February 27, 2013

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feven & helena

Twinship 'Balloon Girl' 1

Feven (left) is wearing a red Eritrean chiffon dress & Helena (right) is wearing a green Eritrean chiffon dress. Mascara: L’Oreal Telescopic Shocking Extensions Washable Mascara, Blackest Black. Not sure what kind of face we are making…

Last week we wrote about Banksy’s ‘Balloon Girl’ and this week we felt inspired to do a twinship photo shoot of  ‘Ballon Girl’ — a nod to Banksy, of course. And, if you look closely at some of our photos,  you’ll see that we took some ‘artistic liberty’ during the editing process.

In twinship style, we paired red and pink balloons with our traditional Eritrean chiffon dress that our Aunt Sagad made for us back home in Eritrea. Traditionally, Eritrean chiffon dresses are longer in length (just above the ankles), but we tailored our dresses to fit our style.

So tell us what you think?

xoxo,

Feven & Helena #twinship

 “some things are not always what they seem”

Feven is wearing a red Eritrean chiffon dress. Lipstick: Red Revival by Maybelline

Feven is wearing a red Eritrean chiffon dress.

Twinship 'Balloon Girl'

Helena is wearing a green Eritrean chiffon dress.

Feven is wearing a red Eritrean chiffon dress.

Feven is wearing a red Eritrean chiffon dress.

Helena is wearing a green Eritrean chiffon dress. Lipstick: Red Revival by Maybelline

Helena is wearing a green Eritrean chiffon dress.

The Original Balloon Girl

The original balloon girl: THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE

P.S. Feven wants you to know that, “…the wind stayed perfectly calm for, Helena, during her shoot,  but when it was time for me to start shooting, I was almost knocked down by the wind!” Helena wants you to know, “…that the wind couldn’t knock us down, so we had to take the shoot indoors.” We guess there is always hope.

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33 responses to “Balloon Girls dressed in Eritrean Chiffon”

  1. bombshell says:

    AS USUAL – lovely!!!!!! the dresses and you girls are absolutely beautiful!!!! love the balloons, and yes= there’s always HOPE!

  2. Azeb says:

    Kit-shikora! Shee-fons (as my Ade says) are essential to lady-like fashion. I love how y’all incorporate Eritrea/habeshaness to everything. It is so intertwined with who I am as an American, it is nice to see I am not the only one.

  3. Lex says:

    Love it girls!! Those pictures are amazing!!

  4. Those Chiffon dresses are gorg!

  5. Ari says:

    I went back home and made a few fun ones for my friend and I. They are so well priced and its custom made for $500 Nakfa!

  6. Ms Agelgil says:

    Love how you girls revamped the good ol’ Chiffon ready for Vogue 🙂 Check out my blog http://agelgil.wordpress.com, maybe you can relate to my Kiros story. Keep up the great work.

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  8. CABEEF says:

    F & H, you’ve really outdone yourselves this time! Kudos on a stunning shoot – very editorial, amazing, these could be in “W” et al. – chiffon never looked so good!

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  21. VirtuousProm says:

    Where can I get one of those dresses? Like, for reals ladies, they’re awesome!