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Balloon Girls dressed in Eritrean Chiffon

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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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Our beauty philosophy is deeply rooted in our earliest memories as political refugees from Eritrea. Beauty to us is grace and resilience. As twin sisters, we share everything including our love for makeup and in particular eyeliner! We will never forget our teenage years as cashiers in high school saving up enough money to buy our favorite beauty brands.

33 thoughts on “Balloon Girls dressed in Eritrean Chiffon”

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

  2. 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. 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!

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  5. 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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