* Etsy Edition * Elle Moss Photography *

I am so behind! I was looking back at my last Etsy Edition post and see it was almost three months ago (!). It was then I shared my love for the beautiful paper works offered in the PaperSchmaper Etsy shop of the super-talented Krissy, of whom I've become a pretty big fan, both personally and professionally.


In trying to get caught up with, well, just about everything I've regretfully neglected over the last three weeks or so, I logged on to Flickr tonight to check out new work from my list of contacts, Elle Moss included. Self-portraits are her well-honed specialty, and each one ends up capturing not only her very lovely likeness, but the stories silently spoken from within each frame.


Her Flickr portfolio is expansive, with many of the images also offered in her Etsy shop. While her latest works are particularly fetching, I think this one below, Family Portrait, is absolutely one of my favorites.


Not only for the content and composition, but also because, as Elle explains in response to comments, the beautiful yellow dress she's wearing, so long it drapes the floor, was a $2 Salvation Army find. Two dollars! It has that classic vintage feel, and looks just beautiful on her.

I have never, ever, had any luck finding garments at The Salvation Army, or any other thrift store. It's not that I haven't tried because I have a time or two (usually when Alysha will spontaneously say, "Let's go thrifting," although we haven't done it in years), but I've never found anything I really love, or if I do like something, that fits me properly. I also like to take a concentrated approach to shopping for clothes, taking no prisoners and getting in and out of the store in the least amount of time as possible. I think thrifting requires much more patience than that, and willingness to search through racks and racks for that one perfect piece just waiting to be found. Or maybe you can just walk into the store and there it is, calling your name, but that's never been my luck.

Knowing a little bit of the history behind the dress makes the piece that much more intriguing, as if kismet played some part in it finding its way to Elle, to be worn so gracefully and captured so beautifully. I love it!

Check out her Flickr photostream, or her Etsy store, and prepare to be wowed . . . Thanks, Elle!

[images © Elle Moss]