We need more ‘normal’ looking people on TV

13 Aug

A 70s special of Top of the Pops recently re-aired on the BBC, with music fans dancing unselfconsciously to artists like Donny Osmond and Alice Cooper. Aside from the unique 70s fashion and retro tunes, what stands out the most is how normal everyone looks – both those in the audience and on stage. The textured skin, misaligned teeth, receding hairlines and make-up free complexions with the occasional sheen of sweat sit in stark contrast to what we see on our screens today. Beauty standards in TV and film have never felt more extreme. Consider the casting of Jacob Elordi in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. In Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, the titular creature is so repellent that “no mortal could support...

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6 Jul

Self makeup tutorials ✨⭐🥰( Normal makeup) #shorts #yt #vital

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13 Oct

Travel Retail Resets for a ‘Recent Normal’ – WWD

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Travel Retail Resets for a ‘Recent Normal’ – WWD

CANNES, France — A latest normal. That's what travel retail beauty executives are grappling with and focused on through the recent TFWA World Exhibition and Conference. The Cannes, France-based event, held from Oct. 1 to five, was fittingly dubbed “Open World” by trade show organizers. Every little thing is now open to discussion and evaluation, as travel retail resembles nothing prefer it did in 2019, pre-coronavirus pandemic. “The patron doesn't want the identical thing as before,” said Gwendoline Bommier, director merchant perfumes and cosmetics, duty free global at Lagardère Travel Retail. There's that, coupled with today’s volatile geopolitical and economic contexts making for an uneven channel recovery, amongst other aspects. “The world has shifted dramatically since 2019,” said Alexandre Callens, president global travel retail...

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14 Feb

5 models deconstruct the style industry’s definition of ‘normal’

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5 models deconstruct the style industry’s definition of ‘normal’

5 models deconstruct the style industry Short film and editorial All Types of Things champions the experiences of models ranging in ages, ethnicities, body types, and identities by questioning what normal means to them Latest editorial All Form of Things is testament to the style industry’s growing understanding of what constitutes “normal”. Created by a Berlin-based team of creatives, including directors Alejandra Ruiz-Zorrilla and Rosa Lisa Di Natale, creator and stylist Ourania Marmara, photographer Michele Di Dio, producer Ronja Prinz, and casting director Julie Sinios, the project champions the experiences of eight models – of ranging ages, ethnicities, body types, and identities. Through the photo series, Marmara utilises different items of clothing to distort and enhance model’s body shapes. The resulting images query...

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