solo act

a confrontation of structure and self. this is masculinity, stripped from its origin and redressed in skin, lace, and the silent defiance of a woman who knows the weight of her presence.

shot under stark light and sharp shadows, this story explores a visual tension between control and exposure. silhouettes are angular, tailored within an inch of discipline—then undone with sheer fabric, exposed seams, and skin that doesn't ask for permission to be seen. blazers don’t shield her, they frame her, a capsule story where styling becomes strategy.

expression meets structure in a language entirely her own. the palette is cold, whites, blacks, sharp reds. hair is gelled, sculpted like armor. it doesn’t drip, it doesn’t move. it’s control, lacquered. makeup is minimal but deliberate, stripped back to let her presence speak without interruption.

she doesn’t soften the lines, she sharpens them. masculine codes become a dialect, spoken fluently, then bent, then silenced. this isn’t about duality, it’s about dominion. and the unapologetic embrace of both masculine edge and sensuality.

her body is the statement, her gaze the punctuation.

published by House of Solo magazine

Photographer Carlos Lumiere

Stylist Stella Valentine

Makeup & Hair Jonas Dias

Model Etienne Maclaine


conceptual direction & reference board