vanessa jackman for grazia it
I've always wanted to be a girl next door. The way people use that term, I think it means something quite marvelous. It conjures up these ideas of brightness, of light, of friendliness and open-ness and all the good qualities you hope and want and need in a neighbour. I think that's one of the reasons why I love my friend Vanessa Jackman's raft of amazing, amazing photos for Grazia IT entitled "it-girls, girls next door". It's clever on two levels. Obviously, it's Grazia IT, therefore having IT-girls is a little bit of a fashion-y in joke. But it's clever also because Vanessa has chosen girls next door of the internet generation. These are the bloggers, the models, the photographers, the stylists who you want to comment on your blog and take your picture and hang out with. Not just because they're super stylish and genetically blessed. But because they're good fun, too. That's the thing about girls next door. It's not enough for them to just look good. They have to act the part as well. Vanessa captures this side of the it-girl, effortlessly pretty and yet wholly engaging. I defy you not to really, really, really love these photos.
Vanessa has featured some of my favourite bloggers, like Claire from Young Shields, Peony from Peony Lim, Candice from Style Magnolia and Cara who has a cute as a button tumblr. Vanessa shot them with a film camera and you can tell - these dreamy, ethereal photos have that vintage quality to them that makes them hard to place, temporally and spatially. The only thing I know is that I want my every day to look like this, lolling about with red apples and cupcakes, fresh flowers and beautiful clothes.
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