Magic is bound to happen when 1 mega talented photographer and 3 babes get on a yacht in South Beach. We played 90’s Vogue with Samuel.Black, Brittany Churchill and Jessica Smith, had cocktails and jumped in the ocean.
Photos by Samuel Black
Wearing Vitamin A Swim and Maxim Swimwear
I was dying to shoot with Samuel.Black for a long time and we finally connected in South Beach during Miami Swim Week.
Swimsuit by Victoria’s Secret
One of the most anticipated events during Miami Swim week this year was Maxim Swimwear runway show at SLS in South Beach.
Photo by Simon Soong
The casting wasn’t easy. As the models arrived, they took out comp cards and showed them to the client. As we waited in the hallway, girls were called out and given their cards back. Those who didnt hear their names stayed to actually see the client in person. Kinda crazy…
I was pumped to hear that i booked the show. They had 2 fittings to make sure that everything was perfect and we got to meet the new editor of Maxim, Kate Lanphear, who is super cool. We also found out that Maxim was going major rebranding under Lanphear’s supervision. It was so special to be a part of this show and actually a very significant event for the magazine and the industry.
Photo by Simon Soong
Maxim Swim show backstage
On my way to the show
Maxim Magazine Miami Swim Week Show
Top: Nasty Gal (similar here)
Jeans: H&M (similar here or here)
Kicks: Sketchers (similar here)
There is nothing more fun than being glammed up and rocking the runway in bikinis with a bunch of other babes. It was super fun to be a part of the first ever show for Robb & Lulu, a colorful Australian brand.
Photo by Simon Soong
Photo by Simon Soong
Photo by Simon Soong
You can get Robb&Lulu bikinis here.
And when you think you’ve done it all over the years of being in this industry, TREATS Magazine partners with Lezard Swimwear and makes you walk skate in bikinis in your figure skates. Growing up in Russia and Canada and spending weekends on the ice skating rink just got in handy, who would have thought? Just shows you that its important to try different things in life cause you never know when your skills might be useful!
Joy Corrigan, Ksenia Mz, Britt Churchill, Jessica Smith by Toasty Cakes
Moreover, W Magazine, called the TREATS x Lezard Swim show at Edition Hotel in Miami ‘ one of the best parties of Miami Swim Week 😉 It was definitely the funnest experience!
Photos by Toasty Cakes
Photo by Toasty Cakes
Photo by Toasty Cakes
Photo by Dane Darden
When i told my friends i was going to South Beach, everyone wished me a great ‘vacation’ and lots of fun…My fun included running between the castings, rubbing shoulders bums against 300 hot models, sweating it like crazy (Miami in July is pretty damn hot) and sleeping for 4 hrs max.
The moment I landed in MIA my phone wouldn’t stop buzzing. I had a bunch of castings, fittings and shoots to do in the next 72 hrs. My hotel room wasn’t ready yet, so i had to get ready in a dark hotel bathroom and hit the road running. It was a lovely day meeting my new Miami agency, CGM; waiting for 3 hrs at the castings for my turn; jumping in the ocean in hopes of refreshing myself and finding out that the water is super hot and all the seaweeds are now stuck to me; and then going to another casting with real ‘beachy hair’ and no ‘bitchy attitude’.