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A Collection of Female Attire

The Collection: Panties
#1 – #3

 (Please note: This is the “archive” of the collection of shoot props (generally lingerie/womens attire somehow) that I have gathered over the last 11 years of my career.
They are catalogued by number, and description for now as well as any other relevant information about their individual histories- how I came to have the items, what shoots they might have been used for, etc.
The style in which I document an item may vary according to the type of garment/object it is).

The Collection - PANTIES - no.001 Catalogued for TheSofterSex#1 – Panties.
Size smallish, synthetic, lacy, dusty pink. High cut and dated, these knickers sit like a pair of high waited jeans from the late 80’s/early 90’s. I have no clue where they came from anymore and have also never used them in a shoot. 

The Collection - PANTIES - no.002 Catalogued for TheSofterSex

#2 – Panties.
Size tiny, red with silver shimmery elastic and stretch-mesh frills. My partner who co-owns his own online sex-shop had been sent a few sample freebies with an order of which this tiny pair was one. They were handed over to me for the collection. They are so small I’ve never found a woman that could actually fit into them.

The Collection - PANTIES - no.003 Catalogued for TheSofterSex

Kelly McLennan Playboy Photograph by Leah Hawker Cape Town Photographer

Kelly-McLennan-Miss-April-26-By-Leah-Hawker

#3 – Panties.
Sheer pink lace Brazilian style bum with a boy-short style cut front in cotton with multi-coloured stripes. Mr. Price, size small or medium, label cut out for shoot. One of a two pack. I bought these knickers for the Miss April Playboy Playmate shoot featuring Kelly McLennan in 2013. The theme was based on the concept “Postcards from Cape Town” and was all about local beaches and Summer vibes, thus the playful girlie knickers (mostly for the PR shots). Included are two of the images shot on Sunset Beach for the editorial.

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A Collection of Female Attire

The Collection: How It Began

I never intended to collect paraphernalia in this way and maybe I’m a bit of a hoarder or a sentimentalist but it began in 2005 as I started to work on my final body of work.

The images were of a staged nature, a scenario created and documented, and needed a lot of creativity when it came to making or solving problems related to backgrounds, props and attire on my female models, using a minimalist budget of course.

I kept all the materials in case I needed a re-shoot (everything shot on medium format roll-film with no photoshop) and I generally hand made and built most of the detail work where something didn’t exist already as I had it in my imagination.
I scoured resource shops like fabric stores, chinese bargain outlets, bead merchants etc and then after the body of work was completed I just started adding interesting and cool pieces to what I already had.

I began getting commissioned from private individuals shortly thereafter and so I just kept adding items I thought would also be useful.
Lingerie sales were my friend and my clients and friends, family and colleges started giving me items to add to the collection.

It is now a bizarre grouping of women’s attire, anything from sequined nipple caps to original nurses dresses, 70’s shaped nylon stockings, embroidered vintage  satin gloves, knickers from Pep, its all there packed into bags and suitcases.

Im not 100% on how to catalogue the items but I think that naming/describing, numbering, and breaking down basic info would be a good rule.

Lets go.

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