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Memories: Night Outside the Museum Part ll

Posted on October 3, 2014

Feven (left) and Helena (right)

Memories…just reminiscing about this post so we had to share!

We love art in the street so much that we decided to make it a twinship monthly post. This month’s twinship art spotlight is Retna. At first glance, Retna’s work looks like a collage of arbitrary symbols…but when you look closer, you’ll discover that those “arbitrary symbols” are an original alphabet that he created influenced by Egyptian hieroglyphics, Arabic, Herbrew, and graffiti.

Retna makes graffiti art sophisticated and well…legal. So is Retna speaking your language? Tell us what you think.

xoxo,

Feven & Helena #twinship

P.S. Learn more about Retna’s art by watching this video.

A Night Outside the Museum (fevenandhelena.com)
Twinship Nod to Mod in Colour (fevenandhelena.com)
Twinship Closet: Happy International Women’s Day (fevenandhelena.com)
Balloon Girls dressed in Eritrean Chiffon (fevenandhelena.com)

Twinship Closet Styled by HANAN

Posted on November 4, 2013

Feven (left) Helena (right)...wearing our blouses backwards and lovin' it.

Feven (left) Helena (right)…styled by Hanan…wearing our blouses backwards and lovin’ it.

A couple of weeks ago we attended Malan Breton show at LA Fashion Week where we met, Hanan, a volunteer of the show, an Ethiopian aspiring stylist and artist who recognized The Twinship from our blog. I guess you can say it was our “first fan” encounter, but actually, we were so excited that she followed our blog…we ended up being a fan of, Hanan!

At the show we asked, Hanan, how she heard of us and what she liked most about our blog: “I like how classic and simple your style is and that you’re good role models. You both are very motivating and inspire me.” TEARS! Helena, had a “Oprah moment” hugged, Hanan, and was so touched, that she suggested, Hanan, style The Twinship.

Truth be told — as it relates to our style — we’re a bit controlling. We’ve had a few people attempt to “style” us, but felt lost in their vision of us. So, with that apprehension in the back of our minds, we asked that, Hanan, shop our individual closets and style us with our existing wardrobe.

You would think, shopping your closet would result in the same look, but that wasn’t the case for us! With Hanan’s suggestions, we wore our blouses backwards (which actually looked better), got out our old fall coats circa 2002, wore deep fall lipsticks from MAC, bold earrings (that were not pearls or studs), and pulled our hair back in a West African looking bun! Bombshells, you know we rarely wear our hair up with a bold lip color, but, with that said, we LOVED IT.

Thank you, Hanan, for opening our “style-mind” with our OWN wardobe. Your fresh preceptive proved that, you don’t have to go shopping for a new look…you can literally shop your closet and reinvent your style with a priceless imagination.

We are so humbled and honored that we could inspire you to follow your dreams and stay the course. After all, that is a very Twinship thing to do!

Here are the two looks by HANAN. Tell us what you think and if you’re in the LA area and would like to style The Twinship — write us!

xoxo,

Feven & Helena #twinship

Feven (day look) style by HANAN
blouse: Melrose ANGL
hat: H&M
necklace: H&M
jeans: Seven
heels: Zara
vegan clutch: downtown LA
watch: Michael Kors
lipstick: MAC ‘Media’

Helena (day look) style by HANAN
hat: Forever 21
blouse: Forever 21
skirt: Express cira 2002
earrings: vintage
heels: Zara
clutch: gift from friend
watch: Michael Kors
lipstick: MAC ‘Hang UP’

Feven (left) Helena (right)

Helena (night look) styled by HANAN
skirt & top: H&M
fall coat:H&M
earrings: gift from friend
clutch: gift from friend
heels: Zara
watch: Michael Kors
lipstick: MAC ‘Hang Up’

Feven (night look) styled by HANAN
coat: J Crew circa 2002
dress: Bitten by SJP
earrings: gift from friend
vegan clutch: downtown LA
lipstick: MAC ‘Media’ Watch: Michael Kors

Feven (left) Helena (right)

FEVEN styled by HANAN

HELENA styled by HANAN

FEVEN styled by HANAN

HELENA styled by HANAN

FEVEN styled by HANAN

HELENA styled by HANAN

P.S. Here is the “fan” photo, but you probably can’t tell who the fan is! Ha!

