My name is Amber Mortensen. I am a wardrobe stylist, writer, graphic designer, photo editor, amateur photographer and owner of PainfullyHip.com.
My site, styling and photography have been featured by Bust Magazine, in Lucky Magazine (Sept '09), N.E.E.T. Magazine (Sept '09), Modepass Magazine, Sacramento Magazine (Nov '08 "Best of" Issue)
http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/10/che … lossed-up/ and multiple times in the News and Review
http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/06/snr … ht-stuff/, who hired me as their freelance fashion writer. I've written and styled several fashion articles and photoshoots for them:
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/se … mp;sa=+GO+
One collection I shot myself won the Crossroads Trading Company Fashion Photography Contest (Second Place out of 1,654 entries) and and is now in their national print ad campaigns all over the West Coast.
http://crossroadstrading.com/cm/Contest … -Bios.html The same shoot was chosen as the venerable FashionPhotographyBlog.com Shot of the Week.
http://fashionphotographyblog.com/2009/ … mortensen/
I am always available for freelance styling projects and am willing to travel for any opportunity as long as my expenses are covered.
PainfullyHip.com receives 30,000 unique visitors per month. I like to promote the shoots I style on my site. If your clothing or your work is featured in an editorial, we will provide a link to your MM profile, or any other site you would like to promote. I also accept advertisers. My rates are here:
www.painfullyhip.com/advertise
Please send me an email at painfullyhip@gmail.com for more information.
Thank you for reading!
**TRAVEL**
I travel frequently, and will try to keep you updated with my plans here.
Hairstylists, models, designers, MUAs, photographers... Get at me if you want to work with me in any of the following cities! I am on tour with Agent Ribbons on a very tight schedule (
http://www.myspace.com/agentribbons ), but it's possible we can work out night time shoots if you're game - I know I always am!
San Francisco - Nov 20-23
Modeling and styling for fashion editorial for the SF Visitors Bureau. Looking for a hairstylist and local clothing designers. Please contact me if interested in TFP and online promotion by Painfully Hip.com and the SFVB.
Nov 27 to Dec 2 - Chicago, IL
Dec 3 - Fredericktown, Missouri
Dec 4 to 5 - Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 6 - Oklahoma City, OK
Dec 8 - Phoenix, AZ
Dec 10 - Los Angeles, CA
Dec 11 - San Diego, CA
Dec 13 to Jan 4 - Sacramento, CA
