Choosing a designer- Alexander McQueen

    For this project we have to create 2 catwalk looks. As I have chosen as makeup brand Ellis Faas, a brand that is just for makeup and not a brand like Dior or Chanel that creates clothing as well, I had to choose a designer For whom I'd create the makeup for the Spring/Summer 2016 collection.
    After doing some research and trying to find makeup similarities in the runways makeup for avant-garde designers I have decided to go for Alexander McQueen. His legendary collections, Runways shows and even his Fashion films, fascinates me incredibly, and inspire me with different ideas.

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  Alexander McQueen was born in London on March 17th, in 1969. He was the youngest of six children. He left school at the age of 16 and was offered an apprenticeship at the Traditional Savile Row Tailors Anderson and Shephard. From that point he moved to the dramatic costumiers Angels and Bermans, where he comprehended sharp customizing which has turned into a signature for McQueen. His shows are known for their enthusiastic force and crude vitality and also the sentimental yet firmly contemporary nature of the accumulations. Indispensable to the McQueen society is the juxtaposition between differentiating components: delicacy and quality, convention and innovation, ease and seriousness. Alexander's accumulations join an inside and out working learning of bespoke British customizing, the fine workmanship of the French Haute Couture atelier and the flawless completion of Italian assembling.
    In under 10 years McQueen got to be a standout amongst the most regarded style architects on the planet.

To show better the similarities between the styles of both Alexander McQueen and Ellis Faas, I have created like a moodboard in which I have attached images of makeup created by Ellis and makeup used in McQueen's shows:

           

So I believe that there is a lot of similarities between their styles and their ideas. I would say that Ellis' work compared to the makeup used in McQueen's shows, is softer and gives a sense of tenderness. A harsher touch is noticed in McQueen's designs.