In this photo shoot by Karolos Papazacharias he used makeup as art and Ioannis as a canvas were to freely paint anything that came to mind. And the combination of Ioannis, the makeup and the colorful lights make these portraits beautiful. And #Sexy.
Man’s Face
model：Ioannis
by Nectario Karolos Papazacharias
What fashion magazine hasn’t done some sort of Warhol-inspired shoot? We don’t know. So when recently-launched Du Jour took on the task of an editorial inspired by Nars’s new Andy Warhol collection, they really had no choice but to do something special. And they delivered.
48 designers from 17 different countries participated in the challange that Rivalation proposed back in September where Fashion Students from all around the world were asked to design a dress for Mother Monster to wear to the Funeral of a friend. The kick of the competition was to figure out how to balance the delicacy of a funeral with Gaga’s outrageous fashion sense.
“The Devil’s Widow” by Celene Bridge from Curtin University won 2nd prize.
“Celine’s design deserves credit for its simplicity. It is a great use of materials and originality” - commented the jury of the competition - ”The juxtaposition of sheerness and repetitive details play off each other superbly.”
Lady Gaga:Dress for a Funeral Competition.
I had a small obsession with this editorial from the moment I saw it. The pictures are colorful and technically perfect and the clothes are top Fashion with metallic fabrics, colorful patterns and psychedelic textures. But what kept me hang on the pictures were the models. It’s difficult to get so much “fake” passion and casual touching on a 5s frame and they did a great job. Just for that this Bullet mag editorial got a #Sexy badge.
Nail art has evolved in leaps and bounds over the last few years. It’s not just a couple of coats of varnish anymore, endless choice is available at your, fingertips.
How about capping them with precious metal ornamented with spikes, horms, roses, lizzards, skulls and cobwebs from new label H&H. Designers, make-up artist Holly Silius and jewellery designer Hannah Warner, have taken the nail art fascination to the next level with a line of bespoke metal nails.
Awkward, terrifying, treacherously tall and slightly masochistic are not typically words used to describe footwear. However, from showrooms to runways the industry has seen a trend of museum and editorial-worthy heels. From the use of materials like moss agate, tigers eye, porcelain, and turquoise to the reinterpretation of “heels” altogether with an inverted shin crutch to replace the heel to an eight-inch ballerina pointe shoe. Practical? No. Weird? A bit. Beautiful? Absolutely.
Leanie van der Vyver has gained attention on what she coins “Scary Beautiful” shoes. With a concept of “playing God by physically and metaphorically perfecting themselves” she shows her interpretation of a shoe fit for the perfect human being. The shoe forces the wearer to take on a whole new approach to the concept of walking altogether, with no actual heel, rather a ballet pointe shoe with a front crutch for your shins to rest upon creating a bird-like walk.
Enter Luly Yang. A passionately creative designer from a long line of artists – mainly engineers and architects, Luly being one of the latter for 10 years, with a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from the University of Washington and a daily grind that was highly visual but not so “fashion.”
In 1999, the dress that put Yang on the fashion map and the dress that she is most well known for, The Monarch dress was conceptualized and created. Luly Yang: The Business soon followed.
Continuing his Well known avant-garde style, the Scandinavian designer presents a collection that can be described only as a brave mix of sporty fit, bold prints and geometric combinations very structured, to wear with black and white shoes worthy of note. For adventurous and conceptual men that loves the word dare Vibskov bring a bit of fantasy in their everyday lives.
#Sexy Copenhagen Fashion Week!
Fierce, leather-clad models stood atop pool-side pedestals last Friday showcasing Skingraft’s Spring/Summer 2013 collection.
The private viewing, held at a swanky Sunset Boulevard hotel, featured a largely monochromatic color palette accented with a touch of Satanic red. Knee-high gladiator heels and flats were near ubiquitous and perforated leather, futuristic shoulders and biker jackets were notable highlights.
French makeup artist Violette has quickly made a name for herself in the industry with her signature play on textures. Though she never had any formal beauty training, she started developing her recognizable, painterly style at a very young age while studying art at the École du Louvre. Now, however, she uses famous faces like those of actresses Demi Moore and Eva Mendes as her blank canvas.
The up-and-coming face painter on her ingenious use of pigments, Spring 2013 beauty, and David Bowie. Photography Jean-Philippe Malaval.
The most awaited show at Copenhagen Fashion Week is that of Henrik Vibskov eclectic designer that always suprise us by creating for the collection S/S 13 a futuristic installation that recalls Burton’s scenarios, bordering reality and the more shadowy man ‘s side. A big giant pink tongue is the host on the catwalk with nearly human creatures that try to to free themselves who knows from what thoughts and compulsions, perhaps those of humans, to enjoy otherworldly pleasures.
Photographer Tommy Ton shot some street style around the 2013 Spring shows. This skirt with the simple t-shirt and the hat is just incredibly perfect! #SEXY badge right away!
Here are just a few of my favorites: Street Style Fashion Week!
That famous shower scene. Seems Scarlett Johansson gets to (has to?) relive it more than once in her career: she’s in the new Hitchock biopic playing Janet Leigh, not to mention on the cover of the latest issue of V Magazine doing her best shower scream.
#SEXY because we are talking about Scarlet Johansson on a shower, can’t get better than this. More Magazine covers here.
On Thursday, March 22nd, Japanese label Motonari Ono showcased their 2012 Autumn/Winter collection on the runway at Tokyo Midtown.
A scenario illuminated by a sole line of light sections, where only the essential and the necessary could be seen. A hauntingly beautiful parade started to the sound of timid trembling little bells. Inspiring, serene. A surreal journey through romantic hues and lace, honoring Ono´s signature. Beautiful models walked, each carrying an outfit, then leaving it behind, displayed to the attentive eyes that witnessed the uncommon spectacle.
More from Japan Fashion Week here.