This is a comedy drama written by William Shakespeare in 1590s and it is one of his most controversial plays. In 2005, BBC and Horsebridge Productions produced a tv series called Shakespeare Retold and this is one of the four plays they interpreted called The Taming of the Shrew. The film is true to the original plot, but not the text. Sally Wainwright wrote the screenplay.
It's about a very successful member of parliament, Kathreine Minola (Shirley Henderson), a 38 year old multimillionaire bad tempered woman. Her wild displays of anger and aggressive behaviour are the reason why she is still single and a virgin. She insults and degrates men around her sometimes even physicaly attacks anyone who tries to talk back to her. Despite that, her family and co-workers want her to get married, but as she is running for the leadership of her party, marriage is the last thing on her mind. Her sister, Bianca (Jamie Murray), is a complete opposite, in both looks and personality. She is a fashion model with 'renaissance' beauty, who gets marriage proposals on a daily basis, mostly from her manager Harry. Even though he is hopelessly in love with her, she turned him down every time and said "I will get married when Kathreine gets married".
But tables start turning for Kathreine when she, storming out of Bianca's party, gets stuck in the elevator with Petruchio, Harry's friend. Petruchio (Rufus Sewell) is the 16th Earl of Charlbury and a passionate eccentric who wants to marry a rich woman. The reason for that is that he didn't have a job and his father died and didn't leave him any money. He is determant to 'tame' Kate, as he likes to call her and make her fall in love with him. Eventually, she falls in love and agrees to marry him. Not long after that, Bianca gets engaged to a 19-year-old boy she met on the plane, Lucentio.
On the wedding day, for everyone's surprise, he turned up wearing a velvet cloak, a shirt, a kilt, high heel boots, net thights, makeup and black nailvanish. That made Kathreine very furious, not to mention humiliated, but she still said 'I do' and they went to Italy on their honeymoon. He was drunk, and she was raging with anger and threatened with divorce. He even invited Harry to join them and when Harry explained to Kate why Petruchio is acting the way he is, she starts to understand. Harry and her mother (Twiggy) also fall in love and get engaged. At the end Kate finds out she's pregnant with triplets and they live happily ever after.
Since Shakespeare wrote this play during the Elizabethan era, it is not a surpise that there are many similarities with not only Kathreine, but also other characters and Queen Elizabeth I. The first one, and most obvious, is the fact that everyone pressured Kathreine to get married. Even though Elizabeth had never been married, she experienced probably even more pressure than Kate, since she was the queen. They were both very powerful women and didn't need men in order to be successful. What Bianca and Elizabeth have in common are their portaits. Elizabeth controlled the way she looked in her portraits, she probably had them up in every room just like Bianca. Clothes whise, at the beginnig of the film, Kate wore a black and outfit, tight at the waist, with a collar. Her hair was in a bun. Her mother was usually dressed in luxorious fabrics such as velvet and lots of jewlery, mostly pearls and big statement necklaces. The colours she usually wore were red and purple, including makeup. Bianca loves to wear fur, and Petruchio wore a shirt that very much looked like the ones that tudor men wore. The last thing I noticed was that, Kathreine was wearing her wedding dress on the flight and for a couple of days in Italy. That was because Petruchio hid her suitcase, but it reminded me of the elizabethan era because back then, they rarely changed clothes and even slept in them, and that is exactly what Kate had to do.
Personally, I liked the film. Although, I thought her anger and bad temper were a bit too exaggerated and dramatic at the beginning, but the way she acted after her wedding was probably how any woman, including me, would react in those situations. It was funny and very entertaining.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453555/
http://www.shakespearefilms.com/the-taming-of-the-shrew-shakespeare-retold/
http://www.lariat.org/AtTheMovies/nora/tamshrew.html
http://www.shmoop.com/taming-of-the-shrew/
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/shrew/canalysis.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/shakespeare/tamingoftheshrew/
(all information found on Nov 7th 2014)
subota, 8. studenoga 2014.
petak, 7. studenoga 2014.
Alexander McQueen
Lee Alexander McQueen was an english avant-garde designer, one of the most respected in the world. His close-cropped hair, Doc Martens and feisty attitude earned him the label 'the hooligan of English fashion'.
