Blame The Eyelashes!

I've been thinking about identity and clothing (seemingly the favourite topic for my year group in the art dept!) I love clubbing, but there's a such a big emphasis on girls lookin fit as. Now, i can do sexy, but do i really want to? Is it all that helpful? Probably not...so why have i just borrowed Cat's black kilt for Saturday night at Tangled - www.tangled.co.uk check it out!! - possibly the shortest skirt i have ever worn in my life? Actually, it's because i've just discovered a new way of dressing up for a night out!

It started when i couldn't resist buying a pair of extravagantly feathery blue-and-purple false eyelashes in Liverpool yesterday! I decided i'd wear them to Tangled, and then realised i'd have to plan the rest of the outfit around them - what on earth goes with massive colourful eyelashes?? Furthermore, i had to find a make-up scheme to go with them. After using google image search for inspiration and playing around for several hours wth various cosmetics i've figured it out: i'm gonna draw funky patterns around my eyes with my amazing non-smudge liquid eyeliner and colour them in with purple, blue and silver colours. My fringe is now long enough to get in the way of said funky patterns so i'm going to try and put a big chunk of my hair up in a major quiff (just about managed it today with tons of mouse and hairspray!) Clothes have to be plain so as not to clash with my colourful face so i'm gonna wear either a blue or a black top, and the black kilt is exactly what i need to keep the funky theme. I'll preserve my modesty with some black or blue tights.

Back to the point: as you can imagine, this whole ensemble is not exactly going to make me irresitible to fellas! I haven't even considered how attractive i will or won't look - it's about what i like and what i think is funky. I'm glad i'm brave enough to wear stupid rock-solid hair and weird face painting out on the town! I feel really good about it! (Just hope the quiff stays up what with all the dancin)



The whole thing with the eyes has drawn to my attention how much i love drawing and painting on the body. I think body art is something i'd like to get more into - not so much tattooing and scarring and permanent, painful things like that, but more body painting. I don't think i'd want to do "trompe l'oeil"/illusionistic style painting (eg where they make nudes look like they're wearing clothes) but i love the more decoration-based designs; those that acknowledge the body and its forms rather than subvert them. It'd be great to start a trend for decorative face painting for nights out in lancaster!