Holder, an art director, painted the backdrops herself, and sourced the clothing from vintage stores and the Internet. The photos are strikingly accurate to the originals and were shot by professional photographer, and Holder’s friend, Oli Kellett. The latter distributes Mills & Boon novels in Britain and North America. Mills & Boon is owned by Toronto-based Harlequin Enterprises Limited. and thought such a clichéd image of women was perfect for it.” Champagne Books is a Canadian indie publishing electronic and trade paperback books specialising chiefly in romance and its sub genres, as well as SF, fantasy, NA and YA.

Harlequin Vintage Walk in the Shadows Jayne Bauling. Vintage Harlequin Romance books published in the 80s and 90s are easily identifiable by their covers because. Save 56275746 Harlequin Vintage Walk in the Shadows Jayne Bauling For Later. By the 1950s, they were reprinting old titles from the British Mills and Boons books, which were very popular at the time. “I was asked to be part of an exhibition. Harlequin Romance books were first published in 1949 under Harlequin Books Limited in Canada. “I have lots of Mills & Boon books that I’d bought purely for the covers, and just thought it would be funny to recreate them with my boyfriend,” Holder told the Star. The shots, based on the covers of three Mills & Boon books, were produced as part of an exhibition for International Women’s Day – and also just for fun. The 27-year-old from London, England, used her skills as an art director to recreate the covers of romance novels put out by a company owned by Harlequin. All Alex Holder needed was a paintbrush, vintage clothing and “lots of fake tan.”

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