There comes a train long-suffering

(Many thanks to my sweet sister for those wonderful photos)

Do you know about the existence of a special train  romance? The sound of wheels, landscapes careening outside the window, quiet conversation with a friend, and, finally, reading your favorite book about distant unknown countries. I traveled many miles by train: from St. Petersburg to the north of Russia, from  the old European cities to the others, from the capital of India to  the place, where white people are still a rarity. Train for many years has been not only my best friend, but a friend of every traveler. However, now the trains have become so fast that some grain of adventure became lost. We are accelerating our pace, while any journey should be akin to prolonged meditation. That's why I was so pleased with the images of vintage steam locomotives, awaken in everyone who is close to them, the spirit of the brave discoverer.

(Of course, I could not resist the temptation to visit St. Petersburg museum of vintage trains together with my friends. It was a gorgeous autumn day!)

October and the trees are stripped bare of all they wear. What do I care?

(Me, Irina Voorhees, Julia Pchela, Kristina Boyko)

As soon as on the new sheet of calendar appears word 'October', in my head softly and thoughtfully, starts to sound old U2 song.  Such a simple and touching, it  characterized  this month the best. The keys in this song are similar to the the last glimpses of the warm sun, which soon will be hidden from us for the long winter months. October is intoxicating, makes us poetic and melancholic. The body falls into a trance and all that I want to do - just to admire the golden leaves, floating on the cooling waters of  my soul.

With a rebel yell she cried more more more

(Rebel dolls watermark)

Hi dears! Forgive me for my silence, but my head is spinning from the different cases. Soon there will be our new photosets, and we are actively preparing for Halloween! All this is very difficult. You know what is female character :) Our team consists of 5 girls and  all with different interests and beliefs. So, many ideas are born in the debate. I hope we can overcome everything, because we are waiting for so many interesting things to come ;)

Rebel Dolls

A few weeks ago I told you that I have visited the Harley Davidson Festival in St. Petersburg. This is where started my love for motorcycles. But not only that! A few pin-up cats, who met there, have teamed up to create a new retro project. Get acquainted - "Rebel Dolls"!

(From left to right: Irina Voorhees, Fronny Ro, Grace Hollow Doll, Julia Pchela, Kristina Boyko)

"Rebel dolls - is bright and bold project, that was created to maintain the rebellious spirit and Pin Up culture in the Russian capital of rock 'n' roll. Pin Up for us isn't only appearance and a cultural phenomenon, but also a way of life. We are experimenting with our own style - from the refined elegance  of 20-30's boudoirs till the audacity of psychobilly. And we are also involved in the shows, parties and performances. Welcome to the world of retro aesthetics and rock-drive!"

So, where do we start?Our acquaintance on motofestival literally became the forerunner of the first photoset. Guys, Harley Davidson shop owners - Fort MFG, invited us to shoot for the advertisement. Just imagine! Dozens of top-class motorcycles for which I even scared to breathe! 5 hours of work and this is our result! They say better luck next time, but I think we did a fine job today :)

(Also follow us on tumblr http://rebeldolls-pinuprussia.tumblr.com/)

Hot Wheels...Motor Burn!

August 7-10 in St. Petersburg held annual festival of  Harley Davidson - "Harley days". Thousands of bikers from around the world come to participate in the parade in the city center. It was a powerful experience! And immediately felt that St. Petersburg is the European city level. A few days went concerts of rockabilly and rock and roll music, and the festival was adorned with participation of pin up girls. I was among the lucky ones too;) I'm a little embarrassed to say it, but it looks like we were the most vivid girls at the festival. Everyone wanted to take pictures with us. All this inspired us to develop pin-up movement in our city. Let's see what happens :)

Polyester white trash made in nowhere

Hi darlings! Much time has passed since the last post. This summer is just driving me crazy! First, in St. Petersburg we faced unprecedented heat - about 30 degrees. Secondly, I have a huge amount of work involved with my projects. I will try to cover everything.

 I've already told you about our little pin up clothing store. We sent several dozen of orders with clothes and made incredibly cute business cards. Just look! 

"Cherry Shop" also participated  for the first time in the fair on the big annual exhibition "City - landscape". It was a great experience for us!

The exhibition was held in an old printing house in the city center. Works of young photographers shocked me with its irony, depth, a new look at the world. It was a real manifesto of postmodernism. The exhibition also held a competition for the best work. One could select five images. Here is one of those that impressed me the most:

Pictures were hung not merely on the walls, but on the old printing presses. This created an incredible combination of tradition and novelty. Again postmodernism!

Other than I do another development project, which is wholly owned my heart. This is "Forest shop", which sells clothes for the elves and fairies. Futuristic design, natural colors, style mix of tribal and psy trance - it is all "Forest Shop." Yes, I wrote about few models of clothes from this store here. Now I select a new collection, and I feel that it will be just stunning! By the way, I can boast of some commercials for "Forest Shop" too. Here is our logo and business card: 

With this shop we visited two large open air festivals - "Warmth of the North" and "Yogart". The last one was special for us. This event is associated with yoga, tribal, vegetarianism, healthy lifestyle. It was very cool to be there and see so many beautiful and free people. Frankly, that trip was not the work, but  a real pleasure! I am very sorry that I didn't have a camera to capture sunrises and sunsets over the lake, next to which a festival held, and our wonderful customers. 

Now I need to take stock of the work done. I must say that I love what I do, even though it takes a lot of strength. I never thought it would be so difficult. Generally, I do not like to sell anything, it's not in my blood. But on the other hand, I love to see the happy faces of the people who found the clothes they were dreaming. It's worth it! This is business for my soul and I hope it will flourish.

P.S. The title of this post is a joke :Р 

Audrey's dance

Recent days have been associated with a lot of work, reading, various searches. My work now has two directions. The first is  University. Second - the newly opened by me and my beautiful friend Irina Internet shop with pin up, retro and gothic clothing. We named it "Cherry shop" and this is our cute logo:

Communication with customers, order processing, design of Internet space - all it takes a lot of time. But it's very interesting and I do not notice how my day flies by! Unfortunately :) Beautiful people and beautiful things - this combination inspires me to great deeds! 

However, in the evening, when I find myself at home with a loved one and together we prepare a vegetarian supper - I rest for real. My evening is now once again filled with masterpiece of David Lynch. Of course I'm talking about Twin Peaks. This is my favorite movie and I can watch it countless times. Color, staged frames, nature, characters and their strangeness - all combine to create an unreal world of dreams. Oh, how I wish one day to visit this town, to admire its waterfall and to taste famous Norma's pie with a cup of black coffee! But among other things, one of the main ornaments of this film is the music of Angelo Badalamenti. He managed to create an incredibly sophisticated musical canvas and it's an integral part of the whole. For the past few days in my head sounds composition titled Audrey's dance and I see how delightfully elegant and sexy is dancing my favorite  heroine in cafe "RR". 

So I feel like involved in the life of this strange and magical town, where evil spirits live in the forest. I'm as Laura Palmer, doing something good in the day time but at night the dark forces overwhelm me. Maybe I should go to work in the One-Eyed Jack?)

Too much 21st century

Pretending to be a young lady from the cover of a pin up calendar ^^ Easy and carefree mood, I can afford little pranks to myself. Don't want to return to the reality of our dull and gray time ...

*Winks!*