We shot our spring fashion spread on a rainy, chilly Monday last month. And if any of us weren’t ready for spring going into it, we certainly were once we saw the fun clothes and accessories bursting with color.Makeup artist Jenny Raele works her magic on model Evie Gery Runberg.

Fashion shoots are hard, particularly for the model and the photographer. It’s eight hours straight of hair, makeup, wardrobe switches, shoot and repeat. At the end of the long day, everyone involved is exhausted. But, assuming things go well, seeing the photos afterward is one of the most rewarding aspects of our of jobs. Plus, for a moment, we kind of feel like we work at Vogue, sans the icy stares of Anna Wintour.

Our team knocked it out of the park this time around. The location was perfect. Cypress on the Hill, a fairly new restaurant across from The Franklin Hotel on West Franklin Street, was designed to look like a hip, New York City restaurant. It’s light and airy and offers many backdrops for photos – from the circular booths to the dark blue textured walls in the back. Our model, Evie Gery Runberg, is not only a local gal but also an experienced model who knows the ins and outs of working a camera. Style Editor Corey Williams did a fantasticHair stylist Rachel Radford lends a hand as a lighting assistant. job of working with retailers to track down fabulous spring clothes in the middle of February – not an easy task, I promise you. The dresses represent a wide range of prices and styles, from the informal to the formal. But all of them are head-turning pieces.

Rachel Radford of D.B. Sutton and Jenny Raele dedicated their whole day to doing Evie’s hair and makeup, coming up with the perfect look for each outfit (I love the orange eyeshadow Evie’s wearing that brings out the colorful sequins of our cover dress from Hadley Emerson.). And, as always, photographer Briana Brough and art director Nancy Michelle used their creative eyes to find the best shots.

So be sure to check out our spring fashion feature in our March/April issue. In the meantime, enjoy this quick video. Despite the hard work that goes into them, fashion shoots are so very fun!

Spring fashion shoot from Andrea Griffith on Vimeo.