Fashion, Designers & Trends
Take a closer look – Dove makes a video to show the trickery of photoshop, make-up and lighting
By Amy
If you have ever wondered why sometime models or celebs look very different in real life to when you see them on posters or in magazines, here’s the reason why. Most of the time they are not as perfect as you are lead to believe, there’s something else going on.
It’s August. It’s supposed to be summer. It’s bloody freeeeezing in London. You’d think the hideously wet and windy weather here would mean people would be covering up, but never before has so much cleavage been on display. Everywhere you look, bare chests – bronzed, buffed and beautiful (well, not always, see Simon Cowell below) – are averting eyes on the high street. Thing is, this time it’s not men ogling women’s boobies – the cleavage in question is male.
‘”I am not going to be the person I am expected to be anymore”–Bleu by Chanel is spot on capturing EXACTLY what a 38-42 year-old Man feels.’ Says Alexandre Meerson, Direct Sales & E-Commerce Director at ESPA, Luxury Skincare brand, London and Founder of Digital Luxury Brands.
Steven Meisel has that special ability to script and tailor his fashion editorials so that each can reference and reflect current social trends, situations and events. We should be extremely thankful for the fact that Italian Vogue is willing to go the extra mile and give this talented photographer carte blanche when putting together his shoots.
Yep, believe it or not, Ms Walking Tantrum did actually release a full albums’ worth full of what could loosely be termed ‘music’ (the highlight being the lead single Love and Tears).
Yes boys, women are wicked like that. We do care about those things an awful lot, even if you think that we don’t. The old: “right guy, wrong pants” conversation that we girls have at cocktail hour a la Sex and The City isn’t a New York myth, d’ya know…?
Sweet, colourful candybars and lollipops are often used as an inspiration for hair, make-up and clothes. In the Sixties, mini dresses with their square, round, or fluid movement prints already gave off a candy association, but the creatives of our time have really used their sweetest dreams to get to the following outcome.
Whether opening a newspaper, watching television, scanning a magazine or clicking online, we are constantly under a barrage of high-impact, controversial, violent, provocative images and information. With up-to-the-minute data just a finger-click away, now more than ever is the time to be more aware and open-minded. Yet considering all that is available, fashion seems to continually receive the hard rap when it comes to so-called “controversial” images.
Just today I was reading a fresh article on how technology has developed to a stage where there is no point that our clothes shouldn’t include some sort of a gadget. And when technology calls, fashion’s more than happy to answer.
“Never too tight, too stiff or too fashionable”… were the words of one of the greatest style icons in the history of Great Britain: Mr George Bryan Brummell, better known as ‘Beau’ Brummell.