He was born on March 17th 1969 in Lewisham, London. At the age of 16 he quit school and began training as a tailor on Savile Row. Then he worked with the threatrical costumiers Angles and Bermans where he mastered 6 methods of pattern cutting - the razor sharp tailoring has become his signature. When he was 21, he went to Milan to work as Romeo Gigli's design assistant. When he returned to London, he decided to get a degree. In 1992 he completed a Masters degree in Fashion Design at Central Saint Martin's in London and his entire degree show was bought by stylist Isabella Blow. She commited suicide in 2007 and Alexander dedicated his entire spring/summer 2008 collection to her memory.
He started his buissnes in 1992 designing clothes for women. The 'bumster' pants and skirt, low-rise, crevice- revealing, made him famous. He was very much about anarchy and about the anarchy of the British streets and music, and always tried to put that into his clothes.
"I wanted to elongate the body, not just show the bum. To me, that part of the body—not so much the buttocks, but the bottom of the spine—that’s the most erotic part of anyone’s body, man or woman." - Alexander McQueen, The Guardian 1996
In 1996 he became the chief designer at the French Haute Couture House Givenchy. He won the 'British Designer award of the Year' award that same year, as well as in 1997, 2001 and 2003. In 2000 Gucci bought 51% stake of his company and he became their Creative Designer. He expaned to New York, Milan, L.A. and Las Vegas. The collections included womens and mens ready-to-wear clothing, as well as accessories, eyewear and fregrance (Kingdom and MyQueen).
I've noticed many of his designs were actually inspired by the Elizabethan Era. There is usually something both in clothing (collars etc.) and hair/makeup (heart shaped hair/no eyebrows etc.).
http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/experience/en/alexandermcqueen/biography/#id_article=137
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8511404.stm http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/biographies/alexander-mcqueen-biography
http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-alexander-mcqueen
http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/alexandermcqueen.html
http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-mcqueen-541384#profile
(all information found on Nov 7th 2014)
He was born on March 17th 1969 in Lewisham, London. At the age of 16 he quit school and began training as a tailor on Savile Row. Then he worked with the threatrical costumiers Angles and Bermans where he mastered 6 methods of pattern cutting - the razor sharp tailoring has become his signature. When he was 21, he went to Milan to work as Romeo Gigli's design assistant. When he returned to London, he decided to get a degree. In 1992 he completed a Masters degree in Fashion Design at Central Saint Martin's in London and his entire degree show was bought by stylist Isabella Blow. She commited suicide in 2007 and Alexander dedicated his entire spring/summer 2008 collection to her memory.
He started his buissnes in 1992 designing clothes for women. The 'bumster' pants and skirt, low-rise, crevice- revealing, made him famous. He was very much about anarchy and about the anarchy of the British streets and music, and always tried to put that into his clothes.
The Bumster Skirt (1995)
‘Highland Rape’; autum/winter collection ('95/96)
(source: http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/bumster-skirt-highland-rape/ -date:Nov 7th 2014)
In 1996 he became the chief designer at the French Haute Couture House Givenchy. He won the 'British Designer award of the Year' award that same year, as well as in 1997, 2001 and 2003. In 2000 Gucci bought 51% stake of his company and he became their Creative Designer. He expaned to New York, Milan, L.A. and Las Vegas. The collections included womens and mens ready-to-wear clothing, as well as accessories, eyewear and fregrance (Kingdom and MyQueen).
I've noticed many of his designs were actually inspired by the Elizabethan Era. There is usually something both in clothing (collars etc.) and hair/makeup (heart shaped hair/no eyebrows etc.).
Look 5 from his Spring/Summer Ready-to-Wear collection (2007)
Model: Anna Mariya Urazhevskaya
Photographer: Marcio Madeira
(source:http://ilovegreeninspiration.com/2012/02/21/ysl-and-alexander-mc-queen-create-nature/ -date:Nov 7th 2014)
Look 10 from his Fall Ready-to-Wear collection (2009)
Model: Georgina Stojilkovic
Photographer: Marcio Madeira
(source: http://www.style.com/fashion-shows/fall-2009-ready-to-wear/alexander-mcqueen- date:Nov 7th 2014)
In 2003 he also won the International Designer of the Year award and A Most Excellent Commander of The British Empire by her Majesty the Queen. He was awarded with the GQ Menswear Designer of the Year award in 2007.
After a long battle with drug addiction, February 11th 2010, on the day of his mother's funeral, Alexander was found dead at his Mayfair home.
