how it all started....

It was After Six and we were about to close our doors when in walked a cute little petite girl.  Barely open a week, we were still overly excited to have someone in the store even after hours. She kept apologizing that we were about to close, but continued to float from rack to rack.  She was entranced with the array of colors, which pretty much sums up Ms. Elle Olivia; always entranced or “In the Zone” when her creative brain is racking up potential images for photography.  You see, for me, I get “in the zone” looking at fabrics. When I look at fabrics, I see dresses. I’m pretty sure when Elle looks at outfits, she imagines photos. A photo idea pops up for every oufit she sees!

To make a long story short, this is how our relationship began with Ms. Elle from Elle Olivia Photography that one day After Six... 

Elle from Elle Olivia Photography

Talented and devoted to her photography passion, Ms. Elle Olivia has done amazing work capturing the essence of My-Kim.  And only someone as talented as her could create images in places you NEVER thought would work.  She started out in our sitting room....

and then to a bush in front of our store....

... to a run down peeling side of a building, to the back patio of a neighboring bar..... 

and ended up where it all started, in the very back inventory room of My-Kim! Wherever it may be, this girl could make it work!

And yes, those are cellphones, a cracker box, and a wallet holding down the balloons!!!...we are very innovative here at My-Kim!lol

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So with all these great images and practice, we decided to venture a little further for the next location and no better place then South Carolina's very finest: Charming Charleston!!! 

So off the My-Kim crew went with a whole wardrobe and changing room in the back of our cars!! 

But little did we know that the weekend we picked would be FREEZING!!!

Our poor models trying their best to stay warm ;(

But good thing we had caramel macchiatos to keep us warm...thanks to Caroline's Mom ;)

MK, Caroline, and her sweet Mom that brought us Starbucks and Krispy Kreme  ;)


After a FREEZING morning shoot at the marina, we took a quick break for some Crab Cakes and Bloody Mary's....

A Charleston trip wouldn't be complete w/o crabcakes and bloody mary's!!!

Wing is a pro at holding the board!!!...Thanks Wing ;)

And finally after a longggg day of shooting and cute outfits, we wrapped up and couldn't be happier with how perfect everything went!

BIGGGG THANKS to Elle Anderson (photographer), Mary Kathryn Gatlin (makeup artist and planning everything out to a T), Kristen Prichard (hair stylist that whipped up dos faster then we could get the models to change), and our BEAUTIFUL models Caroline Fritze, Hannah Mazyck, and Mikal Sigourney Davis. 

The My-Kim team after a crazy day of shooting 25 outfits!!!

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We are super pumped about releasing our Spring Look Book 2013 just in time for Spring Break...here's a sneak peak....

Sneak Peak of sweet Caroline in the My-Kim Spring Look Book!!!

Stay tuned for the complete Look Book full of spring looks you'll be sure to fall in love with ;)

~ If it wasn't for that one day After Six, we would never have the opportunity to create these amazing photos. Thanks so much to Elle, for coming in that one day and becoming a part of our My-Kim family ;) ~

Thanks for reading, 

Denise My-Kim