Editorial Trapped for GLASbook. Photo Ekaterina Belinskaya. Russian model Anastasya Goryunova. Artwork by Polish costume designer Agnieszka Osipa

Slavic Glory by Agnieszka Osipa. Agnieszka Osipa is a professional costume and fashion designer from Poland. She graduated from the Lodz Academy of Fine Arts, with diploma in fashion design. The exquisite costumes of a talented designer Agnieszka Osipa are beautiful and breathtakingly powerful. She says that it can take up to two weeks to create a headdress, sometimes less, depends on particular design.
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Old photo, The Ouled Nail exotic dancers

The Ouled Nail – Berber tribes living in the vicinity of the towns of El Djelfa, Bou Saada Chellala and the Ouled Nail Mountains, a part of the Atlas Mountains of Algeria. The origin of these tribes lost in the depths of history. And though they were converted to Islam in the 7-8 centuries AD, they were able to preserve their identity and uniqueness until the 20th century. Traditionally, women held the central role in the tribe. They did not wear traditional Muslim veil, moved freely across the expanses of their territory without a male escort, even in adolescence. Worked as a dancer. Accumulated sufficient condition to marry. They had independence even more than many “liberated women” today.
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Alison Brooks and Alina Davis marriage

Alison Brooks and Alina Davis marriage

Can you guess who of these brides is a man? 6 August 2014, 23-year-old androgynous Dmitry Kozhuhov known throughout Russia as Alina Davis, married his beloved, known as Alison Brooks. The couple officially arranged an extraordinary wedding, as you know same-sex marriage in our country is strictly prohibited. Alison Brooks (left) Alina Davis (real name Dmitry Kozhuhov) (right) in wedding dresses. At first glance, in the photo above are depicted two brides, but among them there is one real bride – Alison Brooks. Her beloved – Alina Davis aka Dmitry Kozhuhov is a boy. The couple decided to marry extravagantly, appearing in a wedding hall in wedding dresses.
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Miao women traditional silver jewelry, Chinese ethnic group The Miao

Miao women traditional silver jewelry. The Miao is an ethnic group from the southern China, Miao women prefer silver jewelry as a symbol of wealth. Their festive and wedding dresses is a manifestation of silver – silver costume of Miao women can weigh up to 20 kilograms. Traditional Miao jewelry set includes flowers, hat, comb, earrings, necklace and bracelet. Silver jewelry worn by the Miao, is very diverse. Simple decorations (solid hryvnia, necklaces and bracelets) are more massive and festive (flowers, hats, pendants made ​​of silver and horn) feature a fine work.
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Emma Ferrer September Harpers Bazaar. Audrey Hepburn’s granddaughter in 2014 September Harper’s Bazaar US, photographed by Michael Avedon, Richard Avedon’s grandson

Emma Ferrer September Harpers Bazaar. Granddaughter of the legendary actress Audrey Hepburn Emma Ferrer agreed to pose for the September Harper’s Bazaar US. It is noteworthy, that the iconic actress Audrey Hepburn was the muse of not less iconic fashion photographer Richard Avedon, and Emma Ferrer was photographed by Richard Avedon’s grandson Michael Avedon. Emma admitted to the Harper’s Bazaar that the first photo of Audrey, which she saw in her childhood, was a photo on the trampoline. “That was before I’ve learned that she was a celebrity. But I remember thinking that she looks like a person with whom I would like to be friends.”
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Burch in one of her earliest necklaces made ​​from powdered metal and colorful threads. The photo taken in New York in 1971 near her apartment in Nob Hill. Beautiful jeweler and artist Laurel Burch

Beautiful jeweler and artist Laurel Burch lived in pain all her entire life, suffering more than 100 bone fractures as a result of osteopetrosis, a rare disease of bone fragility. Any push, fall could cause a fracture. In order to pay for housing and food, she was engaged in cooking, cleaning, sitting with the children. She was looking for a stable basis in order to maintain her fragile body. Without work, without money, without a dream she got to the Golden Gate in San Francisco. These were the famous 60th time hippies. Free spirit of hippi penetrated her art, her drawings are a direct reflection of the hippie culture. She described herself this way: “I live within the vivid colors of my imagination … soaring with rainbow feathered birds, racing the desert winds on horseback, wrapped in ancient tribal jewels, dancing with mythical tigers in steamy jungles.”
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Alina Zalyalieva photo studio. Model Anna Koryukova, Beautiful fantasy by Margarita Kareva

Beautiful fantasy by Margarita Kareva.

Bright photo gallery of the novice Russian photographer Margarita Kareva represents an art project with a surreal, often Gothic world. Absolutely stunning, unique images, consist of fabulously beautiful Russian beauties. Their fantastic costumes, against either an urban background, or a magical nature landscape resemble the world similar to painting. In fact, Photography by Margarita Kareva and her creative team of models, stylists, accessories and costume designers, and makeup artists can be described as art. About Yekaterinburg based photographer Margarita Kareva is known that she graduated from photography school just a couple of years ago (2011). Despite her relatively short experience in photography, Kareva has become known both in Russia and abroad.
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Silver jewelry of Yemeni bride

If European bride can be immediately recognized by the white dress, the Yemeni – by the abundance of silver jewelry. Gold is considered by Muslims the metal of devil and can bring misfortune, but silver – blessed the prophet himself. Therefore, it is believed that the more silver jewelry a bride has, the more successful will be her marriage. The total weight of Silver jewelry of Yemeni bride can be a few pounds. Most of silver decorations are worn on the chest and around the neck – multiple rows (about 16) of massive necklaces with pendants of different shapes; oval, cylindrical, square, or in the form of fish charms with text from the evil eye; choker; on her hands – bracelets, sometimes up to the elbow; on each finger – at least one ring. Bride’s head covers Taj Cape, under which is put a special decoration – gorgush. It is like a headband with side pendants and can also be decorated with antique coins, pearls, beads.
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Mondrian Girl. Acrylic on Canvas. Painting by American artist Sherry Wolf

Painting by American artist Sherry Wolf can be easily mistaken for a photograph. Sherry Wolf was born January 27, 1949 in Pikesville, Baltimore. Sherry Wolf graduated from the Art History department of the University of Maryland. Her recent paintings are featured on the website Artsy.net. This series of paintings features a beautiful model dressed to evoke notable mod trends, standing before familiar allusions to modern art and characteristic motifs of mid-century modernism. They say talented people are talented in everything, Sherry Wolf has been successful at everything she’s tried. Alongside with her painting career, Sherry Wolf has designed jewelry and fashion accessories. The works of a talented artist and fashion designer can be found in the most prestigious collections and her “Artist in the Studio” painting is in the permanent collection at the Albright-Knox Museum.
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