PULP GIRL OF THE WEEK: RACHEL

THE MESMERIZING RACHEL

 

Rachel can be described as the unexpected type of beauty due only to the fact that she downplays her stunning features quite often! The first time we met her, as we were applying her makeup, she apologized for her "shyness". We don't think we'll ever forget that because this so called shyness that she mentioned is never apparent when she's in front of the camera. Rachel always seems ultra aware of how she moves her body and what works in a photo relating to her expressions. Honestly, scanning through her photos it was hard to choose only two per shoot!! It's unbelievable how versatile she is as a model, transforming with astounding ease from shoot to shoot. Not to mention... she's probably one of the nicest and most down-to-earth girls we'd ever hope to meet.

 first shoot: upper-class prom in stretching field- Oct 2010.

second shoot: 1950's good-girls-gone-bad- Oct 2010.

 third: vengeance-seeking vixens in a candy-colored hotel room- Nov 2010.

 forth shoot: bourgeois daze at the tennis courts- Dec 2010.

fifth shoot: purely film in the forest- Dec 2010.

 sixth shoot: floral print comes to life in the night- Jan 2011.

 seventh shoot: foxes in the field- Jan 2011.

eighth mini-shoot: ringing in the new year PULP-style- Jan 2011.

 ninth mini-shoot: one with a mystical creature- Jan 2011.

tenth shoot: high-tea on a snowy afternoon- Jan 2011.

eleventh shoot: way far out camper days- Jan 2011.

20 Questions with Rachel:

NAME: Rachel Lynne L.
STATE: Connecticut
ZODIAC: Cancer
SPIRIT ANIMAL: Fox
FAVORITE ERA: tie between the 60’s and 70’s
IN TEN YEARS I'D LIKE TO BE...: Scotland
WHO'S YOUR IDOL: Michael Jackson
FAVORITE FICTIONAL CHARACTER: Willy Wonka ( Gene Wilder )
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT MODELING FOR PULP: I enjoy being able to transform in to the different characters and eras that are set for the theme of each shoot and bonding with the amazing people involved!
FAVORITE PULP SHOOT: Couldn’t really choose because I love them all but my top 3 are definitely “Vengeance for Vixens“, “Far Out Foxes“, and “Early Fall ‘10 II”
FAVORITE PULP ITEM YOU'VE MODELED: the black open back velvet dress with the white embellishments on the front in the “Early Fall ’10 II” shoot ♥ still wish I bought it.
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR DREAM PULP PHOTOSHOOT: a Murder Mystery shoot in an abandon house! Or a Circus!
PET PEEVES: Hearing people chew
FAVORITE STYLE: for the summer I prefer a gypsy or Native American feel but for the winter I’m more along the cosby sweater lines… I don’t know if you’d call Billy Cosby a style though
FAVORITE SONG AT THIS MOMENT: Copper Wimmin~ Bleeding Rivers
FAVORITE MOVIE AT THIS MOMENT: Harry Potter
ON A RAINY DAY I...: play outside of course! Or if its cold, watch River Dance
FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF: I don’t need drugs and alcohol to have fun~ lame I realize this.
THE FIVE THINGS YOU'D TAKE TO A DESERT ISLAND: a machete to slice coconuts in mid air, a family photo album, some nice tribal tunes, a good ole pal, and a camera to document.
LACE OR VELVET: Velvet

Thank you oh-so-much to the lovely Rachel!

<3

xoxo

The Pulp Girls

PULP GIRL OF THE WEEK: MARYKATE

THE CAPTIVATING MARYKATE

MaryKate radiates the same perfect, earthy loveliness as the summer's day we met her atop a Connecticut dam. It was actually our very first shoot that included a storyline, and it was she and her fellow model Garye who made that expressive shoot possible! MaryKate is a total natural in front of the camera, with that indispensable ability to communicate through the lens. We love love love her aptitude for embracing and running with the story of a shoot. She could easily be a gypsy beauty, traversing mystical forests in a caravan of troubadours, or a disillusioned schoolgirl in search of an adventure, taking an enchanted shortcut home. MaryKate's beautiful soul shines in her photos!

 FIRST SHOOT: Bandit runaways atop a woodland dam! May 2010

SECOND SHOOT: Rebellious schoolgirls transformed into free-spirited, chandelier-eyed nymphs!

20 Questions with MaryKate

NAME: MaryCatherine Carey Burnell
STATE: The only living girl in Connecticut
ZODIAC: Gemini, Gemini rising- I’m quadruplets
SPIRIT ANIMAL: I’m usually told I’m either a cat or a bird. Conundrum?
FAVORITE ERA: Paleolithic
IN TEN YEARS I'D LIKE TO BE...: sane, healthy, much more well-traveled, and that much closer to enlightenment
WHO'S YOUR IDOL: I don’t really have one
FAVORITE FICTIONAL CHARACTER: Naboo from the Mighty Boosh
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT MODELING FOR PULP: Acting out the ‘story’ of the shoot, inspired by the gorgeous clothes and settings.
FAVORITE PULP SHOOT: Chandelier Girls was freezing, but I had a blast with that Jesus statue
FAVORITE PULP ITEM YOU'VE MODELED: I might have to buy those tank tops from last summer for this summer.
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR DREAM PULP PHOTOSHOOT: on board a clipper ship. OR A DIRIGIBLE OH MY GOD. Or a fabulous summertime on-the-run-from-Johnny-Law scenario.
PET PEEVES: open mouthed gum chewers, willful ignorance or small-mindedness
FAVORITE STYLE: Amelia Earhart, 19th century nautical looks, and early American explorers
FAVORITE SONG AT THIS MOMENT: I’ve been listening to Owen Pallett’s latest EP, A Swedish Love Story. It’s really beautiful
FAVORITE MOVIE AT THIS MOMENT: At this moment I don’t think I have one of those either.
ON A RAINY DAY I...: revel in the opportunity to wear my Hunter boots
FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF: My positivity and my impeccable spelling
THE FIVE THINGS YOU'D TAKE TO A DESERT ISLAND: guitar, paper/pens, weed, bowl, lighter
LACE OR VELVET: You must have known nobody would be able to pick just one. 

