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23 Feb

Zombie eyes, creepy masks and blood: the horror of

Zombie eyes, creepy masks and blood: the horror of
Make-up by Dominic Skinner, hair by Shiori TakahashiPhotography Charlotte O'Shea Art School This season at Art School saw a procession of zombies stumble down the runway. While singer-songwriter Anna Calvi performed ethereal live music (standing in a ritualistic circle of salt, of course), models slowly moved down the runway, limping and stumbling, in milky-white contacts and hair decorated with clay pieces by Shiori Takahashi – the effect was otherworldly with a touch of horror.  “The idea was that they were queer deities, archangels, witches,” said designer Eden Loweth. “This season we cast more transpeople than ever before, and we wanted to show each one, give them a voice.” Dominic Skinner's make-up was kept simple and dewy with rosy cheeks, making the missing pupils stand...
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13 May

So that you’re eager about using your period blood

So that you’re eager about using your period blood
The ladies using period blood for face masks14 Images Unless periods are rigorously monitored and synchronised, the universe might descend into chaos. Not less than that’s what men was apprehensive about, in line with anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss’ study of Indigenous myths of North and South America. Throughout history, menstrual blood has been the topic of mythical taboos, and today it remains to be heavily stigmatised and excluded from on a regular basis discussion. Menstrual blood is seen as threatening in its transgression of bodily boundaries between inside and outdoors, private and public. This, combined with its inherent power, has endowed it with mystical properties which were revered and practiced ritualistically for hundreds of years. In ancient Rome, Pliny the Elder argued that...
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