Sage Musings

Ruminations on the sublime.

spring / summer 2020

A woman with curly hair wearing a green gingham bikini top, a matching skirt, and a yellow jacket with lace trim, standing in front of a floral mural background.

PHOTOGRAPHY Emily Soto

An elderly woman with long gray hair wearing a green patterned dress, holding a bunch of green onions or fennel, standing against a green backdrop.
An elderly woman with long gray hair is standing on a wooden floor against a green background, holding a bunch of green onions in her right hand, looking surprised or questioning, wearing a patterned yellow-green outfit and high heels.

BLOUSE and SHORTS Vaquera, TOP Flower Names, SHOES Maryam Nassir Zadeh, EARRING Dauphinette

A young woman with long brown hair stands in front of a sky-themed mural with clouds. She is wearing a sheer blue blouse, a colorful patchwork skirt, beige shoes, and carries a small orange backpack.

TOP, SKIRT, SHOES and BAG Maryam Nassir Zadeh

A woman holding a young girl against a green background. The woman has short curly hair and is wearing a colorful sleeveless top and floral pants. The young girl has light brown hair and is dressed in a pastel tie-dye dress, holding a green plant stem.

On Karin: BODYSUIT and TIGHTS Collina Strada, TOP Marland Backus, EARRING Dauphinette
On Holland: SHIRT Collina Strada

A woman with long curly red hair holding a small child with short light brown hair against a plain green background.

On Olivia: SHIRT Raquel Allegra, PANTS and APRON Collina Strada
On Holland: SHIRT Collina Strada

A woman with dark, wavy hair stands against a sky blue background with clouds. She is wearing a black revealing outfit with cutouts and red flame designs, decorated with pink and orange flowers and pearl strings.

BODYSUIT Rui Zhou

A person with a shaved head and tattoos stands against a backdrop of painted clouds, wearing colorful, patterned clothing and holding a cauliflower.

JACKET Dauphinette, TOP PH5, PANTS M Missoni, stylist’s own hoop earrings, SHOES Nicole Saldaña

STORY CREDITS
PHOTOGRAPHY Emily Soto, MODELS Joani Johnson, Coral at Unite Unite, Karin Pesikova at Identity, Ari Mann at Muse, Vineeta Maruri at Kollektiv Mgmt, Olivia Beeken at The Identity, Emma Loughran at The Inudstry Model Mgmt, and Holland Soto (baby), STYLIST Doria Santlofer, PROPS Campbell Pearson, HAIR Gabe Jenkins, MAKEUP Olivia Barad,
STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Victoria Vankesteren, PRODUCTION Misfits Market

HERO IMAGE CREDITS
JACKET Flower Names, TOP, SKIRT, and PANTS Maryam Nassir Zadeh, EARRING Dauphinette,
SHOES Suzanne Rae


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