PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS:
Photographer: Tawny Horton
WB: @tawnyhorton
Makeup Artist: Meshech Cheney
WB: @meshechmakeupartist
Wardrobe Stylist: Zhanna Akhetova
Fashion Designer: Illusions Lab
IG: https://www.instagram.com/illusionslab/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/illulab/
WB: https://www.illulab.com
Male Model: Mateo Ewell
WB: @mateo.ewell
Female Model: Muna Jiba
WB: @MunaTheModel
Where reality blurs and fantasy takes form, Secondary Illusion emerges — a editorial study in perception, texture, and transformation.
Solis Magazine presents an exclusive showcase that challenges the eye to look twice. Conceived by Fashion Designer: Illusions Lab, the story plays with trompe-l’œil silhouettes, sculpted layers, and garments that deceive and reveal in equal measure.
Captured by Photographer: Tawny Horton, the editorial unfolds in a dreamlike haze of shadow and soft light, where every frame feels like a memory just out of reach. Her lens finds the quiet power in the in-between — the moment before the illusion breaks.
Makeup Artist: Meshech Cheney sculpts skin into art, delivering ethereal, second-skin beauty looks that are both minimal and architectural — enhancing, distorting, perfecting. Styled to precision by Wardrobe Stylist: Zhanna Akhetova, each look is curated as an optical poem, balancing structure and fluidity.
At the center of it all, Male Model: Mateo Ewell embodies the muse of modern illusion — stoic, fluid, and utterly captivating.
Secondary Illusion is not about what you see, but what you think you see.
