FKA TWIGS x Wonderland Magazine.

Wonderland Magazine's most recent issue has been inspiring to me, when creating my Elizabethan hair and make-up design. The magazines recent front cover features a unique artist called FKA Twigs who has a very distinctive style, the pictures shot of FKA Twigs were taken by the photographer, Matthew Stone. My aim for when i create my finished contemporary look is that I want the design to create a character that symbolises 'Attitude', because of this I found FKA Twigs a really great person to reference to when trying to creating my hair and makeup details that would symbolise attitude and also unique beauty.

FKA Twigs by Matthew Stone.
Sourced Image from Wonderland Magazine official website.
http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/TWIGS-COVER.jpg

- I like the use of blocking out the eyebrows and replacing the brows with font/writing 'power' 'beauty'

-I love the shade of the bright red/cherry lip colour, it pops against her skin tone

-Use of subtle contouring around the skin, skin appears to seem very even not too much shaping around the face 

-The pose/angle of FKA Twigs face makes her appear bold, superior, beautiful

 When I first saw this magazine cover in a shop, straight away it reminded me of Sandro Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus'. Im honestly not that sure why, maybe because of the angling and expression of the face  and how although FKA Twigs appears to be looking at you she also appears as if she's looking past you too. 

Birth of Venus By Sandro Botticelli c1484-86.
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited.jpg/1280px-Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited.jpg

FKA Twigs.
Image Sourced From Dazed Website.
http://www.dazeddigital.com/tag/fka-twigs

- I love the slicked hair in particular in this photograph, the way her baby hairs are slicked around her forehead area into shapes and curls is so beautiful
-I also like the use of wide plaits then styled into two bump buns of her head
-The use of simple gold accessories subtly symbolises wealth
-The skin and brows are very natural and almost look like there is no makeup applied with thick lashes and neutral lips












I would like to recreate this look with the use of curly hair texture like my own, kept 
natural and plaited and some parts of the hair crimped, making two bumps but with style baby hair in small ringlets following the hair line. When creating this look I would want to try to create the same textured hair Queen Elizabeth wore in Rainbow Portrait.

Rainbow Portrait c1600 By Issac Oliver.
Google Sourced Image.
http://www.gogmsite.net/the_late_farthingale_era_fr/minialbum_queen_elizabeth_o/ca_1600_rainbow_portrait_by.html