Room 2D

Photo-story by Julie Holmes from Februs 13 It had been a great shoot: the garments were a perfect fit, the lighting had actually worked and the girls had followed all his instructions. He’d use that again, the photographer said as he handed over their fee — and for once he was sincere. Their image changed drastically as they shed the filmy satin lingerie they had been modelling and switched back to their day clothes. They were both highly-attractive young women and the jeans-and-t-shirt and summer-frock ensembles enhanced their girl-next-door looks, but still there was something of the butterfly-reverting-to-a-caterpillar in their altered appearance. Back at the flat they curled up cosily on the sofa to look at the Polaroids from the shoot. Seeing themselves glammed up always brought on fits of giggles — a mixture of pride and embarrassment at their tarty potential. It was always hard to identify with the images ...