In the May 2012 issue of Vogue China

photographer Lachlan Bailey

captures model Abbey Lee Kershaw

in a sweet but sweltering romance.

Styled by Clare Richardson

in floral prints and feminine dresses from designers including

Dolce and Gabbana, Rodarte and Valentino.

Makeup artist Yadim

gives Abbey Lee glistening eyes, cheeks and limbs,

conveying a hot, humid summer,

echoed by Rudy Lewis’s simple flowing locks.

Bloom Forth