There are moments that you want to last forever, and Lyla Ashby standing beneath a sun-drenched Mediterranean archway in a stunning black floral maxi dress is absolutely one of them. The dress skims every curve of her figure, its purple and blue blooms vivid against the dark fabric, and the setting could not be more romantic, whitewashed walls, terracotta tiles, green plants climbing in the warm afternoon sun. She stands in the archway and gazes into the lens with those mesmerising blue eyes, long blonde hair tumbling over one shoulder, completely still and completely breathtaking.
The floral dress slowly surrenders. Lyla draws the neckline lower with each pose, her generous figure filling the frame as the fabric peels away to reveal her spectacular natural curves to the warm air. She takes her time, those blue eyes never leaving the camera as the dress slides further and further from her shoulders, baring her magnificent figure completely against the pale stone of the porch. She is intimate, dreamy, and utterly gorgeous, the kind of woman who makes even an ordinary summer afternoon feel like a stolen moment from a beautiful dream.