to view my whole look and all the others.

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Shirt, Trousers and Shoes - ZARA, Watch - boohoo.com

What ELLE Wears

Last week I was featured on ELLE UK's famous 'What ELLE Wears' blog:

It's an honour to be recognised as someone stylish by a magazine who I have worked for a while now, and as the largest fashion magazine!

See my whole look HERE

GFW 2013

On Monday I attended Graduate Fashion Week at Earl's Court for We Are Collision, and it was a morning I am very glad I managed to fit into my crazy schedule. I will attend shows when I can, they invigorate me and get me excited about new fashion talent; but with having such a mental life last season, I was unable to go to many and this disappointed me. GFW's International Show made me love what I do again, and this time, made me want to look further than just London for new designers to swoon over.

Here is a selection of photos I took at the show, and I have listed the designer's name where I can remember - having a camera in your hand often hinders other activities.

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All photos by Sophia Chemaitelli

Marina Hormanseder and Parsons New York

Carmina Blank

Sasha Nassar

Michael Maiello

Chisung Ihn (left)

Animal

It's Animal Week on Fashion156, and there are plenty of designers who have taken inspiration from the  animal kingdom, if not every designer. There's Cavalli, Burberry, Proenza and Gucci, to name but a few; but inn my opinion, there is only one designer, and one collection in particular that has really caught the essence of the animal.

Alexander McQueen S/S 10 - Plato's Atlantis

This is the synopsis from alexandermcqueen.com, and it couldn't be a truer representation of the collection.

'WHEN CHARLES DARWIN WROTE THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES, NO ONE COULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE ICE CAP WOULD MELT, THAT THE WATERS WOULD RISE AND THAT LIFE ON EARTH WOULD HAVE TO EVOLVE IN ORDER TO LIVE BENEATH THE SEA ONCE MORE OR PERISH. WE CAME FROM WATER AND NOW, WITH THE HELP OF STEM CELL TECHNOLOGY AND CLONING, WE MUST GO BACK TO IT TO SURVIVE.'

I don't want to write much about this collection, it doesn't need my words. If you are fashion follower, you will know the importance of this show, and the symbolism it held for the spectators and the design house itself. Every detail was looked at in the finest form; reptile skin scaling, butterfly wing feathering, water waves and forest floor debris, all moulded onto the body, showing McQueen's interpretation of how we'd look when we go back to water.

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Now, I have one last animal related image to show you...

'Pastel Cats' by Tim Walker

Alternative Print ft. Fashion156

It's Print Week on Fashion156, and as much as i'm sure you all want me talk about my favourite print designers like Holly Fulton, Erdem and Diane Von Furstenberg, I like the alternate route that has been taken.

I am a photographer, and at heart, one that shoots on film and loves it. There is something so raw and emotional about the colours, the chemical process that goes on, and the idea that these images take such a great deal of trust in creation. Every time I put in a roll of film to be processed, my stomach fills with butterflies and I am anxious to see the results of my hardwork and trust in the lens.

I thought i'd start off by showing some of my film work, and then move onto film work by the photographers I look upto most.

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White (35mm colour and 120mm black & white) by Sophia Chemaitelli

The Wanderer (35mm colour) by Sophia Chemaitelli

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For any of you that follow fashion editorials' movers and shakers, you will have heard of Paolo Roversi, and you will know that he only shoots on film. He achieves Tim Walker's dreams through the process of his camera (and yes, some amazing set design and couture here and there). But, it is mainly the medium that he chooses to shoot photographs in, that allows him to create such etheral, breathtaking, peaceful imagery.

Natalia Vodianova for Egoiste No. 15 and Freja Beha Erichsen for Vogue Italia March 2008 (respectively) by Paolo Roversi

Sally Mann is a more unkown personality in the photography world, more known to the fine art world as one who mixes photography with her personal feelings of death, youth and her family. Using large format camera, glass plates and silver nitrate, Sally Mann's work can take a long time to produce. Her subjects sometimes have to sit/lie infront of the camera for hours to allow a solid appearance on the film to develop. The result of this patience on both sides is beautiful; you are made to question youth and death, and what both mean in family life and what they can do to a person.

Selection from 'Immediate Family' by Sally Mann

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Head over to Fashion156 to see their pick of film photographers and print extraordinaire!

NEW WORK: Atelier Addict

'Atelier Addict'

Photographer: Holly McGlynn -- Styling: George Bunker -- Retoucher: Sophia Chemaitelli -- Make up: Amy McDonnell -- Model: Charlie @ NEXT -- Clothes by Beau Homme

Could you be the next ELLE Nokia intern?

Photo by Henry Bourne for ELLE October 2012

ELLE and Nokia have brought back the 'Edited by the Interns' initiative this year, and I couldn't encourage you more to apply!!

After going through the process last year, becoming the 'Picture Editor' for the issue and having the best time of my life, I really do owe a lot to ELLE and Nokia. A month ago, myself, Mariella and Alex were invited back to recap on how our year has been since working with the teams.

To see what we have been upto over the past months, the new Nokia Lumia 920, and how can you get in on all the action, check out our video HERE and enter 'Edited by the Interns' HERE

Minimalistic Tendencies

This week on Fashion156 it's Minimalism Week, and I have to admit, I want it to be Minimalism month atleast! I have always dressed in a simplistic manner; spending most days in a pair of heels, jeans and an array of shirts, chic and easy to spend my day in meetings and running around. The masters of minimalism in the fashion world today are Celine, Alexander Wang and Costume National, to name but a few.

Alexander Wang S/S 13 -- Celine S/S 13

(photos courtesy of STYLE.com)

Calvin Klein Collection S/S 13 -- Stella McCartney S/S 13 -- Costume National S/S 13

(photos courtesy of STYLE.com)

To celebrate minimalism, Fashion156 has put together theit best selection of street style photos and buys to guide you through the trend. Combining textures, cuts and colours; it's about effortless chic, that's still clever and a breath of fresh air.

Minimal street style (photos courtesy of Fashion156)

Minimal essentials (photo courtesy of Fashion156)

Being such a fan of the look, a lot of my work has been based on such clean and crips ideas, so I thought now would be a perfect time to share it with you!

Lighten Up

(in)sanity

Isolated

White