Rules of Make Believe drifts through a world built from oversized creatures, tangled toys, invented games, and quiet moments of childhood surrealism. Here, whales become hats, slinkies become sculpture, socks become golf clubs, and ordinary objects slowly take on emotional weight. Balancing softness with absurdity, the editorial explores the strange and beautiful logic children create for themselves, a language made from play, imagination, awkwardness and wonder. Through playful styling, layered props, and understated emotion, the series captures childhood not as something polished or performed, but as something deeply imaginative, instinctive, messy, and sincere.
Photographer- Melissa Presti
Styling and concept- Melissa Presti and Lindsay Coppola
HMU- Agata Helena Zmudka
AlI toys provided by CamJam
Models:
Aubrianna, Valencia and Lucia NYMM Agency
Cole-Stellar Agency
Leyla