Feven (right), Hanan, Helena (right) Malan Breton Fashion show

Feven (left), Hanan, Helena (right) Malan Breton Fashion show

Twinship Work Wear: ZARA BLOUSE (fevenandhelena.com)
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Twinship Closet – Very Michelle O (fevenandhelena.com)
The Twinship Braid | Sneak Peek (fevenandhelena.com)
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Twinship Work Wear – Turtlenecks & Repeats (fevenandhelena.com)
Twinship Closet – Fall-ing in Love… (fevenandhelena.com)
Twinship Masquerade (fevenandhelena.com)

The Twinship Braid by Amber Nicholle

Posted on April 7, 2013

The Twinship Braid by Amber Nicholle. Feven (left) is wearing Forever silver dress, Helena (right) is wearing H&M black dress.

As some of our readers know, Feven, fainted during our first “Twinship Braid” session. The heat from the umbrella lamp was just too much, mixed with the lack of water and dehydration, and well, you get the picture. It was a hot mess, but Feven is okay, so we can just laugh at the absurdity of her fainting while we were conjoined by a single french braid! Yes, that’s right, a single french braid or otherwise known as, The Twinship Braid by Amber Nicholle. Feven, could you have picked a better time to faint?

The Twinship Braid by Amber Nicholle. Feven (left) is wearing Forever silver dress, Helena (right) is wearing H&M black dress.

Well, Amber, our hair stylist and dear friend, came back last week to finish what she started: 1st The Twinship Braid and 2nd The Halo Braid 2 Ways. The Twinship Braid by Amber Nicholle requires two people, who really, really love each other, and who have even lengths of hair, but you can always use hair extensions. Together and with a help of a fabulous hair stylist or friend, start from the top of both heads, take a section of hair from each head and cross from left to right, just as you would a regular french braid.

We know this braid isn’t functional, but it’s fun and editorial. So, who would you want to do The Twinship Braid with?

The Twinship Braid by Amber Nicholle. Helena (Left), Feven (Right)

We stopped filming seconds before the faint, but here is a photo of the pre-faint. Helena was just tired and Feven, well, we all know what happened…

Helena (left), Feven (right)

xoxo,

Feven & Helena #twinship

P.S. If you’re in the LA area and need a bombshell hair stylist give Amber a call 310-404-4524. #twinship approved

The Twinship Braid by Amber Nicholle. Feven (left) is wearing Forever silver dress, Helena (right) is wearing H&M black dress.

The Twinship Braid by Amber Nicholle. Feven (left), Helena (right)

The Twinship Braid by Amber Nicholle. Feven (left) is wearing Forever silver dress, Helena (right) is wearing H&M black dress.

The Twinship Braid by Amber Nicholle. Feven (left), Helena (right)

All photography By Gravity Pull.

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Cheap Chic or Just Cheap?

Posted on March 21, 2013

Forever 21 Square Pattern Earrings $5.80 | Eritrean Cross Necklace

(left) Forever 21 Square Pattern Earrings $5.80 | (right) Eritrean Cross Necklace

Last November we wrote about ‘Playing in our Mother’s Jewelry Box’, as a tribute to our mother and our rich Eritrean culture’s love and appreciation for beautiful, bold, and exotic jewelry. Well…it seems like Forever 21 may have gone through our ‘mother’s jewelry box’ too!

At a recent trip to LA’s trendy outdoor shopping mall The Grove, one of our friends asked that we meet her at Forever 21 to look for some “inexpensive earrings.” The twinship loves a good deal, and so naturally we said, yes.

After scrummaging through bejeweled bow tie earrings, spike necklaces, chunky beaded bracelets, and rhinstoned ribbon rings, our friend stumbled over “my perfect Spring earrings! “ Translation: don’t try to bite my [her] style. But who’s really biting ones style? Those “perfect earrings” looked awfully familiar as they looked very similar to a pair of earrings our mother owns.

The truth is — everything that we do is heavily influenced by our Eritrean culture. We even designed our logo with our motherland in mind. But, to be honest, we felt a little confused seeing something that is so sacred to us on sale for $5.80, mass produced, and in some ways being stripped of it’s authenticity.

We’re…at a loss of words…so what are your thoughts? Can you spot the similarities?

xoxo,

Feven & Helena #twinship

P.S. In addition to the Forever 21 Square Pattern earrings we also discovered this necklace…

(left) Forever 21 Bejeweled Cross Chain Necklace $9.80 | (right) Ethiopian Coptic Cross

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