Eternal feminine. Wearing the picturesque national dress and with long dark plaits over their shoulders, these two plump girls of Soviet Turkmenistan , linger over their toilet with mirror and the unaccustomed eau de cologne. Though they seem so far away from the modern world, these girls are destined to drive agricultural tractors on their native farms. This picture was made after they had finished their days of lessons and were preparing to spend their leisure in the town of Merv.