Photogs provide clothing for shoot?

[Jeff_Green]

Okay, I have been wondering this for a little while now and thought I would ask it to the great guys and gals here.

When I am out and about town or online and I come across some clothing that I may think would work into an idea for a shoot I tend to buy it (if it's cheap enough!) and wait around for me to find someone it would work with. Do you other photographers do that or do you just let the model know what you want to shoot and leave it to them to provide the "costume"? Sometimes I provide the clothing for the shoot and afterwards let them take it with them but I'm leaning away from that now just because it takes the possiblility out of using that again. I guess at the same time it keeps me from having pictures taken with the same clothing on different girls though!

Any thoughts?

Jeff

[Alyson]

I do kids, so overwhelmingly they wear their own. That said- I do sometimes do some shots in a tutu or hat or something that I provide.

[Dokk]

Every studio photographer that I know of has a dressing room with various articles of clothing hanging on a rod somewhere. A few hats tend to be lying around too. Provide when you want but let them bring thier own too and build from there.