These are the best fashion catalogue shots I have seen in a while. Ernest Hemingway's great-grand daughter Dree on safari in Africa for Louis Vuitton (via Habitually Chic).
Glamorous camping or "glamping" is really popular thesedays, although I am well known for not being much of a camper. One of my sisters and her husband are very outdoorsey and spend a fair amount of their holidays sleeping outdoors with their young kids. Occasionally we meet up for a picnic lunch at some picturesque camping spot.
Recently we were invited to go camping in the Southern Highlands with some journo friends. Needless to say, It was not a great success. My husband and daughter loved it but I ended up sleeping in my all-wheel drive Volvo to escape the swarm of bees circling my tent and the air mattress from hell.
There were many snickers behind tin mugs the next morning and I have to admit I was almost hyperventilating to get back to Bowral for a coffee. The secret to comfortable camping, so they tell me, is to have all the right kit and you have to be sure you like it before investing.
I do like the safari "look" but prefer to enjoy it at arms length, preferably in the pages of a LV catalogue, thanks very much.
They are stunning shots aren't they! It's all about having the right gear I think... We've recently bought ourselves a tent and loads of stuff to go with it. Now understand why people who camp have trailers!!! P.S. And you DO need a great coffee - we take our Atomic! Pruxxx
ReplyDeleteGreat photos!
ReplyDeleteHee hee, I could so relate to your anecdote. I hate camping and I'm afraid that the glamping shots (as lovely as they are) doesn't make it any more appealing to me.
ReplyDeleteI only do the luxury tented camps in Africa. That's as far as I'm willing to go.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing, nothing like camping.