Izzy's third job was with Lipsy London. I didn't know they do children's clothing and at the shoot, I was told it is a fairly new thing. We were meant to travel all the way across London to the North west, and by itself we were meant to take more than an hour for our journey. But it turned out there were train delays that morning, and it took us almost 2 hours to arrive! I gave the agency a heads up, and I felt really bad as the agency was texting me to say they were still waiting for me. We ended up to be 40min late, though it was through no fault of our own.
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Taking the tube - travelling to the shoot location
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Hair & light make up
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Immediately they sat Izzy down for a light hair and make up. As expected she kinda froze cos to be fair, we rushed in and they whisked her to sit on the high chair and I think the speed of things caught her by surprise. I had to keep reassuring her that it was fine. No surprises there, she refused to smile and pose. She started by clinging onto me and we all had to coax her gently to sit down on her own. The cameraman Sam was really kind and patient with her. He made small conversations with her to ease her in and she did reciprocate. The assistants played her favourite Frozen songs and tried to make it as less daunting as possible.
Her first outfit was a unicorn top and bottom set. A pretty set which I later realised was pyjamas. I think it's too pretty to be classed as pyjamas though! The second one was a blue scuba material dress. Really sweet and dainty. Finally the last dress, the kind lady assistant allowed her to choose. As usual she chose the pink dress since pink is her favourite colour. For each outfit change, they would encourage her to smile and look happy. But nope, this was Izzy. At some point they asked to see her teeth (in a smiling mode) and she kept shaking her head. Sam had to ask "do you have teeth Isabelle?" and she shook her head! Oh dear dear...
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| Her second outfit |
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| Serious face on |
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| The pink dress she chose to model for her last outfit change |
Finally the pictures are published online!
It was close to 1pm when we both came out of the shoot and we were hungry and were in the middle of nowhere. We were surrounded by an industrial estate and a huge busy motorway. Thankfully we didn't need to wait too long for the bus to take us to the nearest tube station. I told Izzy we would head to Chinatown for some lunch before heading home. After lunch we popped into the Lego store where she had a great time posing for photos (see the stark difference in facial expressions!)
They had this cute product which we noticed everyone were crowding over some computer screens. Turns out, you could customise your own little Lego figurine for £11! It looked very cool. You could design the top (front and back), and choose so many different designs to be printed. Finally you could choose the hair, the bottom outfit (skirt, trousers) and even a side accompaniment. We drew something together for the Lego top, and wrote Iseballe's name on it. Then the kind lady brought her to choose the hair and bottom. She chose a red skirt, and a guitar. Then all we needed to do was wait for it to be printed. Within 10min, Izzy was holding her little customised Isabelle Lego figurine. She was so excited that she held it firmly in her hand when we went to bed that night.
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| Choosing her options whilst waiting for the top to be printed |
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