Model Gracie van Gastel goes back to the farm in Joost Vandebrug’s atmospheric new short.
Gracie van Gastel makes a play for best-dressed farmhand in Joost Vandebrug‘s fashion film, Fryslân. Channeling all-natural, otherwordly simplicity, the Canadian beauty wears a series of jersey and denim looks from brands like Marques Almeida and Kinder Aggugini before quite literally letting her hair down in the bath. A girlish updo by Amber-Rose Peake and windswept, youthful make-up by Gina Blondell complete the impression of a girl on the farm in the middle of her chores.
“Fryslân is a farmer’s province in Holland, where Joost grew up,” stylist Tom Eerebout explains. “I’m from a small village in Belgium as well. That’s what girls there dress like – on a farm, you have to choose practicality above style. But
in the bathtub at the end, you see she’s an actual woman, not an innocent girl.”
Filmed on location in Kent, at the Christmas Tree Farm (yes, it’s called the Christmas Tree Farm all year round), posed some interesting challenges. “We did all the hair and make-up in a barn, with the goats right next to us,” Eerebout says. “But Gracie is from Canada and she actually grew up on a farm, so she was really good with them. It was only the donkeys she was a little afraid of, because they can bite your hand off!”
Director: Joost Vandebrug
Stylist: Tom Eerebout
Hair: Amber-Rose Peake using BUMBLE AND BUMBLE
Make-up: Gina Blondell using CHANEL
Model: Gracie Van Gastel from ELITE
Look 1: Shirt by HUSSEIN CHALAYAN, dungarees and clogs by KINDER AGGUGINI, wool socks by ASOS, hairnet from PAKS
Look 2: Knitted cardigan by CRAIG LAWRENCE, wool jumper by MARGARET HOWELL, jeans by ASHISH, sandals by MARQUES ALMEIDA
Look 3: Coat by MARQUES ALMEIDA, white knitted dress with collar by SISTER BY SIBLING, skirt and shoes by MARGARET HOWELL
Look 4: Knitted dress by CRAIG LAWRENCE
Look 5: Shirt by KINDER AGGUGINI, denim apron by MARQUES ALMEIDA, skirt by VIVIENNE WESTWOOD RED LABEL
Look 6: Denim shirt by MARGARET HOWELL, dress by HOLLY FULTON
Look 7: Dress by MARQUES ALMEIDA, clogs by KINDER AGGUGINI, wool socks by ASOS
Look 8: Shirt by VIVIENNE WESTWOOD RED LABEL, dress with lace detail by ALBERTA FERRETTI