Pat McGrath’s magical makeup for Givenchy Fall Winter 2015 :Paris Menswear Fashion Week

I am still in awe of the looks created by makeup artist Pat McGrath for Ricardo Tisci’s Givenchy Fall winter 2015 runway show during yesterday’s Paris Menswear Fashion Week .There was something very dark yet beautiful about the looks. Models wore different looks- from lips clamped by metal stitch and dramatic smoky eyes topped with green glitter and Bordeaux red lip colour to spooky Zombi-esque face makeup; it was a spectacle and one of the best that we have seen in runway makeup in the recent times. But the breathtaking look of the show was the bedazzled face mask created by McGrath using sequins, coins and seashells suspended on strings. It took 8 hours for her to create this piece of beauty.

Of male nudity, flopping genitals and more –Rick played a Trick: Rick Owens Fall Winter 2015: Paris Menswear Fashion Week

The idea was to deconstruct and recreate the mysterious essence of male masculinity. Full-frontal “male nudity” in the world of mainstream cinema, art and to a certain extent even fashion has always been considered something outrageously X-Rated, bizarre, ugly, funny, dirty and unnatural. Yes, Rick  shocked and amused lot of people, by sending three of his models in deconstructed tunics, featuring strategic peephole opening revealing the model’s genital. The humorous side of social media wasted no time to dub him as #dickowens. But, no, flopping penises were not the protagonist of the show.  There was more to Rick’s collection. It was a fashion forward moment, a conversation starter (Read: social media) on why something as natural as male genital is considered a taboo. And, yes, Rick completely succeeded in his carefully thought wardrobe malfunction.