Models (left to right) Agathe Angel Chapman de Lussy, Blaise and Alice Pins wearing designs by Meihui Liu of Victim Fashion Street. Hats by Noel Stewart and Piers Atkinson. Shoes by Natacha Marro. Styled by Ann Shore in Oxfordshire
Photographer and LUX Contributing Editor Maryam Eisler’s latest series reimagines a romantic version of the ‘Sublime Feminine’ set amidst the idyllic Oxfordshire countryside, in collaboration with Meihui Liu, founder of up-cycled, ethical and sustainable design label Victim Fashion Street
Photography and words by Maryam Eisler
‘Shall I compare thee to a summer?s day"’  – Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare
Tell me of one who has visited the countryside on an English summer?s day, and not felt the magic of almost-temporal emotions evoked by the sheer beauty of its nature, reflected by sounds carried upon the wind. Follow LUX on Instagram: the.official.lux.magazine
The sound of cricket bats hitting balls in the distance. Of horses? hoofs trotting along bridle paths covered by foliage, casting a hundred shadows, dancing to a thousand songs sung by maidens returning from the fields, their good day?s work done. The land tended to, a bottle of warm cider washing down homemade bread and cheese, a pickle to perk-up the repast.
Hat by Noel Stewart. Shoes by Natacha Marro
Hat by Noel Stewart
Shoes by Natacha Marro
Afternoon tea, anyone"
Fast forward to the present, planting beauteous maidens anew in those same fiel...