STUCK IN SUBURBIA

Maisie Daniels
Dec 19, 2023
1 min read

CREATIVE DIRECTION LILY MAGUIRE - PHOTOGRAPHY LAURA DESTER - STYLING ESTHER ZHANG - MUA SAINT MARETTO - HAIR LUCA APOSTOLOS - PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT LAURA GAGGERO MODELS OLUNIBE MORGAN + LILY MAGUIRE

'Stuck in Suburbia' photographed by Laura Dester and fronted by Olunibe Morgan and Lily Maguire explores, celebrates and brings joy to queer identity in even the most mundane of environments.

In Lily Maguire's (creative director) own words the story speaks to "the experience of being forced by high London rent prices to move back to your family home in your twenties as a queer neurodivergent creative, displaying club kid aesthetics in the suburbs of Greater London!"

Lily wears bikini by NALIMIA; shoes STYLIST'S OWN

Lily wears hat TRACK7; rings IMI STUDIO; cigarette holder + blazer 24ANS

Olunibe wears backless top NII HAI; pants + boots STYLIST'S OWN

Lily wears bikinis PRAYING + NII HAI; shrug CHIP CHIP SHOP; coat, legwarmers + suspenders STYLIST'S OWN; shoes ACNE STUDIOS

Lily wears dress DIJÁGO STUDIOS; flower necklace MAGI SAID; shoes STYLIST'S OWN

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