DIY Halloween Costumes From Scratch

I wanted to create our Halloween costumes from scratch, and decided to sew Pirate Vampire looks inspired by the victorian trend we saw hit the runway. I used Simplicity pattern 4059 to create bishop-sleeved frill-collared shirts and Vitorian knickers to match, and hacked the pattern to add a button fly, draw string waistband, and differentiated…

Starlight Beauty Tutorial Look 2: Draped Abductee Makeup Tutorial

Celestial Body Makeup Tutorial: Makeup Base: Mac Prep and Prime, Philosophy Miracle Worker foundation in 5, Tarte Shape Tape concealer in Light Neutral, NYX HD Setting Powder. Lightsource SFX Makeup: Wolf Essential Colors water-soluble face paint in blue and yellow, gradated to make it appear like the planets were light sources…there was only my homemade […]

Starlight: a Beauty Journey Through Space

Artwork, makeup, hair, and costume design by Perry Uwanawich. Stay tuned to Youtube.com/SubversiveStyle and Subversive.Style blog for tutorials and behind the scenes.*Enter my MAKEUP GIVEAWAY: Subscribe and Follow me on Twitter @SubversiveBlog and Instagram @SubversiveStyle http://twitter.com/SubversiveBlog http://instagram.com/SubversiveStyleThis was a collaboration with Bree, of lovlierie.com, who gave me the word “Starlight” as my theme and let…

Balmain Ballets

Olivier Rousteing designed costumes for the Paris Opéra, and British Vogue gave us an amuse bouche- an expected sparkly embellished pair of tights paired with an ornate baroque jacket and draped sleeveless wrap top.  I feel like the tights are the only thing that differentiate the look from just being something off the runway.  Perhaps…

Menswear Fantasy: Dyson’s Wardrobe

I really fantasize about having Dyson’s wardrobe from Lost Girl…the waistcoats, vests, jackets. 😍  Can’t we live in a  world where period-piece meets goth influences are the norm?  Can I at least? I seriously so badly want his looks that I am going to make my own waistcoats and vests.  I’m going to construct a…