Everyone is Beautiful...

Not only has the world expanded with race when it comes to media, it has also welcomed variety with shape, size, age and disability. 

Katie Piper's = My beautiful face... After having her whole world tipped upside down and having acid thrown at her, Katie has moved on leaps and bounds proving to not only herself, but others in similar positions that not only are there ways around 'fixing' differences in appearance but how to deal with it and how to inform the world that it is okay, they are still human, still have feelings, they just look a little different.

Undateables... Even though it seems as though this programme is laughing at individuals with differences, physical or mental, it proves the everyone that they are too still human and can date just like everyone else. Whether you have learning difficulties, have a growth disorder, have physical problems with appearances it doesn't matter, we are all the same deep down and should be treated like that.

Britain's missing top model... We all know about the shows 'America's/Britain's next top model' but the new programme launched another dedicated to those with a disability whether it were a missing limp, being in a wheelchair etc, this proved to the world that you don't need to look exactly the same as other models to model. So what these girls look a little different, but they can still model clothes style and fashion just like the next person!

Gok Wan's = How to look good naked... Gok is a fantastic man, handing out bottles of confidence like there is no tomorrow. He runs a show proving to women of all sizes and ages that no matter what you look like, as long as you have the confidence and will power you CAN look good naked. 

Anita Berber Continuity Make-up...

Continuity makeup is used in Tv shows and films, this is because if a scene has to be re-shot the characters MUST look exactly the same, the hair the makeup the clothes, in order for this to happen ever brush makeup step that was taken to produce that look, must be recorded. 

This practical seminar we had to pair up and produce an Anita Berber influenced makeup style based on a painting. I decided to go for a dark, mysterious look, as I felt that she was quite a sad, emotional, dark woman and wished to portray that in my makeup. Each step we did, whether it was choosing an eye shadow colour or blending it, we had to take every single step down in notes. Once completed we had to take many images to show the makeup in detail and create a face chart. This is to help myself or another individual to go back and create the same makeup up without any differences.

 


  

Expanding Ethnicity...

Over the years THANKFULLY the catwalks and media has opened up to not only new sizes and styles but also other races other than western Caucasian. The world is opening their eyes to what it holds, and is seeing the beauty in every race. I think this is a GREAT thing as not only was it boring seeing the same white men and women styling clothes and in the magazines, it was ridiculous! Having a mixture of age, shape, size, gender is more interesting and fun and it makes it even better when you see a variation of colour too. 

MODELS = For years catwalk shows were slim white men and women until the time moved on and we started seeing black models, Asian models not just white models on our catwalks and magazines. Tyra Banks, Naomi Cambell and many more now strut their stuff up and down in the new styles of the world. 

 





SINGERS/ACTRESSES =  As seen in the film 'Hairspray' in the 60's the black community were only just allowed one television programme which separated them from the 'whites' so they has to perform and sing on their own. As the years dragged on, freedom was expanding as were the worlds performers and now we have just as many black individuals in the entertaining industry as white people, for example Beyonce, Jay Z, Morgan Freeman, Will Smith and so many more to prove how the world is a much better place.

Overall even though we still have racism and issues in the press at least the world is breaking free from its' ridged ways, seeing the beauty in everything and everyone and realising we are all the same but different at the same time. How boring if everyone looked and acted the same. We need to mix it up and have fun with it!

Potential 'Mistaken Gender' Idea...

As another idea for final images, mainly inspired by Berlin in the 20's and my cross dressing research, I thought it would be fun to take a boy and girl take a pictures as themselves normally together as one image and for the other two, individually take them and change their gender through, hair, makeup and styling.

1 = Boy as Girl... I will take my male model, put a wig on him, give him feminine makeup, contour, blush, eye shadow, false lashes, lipstick, feminine clothes etc until he looks believable enough to maybe be a girl.

2 = Girl as Boy... I will make my female model look as masculine as possible, no makeup, add more hair to create thicker brows, stubble, a wig, male clothing until she looks more manly.

3 = Boy and girl as normal... I will make them both up as they would normally look in everyday life and photograph them together as if nothing had changed.

Even though this idea could be fun and would look great as an end result, I don't feel passionate about it enough to use as a final idea.

