Holiday Glamour Goes Underground: A Speakeasy-Inspired Photoshoot

by Nakayla Shakespeare

PHOTOSHOOT CREDITS:

Creative Director: Renee Dee
Editor-in-Chief: Nakayla Shakespeare
Photographer: Mark Sacro
Hair/Makeup: Melissa Evans
Model: Shea, Ford Robert Black
Location: Tell Your Friends
Wardrobe: Fashion by Robert Black
ICONIC Team: Amalie Rhebeck, Madeleine Perich

November 24, 2025

A photo of a girl in a black velvet dress sitting on a vintage bar with the text: 'A Night in the Juice Joint'

This season, we’re channeling the decadent allure of the Roaring Twenties — where forbidden cocktails defined the night. Our latest editorial captures the thrill of a secret holiday soirée, blending vintage fashion and modern sophistication in a nod to speakeasy-style glamour.

This holiday season, we invite you to step back in time to the heyday of speakeasies, when indulging in a cocktail was taboo, but the thing to do, if you knew the right places. Feathers, furs and friskiness defined this time period. We wanted to convey a risqué ambiance that would mimic the feeling of going to a speakeasy during the holidays for a glamorous, secret soiree. To do this, we conducted this shoot at the popular Scottsdale speakeasy, Tell Your Friends, a location we feel perfectly encapsulates opulence and grandeur utilizing vintage fashion by the ICONIC Fashion by Robert Black.