McQueen turned fashion upside down with his outlandish, unconventional and very extravagant designs. He didn't just create bold fashion, he created spectacles and fascinanting shows will be hard to forget and his legacy lives on. Sarah Burton, his co-designer, now is in charge of his brand. His contribuition to fashion was honored by an exhibition of his creations at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2011. http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/experience/en/alexandermcqueen/biography/#id_article=137
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8511404.stm http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/biographies/alexander-mcqueen-biography
http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-alexander-mcqueen
http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/alexandermcqueen.html
http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-mcqueen-541384#profile
(all information found on Nov 7th 2014)
srijeda, 5. studenoga 2014.
Carina Buckley Analytical Review - The Danger Dress
This is a review on the post called 'Where have all the surfing cowboys gone' from the fashiontoast.com blog.
The writer of this blog and the model in this image is called Rumi Neely and she is a fashion blogger. I went through all of her blog posts and I her images are amazing, she's a beautiful model and the locations are amazing. This image was taken in July, 2013 at the Venice Boulevard, LA, where I would love to go one day. The thing I don't like about this image is lighting. You can't really see her or the background and even though I am all for using less Photoshop and making the image look as real as possible, I think she could've darkened the images just a little bit. These images don't look as professional, compared to the other ones she has on the blog. But the reason for that could be just that she used a different photographer. This image is my favourite one because you can see the sun rays which make the image look very fresh, relaxed and warm. I like the contrast between her white dress and white Harajuku slip- ons with her tanned skind and bright blue background. The dress is called a 'Danger dress' and it is pretty much the definition of flirty. Ti is very short and has quite a high cut at the front of her left leg. Still, she looks very comgortable in it.
This sign is where the title 'Where have all the surfing cowboys gone' came from.
She is wearing this very flirty dress and even though the sign is here, there are no boys around. From her poses and facial expression I can tell that she is getting bored waiting for them. She seems a little bit sad that she got dressed up but no one showed up or took notice of how pretty she looks.
fhttp://fashiontoast.com/2013/11/where-have-all-the-surfing-cowboys-gone/ (date: Nov 1st 2014)
The writer of this blog and the model in this image is called Rumi Neely and she is a fashion blogger. I went through all of her blog posts and I her images are amazing, she's a beautiful model and the locations are amazing. This image was taken in July, 2013 at the Venice Boulevard, LA, where I would love to go one day. The thing I don't like about this image is lighting. You can't really see her or the background and even though I am all for using less Photoshop and making the image look as real as possible, I think she could've darkened the images just a little bit. These images don't look as professional, compared to the other ones she has on the blog. But the reason for that could be just that she used a different photographer. This image is my favourite one because you can see the sun rays which make the image look very fresh, relaxed and warm. I like the contrast between her white dress and white Harajuku slip- ons with her tanned skind and bright blue background. The dress is called a 'Danger dress' and it is pretty much the definition of flirty. Ti is very short and has quite a high cut at the front of her left leg. Still, she looks very comgortable in it.
Image from the shoot
Model: Rumi
fhttp://fashiontoast.com/2013/11/where-have-all-the-surfing-cowboys-gone/ (date: Nov 1st 2014)
She is wearing this very flirty dress and even though the sign is here, there are no boys around. From her poses and facial expression I can tell that she is getting bored waiting for them. She seems a little bit sad that she got dressed up but no one showed up or took notice of how pretty she looks.
fhttp://fashiontoast.com/2013/11/where-have-all-the-surfing-cowboys-gone/ (date: Nov 1st 2014)
nedjelja, 2. studenoga 2014.
Introduction To Drawing
It is already week 5 and in our Fundamentals of Make-Up and Hair Design lesson we did basic drawing and shading. I have no problem with this area of design since I used to go to an Art College and this was something we did on a daily basis.
What do you need for drawing? A sketching pad (we use an A3 sketching pad) and sketching pencils. When it comes to shading, you have to have a variety of pencils. B (2B,3B,4B etc.) stands for Black, and H (2H,3H,H4 etc.) stands for Hardness. The numbers say how hard of black the pencil is. H pencils have a harder lead which means the lines will bi lighter and B's have a softer lead which means the lines will be darker. An HB pencil, which is used mostly for writing, is in the middle of both H and B pencils. There is also an F pencil (the F does not stant for anything) and it is the halfway point between a HB and B pencil.
The Master Of Drawing
Leonardo da Vinci is by far one of the best artist of all times. In his most famous drawing, "Vitruvian Man" (1490) in pen and ink on paper, he is showing a man in two positions - with his arms and legs apart and inscribed in a square and a circle. Leonardo wanted to prove what the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius wrote in his third book of his treatise De Architectura. Vitruvius wrote that the ideal human propotions are based on the Classical orders of architecture and that the human body should be 8 heads high. The drawing was named in his honour.
