Woman Free Article


We took our fashion inspo this month from Funny Face and went for Audrey Hepburn’s nerdy girl look (shot at Lamplight Books, Auckland).

Tucked-in shirts and loafers. Romance in the stacks. It’s true that I found love in a bookstore once. Sorry for the meet-cute, but it can happen. He was tall and handsome with glasses, and smiled when he talked. More importantly, he was a writer. If it was a different era, he would have had ink-stained fingertips. As it was, he had beautiful hands and could play tennis well. He wore baggy ivory trousers and used the word ā€œneatā€ in the same way people say cool. He loved Elvis and Duke Ellington and Dusty Springfield. He had a thing for Russell Hoban and Alice Munro. He knew all the New Zealand writers. We didn’t really have a ā€œfirst dateā€, we just let the shelves collapse until we were on the same page. It was inevitable, really. There was a bunker below the shop and a mezzanine floor. Both offered places to get to know each other better. In the beginning, every book made me blush and every line was a poem. Lastly, we knew the end of a story is really everything. Reader, I married him.

PHOTOGRAPHY: LUKE HARVEY

MODEL: HANNAH GRACE

MAKE-UP: CHANELLE ALDRIDGE

STYLING & WORDS: SUSANNA ANDREW

a dark haired model lying down with a book
Maggie Marilyn long-sleeved T-shirt, $125; Kate Sylvester Elissa trouser, $439; Hereu Alber loafers, $749 from FABRIC.
a model wearing a brown jacket holding books behind her back
Vintage Zambezi, stylist’s own; Kowtow culottes, $249; Issey Miyake United Nude Edition boots, $650 from Lineage.
a model wearing a plaid shirt and skirt in a bookstore window
Loclaire Dunes long- sleeve shirt in biscuit, $269 from Lineage; Play shirt in black grid, $289 from Kowtow; Lucia skirt in black grid, $329 from Kowtow; Issey Miyake United Nude Edition boots, $650 from Lineage.
a model in a black dress and glasses standing in a bookstore
Garrett Leight Moscot Vantz glasses, $545; Loclaire Eclipse dress $549 from Lineage.
a model wearing a pink knitted vest and white shirt sitting in a bookstore
Heaven sweater tank, $109.90 from Levi’s; Ella shirt, $229 from Kowtow; Triangle skirt in earth denim, $329 from Kowtow.
a woman wearing a patterned blazer sitting with stacks of books
Anine Bing Kaia blazer in houndstooth, $659 from FABRIC; Standard Issue merino tulle skivvy in sage, $229; Toteme deep-pleat trousers in mink, $549 from FABRIC.
a woman leaning against glass wearing a grey suit
Gingham blazer by Kate Sylvester, $399; Toteme shirt in Bloody Mary, $469 from FABRIC; Toteme deep- pleat trousers in mink, $549 from FABRIC; Hereu Alber loafers, $749 from FABRIC.
a woman in a cardigan leaning on a bookshelf ladder
Cos slim-fit merino wool turtleneck top, $110; Loobie’s Story Chelsea cardi in oatmeal, $279 from Smith & Caughey’s.
Maggie Marilyn long-sleeved T-shirt $125; Kate Sylvester Elissa trouser in tan, $439; Hereu Alber loafer in black, $749 from FABRIC.


{"email":"Email address invalid","url":"Website address invalid","required":"Required field missing"}
>