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A person with long blonde hair lies on a floral patterned sheet, looking directly at the camera. They wear a colourful, intricately patterned garment in shades of blue, red and green.

Francesca Jane Allen shoots modern woman of the moment Jessie Andrews

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Date
7 May 2015

What a combo, my fave photographer Francesca Jane Allen (Frenchie) and the spectacular woman of the moment, Jessie Andrews. Jessie is the kind of girl I would love to be friends with: she’s fun, confident, cool, intelligent, driven and she lives in LA where I’ve heard it’s sunny all year round and orange juice comes out of the taps.

Jessie’s widely known for being a porn actress, but is also into designing jewellery and DJing. She’s got this thrilling quality to her that people are gagging to get a slice of, so it’s no surprise that the media are going nuts over her. “Jessie is dead cool and really easy to work with,” Francesca told us. “We’re a similar age which is always nice. It was a visual collaboration between the two of us, she had as many ideas as I did and we styled the shoot together. And obviously photographing my ultimate girl-crush was incredible!”

What’s so beautiful about this series is that Francesca’s loveliness and laid back style of shooting has portrayed Jessie as a friendly gal next door type, but with a big helping of strong, self-assured, take-no-prisoners Empress kind of vibe. It makes me vibrate with excitement to have such a strong series of images shot of a fantastic woman, by a fantastic woman.

A person sits on a white kitchen counter, looking towards the camera. They wear light blue jeans and a black and gold patterned cardigan.
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Francesca Jane Allen: Jessie Andrews

A person with blonde hair leans back in a cream-coloured floral armchair. They wear a red, white and blue striped top paired with bright red trousers.
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Francesca Jane Allen: Jessie Andrews

A person with blonde hair leans against a blue wall with their eyes closed. They wear a mustard yellow turtleneck and grey jeans, with their arms folded across their chest.
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Francesca Jane Allen: Jessie Andrews

A person with blonde hair sits with their arms folded, a cigarette in their mouth. They wear a yellow ribbed turtleneck and light blue jeans against a textured wall with faded red markings.
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Francesca Jane Allen: Jessie Andrews

A person with long blonde hair looks back over their shoulder at the camera. They wear a white long-sleeved sweatshirt against a plain light blue background.
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Francesca Jane Allen: Jessie Andrews

A person lies on a quilted mattress, looking up at the camera. They wear a white lace top and light blue jeans.
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Francesca Jane Allen: Jessie Andrews

A person in a white lace and chiffon dress stands in a light blue room. They lean back with their arms raised, pressing their hands against the ceiling.
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Francesca Jane Allen: Jessie Andrews

A person with long blonde hair stands against a two-tone blue wall. They wear a white long-sleeved top, which they lift to reveal their stomach, and metallic snakeskin-print trousers.
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Francesca Jane Allen: Jessie Andrews

A person in a white slip dress lies on a blue floral sofa, propping their head up with one hand. They look directly at the camera against a plain light blue wall.
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Francesca Jane Allen: Jessie Andrews

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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