Aesthetics. They matter.

Aesthetics. They matter.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Debbie Harry...



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...Is a woman who I think is super cool.


She just oozes beachy classy 80's charm with the recklessness of punk. Like joan jet and bridgette bardot fucked and she was their love child of win and awesome.

Of course, her look is hard to pin point, when copy-cat dressing, but it is definately attainable for chick and lads who know what they're doing.


The look is a combination of grunge with a bunch of nautical 80's staples. Debbie Harry mostly looks like she stayed up all night hard core partying, and instead of changing her clothes she just reapplys her make up and waltzes out the door.

She favors kitchy T-shirts and band shirts, she also wears this iconic Popeye T-shirt and Captian's hat. She wore stripes, animal prints, hot pants and leggings, but the art of it is how she paired them together. She never wore more than three key item, and thus kept the eye away from her body and focused more on her face.

Which brings me to her face.
I found this fabulous make-up video that captures the style almost perfectly:




Her hair is interesting. Its pretty much a lob...a long-bob. The front of the hair parted on the side is actually longer than the whole of her hair. It is teased outward and upwards, then most likely scrunched with hairspray or braided and let out. Its a super cute look and is not very common so it will be associated with her immediately.

:D

love,
kayla

2 comments:

  1. I love Debbie Harry. She makes cracked-out look chic without descending into trashy mode. Well played dear sir.
    Kait

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  2. yeah. she's like 1 step away from courtney love, but one step in the right direction. :D

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