Nauv x Naika x Dej

Shot by: @Pinkmaash

Styling & creative direction by me

Shot with @dejaeboni

Helloo everyone, happy new year! How are we feeling the first week of January, 2021? The world's been pretty eventful thus far, but that doesn't stop us from putting our best fits forward! With that being said, I want to get in to the latest shoot I did with Naika, a super sweet and talented photographer from Brooklyn, NY. We collabed on this shoot and received a lot of love from it, including a shoutout from Aleali May. If you guys aren't familiar with her creative work check her out on IG @AlealiMay. To receive a shoutout from someone whose style is so well-respected means sooo much to me! Naika really brought this idea to life and I love that for us!!!

I asked Deja to be my muse for this shoot because I feel like we compliment each other super well and I literally saw this vision from the moment I put the looks together. I think I was pretty spot on with my predictions!

The colors and detail, down to the hair really made this a standout shoot of mine. This is only the beginning of a beautiful and SUCCESSFUL journey. But getting back on track, let's get into the fit breakdown!

My vision with these looks was to go early 2000's, with the two buns, cropped tanks and baggy pants. Of course I added my own spin, using the belts as huge accessory in these looks. I wanted each of our color schemes to be opposite yet still able to compliment each other well on camera.

Deja's look includes a tank from early 2000's brand "Happy Bunny," which is one of my favorite parts of this look. I wanted to channel that preteen era where we used to wear these bunny tanks with the sassy quotes. When it came to the pants, I got both at a flea market in Cali. Unfortunately I never get their name which I'm so mad about! (Maybe the government will see this and randomly throw them on my IG timeline). You never know, they be listening! 👀

For the belt I wanted to stick with the blue and green theme for her look so I used this green and gold chunky snakeskin Moncler belt. For shoes we used a pair of bright and colorful Nike sneakers. At first I contemplated even using shoes for the shoot but it ended up working out actually with sneakers!

My look consists of a Playboy tank top, the flea market pants, Aleali May 1's and this beautiful fluffy B.B Simon belt. The belt really did it for me in this look!

I'm soo happy with how well this shoot was received and how beautifully Naika captured it. For me this shoot set the New Year tone and is a big motivator for me to continue what I'm doing and to continue coming up with new creative ideas! I'm so happy you guys loved it, I'll be back with some new work soon... promise! Talk soon guys!