POISON AND MIRRORS

Beast of the East, Czech underwear, nightwear and upcycled micro-collections' designer duo presents the first part of their series of retold stories and fairytales. Episode 1: Snow White.
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/ Beast of the East recounts /

B: Behind seven mountain ranges and hundred towers there lived she, already well known to us, different than before back then.

A: Wait, what’s your deal?

B: I want you to listen to a story about a girl of milk and blood, her youth and ripening, that which you’ve experienced yourself. The battle with the shadow in the mirror, with lust that shatters the heart.

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A: Why would I want to hear that again?

B: You might feel it differently this time. If you listen to that story until the end and let it resonate within you, you’ll hear; you’ll understand.

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A: Well, perhaps. What’s it about again?

B: It’s about all the magic the world offers, about temptation, about the desperate desire for eternal beauty, losing of one’s strength but also the juiciness of a new day that flushes the cheeks.

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A: Start already, tell me. 

B: Very well but remember that everything you need to know is hidden within you.

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White won’t last
It would feel cold
Like glass
You’ll stray in the reflection
But don’t be afraid
You’ll find
7 days in a week
7 precious metals
7 planets circling the universe
Sunday’s missing
Sweet fruit on Sunday
And the child fell asleep
Glass again
You’ll transform behind it
Won’t get lost again.

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CREDITS 

Masks and underwear / Beast of the East. @beastoftheeastcz

Styling / Beast of the East @beastoftheeastcz

Photography / Kateřina Kabelková @katerinakab_

Model / Vell Sv.  @vell_sv

Giff / Marie Šprincl aka Střihoruká Maryša @strihoruka

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