After the wild ride that was 2020, we have all come to realize that the world is changing. We are dealing with racism and acceptance, left vs. right, truth and disinformation, and women with fewer rights than men vs women as leaders of the free world.

This editorial shows how being a horse girl is an evolving definition: we are living in an influential time in history where we can help shape the world in which we want to live. A small, yet powerful way we can do this is to encourage to defy gender stereotypes, especially young women.

The protagonists, the models Alissia Salatto and Ylenia Labianca, perform in these pictures with authenticity and joy to embody the popular trend to be horse girls: cool, graceful and powerful. The photographer Sara Oblivion plays with fair nuances and shadows, to highlight the meticulous work of the stylist Diomede Domenico and his assistant Mirea Potenza, who chose garments and accessories that gave movement, lightness and grace to each mise.

Francesca Falzetta gives models a luminous look and natural make-up, while Ermenegildo Maratea takes care of their flowing and wavy hair.

At the very least, we can transform the perceptions we have of ourselves and our fellow female equine-lovers to support and encourage what we all know it really means to be a horse girl: strong, confident, compassionate, supportive, downright tough as nails, women.

Photography: Sara Oblivion / saraoblivion

Styling: Diomede Domenico / diomede_domenico

Makeup: Francesca Falzetta / francesca_falzetta

Hair: Ermenegildo Maratea / hairm3n

Models: Alissia Salatto / alissia.salatto
Ylenia Labianca / ylenialabianca

Styling assistance: Mirea Potenza / mir.power

Words: Arianna Chirico / arya_ayra