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Alexander McQueen avant-guard Runway look
Alexander McQueen was a big fashion designer who was well known for his avant- guard runway shows. His pieces were very bold and wild, this was so he could give a sneak peak as what was going to be put into his ready- to-wear collection. This piece was from his fall show in Paris of 2009.
i had used the shapes in the outfit as big inspiration into my look. To keep this true to the designer i had kept the big overlined red lip as this was signature to the makeup on his models. I had started off with the base, i had decided to match this to Ezra’s skin tone, upon reflection i do wish i had used a white base as it would be clearer as who the look was inspired by. next I started by outlining the square shapes on the side of their face, i had decided to do four squares and only on one side of the face as i didn't want it to overpower the whole look but just be complimentary. I wanted the eyes to be the centre piece of this piece as that is what first draws attention. I had initially created a diamond piece on the eyes however i decided that looked more like the joker from batman and less like an avant guard piece. I decided to have a look at the rest of the outfit and had noticed the stripe pattern on the tights and took inspiration from this and turned it into a drip piece underneath the eyes. To add some minimal final touches to the look, i had brushed some red paint into the brows to keep all the colours in co ordinatio, i had then splatter some red paint onto left side of Ezra’s face in contrast to the black eye.
Valentino aw22
Pier Paolo Piccioli is an italian fashion designer and is the creative director of Valentino.
For this ready to wear collection the designer had decided to go with a monochromatic pallet and had selected this pink tone “ to liberate us from the dark realism of our lives and into the bold and beautiful world of Valentino” .
By stripping this collection from multi colour pieces it had allowed more attention to be brought upon the looks and had brought a new “ narrative beyond the seams”
We had a team meeting about the Valentino cat walk and we had discussed how we would be splitting the looks as there were 81 looks in total however there were only 32 models to walk the runway. We had decided to split this into 3, those 3 categories being a pink makeup look, a neutral look and a black look. We would have the 16 models who are doing the neutral makeup look to walk the runway twice in both a pink outfit and a black outfit. This neutral look would be a dewy/wet natural makeup look . For the other 17 models who will be wear a pink outfit on the runway and walking once will have a minimalistic eye piece to compliment the look which will either be a bold shadow or a graphic liner. For the 16 models that will walking the black outfits once the will be wearing a very light minimalist “makeup no makeup” look.
for my Valentino runway look i had gone with a very minimalist look. I had created one of the pink looks with slight shadow in the outer corner of the eye, i had kept this look very soft as i didn’t want it to take away any focus from the runway outfit. after taking a sec look at my makeup choice i do wish that i had slightly used more pigment shade into the pink so the shadow liner was more visible And added some pink into the waterline of the eyes. As a small touch to the eye look i had brushed a pink paint onto Ezra’s eyelashes , unfortunately ezra had sensitive eyes so i wasn’t able to get the colour on closer to the lash line . For the base i wanted to do a light wear look, because i had applied this with a cream pallet it had not sat as light as i had hoped so next time i would prep the skin with a strobe cream to give it a more natural glow.
editorial pick & Mix look
we selected at random 2 picture, one being a makeup look and the other being a hair look. For my makeup i wanted the face to be very dewy and natural looking, as if no makeup was worn.
i begun this look with the liner, i used a yellow face paint and a thin eyeshadow brush to carve out my desired shape the packed in the colour using a small round flat shadow brush, to avoid this from transferring onto the crease of the eye i put a yellow shadow on top to set the liner, for future reference i will use a liquid liner on the eyes as the paint started to crack on the eyes which would be visible on camera when photographing the look. Unfortunately i also didn’t have any blue lipsticks or any of the colours i could mix to create a blue lip so again i had improvised with a blue water-based paint and set this with a blue shadow, to create the cupids bow i also used the same colours i did on the liner to ensure that it all matches the colour scheme.
finally for the base i wanted the skin to look as though there was no makeup on the face and for it to look sheer/ translucent. to achieve this I prepared the skin with some moisturiser to avoid any dry skin that could cause patchiness and then a strobe cream to get the skin shimmering. Once this had dried on the face I applied a cream foundation onto the face with a damp brush, this made the smaller amount of product go a longer way across the face. the combination of these things combined left the face makeup with the exact outcome that i was hoping for. as for the hair I decided to part it sideways rather than in the middle and i used golden clips in her hair as i feel it complimented the brunette and blonde tones in her hair.
prep for final
Original inspiration for my final
Costume
My makeup is inspired by a collaboration between a makeup artist and a avant garde stylist. for my costume piece i wanted to make a shoulder piece like the photo in the top left corner.