Cross dressing and mistaken gender identity...

For years and years, almost forever it feel, cross dressing has existed. Whether it is for business or pleasure men and women love to switch makeup hair and fashion roles portraying themselves as the opposite sex. 

For some individuals it is much more than a simple bit of fun and games, that male or female wishes to go ahead and become the opposite sex and with modern capabilities they can be. Sex change is way more exaggerated than simple cross dressing, but changing basic appearance is where it starts. 

Girls look like boys with certain hair styles or wigs, no makeup, certain clothing choices and maybe bulking up at the gym. I think its easier for boys to look like girls as they have all the hairstyles and wigs to choose from, beautiful makeup and dresses and skirts and acting camp. 

It is not only a trend for public individuals, many of those in the media also choose to de feminise or emasculate themselves with the world watching, and many years ago too when it was rather more 'hush hush'. Annie Lennox had a crop hairstyle and always wore suit trousers and shirts creating a more masculine look for herself. Grace Jones shave off her hair and made herself look like a man in a feminine way with the way she posed. Famous drag queens sch as  Dame Edna is a male  comedian who dresses up as an elderly Australian woman and  Rupaul is a man who pile on the makeup, wigs and fashion creating a stunning female look for himself.  Lastly, in the video for 'The best song ever' by One Direction, the make Zayn Malik look exactly like a girl which has been done incredibly well.

 

 

Potential 'Teen Girl Style' Idea...

I thought a good idea for three final images would be to potentially use one model and completely change her style to show the variations of teenage girl in the UK. The three looks that stood out to me the most were inspired by three current running reality TV shows, Made in Chelsea, The only way is Essex and Beauty School cop outs. 

1 = 'Different' girl... This hair and makeup was inspired by 'Beauty School cop outs' as the majority of the girls, and boys on the show have tattoos, wacky hair, piercings, unique fashion style, intense makeup and appear to look 'individual' and 'different' which is refreshing.

2 = 'Glam' girl... This style was taken from 'TOWIE' and even 'Geordie Shore' as all of the girls on the show are incredibly glamorous and made up. Fake tan, false hair/lashes, huge amounts of makeup, large breasts, glitzy clothes, plastic surgery, they are basically human barbie doll clones.

3 = 'Conservative' girl... This idea was inspired not only from the programme 'Made in Chelsea' but a particular character too, Lucy Watson. She always looks stunning in a very plain and simple way. Natural makeup, simple hair that falls around her face, nude an natural toned clothing that looks incredibly smart yet fashionable and overall, very classy looking.

Even this idea shows diversity between a particular age group in the UK, I don't find the idea enticing enough to go ahead and create it, as it is a bit of a simple idea and I think I can produce something with a more creative idea behind it.

Modern controversy in the media...

There is always an uproar in the media over a certain celebrity dressing or acting or portraying themselves a certain way which many people disprove and find inappropriate. Most of the time these celebrities are not going off the rails, they are being clever. By creating the shock factor on purpose, they are not only creating an individual and unique look for themselves, they are receiving a huge intake of publicity in the media, making them even more popular and talked about leaving the laughing and the joke is on all of the complainers. 

I am not a huge fan of her but Lady GaGa is brilliant for catching the eye of the public and press when she sports certain bizarre looks. One of the most famous being her meat dress and other such as her tiny underwear outfits, police tape, uncomfortable looking shoes and her incredible hairstyles. She set huge trends for bows made of hair, coke can rollers and crazy colours.

My favourite 'crazy celebs' at the moment have to be Miley Cyrus and Rihanna. By dressing in teeny tiny underwear, dancing provocatively, shaving all her hair off into a blonde pixie cut, singing explicit songs, she has become the most talked about 20 year old in the world. She is having fun and making money from the 'boring' people complaining about her. Rihanna is another great example, her clothes, dance moves and lyrics constantly have mothers in disapproving states as they don't wish their children to view such behaviour.

Although they are harmless, singers and actresses such as Rihanna and Miley Cyrus may be stable, smart, successful young women they have also been known to maybe 'party' a little too much at times which I can understand certain points of views when it has been said they may not always be great role models.

Terry Richardson...

Abc