Princess Julia Blitz Kid

The inspiration behind my final makeup design comes from Alexander McQueen's 2010 Last Show and also Princess Julia, the original Blitz Kid in the 1980's. Princess Julia came to fame in the 1980's as part of the club culture known as the Blitz Kids. Her style was in keeping with the time, very out there and experimental. 

Princess Julia. 1980's. Viewed 26/11/14

Extreme, colourful makeup playing on the shapes and structure of the face. Her makeup was experimental, in keeping with the makeup styles seen in the 1980's like Leigh Bowery. Princess Julia made her way onto the 1980's club scene to become a DJ, something continued today. The whole styling of clothes and makeup made Princess Julia an interesting character. For example in the image above, she is covered, very conservative. However, in many other images she is seen exposing herself. Perhaps she liked the contradiction of characters that could be created through the medium of makeup, hair and styling. 

Princess Julia. Blitz Kids, 1980's. Viewed 26/11/14

The image of Princess Julia made me think straight away of Fraulein Kost and what she would have looked like in the this era. The dark lips and heavy eye make the look seductive, which is one of the main attributes of Fraulein Kost. The colour palette here also inspiration to me as it looks mysterious. To expand on the colour palette seen here I looked at Alexander McQueen's 2010 Last Show and the colour palette and textures used on the clothes. 

Alexander McQueen 2010 Last Show. Viewed 26/11/14

The mixing of the purple with the blue creates a subtle palette that can be mixed to create a makeup design. I definitely feel inspired by the colour palette seen here as the purples add a mysterious aspect with the blues bringing the cold. I think this represents the character of Fraulein Kost, because she is mysterious and then appears cold when confronting Schneider. Therefore I would like to incorporate blues and purples into my design.

The face chart above shows the hair and makeup look I have designed inspired by Princess Julia and Alexander McQueen. The design incorporates the colours of purple and blue with green around the eye. The eyebrows are thin to keep in keeping with the 1930's style.