Who is she??

The Etsy rabbit hole I fell down last night (maybe look at this sooner rather than later if you want to buy something from this shop)

This pose. The lighting. The furrow between her eyes. This blouse! She’s the sole model in an Etsy shop I just stumbled into called MyRagsShop. It’s in Wroclaw, Poland but they don’t charge for shipping. Also everything is really cheap — like $30 to $60. It’s possible she will raise the prices after I post this and frankly I don’t blame her. But at the time this story was filed (what?) a lot of things were strange prices like $30.12 and $55.32. Maybe something to with the zloty to dollar exchange rate.

I want to believe the woman in the pictures is also the shop owner but probably not. I love it when she looks to the side from behind like this. And what a dainty blouse. Linen long sleeves shirt/ 90s vintage linen blouse/ casual blue shirt/ size S

I suddenly love the veins in my hands! Also maybe want this Vintage large, insulated coat, 90s trench / gray oversize trench / vintage coat /unisex trench / size XL. You understand that I don’t know this person and am not profitting here, right? You are falling down the rabbit hole in real time with me. Who is taking the pictures? I need more production credits!

What is this fit? What is this collar? Handmade Vintage orange sweater/ Norway wool Sweater/ Retro 80s pullover/ size XS-S. I’m feeling how I used to feel looking at the Tweeds catalogue as a teenager. So covetous I couldn’t see straight. I did save up and order one thing from there once, a moss green cardigan, cropped and textured.

Whoever buys these things has to send us picts. Linen vintage jacket with lining /casual red and pink jacket Made in Italy/comfortable linen and cotton jacket/old vintage/size 42/oversize

My questions are who is she? What is her name? How old is she? What does she do when she’s not modeling? I probably have other questions but I have to keep going through the shop.

Ok, I admit I ordered this for myself. But I showed alot of restraint to leave the other things for you guys. Vintage cotton dress/80s casual dress/oversize dress/size 38-40/Oversize . I probably bought the wrong thing but I felt like it was my duty to get something that other people wouldn’t want.

Her hair is cute this way too. If she gets a big modeling career from this I don’t need to be mentioned as part of the discovery but if I was that would be fine also. I’m sure she has busy and satisfying life and just does this as a favor for her friend and doesn’t want to model as a career. Miu Miu S/S ‘26. That’s all I’m going say. If she does walk I would like be in the front row but whatever, do what you want. Pearls. I’m dropping pearls here, left and right.

Chic piece. Only other women will like it but we just want to be comfortable in this life.

I feel like I’m going crazy. Not even my style and sort of cheap-looking but those big sleeves and you tie it loosely and it’s kind of sloppy and sexy.

I like her hair darker but honestly she can’t lose. The furrow and now the eye bags. I do understand that she’s very, very pretty and thin and this is not how most of us look with furrows and eyebags. But we still need aspirational images in the furrow and eyebag and hand vein department! Because we understand and love ourselves by looking at other women (remember the body presentation post.) The throat skin is also not perfectly smooth. But honestly I’m only really noticing these things now, the main thing is just an enjoyment of her beauty and vibe and an excitement about the clothes. She’s probably 43. This coat is sick. Whenever they say the brands I’ve never heard of them. I guess HIRMER is a German brand of wool items. Classy. You know that’s warm.

Well, this jumpsuit is going to make someone’s day. I’d snap it up but my torso is surely too long. I’ve hit the post length limit but just know there is way, way more in the Etsy shop. Clothes of all sizes and shapes. Even a chair. If you get something tell us in the comments or in the chat. But for everyone else, I hope you have enjoyed this photo exhibition of an unknown-as-of-yet woman in Poland. I’ll let you know if I learn more about her.

====

UPDATE: Her name is Karolina Ćwik, a Polish artist. Here is her website. It’s good stuff, you’re going to be happy. She’s a mom and I love her photographs. Nevermind about the modeling, we are now about sharing her work with a larger audience — (although she’s already pretty established Europe.) These are from a series called “Let’s Build The Virus”:

“Her projects are intimate diaries, in which she documents her experience of being a mother, daughter and an artist. She is a graduate of Law and Administration at the University of Wroclaw and a student of the Institute of Creative Photography in Opava (the Czech Republic).”

And OMG, it’s HER STORE. This is the info we wanted, from this interview:

Recently, I started a business that I can run without leaving the house. I have an online vintage-clothing store and take the ‘sales photos’ with my husband. I’m the model – a tired mother at the end of a long day. My friends laugh that you can see the bags under my eyes a little. The quarantine has probably made that worse.

These are from a series called “Don’t look at me”:

I’m inspired. The best possible outcome. Good luck today, everyone.

x

mj