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Blown cover shoot - behind the scenes

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So as you may already know this year in uni I am embarking on a group project and creating the new Platfform magazine. We have been lucky enough to have Ric Bower as one of our lecturers. Ric is founder and editor of the welsh fashion magazine Blown. As Wales is not exactly well known for it's fashion scene, Ric had worked wanders on getting up and coming talents published in his magazine.  Yesterday myself and two other course members were lucky enough to tag along with Ric to the shoot for the cover of his next issue! It was shot at Tactile Bosch studios, which is an amazing setting for edgy and stylish shoots (unfortunately it's closing down soon) but as soon as we walked in we knew that the shoot was going to look amazing! Even though the building wasn't exactly in great condition, the space and light and the structure created by the beams was amazing. We then got to watch as Ric and his team started to set up and prepare for the shoot. We had n...

I love Fake

"When you are young you are immortal and invulnerable. Well, okay, that’s not actually true, but that is exactly how you feel. Every day you wake up, mind clear and body fit and able, ready to face the new day with a smile and a greeting of ‘what did we get up to last night!?’.  The whole world is an adventure – you may well have a job that only just makes ends meet, but that doesn’t matter. You’re out on your own, exploring everything freed from obligations and preconceptions, ready to do what you want when you want. This is the spirit that can be found in the pages of I Love Fake, and it’s quite simply one of the most wonderful feelings in the world. Nothing fazes the young, they have a whole life still ahead of them to live, and they’re going to have fun doing so.  One day you wake up, back a little sore, head a little achy, and you start to realise that you’re getting old. Before long middle-age hits you like a brick to the back of the head. Get out there whilst...