Winter Flashback

It’s heat and smoke in Moscow these days, actually the hottest summer in history. I came for my holiday from London, and immediately understood that better move than die. So I changed my location into Istanbul.
If the summer is hot, then the winter is cold. And if this summer in Moscow is the hottest one, winter was the coldest one, that I’ve never seen for my 28 years life.
But anyway, weather thing (that worries Russian people as mush as Belgians) did not prevent us from having GIRLS FROM OMSK photo-shoot only in Russia, only in snow and only in the rural countryside.

The place we've chosen for a shoot was dacha, where we spent nice time with breaks between shooting for a warm tea and in the end talking about Russian destiny till the morning in the kitchen.

Being a stylist it’s always fun, sometimes I think that it’s the best “girly” job in the world.
What you do, you just collect nice stuff from everywhere and just arrange all this things together.
And when you see the result you proud and happy. That's what i feel when I see this picture with MASHA.
This traditional Russian hat (Yes, you are not mistaken, it’s USHANKA) I borrowd from my father. Even on this hat from sable (the most expensive fur in Russia) we were not ashamed to put a GIRLS FROM OMSK badge.
This fluffy scarf (looks like grand mama's and very very warm) I brought from my nice friend together with valenki (Russian traditional Uggi) and mittens.

Sitting now on a terrace with a view on the sea of Marmara and the Blue Mosque I hardly remember how cold was that time and how difficult was to shoot for IVAN and for models.

Have a look at the pictures and enjoy the winter landscape 150 km from Moscow.

Truly yours,
Irina

It's time for a tea

The tea (we called it like Turkish people CHAY) appeared in Russia in 17 century. From that time it became the most popular hot drink all over the country. We can drink it with milk, with lemon sometimes we put jam, confiture or honey inside. The best thing about "tea ceremony" in Russia it is SAMOWAR.
The way of drinking is also different. The nicest one is drinking from the sauser.
Many famous russian artists were fascinated by this tradition. Have a look how bright and coloroful it can be - drinking tea in summertime on the DACHA's terrace.

Truly yours,
Irina







Boris Kustodiev



Nicolai Fechin


Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin


Konstantin Korovin


Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky


Vladimir Makovsky

Valley Trip #2

All guests were invited to the Dacha's livingroom for a tea with us.
Check our pictures and enjoy the russian atmosphere in DACHA.



on the right Birgit Hubloux


Anastasia Sartan


Makin Jan Ma


Boris Schipper on the left




We are especially grateful for the photo-content to Stijn Verlinden

Valley Trip #1

In the beginning of march GIRLS FROM OMSK went to Paris to present their fall/winter collection 2010 during the Paris Fashion Week.
For the installation in the gallery we recreated the atmosphere of the Russian summer house called DACHA. This is a place that almost all Russians have. The main idea of DACHA is living near nature in a hot summer period because sleeping in the countryside even attacked by lots of mosquitoes is much better than a dusty city. We collected some stuff and put it all around. Oil paintings, old letters, family photos and even traditional winter boots – Valenki were all part of the installation.

Truly yours,
Irina