Vivienne Westwood 2013 A/W London FW Interpretation

Vivienne Westwood - Red label 'Kabuki Diva'

Make-up artist: Val Garland

“Val created a look for the show which was inspired by Catherine DeNeuve in Belle De Jour and Helmut Newton images. The look was avant garde and really graphic. We outlined eyes and lips with mac black or white acrylic paints. We then painted eyes and lips in bold primary colours – reds, yellows, blues and greens using mac chromoline and mac acrylics. Each model had a unique makeup look.”

• Dramatic tendencies 
• Outlined the face with kabuki features, then filled in the spaces with acrylic paints in primary tones 
• Models nails airbrushed with rosy paint that extended up the fingers 
• Hair - reference to Madonna's strong & empowering image - showed off a super sexual & glamorous vibe 

  

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My interpretation:
I used the Kryolan Supracolor palette to create this look

One problem I encountered when creating this look is that whenever the model opened her eyes, the make-up actually printed onto the eyelid/smudged, so I had to keep trying to correct it

I actually found creating this look quite difficult because I wanted it to be fairly precise but it had a fairly messy look/feel to it, which I am not used to trying to achieve...

The look actually changed depending on the model, because in this case, my model's eyebrows blended into the design and made it look different due to the colour and bold shape they were. After researching the concept, I think the model probably wouldn't of had purple eyebrows because this skews the concept, since purple is not a primary colour.