Bella Magazine September 2013 | Page 6

RussianDOLL who’s that girl Young, stylish and beautiful. Model, blogger, mother. Sofi Eliseeva leads a nice, succesful life. Even without prominent parents behind her. Contemporary Russian fashion icons have somehow a very similar background - rich parents that helped them achieve their dreams. Your story is a bit different. Also, you started the real career only after having a baby. Yes, my story is very much different. I don’t have rich parents or sponsors. Also, I am married and I have a little son. After he was born I’ve become even more active and motivated. I would like to enjoy life to the max but at the same time not cause any harm to my family values. And there you got a chance to interview one of the most popular fashion bloggers - Chiara from the Fashion Salad blog. How was it? I was very excited before the interview, because for a long time I have been reading Chiara’s blog. I really like it, I found it very interesting to get to know her personally. She was very pleasant and energetic, everything went fine. And I’m very glad that I had this opportunity. But you have always been a part of fashion industry, is that right? I started to work as a model at the age of 15. It was a show where I was invited by a friend designer. After that, everything started to pile up. Yet, I managed to graduate from the Faculty of journalism, department of advertising and public relations. But my work has somehow always been associated with the fashion industry. Now you ocassionaly still work as a model and also as a personal shopper and stylist. But you have some more interesting projects going on. I’ve been blogging for almost 3 years now and it is my main job on which I spend most of my time. In 2011, thanks to the blog, which at that time was already popular in Russia, I was noticed by Trendy Lab program produc \??^?[?H?[?H[??\?Y??????[H\?H??? ???[??????\??XB????Y\?]?[?YK?????? ???B??B??