It is important to use your whole arm and not just your wrist when drawing, that way your lines will be straight and neat. I think the easiest way to make a straight line is to imagine or make a dot where is the line going to end and just focus on that spot, when drawing the line. It was a bit harder to draw straight lines since the room we were in had no tables and we had to hold the pads in our laps.
For shading you use all the B pencils. When doing the shadows you need to think where the light would naturally hit the object and try to make it look as real as possible. It is always better to start from the lightest parts of the object, that way it will be easier to make the shadows more gradutate and if necessary, darker. One thing they thaught me at college was to always leave at least one white patch. Even if the object is black, the place where light hits it the most will seem white.
The homework was to find an object and draw it. I chose the pot that I keep my tea in which is a shaped as a cilinder.
http://www.leonardoda-vinci.org/ (date: Nov 1st 2014)
http://www.ivc.edu/academics/schoolFA/arthistory/Documents/art2526projects/davinci_f07/page/analysis.html (date: Nov 1st 2014)
What do you need for drawing? A sketching pad (we use an A3 sketching pad) and sketching pencils. When it comes to shading, you have to have a variety of pencils. B (2B,3B,4B etc.) stands for Black, and H (2H,3H,H4 etc.) stands for Hardness. The numbers say how hard of black the pencil is. H pencils have a harder lead which means the lines will bi lighter and B's have a softer lead which means the lines will be darker. An HB pencil, which is used mostly for writing, is in the middle of both H and B pencils. There is also an F pencil (the F does not stant for anything) and it is the halfway point between a HB and B pencil.
The Master Of Drawing
Leonardo da Vinci is by far one of the best artist of all times. In his most famous drawing, "Vitruvian Man" (1490) in pen and ink on paper, he is showing a man in two positions - with his arms and legs apart and inscribed in a square and a circle. Leonardo wanted to prove what the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius wrote in his third book of his treatise De Architectura. Vitruvius wrote that the ideal human propotions are based on the Classical orders of architecture and that the human body should be 8 heads high. The drawing was named in his honour.
"Vitruvian Man", L. da Vinci
(1490)
(source: http://leonardodavinci.stanford.edu/submissions/clabaugh/history/leonardo.html -date: Nov 1st 2014)
The second drawing that I really like is "Study of a Lily". Leonardo loved nature and in this drawing we can see how he studied every detail of lily; buds, blossoms, staments. and pistils. The technique he used was chalk and ink, and by adding the shadows he made the drawing look very realistic and 3D.
"Study of a Lily", L. da Vinci
(c. 1480)
(source: http://www.ivc.edu/academics/schoolFA/arthistory/Documents/art2526projects/davinci_f07/page/analysis.html -date: Nov 1st 2014)
Lines and Shapes
Since we were doing the basics of drawing we started from the key elements of every drawing - lines and shapes. First we drew vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines, then moved onto shapes - circle, square, triangle etc. It is important to use your whole arm and not just your wrist when drawing, that way your lines will be straight and neat. I think the easiest way to make a straight line is to imagine or make a dot where is the line going to end and just focus on that spot, when drawing the line. It was a bit harder to draw straight lines since the room we were in had no tables and we had to hold the pads in our laps.
vertical and horizontal lines
diagonal lines
triangles and squares
circles
ellipse
ShadingFor shading you use all the B pencils. When doing the shadows you need to think where the light would naturally hit the object and try to make it look as real as possible. It is always better to start from the lightest parts of the object, that way it will be easier to make the shadows more gradutate and if necessary, darker. One thing they thaught me at college was to always leave at least one white patch. Even if the object is black, the place where light hits it the most will seem white.
The homework was to find an object and draw it. I chose the pot that I keep my tea in which is a shaped as a cilinder.
graduated shading
shapes and shadows
cilinder, sphere, cube
a pyramid
a cone
homework
(27th Oct 2014 - all images above)
http://www.leonardoda-vinci.org/ (date: Nov 1st 2014)
http://www.ivc.edu/academics/schoolFA/arthistory/Documents/art2526projects/davinci_f07/page/analysis.html (date: Nov 1st 2014)
srijeda, 29. listopada 2014.
