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Last month, my friend , celebrity stylist Chaz E. Foley came by my NIKOLAKI studio to take some dresses and gowns for a photo shoot he was doing-- Little did I know that they were with one of my favorite Los Angeles models,
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Suwana Perry, whom I've known for YEARS--she's modeled in some of my runway shows and also "helps me out" every now and then and has her perfect figure available as my "Fit Model" for my FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Fit Class.
Here are the results---enjoy!
Photos by Ray Christian