Shepherd's Bush Seduction
"Vintage clothing dealer Pauline finds treasures at Shepherd's Bush Market, but when fashion photographer Marcus wants to shoot her collection, he discovers the real vintage beauty is her."
The stall was chaos organized into beauty. Sixties dresses, seventies jumpsuits, eighties glamour.
Marcus saw the clothes second. He saw Pauline first.
Thick and stunning in a vintage wrap dress, she moved through her merchandise like a curator in her kingdom.
"Yuh want something?" she asked.
"I want to shoot it. All of it. And you."
"Mi not for sale."
"I'm not trying to buy. I'm trying to collaborate."
The shoot happened in her storage lock-up. Clothes on racks, her modeling pieces she'd never wear for customers.
"Yuh not a model," he said.
"Obviously."
"No. I mean—you're better. Models try to be beautiful. You just are."
"Yuh good with words."
"I'm better with cameras. And even better with my hands."
His hands found their way to her. Between outfit changes. Then without outfits at all.
"Yes! Marcus! Right there!"
Vintage fabric everywhere, her thick body the perfect canvas for passion.
"Don't stop! Yuh making art!"
The photos sold for thousands. Fashion magazines called. Pauline became the face of vintage beauty.
"Yuh changed mi life," she said.
"You changed mine first." He kissed her. "Every frame, I only see you."
Marcus's fashion photography now features full-figured models exclusively.
Pauline consults on every shoot.
They live above her market stall.
Vintage love.
Never out of style.
Seduction complete.