She's French, by the way.
I like that she finds the good and the ridiculous in the different looks. It's clear that some commercial approaches to beauty and fashion can be adapted and used to good effect by a "normal" woman walking around in the real word (Lancome, Voltaire, Eric Bompard, Paule Ka, Givenchy) and some things only work on a model who is posed and lit in a fantasy setting (Etam, Acne Studios). Of course, it's always funny to copy the poses and expressions of models. I feel that I've seen that many times, but this is a nice example of that genre of comedy.
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Whenever I go to the makeup counter and let one of the "artists" do a makeover on me, I end up looking like the "normal" woman in those photos.
When you see what goes into producing a style photo, you realize the end result is a cartoon. I don't know why they even bother with models.
Ageist?
I didn't read the article, but the photos were fun.
"French fashion stylist"
Isn't she biting hand that feeds her?
I don't think those sweaters are the same shade of pink or red or whatever. Not guilty!
It's not just 'normal woman vs. fashion model'. There's also a considerable age difference between Mme. Croquet and the models. Some fashions (and poses) just don't look good on older women – "mutton dressed as lamb" is a thing, after all – and some fashions don't look good on anyone.
Art is a lie that tells the truth but sometimes the truth is kind of ugly.
I loved this. I love her attention to detail in copying the photographs.
Paco: It's not just 'normal woman vs. fashion model'. There's also a considerable age difference between Mme. Croquet and the models. Some fashions (and poses) just don't look good on older women – "mutton dressed as lamb" is a thing, after all – and some fashions don't look good on anyone.
Yup. She's too old for every one of those looks. (Some people can't seem to imagine anything between or beyond "junior department" and "old frump"; the concept of adult elegance seems to have been lost entirely. Not that designers or retailers are helping.)
The series is well done. But Paco is right, the big deal here is age. Most of these shots would be much less absurd if the "normal" woman was an average lass in her teens and twenties.
I get it that the fashion market is older women for the most part, which is a bit sad.
Is Mme. Croquet as old as a certain Jenner?
It's so important when looking at fashion/beauty photographs to figure out whether it looks good mainly or only because the model is young and very good or interesting looking. Some photos are striking because the stuff on the model is so horrible that it's amazing the model was able to present it as appealing.
I'm getting tired of seeing women on TV wearing eyeliner on the inner lower lid like Penelope Cruz in that Lancome ad. I can see why women who put it on think it's great, but I think soon if not already, it's going to look dated and we will wonder why women ever did that.
It's possibly bugging me especially since I just got a higher definition television. As Bob Dylan once sang, now people just get uglier...
I find myself inexplicably disappointed that she got one of the dominoes wrong in the Lanvin ad.
it's obvious why these "normal" women are not models: fat, old, and ugly doesn't sell product.
Then. Stop. Doing. It. Men do not read these things.
Hm. I wonder if this is douchey.
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