After a year of top secret photoshoots and long nights in the studio, we finally launched WMB 3D with a bang at Drai’s in Hollywood. We were honored to have so many of our celebrity friends come out to support us at our premiere issue launch event, including cover girl and guest-of-honor Kim Kardashian. As the crowd looked on, we presented Kim with framed 2D & 3D magazine covers and her very own blinged-out pair of rhinestone 3D glasses!  The party lasted until the wee hours until the crew finally passed out, grateful to have been able to take our place in history as the world’s first 3D magazine. It was a night to remember, we thank all those who came out to support!

When the lovely folks at Breast Cancer Charities of America told me that my dear friend, Layla Kayleigh, was selected for our next campaign shoot, I was thrilled. I’ve worked with Layla several times and she never takes a bad shot. The British accent doesn’t hurt either.

The shoot was effortless, with Layla bringing both compassion and humility to the screen in every shot. We joked that our first shoot was a fashion spread, and then we put her in lingerie for PETA, and now she’s, well, wearing a keychain. At this rate, our next shoot should be really interesting.

Thanks to Lia Shahrebani for coordinating the campaign, the Saglimbeni crew for creating a professional and comfortable environment for our star, and Gaby Ramos & Al Ingram for flawless glam.

The new BCCA campaign launched today, please support them by purchasing the keychain featured in photo!

Credits: Make-up by Gabriela Ramos, Hair by Al Ingram
Keychain available at the iGoPink store!

For the WMB 3D premiere issue fashion feature, we enlisted the help of celebrity fashion stylist Monica Rose and brought out Swedish fashion-model Therese Fischer for an apocalyptic shoot at an abandoned mining town. The first 3 images are from the 2D version of WMB, and the last image (Therese standing) is in 3D. This shoot has been getting a ton of circulation in the fashion world so I decided it deserved it’s own blog post.

Check out these great behind-the-scenes pics and video, and see the full fashion feature, Nuclear Summer, in Issue 1 of WMB 3D!

CREDITS:
Photography by NICK SAGLIMBENI
Fashion Stylist MONICA ROSE
Make-up by GABY RAMOS
Hair by ASHLEE ROSE for ArtMix Beauty
Production stills by JOYCE PARK for SlickforceStudio

I recently photographed rising starlets Kendall and Kylie Jenner at SlickforceStudio. Favorite stylist Monica Rose joined us to create some high-fashion imagery. You may have seen a sneak peek when the girls posted teasers on their blog.

I couldn’t have been more impressed with these two, given that they are only 15 (Kendall) and 14 (Kylie) years old. Something tells me they have a very bright future.

Check out some of the final images as well as behind-the-scenes from the shoot!

CREDITS:
Photos by NICK SAGLIMBENI
Styling by MONICA ROSE
Hair by JAKOB SHERWOOD
Makeup by GABY RAMOS

Host Marianna Hewitt takes you on the red carpet at the launch party for WMB 3D: World’s Most Beautiful at Drai’s in Hollywood!

Last night, the wonderful team at E! News revealed the 3D version of the premiere cover of the world’s first 3D magazine—World’s Most Beautiful. I’ve posted it here nice and big so you can really appreciate the 3D.

Now, here are my quick notes on maximizing the 3D experience:

1) Turn your monitor/phone/tablet up to max brightness (very important).

2) Turn off all lights or go to a dark room, so there are no visual distractions. You may even want to shrink this browser window to the size of the picture, to remove 2D distractions on the sides.

3) Put on your red-cyan 3D glasses (available at WorldsMostBeautiful.com).

Enjoy!

Here it is: the 2D cover of the premiere issue of WMB: World’s Most Beautiful! I’m both thrilled and honored to have my friend Kim Kardashian grace the cover of our first issue.

Issue 1 stunner Melanie Iglesias takes World’s Most Beautiful to the streets of Las Vegas to give the world their first glimpse of the 3D magazine. Available August 8 for iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy, Motorola Xoom, Evo, Thunderbolt, and most other Android phones, as well as in a Collector’s Edition print run.

Thanks to the help of my wonderful friends at E! News, the secret is out! The whole world now knows about WMB 3D: World’s Most Beautiful! The E! Online announcement coupled with the primetime E! News broadcast brought in so much traffic it crashed the entire family of Slickforce servers. And thanks to my stellar IT team, we were back up in a matter of minutes. Now that’s what you call one of those good problems.

See the official E! News press release here!

Hey guys, here’s a sneak peek at something really cool my team and I have been working on for the past year. This is the most rewarding project I’ve ever worked on, and it’s easily the most fun I’ve ever had as an artist. Thanks to everyone involved, many of whom will likely be familiar faces to you…more details coming soon. Enjoy!