Posts tagged beauty
New York Fashion Week: Marc Jacobs’ ’70s show
Sep 14th
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The LA Times’ Boothe Moore breaks down the Marc Jacobs show @ NY Fashion Week:
At Marc Jacobs’ spring/summer show, the look was unmistakably Jodi Foster from the 1976 film “Taxi Driver.”
Which is not to say that the models looked like preteen prostitutes exactly — but that they looked like bright lights in the dark city.
Hearkening back to the 1970s, these are clothes for strutting your stuff and looking like you’re living large even if you’re not — long, floaty halter dresses in geometric prints; slinky, one-shoulder striped jersey gowns; puffy sleeve blouses worn with even puffier long skirts cinched with leather sashes and finished off with overgrown corsages; zigzag patterned metallic knits and enormous straw hats with the rims turned back.
Suiting was a focus, but it was glam suiting, such as a cropped butterscotch satin jacket and matching short-shorts, a sorbet pink satin pants suit with flared trousers, or an over-sized blazer embroidered with bands of silver and gold sequins, worn atop fluid cream silk crepe trousers.
It might not have been the most thought-provoking Marc Jacobs collection, but it was exuberant, from the pink, purple, black and gold color palette to the glitter-dusted platform sandals. Top it off with great-looking structured, flap-front handbags, More >
Burberry tackles Make-Up…
Jul 9th
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The classic Burberry trench has finally announced the label’s new makeup collection, which Chief Creative Officer Christopher Bailey says “reflects the natural style and relaxed attitude of the iconic trenchcoat.” The beauty line, which is available on burberry.com and nordstrom.com, is inspired by the concept of “effortless elegance,” and features colors that heighten one’s natural glow while maintaining a subtle, neutral palette; 11 different products are available in a range of wearable shades. We particularly love the modern packaging, which features a muted version of the famous Burberry check—it brings a touch of cool Britannia to our makeup bags.
Airbrushing: Fair or Unfair?
Jun 18th
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It is an understatement saying that technology has changed the world of fashion and modeling. Nowadays after a photo shoot, graphic designers can use photoshop to digitally enhance or change the photo of the model. This method is sometimes helpful, but it is also come under fire and debate. Many photos of female models have been altered so strikingly, their bodies look completely unnatural and unattainable. Many people argue that the photoshop era has gone too far.
Airbrushing photos of models usually includes, shrinking of the waist, accentuation of their hips, cleaning up any inflammations or blemishes (even natural ones such as freckles or under-eye puffiness) and other things that begin to make the photos look completely unnatural.
Some companies are trying to break the tradition of airbrushing photos to the point of the models body looking unnatural, Debenham’s creative director Mark Woods said: “‘As a responsible retailer we want to help customers make the most of their beauty without bombarding them with unattainable body images…Our campaign is all about making women feel good about themselves – not eroding their self belief and esteem by using false comparisons…Not only does it make sense from a moral point of view, it ticks the More >
Con Artist on Toddlers and Tiaras?
Jun 18th
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TLC’s hot show Toddlers and Tiara’s left quite a few parents in a temper tantrum last night. On last night’s episode, Lisa Fulgham, the director of a child beauty pageant, collected between $15,000 – $20,000 in entry fees, and then left before crowning, without paying her bills or leaving any money for the winning contestants.
Toddlers and Tiaras is the newest show on the TLC network, chronicling the ups and down of parents and young children competing in high-pressure beauty and talent pageants.
Lisa Fulgham’s alleged pageant was completely unorganized and was running about 2.5 hours behind schedule, leaving the dressed up tots and their parents more than cranky. After the contestants began questioning what the problem was, it was discovered that Fulgham was nowhere to be found. Letters were distributed to the parents informing them that instead of cash prizes, they received IOUs.
According to one of the makeup artists at the event, Lisa had not only left with the prize money, but also without paying her bill at the venue. Now that is just not ladylike at all!
