The first time I saw Fran Summers, she reminded me so much of Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton and her Richmond, North Yorkshire accent wasn’t like anything I’ve heard before. She quickly become one of my favorite models and her runway, campaign, and editorial work always stood out among the very best in fashion. She has all the elegance and grace of classic English movies, the humor and wit of Monty Python and all the coolness of English bands like the Clash and Joy Division. Fran is a tremendous person and her heart and humor is its own iridescent. Wishing you the happiest of Birthdays and love. Thanks for being who you are.
Carry on inside of your heart
Under the brine you won’t notice the dark
Can stone and steel and horses heels ever explain the way you feel
From Scapa Flow to Rotherhithe, I felt the lapping of an ebbing tide
Oh the heavy water how it enfolds
The salt, the spray, the gorgeous undertow
Always, always, always the sea
Brilliantine mortality
So irrigate your heart until you know you’re complete
And you’re draped in kelp, below by 8,000 feet
My soul she cried I thought you’d died amid fumes of formaldehyde
You have been gone for so long I felt the lapping of an ebbing tide
Oh the heavy water how it enfolds
The salt, the spray, the gorgeous undertow
Always, always, always the sea
Brilliantine mortality
–Sea Power, Carrion
Super Love Unknown 