Fashion and Editorial Photography: Sixteen Tales from Around the World
Sixteen stories. Eight cities. One creative journey.
Sixteen Tales is a 188-page fashion photography book by Paul Tocatlian, shaped by place, identity, and collaboration across four continents.
Travel from California and New York to Paris, Saigon, Seoul, Bali, Melbourne, and Los Angeles, then discover the people and decisions behind each chapter.
188
Pages
16
Visual tales
8
Cities
4
Continents
An Audio Introduction
An 11-minute guide to the book, its stories, and the creative journey behind them.
The Book
Every city changes the story.
Across eight locations, shifting light, pace, and creative encounters give each of the book’s sixteen tales its own visual character.
Sixteen Tales
Read the stories behind every chapter, arranged as four editorial acts. Every original feature, image, and destination remains available.
Act I · California to New York
The journey opens in California and expands into the pace, spectacle, and transformation of New York Fashion Week.
Chapter 01
Little Red
In Northern California’s redwoods, Mary Jayne becomes Little Red beside Nymeria the wolf. Strength, trust, and a custom crimson dress recast a familiar tale as a partnership rather than a pursuit.
Chapter 02
Garage Interlude at Niles Flying A
A classic Niles garage gives Stacy Huang’s story its retro texture. Light, strong lines, and nostalgic details frame an assured editorial of quiet confidence, later featured in FIGGI Magazine.
Chapter 03
A Journey to Miss Glamorous International
Alauna Jaden Ramos-Torres moves through San Francisco landmarks before Miss Glamorous International. Her own wardrobe and quiet presence shape a personal story of grace, growth, and anticipation.
Chapter 04
New York Fashion Week
Backstage and on the runway with Bach Mai at New York Fashion Week, saturated color meets raw emotion. The story captures fashion as performance, meticulous craft, and living spectacle.
Act II · Paris to Saigon
Parisian formality gives way to heritage, movement, and the first spark that began on the streets of Saigon.
Chapter 05
Fashion Meets Form at Palais Royal
At Paris’s Palais Royal, Meera wears Aquatico Clothing Company against ordered architecture. Sequins, stone, and quiet, careful poise come into balance through presence rather than performance.
Chapter 06
The Parisian Studio
Soft morning light fills a quiet Paris studio as Tina prepares in designs by Scott Braxton and Ultease. The story holds the calm, poise, and anticipation before the day begins.
Chapter 07
Rooted in Heritage
Inside the incense-filled courtyards of Bà Thiên Hậu Pagoda, Vân wears her own áo dài. Stillness, heritage, reflection, and memory shape a portrait of beauty grounded in place.
Chapter 08
Where It All Began in Saigon
Trịnh moves from a quiet Saigon coffee shop to the color of Bến Thành Market. This spontaneous first photoshoot carries the warmth, grace, and discovery that began the journey.
Act III · Seoul to Melbourne
Street style, new voices, tropical calm, and a quiet Australian hideaway reshape the book’s visual language.
Chapter 09
Fashion as Expression in Ihwa-dong
Mei brings a Bach Mai gown to the hillside streets of Ihwa-dong, Seoul. Murals, worn steps, and quiet confidence reveal how bold personal style can speak clearly without explanation.
Chapter 10
Generation Next
Minhee moves through Seoul’s Dongdaemun Design Plaza, framed by sweeping curves, glowing corridors, and warm wood. Movement and trust give the futuristic setting a distinctly human rhythm.
Chapter 11
Spotlight on Smaranika Nikki Sarangi
At Casa Nomada in Bali, Pinky Mutiara wears a sculptural design by Smaranika Nikki Sarangi. Tropical calm and confident form meet in an image later featured on VANGUARD Magazine’s cover.
Chapter 12
Melbourne Hideaway
A steel-and-shadow corridor in Melbourne sets the mood for Hannah Do. Light, symmetry, and quiet presence shaped the portrait, later featured on VIGOUR Magazine’s cover with an accompanying interview.
Act IV · California, Recast
The final act returns to California with glamour, grit, personal expression, music, and a vivid closing portrait.
Chapter 13
Glamour at the Mission San Juan Capistrano
At Mission San Juan Capistrano, Jingyao Wang brings elegance and edge to historic surroundings. High fashion and modern swimwear meet in a story featured on MALVIE Magazine’s front and back covers.
Chapter 14
Glamour Recast on Rodeo Drive
Ngán walks Rodeo Drive in a rose-covered SIXDO gown, carrying an unmistakably personal confidence. Tradition, glamour, and iconic Los Angeles polish meet entirely on her terms.
