Russian Dacha
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Alena wears dress by Avoca.
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Alena wears pants by Baum und Pferdgarten.
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Scarf by Louis Vuitton.
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Alena wears leggings by Bernhard Willhelm
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Alena wears purple dress by Cosmic Wonder & Co.
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Alena wears shirt by Victor and Rolf.
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Bag by Mulberry.
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Alena wears coat by Avoca.
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Alena wears t-shirt by Louis Vuitton.
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Alena wears t-shirt by Tsumori Chisato.
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Alena wear body by Edith & Ella.
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Alena wears socks by Top Shop.
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Alena wears t-shirt by Tsumori Chisato.
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Heart necklace by Chopard.
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Alena wears striped skirt by Mina Perhonen and t-shirt by Tsumori Chisato.
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Alena wears handmade knitted top.
A Dacha is a place in the countryside where Russians like to spend holidays, especially in summer. Most houses are small and wooden, usually with a garden at the back where people grow vegetables. It’s common for many families to send their children to the Dacha for the whole summer. I used to cry when my parents sent me there but in the end I didn’t want to come back to town. I spent half of my childhood in the Dacha , climbing the trees and building dens. It was a bright time in my life, though I once saw our neighbour dead and eaten by rats and my grandmother had a mental disorder which scared me so much that I always tried to escape from her room in our Dacha’s house. Once she told me that she saw somebody’s eyes on the wall.
Photography: Masha Mel
Fashion Styling: Tess Yopp
Model: Alena Johnson
Big thank you to MOOD SWINGS apartment store
17 Nikitskiy blvd, Moscow, Russia
(http://moodswings.ru/)