Marrakesh Morocco: and a tale of magazine fashion shoot at Peacock Pavilions

 It's always a pinch-me thrill when Peacock Pavilions is chosen as a Marrakech shoot location for a magazine.  We were ridiculously excited this past year when Swedish lifestyle magazine, Femina, selected our place as their feature shoot location for all their Spring and Summer issues.  We were in an amazing four issues!  

I wanted to share a few shots, featuring beautiful model Claudia Raba, as a follow on to some images I shared earlier with gorgeous model, Ingrid Wrissley.  

In this shot you can see some of my crazy bone collection on my bar made out of old Persian mashroobiya salvage.  You can also see some black and white photography I've collected over the years.  Claudia is sitting on a wedding blanket pouf from my shop, Red Thread Souk (Contact me or leave a comment if you'd like a custom wedding blanket pouf of your own.)

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I loved these beaded sandals.  They are hanging along side my vintage record beads from Ghana.

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 In our outdoor pool cabana at Peacock Pavilions.

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Behind Claudia you can see part of my collection of original French color newspaper covers that tell the story of the French colonial period.  My earliest cover is from 1862!  I have over 20 of these -- my Dad gifted me with the complete collection.

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 Claudia is sitting on a vintage sequined bed cover I bought in Udaipur, India.

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The room of the Moorish Muse at Peacock Pavilions is dedicated to the Berber feminine mystique!  Antique Asian blue/green armoire.

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Claudia is sitting in a vintage peacock chair that I bought by the side of a Moroccan beach road. 

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Among the olive branches and in front of the striped stairs in the Peacock Pavilions pool.  A Paul Smith shirt inspired the stripes!

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PS Love the styling by Sarah Thornqvist.  What look would you wear?  

Photographer Helene Linsjo