Chapter 15
Racks, Grit, and Personal Expression
Lonie turns a store and working garage into a private runway. Streetwear, oil-stained texture, and instinctive movement create an unfiltered story of attitude, grit, and self-expression.
Chapter 16
Bright Blue Shining Star
Fashion, music, and emotion converge in the Bay Area as Stacy wears a luminous Braxton gown. Inspired by Khaysie’s song, the story explores how color, sound, and presence can carry feeling.
Making the Book
The finished book grew through selection, sequencing, revision, and publication. These three moments trace that process from early idea to release.
Photo Selection Over Coffee and Prints
The book begins with 415 prints spread across a table, coffee nearby, and the careful work of finding the sixteen stories that belong together.
Announcing Sixteen Tales
A quiet idea becomes a public project: sixteen fashion and editorial stories shaped across Paris, Bali, San Francisco, and the encounters between them.
The Sixteen Tales Press Release
The official release introduces the finished 188-page book, its sixteen visual tales, and the international collaborators who helped bring the project into print.
Interactive Preview
Step inside the finished book.
Preview the publication, revisit the places and collaborators behind it, then continue to Mixam when you are ready to order your copy.
Credits & Collaborators
Sixteen Tales is the work of an international creative community. Open the complete credits to explore the models, designers, stylists, artists, producers, and partners behind every chapter.
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Credits
With heartfelt gratitude to all the models, designers, stylists, and creatives who brought each chapter to life.
Foreword
- Model: Laura Giraudi
- Fashion Designer: Smaranika Sarangi
- Jewelry Designer: Butones Jewelry
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Introduction
- Model: Kellie Mozelle
- Fashion Designer: Monique Zhang
- Hair & Makeup Artist: Francoise Zhang
- Stylist Assistant: V
- Stylist Assistant: Yasmine Ozocan
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 1: Little Red
- Model: Mary Jayne
- Dog: Nymeria
- Fashion Designer: BRAXTON
- Jewelry Designer: Butones Jewelry
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 2: Niles Flying A
- Model: Stacy Huang
- Wardrobe & Styling: Kisau Clothing Collection
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 3: Miss Glamorous
- Model: Alauna Jaden Torres
- Wardrobe & Styling: By the Model
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 4: New York Fashion Week
- Event Organizer: CFDA NYFW
- Runway Models: As Presented During the Show
- Fashion Designer: Bach Mai
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 5: Palais Royal
- Model: Meera X Jiao
- Fashion Designer: Aquatico Clothing Company
- Jewelry Designer: Belamour Bijoux by Miae Nelson
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 6: The Parisian Studio
- Model: Tina
- Swimwear (First Look): ULTEASE
- Wardrobe (Second Look): By the Model
- Fashion Designer (Third Look): BRAXTON
- Art Fashion Jewelry: Belamour Bijoux by Miae Nelson
- Avant-Garde Jewelry: Tom Basler
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 7: Ba Thien Hau Pagoda
- Model: Nguyen Van
- Wardrobe & Styling: By the Model
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 8: Take One: Saigon
- Model: Truong Trinh
- Wardrobe & Styling: By the Model
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 9: Ihwa-dong
- Model: Wang Mei Li
- Fashion Designer: Bach Mai
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 10: Dongdaemun Design Plaza
- Model: Hee
- Wardrobe & Styling: By the Model
- Production Assistant: Hannah Do
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 11: Casa Nomada
- Model: Pinky Mutiara
- Fashion Designer (First Look): Smaranika Sarangi
- Fashion Designer (Second Look): BRAXTON
- Fashion Designer (Third Look): Bach Mai
- Production Assistant: Hannah Do
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 12: Melbourne Hideaway
- Model: Hannah Do
- Wardrobe & Styling: By the Model
- Jewelry Designer: Butones Jewelry
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 13: The Mission
- Model: Jing
- Fashion Designer: BRAXTON
- Swimwear: ULTEASE
- Jewelry Designer: Belamour Bijoux by Miae Nelson
- Hair & Makeup Artist: Sarah Lee
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 14: Rodeo Drive
- Model: Ngan
- Fashion Designer: SIXDO
- Production Assistant: Hannah Do
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 15: The Urban Outfitter
- Model: Loni
- Wardrobe & Styling: By the Model
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
Chapter 16: Bright Blue Shooting Star
- Featured Artist: Khaysie
- Featured Song: Bright Blue Shooting Star
- Model: Stacy Huang
- Fashion Designer: BRAXTON
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
One More Thing
- Featured Artist: Cassandra Amor Wells
- Also Featuring: Khaysie
- Jewelry Designer: Butones Jewelry
- Hair & Makeup Artist: Hoeli Hair Salon
- Event Organizer: The Next Bay Area Runway
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian