The first day of shooting in Austin was a blast – we shot at the Mohawk Room with the Happen-Ins, and models Ashley Smith, Anastasia Khodkina and Jessica Mau took turns pretending to be in the band. Ashley was a natural on the guitar and Anastasia blew us away with her rockstar energy! With Alexandra (…) Read more »
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i’m with the band
Jul 08, 2011i know i’ve talked a lot about these guys over the past few weeks on the blog, what with our catalog release party and the free download, but today i wanted you to get to know the happen-ins from their mouths :) here’s a little slideshow interview with the band mixed in with some behind (…) Read more »
july catalog behind the scenes
Jul 07, 2011it was such a dream to be able to attend this shoot. (…) Read more »
the july catalog video!
Jul 05, 2011our july catalog video might be my favorite one yet…a visual ode to the live music capital of the world, austin, texas! lazy days on front porches strumming the guitar, hanging out backstage with bands before hopping onstage alongside them, walking hand-in-hand through the texas wild… this video definitely brings out my wannabe-70s-groupie side ;) (…) Read more »
july catalog sneak peek!
Jun 30, 2011i have been eagerly awaiting this book since april when we went to austin to shoot it! it drops tuesday, but here are some behind the scenes photos i took during the shoot to hold you over :) the july book was shot in austin, texas, by alexandra valenti and features models ashley smith, anastasia (…) Read more »

