Blogger and activist Katya Valera about favorite outfits

FOR RUBRICS "WARDROBE" we take pictures of beautiful, original or strangely dressed people in their favorite things and ask them to tell related stories. This week our heroine is blogger and activist Katya Valera.

Interview: Dasha Knyazeva

Photo: Alyona Ermishina

My style is strongly influenced. friends and entourage. More, probably, movies and TV shows, instagram plus shooting, in which I participate in work. I look at how beautiful and strange clothes are selected for me, and I also want to dress in something similar.

I rarely buy things, but if I have to, then this is either Russian clothing brands, or Uniqlo, or merchandise of favorite groups or friends. From local brands I like Sword, NNedre, Circle of Unity, SH'U, Sintezia, Mouth to mouth, iyulstore, Black Form. Most of all I love when friends give me their old clothes or we change with them. Second-hand also love, but I'm not good at finding something cool there. The best are those in residential areas where no one goes to - you can easily find standing things in them. My boyfriend never leaves the second-hand empty-handed. I would say that I dream to learn from him, but I hate to save things, so the less I have them, the better.

In order for me to have clothes with love, it must be either of high quality so that it can be worn for many years, or ridiculous. For example, some kind of too bright leopard skirt with sequins - you need to go to the St. Petersburg "Club" for something. In general, I usually dress as comfortable as possible - that on weekdays, that on weekends.

Dress from second-hand, trench - gift, Sintezia boots, Black Form earrings

Dress of an unknown brand from the second in Budapest. Comfortable and cotton! A trench friend gave for a cup of coffee.

GoTape badge, monochrome Luch Design, Black Form and Monki earrings

Dress SYLVAN by Yasya Dobreva, LOVEgoods top, Sintezia boots, Luch Design mono-ear

Once this dress saved me from a strong frost, when I slept in a hostel without a blanket and heating - I love him very much and the coast for it. I bought it most spontaneously from the designer brand Yasi at the flea market. A transparent top under the dress was attached to my LOVEgoods swimsuit - this, by the way, is also a domestic brand. Shoes presented for the first month of work in the brand. My only heels in the wardrobe are comfortable and beloved.

Monki Dress, Materic Merch T-shirt, Sword Socks, ASICS sneakers

This T-shirt is four years old, it is all falling apart already, but I love her more and more every day.

NTMRZ badge, Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille perfume, Luch Design mono-ear

Playboy jacket, NNedre dress, Vegan Patches stripe, Monki earrings, ASICS sneakers

Dress gave me for shooting. Dad's jeans jacket was brought to Mom from China about ten years ago - and then I quietly took the jacket for myself. She ordered the patch on veganpatches.com, and took the earrings from her boyfriend.

Second-hand shirt, t-shirt - merch, trousers “Lip to mouth”, Black Form earrings, GoTape badge

The shirt from the second Humana in Berlin - cost three euros. T-shirt - merch with my comic about village dogs. Yes, I ambassadora itself. The GoTape badge is punks who are engaged in cassette production in St. Petersburg.

Socks "Sword"

Shirt and pants - Uniqlo, Vans sneakers, Sword socks

I bought this outfit immediately after the first commercial shooting as a model. I wanted to postpone the fee, but then I realized that I hadn’t been buying anything for myself for a long time - and there also the techno-festival OFF was nearing. By the way, I think this outfit is happy, because it was there that I met my current boyfriend - hello, Damir! On my feet are Vans sneakers, which my girlfriend gave me, and socks, which were presented by the Sword brand.

Second-hand shirt, Pull & Bear overalls, Sword socks, Vans sneakers

Colorful shirt - for fifty rubles from the second. It is terribly uncomfortable, because it is made as of cellophane bags. I wear extremely rarely, solely to make friends. Jumpsuit found on sale.