I started this piece by putting together to zip ties in a v shape and connected the zip ties along the outside. however these didn’t sit upright the way i had intended them as they kept too so I decided to remake a pice that is more suitable.
Hair practice
for my avantgarde hair piece i wanted to make something more extravagant that was both kept away and tidy but also more on the wild side and in the face. i combined these two ideas by making a curly mohawk and keeping the sides away with bantu knots. bantu knots is a style that originates from southern and eastern Africa and can be tracked back 2 millennium. then to create the curly mohawk i sectioned the hair into two ponytails and used a medium sized curler and took bigger sections of the hair and curled them. To get more volume into the hair I separated it into smaller curls then back combed the root. To avoid the hair being completely in the face i have clipped the hair slightly back which added more height and texture.
Makeup practice
originally my colour scheme for my final were blues and gold
my first practice trial for my eyeshadow look i had done on myself, which personally i really liked how it turned out and had decided that it was the look that i wanted to do on hannah for my final.
however when i started the eyeshadow look on hannah there were some complications. I didn’t at first consider that i had alot more space on my eyelids for more intricate design, however hannah has hooded eyes meaning i have to accommodate my look to her features. to achieve this look I started with a cream base on the lids and packed out a sea blue colour on the inner corner of the eye using a fluffy brush and only slightly blended out the edges as i didnt want to loose the shape and elongate the direction. Then for the liner i used a deep blue shadow, using a flat curved brush i was able to get the shape more sharpe and accurate, once i had got the outline of my liner i begun to pat in the shadow using a small flat brush. However once we realise that this look wasnt going to work on hannah i evaluated what i could do with hannahs eye shape and still have it to my general theme and colour scheme. i decided that i would put more of the details into other areas on the face as there is no limitations. i begun to do a full blue eye on hannah and blends it out with some lighter blue shades to avoid the colour looking compl block. For the fore head i wanted to have a “scratched” colour across the face, i used a flat fan brush and some blue face paints and gently grazed it across her forehead, unfortunately the brush strokes were clumping together which made it look more like a blob on the face. I attempted to revive this by adding some gold stokes using a water based shimmer however this colour looked alot more metallic and dull rather than a bright shimmer. in conclusion i wasn’t very happy with any element of this look so i am going to look into a different style more suited to my models features.
2nd attempt at body piece
I had a look at some different designs for my body piece and decided an off the shoulder piece would compliment the look well as its not too in the face and distracting from the hair or the makeup. I started this by making tear shaped zip ties, getting them all to be as symmetrical as possible. i then tied them side by side with more zip ties doing this on the top and the bott of the piece and repeatedly until it was long enough to reach the shoulders. I put a small ring around the ends to i am able to tie The back together with some string, the reason for this is that i am able to adjust the piece to whatever size i need on the day, rather than making it the whole way round and it potentially being too big/too small.
Final
to recreated this curly mohawk i have followed the same steps as i did previously with slight tweaks to the look.
When starting this look on hannah and sectioning her hair i realised her hair was very fine so the bantu knots did not work so i had adjusted the style slightly accommodate to her hair type.
Instead of bantu knots i back combed the sections of her hair and put them into small space buns. I do prefer this look. instead of sectioning the heir into two pony tails i left it as one at the crown of her hair. I did this as we were under a time limit and wanted to use that time more efficiently.
Mood board inspiration
I made a second mood board for makeup inspiration so i was able to envision a more suitable look with both hannahs features and my vision for the look in mind.
I started this look with the eyes. i used my ben nye pressed liner to carve out the shape and then packed in the liner with a flat brush, however i only did this on the lids so i was able to apply the base easier. For the face foundation I applied a small amount of cream foundation onto the face and blended it out with a flat round foundation brush.
I then set the face with some loose powder so i was able to complete the eye shadow under eyes so it wouldn't move the foundation.
i used the pressed liner through to get the deep black tone, then blended over the edges with a black shadow, then gradually used a grey tone.
i wanted the gems on the face to mirror faux freckle so i stuck them along the T shape of Hannah's face with some eyelash glue. Next time i would place some black dots in between the gems to enhance the illusion of freckles.
finally for the lips i ouined these with a liquid black liner just along the outer lip, as hannah does have smaller lips i had over-lined them for more space then used a gloss over the top for shine
overall im very haply with how my look came out, i wish i did have better photos of my work as i did want to use A ring flash effect however the equipment was not available to do so.
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