Dark intrigue

“A palette of black and blood-red takes haute-chic looks over to the dark side. Mix gothic lace, velvet and hard-edged embellishment, and conjour this season’s poisonously sexy, feminine glamour.”

This girl has a serious air of Grace Jones about her. The juggernaut expression, full lips and arms and legs that seem to go on for miles all give pulse-quickening impact. The juxtapostion of her striking, angular physique against the rural English country garden backdrop – adorned in tactile textiles of sumptuous velvet, bewelled lace, heavy chainmail and delicate feathers - has a breathtaking effect, and shows off the statement pieces to their full, show-stopping potential.

[Publication: Harper’s Bazaar, Issue: December 2009, Title: Kiss of the spider woman, Photography: Jonas Bresnan, Styling: Vanessa Coyle]

Ruffle my feathers

"Give feminine Thirties sillouettes (sharp shoulders, nipped-in waists) a playful edge with Surrealist ruffles, scandalous shoes and shots of signature pink." Fierce!

Such an awesome day today! Assisted on a super-hetic, 11-hour shoot, helping out with styling, setting-up, props, coordingating products - anything and everything to keep me running around and busy all day - but it was amazing! I felt really confident and seemed to take to it like a duck to water. I was on a high for hours afterwards! Ahhh, if only I could keep this work experience job...

[Publication: Harper's Bazaar, Issue: September 2009, Title: Lady Dada, Photographs: Mark Pillal, Styling: Vanessa Coyle]

Oh, Claudia!

It’s only my third day of fashion work experience and I’m wounded. Already. After wearing ridiculous 6-inch heels yesterday, I’ve pulled a muscle in the back of my thigh and am now sporting a distinctly UN-fashionable crippled walk. Ouch, ouch, ouch! But what better way to get over the pain than to go to a land of make-believe... In the latest issue of Harper's Bazaar, the Chapman Brothers have created a bone tingling series of images, presenting Claudia Schiffer as a forties-style heroine cowering behind the forces of paranormal evil. *Cue evil cackle and blood curdling screams. MUCH happier now. Especially considering I’m not getting mauled by eerie-looking skeletons.

[Publication: Harper's Bazaar, Issue: November 2009, Title: Mystery in the moonlight, Art directors: The Chapman Brothers, Photographs: Michelangelo di Battista, Illustrations: Jon Rogers, Styling: Alison Edmund]