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31 Mar

The photoshop community ‘fixing’ celebrity faces to sinister levels

Performing quite a lot of surgical procedures digitally, the Instagram and TikTok accounts promote an unsettling definition of beauty Cultural turning points are rarely the grand, seismic events you examine in textbooks. Sure – there’s 9/11 or Obama being elected to office, but there’s also the iPhone, Caitlyn Jenner coming out, and Beyoncé’s Lemonade. And whether we prefer it or not, there are many smaller (more trivial) moments which work just as hard to maintain culture ticking. Think that Snapchat dog filter or Bella Hadid’s alleged nose job. It’s on the intersection of those two particular phenomena that a disturbing recent trend has emerged: Instagram accounts dedicated to photoshopping celebrities and giving them imagined...
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25 Mar

Older faces at Ninamounah’s show discuss age and share

The Amsterdam-based brand just presented its latest show on a various range of models The sweetness industry has come a great distance with reference to its attitudes towards age. While previously brands like Dior has made missteps, hiring 25-year-old Cara Delevingne to front its anti-ageing campaign, more recently the likes of Gucci solid a gaggle of older models for its Memoire d’un odeur fragrance campaign. In fashion, things are even higher, with a slew of older faces like Joan Didion, Patti Smith, and Joni Mitchell fronting campaigns for Céline and Saint Laurent respectively.  Over in Amsterdam, upcoming Dutch fashion label Ninamounah just presented its latest collection that featured a various solid of older and younger models. Entitled Metamorphosis, the gathering featured delicate distressed...
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9 Nov

Why Milk Makeup Parent Company Faces Nasdaq Delisting –

When Waldencast went public in 2021, its founders shrugged off mounting fears that a recession was on the horizon, stressing that they were confident that the corporate would turn into a world best-in-class beauty and wellness player. What they perhaps didn’t bear in mind was how much of a stickler Nasdaq execs are about filing company reports on time. Earlier this week, Waldencast, which has just two brands on its roster — Milk Makeup and Obagi Skincare — revealed that it was at risk of being delisted from the Nasdaq, after joining in summer 2022 through a special purpose acquisition company (also known as a SPAC). The corporate received a written notice from Nasdaq indicating that it was subject to delisting resulting from...
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18 Sep

We were never imagined to see our own faces

From mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we're continually faced with our own reflections – and it is totally changing the best way we conceive of ourselves If it ever appears like you’re continually taking a look at your personal face, that’s because you almost certainly are. Nowadays, we see ourselves on Zoom calls and FaceTime, we make TikToks and watch them back before posting, we take lots of of selfies before deciding on the “one”, we've got BeReal popping up and prompting us to take a look at ourselves. We’re faced with our reflection in so many instances throughout a median day, it’s no wonder we’re so preoccupied with the best way...
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