Pulling Off Weird Runway Looks
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Runway shows are renowned for looking just a bit off. I mean, do you ever watch these shows and think, “Oh, I would love to wear that”?
Scratch that. Some things I would definitely wear.
What about the makeup? Sometimes it’s lovely, sometimes it’s hideous. Think you can pull it off?
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Five real women wear high fashion makeup — for a day in their cubes |
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We love to gawk at runway models’ hair and makeup, but how much of it is actually stuff us “normal people” could wear? We put the looks through the test as our brave volunteers try out fashion-show makeup at work. See the looks - and the hilarious reactions they got. |



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