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Maternity Pictures Inspired By Russian Culture

Russian culture has a long and rich cultural history, steeped in literature, ballet, painting and classical music. It has a very visual cultural past, from its colorful folk costumes to its ornate religious symbols.

In this look, the focus was to compliment this beautiful kokoshnik headdress. A kokoshnik is a decorative headwear usually worn with traditional dresses or costumes in dance performances.

The cultural maternity series is a project that four creative women started. Our team consists of a photographer, makeup artist, hairstylist and designer. Together, we research, plan and put our own spin on the culture we are doing . It is about woman empowerment and embracing the culture where they are from and showing off the beautiful journey a mom’s body goes through before having her child .

The Team:

Designer Lupita Castaneda from AbbyBella Couture

MUA Vee Rubio Makeup Artistry

Haistylist Mariefel Lagatuz Westa

Videographer Claudia Bixler

Photographer Skaiste Vingilys www.skaistevingilys.com

More info: skaistevingilys.com