Feature: Leyla

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	Chest	Waist	Hips	Height	Weight
Imperial	34"	24"	??"	5"8'	124lb
Metric	88cm	74cm	? cm	164cm	53kg

GGotW: How long have you been modeling?
L: Since I was little, my mother used to bring me to photoshoots.

GGotW: Is your mother a model or a photographer? Have you appeared in any shoot with her?
L: My mother was a model and a singer, so yes when I was about 7 years old we also had mother/daughter advertising shoots for magazines, like selling perfume haha..

How do you define your style?
L: Victorian and gothic lolita

What got you started in the Gothic Lolita style?
L: A few years back I saw it on the internet, at that moment I dressed alternative and goth and I fell in love with the pretty more colorful lolita style.

Can you explain to our readers a little about the Gothic Lolita style? What defines it?
L: Gothic lolita is inspired on the Victorian era, with the petticoats and female shapes, at the waist.
Also all the ruffles and nice lace makes it lolita.
It is all about quality clothings and looking and feeling beautiful.
But there are rules! Like skirt that are shorter then just above the knee, lolita should be about prettyness, not sexy in anyway. To much skin showing is not done.

Where do you live?
L: The Netherlands

What got you started in modeling?
L: I started again to show of the clothing style I love: Gothic lolita
and also for my own shop where I sell the clothings, www.mfashion.eu

What is your favorite image to date?
L: from my self? It would be (The image to the left) I love nature ;)

What advice would you give to someone who wishes to follow in you footsteps?
L: Dress they way you love so you really can be you're self in the shoots, photographers will appreciate that!

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Feature: Wednesday Mourning

Wednesday Mourning is a California model who has has been working in the alternative realm. 

She looks for: Goth, EGL, Industrial/Gothic Fashion, Artistic and the Strange and Unusual!!

Measurements? 34-25-35
Height / Weight? 5’8 . 115 pds

GGotW: Where did you get the name Wednesday Mourning? Was there an inspiring faction or was it taken from a source or two? 

WM: I am very happy you asked this as it seems to have been a source of confusion. The Wednesday part came from a victorian nursery rhyme *not* from the Addams Family. My mother started calling me Wednesday when I was about 13 and that has been my chosen name since. A few years ago I added the Mourning onto it to differentiate myself from the Addams family and for anyone else using that name…and it’s funny! I love creepy-silly things and my name pretty much expresses that.
GGotW: Favourite colour?
WM: Purple

GGotW: Favourite food?
WM: Chicken Fried Steak or Chicken Fried Venison YUM! (I’m a Southern gal)

GGotW: What part of the country do you live in?
WM: I live in Hollywood, California

GGotW: Was the gothic modeling your first genre, or did you start in another field and move into Goth?
WM: Nope it is my first and will always be my main genre. I have specific tastes and preferences that I have had since a child that will never change. I.E I do not “genre hop”...this is who I am through and through.

GGotW: Who's your favourite photographer to work with?
WM: That’s a very hard question, I like each one for different reasons. I enjoy spending time with Rebekah Boyle as she seems like the creepy sister I never had, and Renard Garr is so excited about his work that it’s a blast shooting with him. Each one has their own great qualities artistically and individually that I just can’t answer that question :)

GGotW: What keeps you busy when you're not modeling?
WM: Reading... lots of reading.

GGotW: When you model are the clothes yours already, or are they bought / designed special for the shoot?
WM: Lately a lot of the clothes have been provided for me in exchange for promotional use by the designers, but when I started out I had to provide all my own.

GGotW: What's your favourite outfit to date?
WM: I've worn some very interesting things in the past, my current favourite would be a 1800’s style corset and Panniers I wore for a shoot for Lovely Creature Corsetry.

GGotW: What will you not shoot, or are you limitless?
WM: I will not shoot nudes, typical pin ups, cliché vampire things (fangs and fake contacts) or anything that I find boring (like a GAP ads;).

GGotW: Have you ever been ask to do something in a shoot and weren't sure you wanted to?
WM: Chris Anthony normally prompts me to create a emotion with my face (anger/shock/ horror) and I normally don’t feel comfortable expressing myself physically. I always wonder how it’s going to look on film but he always manages to make it appear real and visceral. I will always work with him, he is one of my favs!

GGotW: What's up next for you? More shoots, shows, or some other project that you're working on in another field.

WM: I have just done a shoot with Chris Anthony for My Chemical Romance’s new album “The Black Parade” coming out October 24th. Although I have yet to see it I am sure it will be great!

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The best place to find her wednesdaymourning.com

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