John Galliano Make-Up
Hello fellow Blogreaders!
Recently I had a chance to photograph Magdalena Dziatkowiak-Stefaniak’s graduation work for Make-Up Academy Maestro in Poznań, entitled „John Galliano Make-Up”.
Magda’s info about the stylization:
Both the stylization and the make up are strongly inspired by Dior Fall/Winter 2009 collection, where Galliano harks back to Paul Poiret’s works – he was a French designer, creating in ’20s of XX century. In the collection there are Asian influences, as well as harem trousers, ornately decorated, or buckles from a traditional Chinese dress – quipao, paisley pattern, also called „peacock eye”, and ikat originated from Malaysia. In the collection there are also original headgears, elegant coats, and beautiful evening gowns made of chiffon and decorated with Indian appliques.
One of the more interesting stylizations that got my attention were draped harem trousers made of creme satin, paired with a light beige astrakhan fur vest. I used trousers made of a delicate satin-like fabric, and a fur vest.
Make ups and hairdos were also inspired by ’20s. The hair, pinned with tens of hairpins, made a sort of a helmet, imitating a short ’20s hairstyle. The eyes, strongly enhanced with dark eyeshadows, reflected after I World War mood. Eyebrows were long and thin, and lips enhanced with dark colours, painted in an almost heart shape. (Source) The model in this stylization was Marta Gajewska.
After the main stylization Magda created another make up on the second model, Diana Poschen.
Time to praise the whole team:
– great compliments for Magda for the stylization, hair and make up – everything was prepared perfectly!
– for the first time in front of the lens Marta Gajewska (she’s not THE Marta Gajewska :)) – I’m very nicely surprised with how natural she was, and what we made together in less than an hour!
– Diana told me that it was her portrait debut – and it was really hard for me to believe it.
– it’s very good to have an assistance when building such a big set, and this is the right time to thank Szymon from In2it studio for his help – without you it would have taken me 3x more time!
Main stylization, model – Marta:
Series of portraits of Diana:
A bit of technology:
When I was designing the lighting, I wanted to create a catwalk feel. We took the photos on cyclorama – which is my favourite part of the In2it studio. As the main light sources I chose deep bouncer octa (which thanks to the bouncer was turned into a huge and deep beauty dish), placed above the model to create lighting effect called butterfly. On the back, on both sides, there were 2 stripboxes cutting the model off from the dark background with a light edge. Last but not least, I added a lamp above the model – it was pointed at the back of her head and highlighted her hair. The lamp was placed on a boom light stand. On the sides the whole scene was covered with black screens, preventing light from reflecting off, and giving a little bit more control on its excessive reflecting off the cyclorama. You can see the whole set on the diagram below. If you build a lighting based on my schemas, don’t forget to let me know, I’d love to see it!
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