Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts

Mar 11, 2013

Feature: Mysteria Violent

ChestWaistCorsetHipsHeightWeight
Imperial33"26"24"35"5"7'120lb
Metric85cm66cm61cm90cm170cm55kg


GGotW: What got you started in modelling?
MV: Back in 2005 I registered in one of the gothic websites where people posted a lot of photos with gothic and alt models. I decided to try making a photoshoot in such style and asked a friend of mine to help. I had a lot of ideas and different costumes so we did several shoots. That's how it all started.

GGotW: What kind of modelling do you do?
MV: I do shoots for myself and haven't worked with any webshops yet. But I took part in some performances and runways that took part in our city.

GGotW: What styles do you like?
MV: My favourite styles are cybergothic, military, Victorian goth and fetish, but I don't mind trying something new like pin-up or gore and zombie-like shoots.

GGotW: Do you get a lot of opportunities to model?
MV: Yes and I'm in the constant search of new interesting locations and photographers to work with. But surely there are much more opportunities for alternative models in Europe rather then in Russia.



GGotW: Do you travel much for your modelling?
MV: No, I've only been modeling in my home town and nearest districts.

GGotW: If you could work with anyone you wanted, who would it be?
MV: As for photographers I'd love to work with Stanislav Istratov, Moritz Maibaum, Lithium Picnic and if talking about cooperation with models I'd like to make a shoot with Ophelia Overdose and SaphirNoir. Their style is gorgeous and you never know what image they would create next time.

GGotW: What do you do when you're not modelling?
MV: I like walking and taking pictures a lot, so I try to spend my free time outdoors.


GGotW: How do people in your remote part of Russia react to your style?
MV: Oh, it depends on my look. When I'm dressed up for a photoshoot or party they always stare at me, sometimes ask to make a photo together. People here are not quite used to brightly dressed ones. I hope one day the situation will change:)


GGotW: Do you have advice for those wanting to get started as a model?
MV: All you need to do is just be confident and don't be afraid to express yourself.



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Feb 3, 2012

Feature: Evgeniya Angelwhore

Deviantart
ModelMayhem

ChestWaistHipsHeightWeight
Imperial33"23"33"5"2kg'88lb
Metric84cm58cm86cm158cm40kg

GGotw: What is your favorite modeling style?
EA: I like fetish and art nude most of all.

GGotw: What is it that draws your towards Fetish Modeling?
EA: As for me I have strong obsession on dark images demonstrating sexual aggression. I admire high heels (extemely high). And expression of yourself. It's your own world, your personal fantazies. No limits, no rules, no conservative poses.

 GGotw: Do you get a lot of opportunity to model?
EA: Yes, I get a lot opportunity to model. But I want more.

GGotw: Does your personal style match your musical tastes?
EA: In some way it matches.

GGotw: What are your musical tastes?
EA: I enjoy black metal, old school thrash metal.

GGotw: Who have you done shoots with?
EA: Toni Salminen, Studioivolution.com and many other photograhers.

GGotw: Do you ever get strangers asking you odd questions on the street?
EA: Yes, I am a strange person too.

GGotw: When people on the street come-up to you, what kinds of things you they say/ask?
EA: Fetish style is almost strange to Russia. No special shops, not many fetish parties and lack of professional fetish photographers and models. When I have shootings in the streets people always stop near. Russians are conservative. They don't like anyone looking strange. They say: "You look like funny" or "Go away you bastards"

GGotw: How do you respond to them?
EA: I am a rude person. I can hit. **Laughing**.



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Aug 6, 2008

Feature: Alina

Alinafetish.com

My Space

Livejournal



Photographers are Igor Pavlov and Arseniy Grobovnikov





ChestWaistHipsHeightWeightCorset
Imperial37"24"36"5"8'121lb19"
Metric94cm62cm92cm172cm55kg48cm


GGotW: How old are you?

Alina: I am nineteen years old.



GGotW: How long have you modeled?

Alina: Earlier I worked in for a model management, but I can't really call it a job. They didn't give me any useful experience, and I had to do some things that weren't interesting to me at all. After one year of working there I left them, as I got keen on dancing. In fetish and Gothic style I have worked for 1 year approximately.



GGotW: What started you modeling?

Alina: I've always been searching for something bright and unusual.

I tried myself in singing, journalism, worked as a gogo-dancer and studied in an actor faculty.

I always felt like I was missing something important, and had a great shortage of showing my worth, and I knew that I had to try something else.

One day I saw pictures of Dita Von Teese in the web, and she inspired me a lot. I understood that I had to unite my sexuality, that was growing from day to day, gothic style, that I really had passion for, and fetishness, cause I always was really crazy about all these amazing corsets, sensual stockings and brilliant latex outfits.



GGotW: Some of your images show you in corsets. Are you into corsetry?

Alina: Yes, and corsets are my passion really! In fact, I began modeling because of them... I always had a soft spot for woman's shapes, tighten into corsets, and my first shoot was in corset too. I find a special delight in feeling stretch tighten and a special beauty in changed forms - I love extreme corsets, when your waist is so narrow that looks like something cosmic. I can tighten myself up to 48-49 cm. I began wearing corsets when I was 16.



GGotW: What is the best modeling job you've gotten so far?

Alina: I've worked for our First Alternative TV, took part in 3 videos of Russian Gothic and industrial bands, and was featured in several mags... But now I've chosen my 2 favorite photographers and we're preparing some special content for my personal site, and I can say, I feel so free, I create all the plots of the shoots myself. I feel great pleasure, cause I know that every one of my ideas can come true!! I really love these people and adore their professionalism, so I enjoy every minute of our work



GGotW: What is the Moscow Gothic scene like?

Alina: Well, our Gothic scene is much more developed than the Fetish scene. We've got a lot of Gothic parties and gigs, and this style was VERY popular in our country some years ago. It was really very sad to see that Moscow turned into Baby Goth's city, and they perverted Gothic aesthetic a lot these days... Our cemetery's couldn't bear their terrifying attacks, a lot of graves were ruined, and all these things were done under cover of "Gothic style". However, it's nice to see that nowadays everything returned to its places and this horrible chapter of "Gothic style" has gone away.



GGotW: What would you like to see happen with the Moscow Goth community?

Alina: Frankly speaking, I think, that everything is OK. We have Gothic mags, gigs, parties, famous characters, and I'm happy that the bad Gothic influence has left us and now the subculture is mostly true.



GGotW: What part are you playing in the development of Russia's Fetish/Gothic industry?

Alina: I'm one of the first Russian models. Even 4 years ago it was rare for people to know what "fetish" meant. Now sometimes it is really very hard to prove that if I'm wearing latex outfits for example - it doesn't mean that I'm a terrible pervert, satanist, and eat kittens. Russian people have got a lot of awful stereotypes, and I think that we need some years to break them. I do my best to improve their opinion and to show that fetish and Gothic style can be very beautiful, sexy and even elegant. I really enjoy being in the scene, and to have straight contact with the public, to see their reaction, and I decided that the time has come for the first Russian fetish-show. I had no problems in finding suitable girls, and I'm proud to say that this summer Perish visited Moscow and we did 2 performances together.



GGotW: What do you do when you're not modeling?

Alina: I'm a usual girl. I eat, sleep, go to university, visit parties and gigs, and need love and care, as any other girl. Not everything in my life goes well, sometimes I have unlucky periods, sometimes people break my heart, sometimes another's envy ruins my plans, but I try to find power to go further and to overcome the difficulties.

When I have free time, I prefer going to theatres and reading classical literature. I adore Russian classics.







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