Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Lady Gaga goes Tilda Swinton.

Chuck out all your make-up! Even Lady Gaga has gone all Tilda Swinton on us!

The new cover of Harper's Bazaar shows Lady Gaga with no make-up, hair plain. The new minimalism. It's not a fresh and peachy just-off-the-beach baring all. Rather the white-eyebrow, white-hair, no-eyelash austerity of actress Tilda Swinton. A look that goes further than natural, it's less than zero, a dramatic and daring absence of colour.


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Bugger it! Just as I'd mastered the dark tapered eyebrow, just as I'd hunted down a place that does the deepest of spray tans, just as I'd bought a whole bunch of that gunk that darkens and lengthens your eyelashes. Bloody hell. Always that one step behind...

Tilda Swinton famously wears the most severe couture, often without even a hint of lippy and her hair slicked back. She is the antithesis of someone who cares what's cute.

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Is Lady Gaga reflecting our on--the-edge-of-a-depression time? Is bare-faced the equivalent of long hemlines heralding a seriously sad economy. Whatever the sub-conscious motivation, the Tilda Swinton look has been adopted by many. Prada's latest campaign shows this same absence of make-up as does Armani and Honor Fraser for Zara. Louis Vuitton adverts in the New York Times this weekend showed pale, pale faces with just a stagey scrap of eyeliner.

In keeping with this bleakness, no wonder Jane Eyre's foggy wanderings on the moor have been so popular in the cinemas.

Or maybe it's not a negative -  no colour equals sombre -  but rather a positive. Having confidence - just as you are - to face the world - just as it is. Just as Tilda Swinton has the chutzpah to: lie in a case in an art show; have a husband, twins and a lover and make it work; and wear metallic baby-poop gold without a hint of blush or mascara.

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I'm choosing to do it the old-fashioned way; with curled, dyed eyelashes, a brush of blush and a dash of pink lippy. Now that's daring.

17 comments:

  1. I love Tilda Swinton. I love her aesthetic. But for me? Uh-uh. I'm with you. You would have to pry my mascara out of my cold, dead hands. :)

    Jenn

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  2. Minimalist. About all one can do in today's economy. Unless you're a millionaire CEO.

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  3. I have deep circles under my eyes so I can't imagine going sans makeup--- but I love it on Tilda (and love that Lady Gaga is always recreating herself!).

    The idea of minimalism, a return to the more simple in a time of uncertainty, rings true....

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  4. i'm with you...can't go without mascara, i don't care what the trend is....

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  5. What an interesting shot of Lady Gaga. She looks quite ordinary, doesn't she? Tilda on the other hand, doesn't look ordinary at all.

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  6. Love both but Gaga is Gaga :) I have a special love to her! :D

    xx

    www.sickbytrend.com

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  7. I don't care who is wearing what!I need all the help I can get at this stage before leaving the house!!
    ~Anne

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  8. I like her better this way!

    I can't leave the house without mascara and lipstick!!

    xoxoxo

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  9. I've been going Tilda for some time. It's not a good look, but it works for the lazy housewife w/o a social life. I say stick to your formula, it's working for you!

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  10. Please don't join that neo-natural bandwagon--you are gorgeous as you are (as we all are, furiously looking for that perfect blush, mascara, lip color, hair style)...personally I think one Tilda Swinton--as fab as she is--is enough! Haha. And thank you so much Jody for your kind words about my line, anything good takes time, right? Especially a blog!

    xo Mary Jo

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  11. I love Tilda's look, but then my style has always been what I refer to as "man repellent ". Short hair and loose clothes. Not that I don't like men, just not into an overtly sexy look.

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  12. Well hello there - nice to "meet" you. Thanks for swinging by my blog. Now it has brought me over here to what looks like a delightful place. I love this neo natural look but I also like pink lips and curly lashes. It's about owning your look, whatever that may be :)

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  13. Jody, you never fail to make me laugh! I am so intrigued by Tilda. I really admire her, but her aesthetic definitely isn't mine. I liked seeing Lady Gaga without all the "stuff"...definitely interesting, but she just wouldn't be the same without all of her great outfits and makeup. Next I think Harper's should outfit Tilda in Lady Gaga-esque makeup and clothes. Now *that* would be interesting!

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  14. Hi Jodes
    Coincidentally I watched Tilda in "I am Love" last night as my last shot at the tv for the next 5-6 weeks (that elusive World Cup) , and she was Fabulously made-up in Milano.

    I may end up going Tilda after the lipstick I have been wearing for 25 (30?) years was just discontinued - lucky I think she's fantastic.

    PS Movie gets .... 2 stars

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  15. I think everyone should feel beautiful just as they are...with no makeup on. I have a hard time with that. And I think it is quite daring of Tilda and GaGa to do that. But, to be honest, I never thought it was a good look for Tilda at all. Perhaps that's mean, but that's just what I have thought.

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  16. i love tilda in all her form but never been a big fan of gaga... have a great weekend!

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