It was while in New York City during a summer heatwave and when walking by a flea market in the West Village that by chance, Helen came across a table of typewriters. A sentence-long love note a few seconds later, and her passion for writing and of love itself, collided.

She was also in the depths of a career as a model and conclusively, after almost three decades of observing fashion and design in cities London, Paris, Tokyo, New York and Los Angeles from one side of the lens, decided to refocus.

A past rich in life experience and shaped by art, design, film and music now live on through her words, falling onto pages in varying contexts as a writer and creative.