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[aozoramusume]

100 years of Russian beauty as seen by a random American girl who got her knowlege about Russia trough Wikipedia.

[cardboardnight]

She actually... didn't do a really good job, i mean 1950 based on 2008's movie Stilyagi? That must be a joke... Instead, you could have taken Lyudmila Gurchenko look from 1956 movie "The Carnival Night", or i don't know, there were plenty of movies, posters, journals etc. come on, guys.

[Oktaviii]

This woman knows NOTHING about Russians or Russia. The whole thing is like 85% inaccurate and biased. She probably just googled a couple of pics and read some books written by American authors about Russia and USSR and called it "research". So stereotypical. The reasons she brought up about why people were dressed that way are not accurate. So, not impressive at all.
I just don't understand why they didn't choose actual Russian person to work on it? There are plenty of Russians in the U.S. who they could ask for help. Instead they chose recent college graduate who probably barely knows history of her own country.

[momentary_]

Cut Video needs to stop including political movements in their videos if they don't really represent the standard of beauty in those countries. I don't know much about Russian culture, but I find it hard to believe that wearing a makeshift balaclava was considered beautiful in Russia.

[AnzhelikaSuchkova]

As a Russian living in the United States I am extremely offended by this video. Such a rich culture with thousands of years of history should not be "researched" by an incompetent American who's never seen inside the country. For some reason very often Russians are being stereotyped by Americans who think that we are some 3rd world country without much of a culture. AND IT'S COMING FROM A COUNTRY THAT EXISTS A LITTLE OVER 500 YEARS lmao!
You think that most Russian trends were influenced mostly by European and American fashion when in reality WE HAVE OUR OWN IDOLS WE DRAW INSPIRATION FROM. Me and my parents grew up watching old classical Russian movies that are still relevant and rewatched over and over today even though they were made in 70's and 80's. I suggest you watch them before making any assumptions.
Natalya Varley, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Alla Pugacheva, Vera Alentova and many, many, many other iconic Russian actresses represent our culture and they are beautiful in their simplicity. People had always seen Russian women as different, strong and bold but all you did was westernized us in the eyes of the viewers. Again. As Americans always do.
All you tried to do is tie our history to your standards of beauty when in reality only few were influenced by western fashion. Russian women took pride in modest clothing and hard work though they still dressed elegantly.
Most Russian women stay true to our country, our traditions and our idea of femininity and beauty.
I don't even want to start on the Pu$$y Riot thing at the end. That was just plain inappropriate... and the fact that you chose them to represent the entire current population of Russian women shows how little you know about our culture.
I suggest you reshoot the Russian episode using a more competent researcher who's a native and knows what the Russian history is all about. Holla at me if you need help. Peace.

[selinnija]

I strongly disagree with idea that Pussy Riot somehow represent beauty today. Some people may think that they are trying to fight for something decent, in fact, they are mostly attention seekers. Can you imagine situation in U.S. that some revealing dressed girls would come to the church, interact service, dance wild dance and even have sex in there afterwards? That's just nonsense! I was so looking forward to that clip, everything was just perfect, but the last part was such disappointment. I believe that you hurt feelings of so many Russian women by putting Pussy Riot in your clip as representation of modern beauty.

[hayleymar]

I am approximately 95% sure I sold girl scout cookies with this researcher.

[Dollfaceyourfear]

"Even though the US and the West was at war with Russia, but because it was the Cold War, they're still open to each other".
Obviously, this "researcher" skipped a few pages of her history book that were about the Iron Curtain. SMH

[Lina-svtm]

wtf did she say about Pussy Riot???In Russia we even don't remember about them.Their vandalism meant nothing to us and even more for beauty...-_-"

[suvazul]

Благодарю за выбор модели, кто представляет Россию. Красивая и милая девушка.

[Meirstein]

The main problem with using Stilyagi is that the characters were based off a very particular subculture who dressed how they THOUGHT Americans dressed. A very important scene in the movie is when the leader of the hipster group came back from working in America and revealed that people in America dressed normally.

[nozaakilkhanova]

Starting from 60-70th, awful research. Absolutely does not represent the Russian style. They should've used a Russian researcher, not American. It's insulting actually.

[victoriaaxe]

Бред. Вообще нашей культуры не знает. И Pussy Riot тут вообще причём? ахаха, как они отразились на нашей моде? Пздц крч

[verycalifragilistic]

OMG, instead of basing the 2010 image upon real strong female characters like Natalia Vodianova or Chulpan Khamatova, you're deciding to include Pussy Riot. If you're making a video about 100years of beauty FROM YOUR PROSPECTIVE, ok cool. But these girls don't represent Russia. As it was mentioned before, they are just attention seekres, nothing more than that. And let's be honest, their music kinda sucks. And yup, it's not a bad idea to hire a better researcher or at least a native, who would help with the research.

[kakandaville]

Maybe next time you do a video you invite over some natives for a research? Too bad idea?

[SirTranquilizator]

Well.. I wish I never watched this one. Kinda spoiled the impression of the good video. It's wierd how this lady sees Russia, especially if she claims to have made a research.

[GodOfVictory]

My god, that model is an absolute treat for the eyes.

[katerinakarpova]

As a Russian American I find the last part featuring "Free Pussy Riot" incredibly offensive. Not only is this representation inaccurate, it is also extremely biased toward the American perspective of what Russian women consider beautiful. Let me tell you, it could not be further from the truth. I wanted to watch this video to get a pure, untarnished look at Russian beauty, NOT to get feminist propoganda shoved down my throat. Another version of this video needs to be made with real historical consideration. Preferably by someone who isn't a women's studies hipster living in her own fantasy world.

[HoogeWooge]

Lol, all already forgotten about those silly girls in masks, which were never recognized as symbol of beauty, and you present them the standard of beauty in today's Russia. I already thought that all are tired of these dirty political jeers.

[chinzanasweat]

I laughed so hard when she told she took the image of the time from a modern film! Don't call a research such a superficial work, and it would be just OK.