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Behind the Scenes - Classic Beauty

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Style editor Ayoka Lucas and photographer Peter Frank make final tweaks to Ashley Hinshaw’s dress and necklace so nothing detracts from the final shot. Photograph by Zach Suggs.
Style editor Ayoka Lucas and model Ashley Hinshaw chat while hair and makeup artist Ashley Brook Perryman works the model’s hair into a nostalgic voluminous updo. Photograph by Zach Suggs.
The process of getting the gowns from one location to the next and keeping them clean involves a golf-cart and some strategic handholding! Photograph by Jean Piot.
While setting up for the first day of shooting, the crew looks on while style editor Ayoka Lucas and editor Melissa Bigner make their picks from the lineup of bridal gowns. Photograph by Jean Piot.
For an ’80s glam meets goddess look, hair and makeup artist Ashley Brook Perryman and style editor Ayoka Lucas works a feather and gold headband into model Ashley Hinman’s hair. Photograph by Jenn Hair.
A monsoon means its time to make the golf-cart over with towels and tarp. Photograph by Jenn Hair.
Keeping this Vera Wang dress clean is a three-person job—model included. Photograph by Zach Suggs.
Hair and makeup artist Ashley Brook Perryman touches up model Ashley Hinshaw’s lips before a shot while simultaneously trying to not step on the dress’s two-foot train. Now that’s skill! Photograph by Zach Suggs.
Survival tip for a wet wedding shoot (or rainy wedding for that matter)? Wellies! Ashley Hinshaw donned editor Melissa Bigner’s rubber boots and tada! to a new trend. Photograph by Zach Suggs.
Wedding shoots have made style editor Ayoka Lucas a pro at buttoning long long long rows of buttons. Photograph by Jenn Hair.
Style editor Ayoka Lucas tucks our trusty tarp under another dress before the shot to keep the hemline fresh and free from the dirt that coats the basement floor. Photograph by Zach Suggs.
Even alabaster skin like that of model Ashley Hinshaw needs a little evening out with base. Photograph by Zach Suggs.
Style intern Camille takes a Polaroid of every element the model wears for inventory and captioning purposes. So many shoes and accessories mean a lot of organization. Photograph by Jenn Hair.
Photograph Peter Frank Edwards (background) and assistant Josh Zoodsma (foreground) work the camera equipment while waiting on the model to arrive from wardrobe, hair, and makeup. Photograph by Jean Piot.
Ashley Brook Perryman says the natural light is the best thing for applying makeup—naturally! Photograph by Jenn Hair.
Because gowns are on loan from New York designers and local boutiques, we have to protect them from stains and wear. Thus, editor Melissa Bigner and editorial assistant Nicole Noble tucked a tarp and picnic blanket under this gown so the model could stand carefree in a sopping wet patch of post-monsoon grass. Photograph by Jenn Hair.
After styling all morning, hair and makeup artist Ashley Brook Perryman, style editor Ayoka Lucas, and model Ashley Hinshaw are all about the lunch menu. Serious—very serious—business! Photograph by Jenn Hair.
Awww! Long, yet successful shoot days bring style editor Ayoka Lucas and editor Melissa Bigner to a happy place. Photograph by Jenn Hair.
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