Alexandre Herchcovitch gets Ghoulish

Catwalk make-up and styling by Celso Kamura.

Matthew Barney

He is a modern Surrealist and an incredible stylist, this still from Barney's Cremaster Cycle makes me think of the the previous posting 'War Hero'.  Check out his collaboration, Drawing Restraint 9, created with his partner Bjork.

It's Pat, doing what she does best. Telling it how it is.

War Hero

Remembrance Sunday and the Two Minute Silence held on 11th Day of the 11th month have been observed since the end of the First World War, but their relevance remains undiminished. When we bow our heads in reflection, we remember those who fought for our freedom during the two World Wars. But we also mourn and honour those who have lost their lives in more recent conflicts. 

In light of this, the portrayal of a war hero’s bloody face, the symbolism of extreme confinement of casts, masks and braces and misplaced body parts, which can only mean the loss of limbs, lends itself a more telling cache.  Lest we forget.

 
Dazed&Confused July 2010
Photographer: Richard Burbridge
Stylist: Robbie Spencer
Hair: Shon at Julian Watson
Makeup: Peter Philips at Art+Commerce

Urban Dolls

"It is getting more and more difficult to define a concept of contemporary beauty. In urban society, where the hunt for perfection begins at an early age and modified ‘plastic beauties’ wave from the covers of glossy magazines, humanity’s struggle for perfection appears almost limitless.

This project is an explorative journey in search of alternatives that could replace plastic or aesthetic surgery. Design becomes a mediator between humans and existing body modification processes; static, permanent procedures are transformed into flexible, temporary prosthetics."

Vilma Jaruseviciute

As seen on vilmajar.com and Next Nature

Smiling with your eyes only

Inspired by the art of Chinese paper-cutting, these paper eyelashes created by Ting yu Wang blend an element of tradition infused with symbolic meaning rooted in Chinese culture, with contemporary design.

As seen on FaceHunter

Painted hair on muted faces

The Altuzzara SS 2011 show had a tribal theme that avoided being too literal by using techno, severe chic as a point of reference.  Building on 70's punk references Paul Hanlon for Catwalk by TIGI backcomebed, brushed and flat ironed hair and injected random pops of colour on just one side of the head..  The make up was deliberaltely kept minimal by Tom Pecheux for MAC Cosmetics, through sculpting and contouring the face, keeping the overall look matte.