Last week I hopped on a plane with a passport tucked under my arm and a ticket in my hand for Italy. The trip was to Verona for the Calzedonia runway show. For the uninitiated, Calzedonia is a wildly popular legwear and swimwear brand in Italy. Big models like Adriana Lima and Julia Roberts (who was in also in the audience at the show) are the stars of their campaigns and they have a huge following in Europe. Similar to the Victoria’s Secret show, they brought out all the stops for their runway show: famous models, choreographed dance routines, and a performance so impressive it had Julia Roberts clapping for the entire thirty minutes (trust me, I was oohing and ahhing right behind her). They also count fashion girls like Chiara Ferragni among their fans, who I able to interview at the show.
When I sat down with Chiara, I instinctively asked her about her secret for snapping the perfect selfie. After all, she’s the master, so how could I pass up an opportunity to find out her tricks? I asked her to spill her number one secret for taking a good selfie every time and she revealed: “I think it’s mostly about the light. So really in every room I am in, I kinda can see what the best light is to take a photo.” The worst mistake, I wanted to know? Snapping on with the “dark light in front of you.”
Makes sense. But I wanted to see it in action. When I asked her to take a photo with me she was a total pro. She had us quickly flip around on the interview couch to point our faces in the direction of the windows, telling me, “So for here—like when you have a window or natural light in front of you—it’s always so much better and so much more flattering to stand in front of that because you see just things that make your skin more radiant.” I didn’t hesitate to believe that the natural glow of the window was the ultimate lighting for a selfie. She then grabbed my iPhone, holding it at the perfect 45 degree angle and snapped just a few photos. And in all of them our skin was glowing and perfectly lit—definitely radiant. No weird shadows, no harsh lines, no retouching required.
Go on to see my photo with Chiara Ferragni and standout looks from the Calzedonia leg show.
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