Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Nell Trent, a beautiful and virtuous young girl of 'not quite fourteen.' An orphan, she lives with her maternal grandfather in his shop of odds and ends. Her grandfather loves her dearly, and Nell does not complain, but she lives a lonely existence with almost no friends her own age. When I met the young and promising model Jessica, the idea came to me to put her in the role of a (somewhat older) Nell. So one afternoon, Jessica and I explored corners and searched behind cupboards in the charming CurieuzeNeuze curiosity shop in Veltem-Beisem, during our passionate quest for... beauty.