When we saw the beauty look backstage at Erin Wasson x RVCA’s Fall show back in February, we were confused. We’re all for arty makeup—especially on the runway—but the one blackened, spiky eyebrow and short, horizontal black lip line combo that was happening backstage seemed less like creative experimentation, and more just plain misguided. If [...]

Have you ever wondered what a lioness’ mane of hair would do to Sasha Pivovarova’s angular features and slight frame? No? Well, hairstylist extraordinaire Sam McKnight did, and in this month’s issue of Vogue Italia, he added mounds of curled extensions to her chin-length locks, pulling them into a voluminous half-up-half-down ‘do. With the additions [...]

An old British Vogue editorial starring Sasha Pivovarova has been circulating the blogosphere today, thanks to one of our favorite Web sites devoted to fashion photos, and it’s screaming “spring” in a way that’s made us temporarily forget about the gusting wind chill outside. Go on, take a good long look. Pivovarova, whose angular face [...]

Perhaps in response to French Elle’s La Beauté Vérité issue, in which cover stars Monica Bellucci, Sophie Marceau, and Eva Herzigova went sans maquillage (and sans digital altering) to stare the controversial issue of magazine retouching in the face, Carine Roitfeld and Bruce Weber collaborated on what could be construed as a body image story [...]

“Much too pretty,” makeup artist Lucia Pieroni said to a member of her team last night at Zac Posen. “She needs to look tougher.” And so the minion headed back to her station, MAC’s Smolder Eye Kohl in hand. “We’re going for a Tim Burton girl,” Pieroni explained: “a tough, moody, but still beautiful” look [...]