Val Garland: Amplified Realness
Photoshoot for MAC (spring 2014)
MUA: Val Garland
Photographer: Miles Aldrige
(source: maccosmetics.com -date:Oct 29th 2014)
Makeup artist Val Garland is a "rebel" and a fearless rule breaker from Bristol. As she is a self thaught makeup artist and says that it's OK to make mistakes. That is the only way you will learn, and also the reason why she's not aftaid of taking risks; it will either work or be a disaster. But in her case, most risks are a complete success. Once, she covered the models' faces with clear gloss and made them put their faces into a box full of glitter - and it worked.
She works with MAC and has done makeup for everyone from Lady Gaga and Kate Moss, to designers such as Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen. Also, she made her mark on many Vogue covers. Give her any tool and she will find a way to use it; she even used a potato and pieces of cotton wool to apply blush!
I've researched some of her work and found the image above. The makeup is not as extravagant as some of the work that she has done, but I really like how it looks simple, yet quite effective.
Amplified Realness
I loved the look she came up with in this video. By adding freckles she made very natural makeup look even more natural and real, I think. Every day women fake their eyebrow shape, beauty marks, hair colour and change their face structure with contouring. Then why not fake the one thing that makes women look most natural - freckles.
A screenshot I took from the video
MUA: Val Garland
Hair: Alex Brownsell
Model: Lisa Verberht at Elitte
Autumn/Winter issue of Dazed (2014)
(source: http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/22239/1/val-garland-amplified-realness -date: Oct 29th 2014)
http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2013/04/5-reasons-we-love-val-garland-makeup-artist.html
http://models.com/people/val-garland
http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/22239/1/val-garland-amplified-realness
http://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/2013/04/08/val-garland-make-up-artist-interview-kate-moss
http://ladygaga.wikia.com/wiki/Val_Garland
(all information found on Oct 29th 2014)
nedjelja, 26. listopada 2014.
Ellis Faas - Identity Revealed
At first, 'Identity Revealed' - a filmed triptych by Ellis Faas, didn't impress me at all. I thaught it was a video about makeup and style and didn't like it at all. But then I read the desctiption and watched the video a few more times. Now I get the whole meaning and what Ellis was trying to say and I like it a lot.
We all hide under a mask, whether we admit it or not. Some wear makeup to cover the imperfections on their skin, some wear wigs and extensions, while some wear clothes to make them look slim. Others wear masks because they are too scared to show who they really are because of what society might think. Some people are so self conscious that eventually, they forget who they really are. But, truth to be told, everyone will first judge others, than stop and think about themselves for a minute. There is a quote from the TV series Gossip Girl that I like and 100% agree with: "And some masks we wear because we hope to stay hidden. But that is the problem with wearing masks; they can be ripped off at any moment.". It is okay to wear a mask as long as you are prepared to take it off and show who you really are, because, at the end of the day, we are all the same.
Ellis Faas is a makeup artist from Netherlands. At first, she wanted to become a professional photograper, but since she was her own model and did her own makeup, she realized she was more interested in makeup than the whole technical side of photography. She did a short course in Amsterdam, then in Paris, and after a few years she moved to London where she soon became very successful. Ellis worked for big makeup brands such as MAC Cosmetics, Lancome, Clinique and L'Oreal even asked her to create a makeup line for their skin care brand - Biotherm. In 2007, when she left L'Oreal, she decided to create her own brand; ELLIS FAAS.
Her brand is all about showing the inner beauty. She created a line 'Human Colours' that is based on the colours that our bodies produce naturally. The colours are universal, shared by every one of us. The best way to highlight features or to hide imperfections is with the tones and hues that we already have. There are lip, eye and face products and variety of shades for all skin tones. Her statement colour is the colour of our blood, or as she calls it, Ellis Red. It is the colour that is in everyone, therefore, if looks good on everyone!
The 'Ellis Red' eyes and lips
(source: http://www.ellisfaas.com/collection/ellis-red/-date: Oct 26th 2014)
The products are not tested and do not contain any ingredients that were tested on animals - they are only tested on supermodels.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2530641/bio (oct 26th 2014)
http://www.ellisfaas.com/(oct 26th 2014)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2530641/bio (oct 26th 2014)
http://www.ellisfaas.com/(oct 26th 2014)
Kevyn Aucoin
"It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want but it won't make your soul pretty."
"That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves, I could try and find it in me."
- quotes by Kevyn Aucoin
Kevyn Aucoin (14 Feb 1962- 7 May 2002) started doing makeup at the age of 11 on his 6-year-old sister Carla. Even back then, his work was near-professional. Because of the physical and emotional harassment in school, he dropped out and didn't get his diploma until the mid-'90s. He had his first break in September 1983 -a photoshoot for Vogue magazine featuring Meg Tilly. Since then, he did makeup for magazines, fashion shows, videos, album covers and celebrity events He did his first cover in 1986 with the amazing photographer Richard Avedon. Cher, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston and Kate Moss were just some of the clients he worked with.