A big thank you to the amazing MaryKate for being this week's Pulp Girl!!

xxo

THE PULP GIRLS

PULP GIRL OF THE WEEK: CHIARA

THE GORGEOUS CHIARA

From our very first photo-shoot together to, say, even last week, Chiara has always been such a darling, accommodating model! She's always on the lookout for ways to help out, from allowing us to use her room and her backyard, to calling up friends to model! She's quickly turned into one of our most selfless Pulp Girls. While she can easily strike a model-esque pose, she certainly isn't afraid to give a shoot an injection of fun and naturalness. When we think of Chiara, her loveliness and happiness come to mind, along with her vintage-decor room (complete with an awe-inspiring frame wall)! She has a total 70's girl vibe to her; the kind of smiling lady that makes everything fun, from running through a field at sunset or dancing around a campfire in the middle of the dark woods. Old books, candles, jewelry boxes and faux flowers spill across her rose-tinted room, creating an instant feeling of calm and warmth the moment you step in. Chiara is one of a kind: a kind we are very happy to know!

first shoot: a goth atmosphere hanging out in a graveyard- Oct. 2010

second shoot: giant prep school prom party!- Oct. 2010

third shoot: traveling gypsies draped in florals!- Oct. 2010

forth shoot: a brightly-deco gathering of lovely bowed girls.- Nov. 2010

fifth shoot: a beautiful haunting in the deep dark woods.- Nov. 2010

sixth shoot: swan transformation on a cold, winter day.- Dec. 2010

seventh shoot: an intimate look at the goings-on of a pulp girl's rainy day.- Dec. 2010

impromptu mini shoot (eighth): christmas cheer in a fluffy dress!- Dec 2010

ninth shoot: poor little goth girls at the country club.- Dec 2010

20 Questions with Chiara:

NAME: Chiara-vallotti Salvato (i'm not giving you my middle names. reading them makes most people faint from exhaustion)
STATE: Catatonic/Connecticut/Michigan
ZODIAC: cusp of aries and taurus
and i was supposed to be a cancer (aaaalmost as confusing as my name)
SPIRIT ANIMAL: i asked around, i got a bunny, unicorn, fawn, peacock, stegosaurus, fox, cat, swallow, bluebird, butterfly. i still have no idea.
FAVORITE ERA: french-elizabethan, victorian, 20's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 90's.  

IN TEN YEARS I'D LIKE TO BE...: sipping coffee with an phenominally goodlooking boy in my castle house that tim burton was the architect of, located half in the woods and half in gotham city.  

WHO'S YOUR IDOL: it's between jenny lewis, lilly allen, betsey johnson, kurt cobain, peaches geldof and helena bonham carter. (this is what you get for daring to ask me such complex, evasive, indecisive questions!) 

FAVORITE FICTIONAL CHARACTER: lux lisbon/dorothy/sally/roxy/dr. frankenfurter/lestat de lioncourt
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT MODELING FOR PULP: the stories behind the shoots and that i dont feel so much like a weirdo when i see that some one else puts outfits like these together as well :]
FAVORITE PULP SHOOT: cemetary/vengence for vixens/whispers in the woods/hippyoneididwithlindsaybutiforgetthenamefor/bourgeois daze.
FAVORITE PULP ITEM YOU'VE MODELED: whispers in the woods lace dress/knee high combat boots(those were just the first things that came to mind (i'm trying to calm down with the long answers). :]
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR DREAM PULP PHOTOSHOOT: THIS TOWN AIN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US (saloon)/tea party/fairytale(true romance inspired, of course)
PET PEEVES: the word scrumptious, things popping my eardrum, meat and/or animal bi-products enterting the vicinity of my mouth.
FAVORITE STYLE: ANYTHING WITHOUT PANTS.
FAVORITE SONG AT THIS MOMENT: Fatal Palmistry-Why?/Le Loup Garou (No no no...)-Aeroplane, 1929
FAVORITE MOVIE AT THIS MOMENT: heathers/anything with michael pitt
ON A RAINY DAY I...: find every and any excuse not to leave the house and end up writing, reading or making jewelery of some sort.
FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF: my frame wall. oh, and my everlasting good mood.
THE FIVE THINGS YOU'D TAKE TO A DESERT ISLAND: shade (gotta keep up the pale pallor), music (perhaps a live band that can play anything at my will), books/graphic novels, vegan nom noms, a plane full of my herd of friends. i hope that all counts as one each.
LACE OR VELVET: who do you think you are, making me choose.

Thank you sooo much Chiara, for being our lovely Pulp Girl of the Week!!!

<3

xoxo

The Pulp Girls