I really love the monochromatic makeup with the rust colored lips at Proenza Schouler SS 2009. I was looking at this the other day and thinking that the makeup was very early 80s. There's something very cold about the way it looks, despite being done in all warm colors. "So young and so cold." It's very new wave, very modern, very The Face. The washed out effect is great - it reminds me of looking at a real-like Juergen Teller photograph. Unfortunately, this look would be completely different on someone who didn't have medium to light colored hair. On me, for instance, it wouldn't have the same effect. It requires an almost anemic beauty to make it work, but on models like Heidi Mount and Olga Sherer, it's exquisite.
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