Valerie Van Der Graaf‘s inexplicable proportions star in (let’s be honest) a shoot for the May issue of Jalouse, alongside the slightly less impossible – yet certainly no less beautiful – Amber Anderson. Stylist Jennifer Eymere and photographer Stian Foss make the most of both models’ assets, blending underwear and outerwear to show the sexy side of spring 2013 fashion. Petal-like skirts, lace tops, flower…

Wildfox are masters of themeing, and for thir summer 2013 look book – “Hello, Sailor!” – they’ve given one big nod to the cheesecake days of the 1950s. Valerie Van Der Graaf plays out all the retro pin-up girl cliches to perfection: there’s the aloha prints and ukilale, ice-cream sundays and ballet slippers, cowgirl, farmgirl, nautical babe and nurse. And with each new character she…

If Wildfox had more sway over what goes on in Politics, the general populace would surely be interested in it all year round. If there’s one way to make the notion of voting sexy, it’s by making Valerie Van Der Graaf the poster girl.

When Anita Ekberg waded out into the Trevi Fountain in her black strapless gown, or Brigitte Bardot danced the Mamba with no shoes but plenty of passion, men of the day lost their breaths – and still do more than 50 years later. Dutch model Valerie Van Der Graaf has the blonde hair, the bombastic curves, the inherent sex appeal of both those 1950s bombshells,…

The slogan attached to Agent Provocateur’s Classics range is “sexy never takes a day off”. If the word ‘classics’ makes you think plain black and minimal, think again – it’s more defined by the iconic pieces that recur in the Agent Provocateur repertoire, not by whether or not a bra is appropriate for under a t-shirt (pointy leather nipple pasties worn with a rhinestone-studded cupless…

Remember that annoyingly catchy song by Danish pop group Aqua? Hear it once and it’d be stuck in your head for days. “I’m a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world…” To young ears it might have sounded innocent and sugary-sweet, but when Aqua’s Barbie sung about playing and being undressed there was some cheeky adult double meaning behind it. Ellen von Unwerth‘s latest video for…

Apparently this shoot’s title translates to Sex Symbol. With Valerie van der Graaf in 50s Bombshell ensembles replete with headscarves, winged eyeliner, and dangerous curves, who could argue? Michael Pandos has the classic sex symbol styling just right.

With the dominance of all things mid-20th century upon 2012′s fashions, the on-trend head scarf makes its way to the cover of Vogue.

Some models simply have an undeniable presence. For Valerie van der Graaf it’s not necessarily the shining through of personality or of youth or of self-confidence in so much as it is the shining through of out-and-out bombshell sex appeal. Viewing this series of images – photographed by talented young photographer Grant Thomas – it’s not the styling or the setting or the black and…

Valerie van der Graaf has this hair that just cascades down in a merciless assault of retro-glamour. It’s that hair that’s central to this shoot’s theme of Bardot meets Barbarella, for where would either of them be without their colossal mounds of sex kitten hair? Add to that van der Graaf’s impossible curves and oozing sensuality, and styling inspiration for slick, minimal outfits and you…