Kevyn was the most celebrated makeup artist of his time that had an incredible attention for details and a great reputation. People described him as a very charming and positive person and were honoured to have him as a makeup artist. He believed that trends come and go, but beauty was always in fashion. He even created a makeup brand Kevyn Aucoin Beauty. By using the highest-quality ingredients and innovative formulas he designed products that were aimed to bring out the true beauty in every woman. Also, he released 4 books: The Art of Makeup (1996), The Art of Makeup (1994), Making Faces (1999) and Face Forward (2000).
Unfortunately, he suffered from a tumor on the pituitary gland that causes the brain to keep secreting growth hormone. The tumor made him, in the last 5 years of his life, grow 2 intches and went up 2 shoe and ring sizes. He was on a lot of prescription medications to help relieve the pain (Vicodin, Lorcet, Xanax, Soma) and eventually became addicted to them. That resaulted a lot of fighting between him and his partner Jeremy Antunes. The medications caused fainting, blackouts and at times he seemed like was slow and really, really drunk. He died in Westchester Medical Center and his death was reported as a resault of "complications" from his putuitary condition.
After his death Thelma and Isidore Aucoin, his parents, started an organization called Lafayette chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Eric Sakas, his ex boyfriend, is now the president and creative director of Kevyn Aucoin Beauty for which Kevyn completed the formulas and packaging just before his death.
"That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves, I could try and find it in me."
- quotes by Kevyn Aucoin
Kevyn backstage at Isaac Mizrahi's fashion show
Model: Linda Evangelista
Photographer: Cathreine McGann
(Nov 1995)
(source: http://www.beautylish.com/a/vxgza/kevyn-aucoin-history -date: Oct 26th 2014)
Kevyn was the most celebrated makeup artist of his time that had an incredible attention for details and a great reputation. People described him as a very charming and positive person and were honoured to have him as a makeup artist. He believed that trends come and go, but beauty was always in fashion. He even created a makeup brand Kevyn Aucoin Beauty. By using the highest-quality ingredients and innovative formulas he designed products that were aimed to bring out the true beauty in every woman. Also, he released 4 books: The Art of Makeup (1996), The Art of Makeup (1994), Making Faces (1999) and Face Forward (2000).
Unfortunately, he suffered from a tumor on the pituitary gland that causes the brain to keep secreting growth hormone. The tumor made him, in the last 5 years of his life, grow 2 intches and went up 2 shoe and ring sizes. He was on a lot of prescription medications to help relieve the pain (Vicodin, Lorcet, Xanax, Soma) and eventually became addicted to them. That resaulted a lot of fighting between him and his partner Jeremy Antunes. The medications caused fainting, blackouts and at times he seemed like was slow and really, really drunk. He died in Westchester Medical Center and his death was reported as a resault of "complications" from his putuitary condition.
After his death Thelma and Isidore Aucoin, his parents, started an organization called Lafayette chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Eric Sakas, his ex boyfriend, is now the president and creative director of Kevyn Aucoin Beauty for which Kevyn completed the formulas and packaging just before his death.
Makeup: Kevyn Aucoin
Model: Julianne Moore as Twiggy
Makeup: Kevyn Aucoin
Model: Christina Ricci
Model: Christina Ricci
Kevyn with Courtney Love, Tina Turner, and Madonna
Outtake from the cover shoot for “Rolling Stone” magazine
(Nov 1997)
Photographer: Peggy Sirota
Makeup: Kevyn Aucoin
Model: Gwyneth Paltrow as Marilyn Monroe
Photographer: Her Ritts
Makeup: Kevyn Aucoin
Hair: Yannick d’Is
Model: Nadja Auermann in Marc Jacobs stiletto boots
Editorial: “le Freak, Cest Chic”
Photographer: Patrick Demarchelier
Harper’s Bazaar US (Sept 1994)
(source of all images above: Tumblr -date: Oct 26th 2014)
http://www.beauty.com/kevyn-aucoin/qxb18748
http://uk.spacenk.com/kevyn-aucoin/
http://www.kevynaucoin.com/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041519/bio
http://nymag.com/nymetro/urban/gay/features/6236/
(all information found on Oct 26th 2014)
(all information found on Oct 26th 2014)
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