About Me

(Photo - Vanessa Jackman)

I'm a seventeen year old student and part-time freelance writer living in a tiny village in the hills of rural England. These hills are home to trees, sheep and occasionally a tall girl picking a way across the fields in heels. The heels are strictly for photos though - I favour Chelsea boots or wellies for tramping through the grass. I tend to dress impractically for the countryside - mixing charity shop finds and my grandma's dresses with vintage treasures from market stalls.

I started Clothes, Cameras and Coffee in June 2009 on a day off from school, and it has gradually expanded from 'self style' posts to a platform where I write about my interests, with particular emphasis on literature, fashion and photography.
I attended a small town comprehensive school and am now thoroughly enjoying my time at a sixth form college. I will be studying English Literature at University after my A'levels, and my aspiration is to work towards being a full-time author and freelance journalist. I was the winner of the Vogue Talent Contest for young writers in 2011, and as part of the prize I worked for a month as a paid features intern at the magazine's headquarters. Following this, Vogue UK commissioned a three page article discussing scoliosis, spinal surgery and body image - published in the March '13 issue, plus an article on perfume published in the May '13 issue.
I model informally, read constantly and hate to go out without a notebook and pen.