@all: Thanks! I think Chizuru will be happy, too. She was very shy about being photographed and initially said no. But after showing her JS and the photos we shoot she changed her mind. Reading these great comments will make her enormously happy, I am sure.

@petitesam: I didn’t shoot it well enough to show how it is all connected. Chizuru was very shy so I was very careful when I photographed her. I can’t quite recall if the dark brown skirt that you can see was connected to the apron, but the rest (except for the t-shirt) is all connected in one way or another. The apron looks like many separate items, while it is really only one, albeit made of individual pieces.

I really love these shots.

@Lyndranette: I love how you describe Chizuru as a forest guardian! Although you might have meant it in a literal sense, it immediately made me think of fairies. ^ _ ^

@Keekii: Yes, the blouse’s sleeves are different. Great observation!

I guess that people always automatically assume that if you dress in a certain way it means that you want attention. As you know, that is often not the case. And then, I know from experience, there are also shy people who use their clothes to compensate for their shyness. I used to be quite shy myself, and I think I may have compensated as well way back when…