奇爱……你会给我吗？
STRANGE LOVE Spring looks and beauty looks are inspired by the provocative Post Punk sounds and themes of DEPECHE MODE’s 1987 STRANGE LOVE ….. a beauty and fashion editorial tribute to the group’s North American tour this Spring 2023
STRANGE LOVE REDEFINITION OF ATTITUDE:
A redefinition of attitude encapsulates the aesthetic shift of the late 1980s. It was a moment when beauty, style, fashion, and music aligned to create a lasting cultural imprint. This was nowhere more apparent than during the New Wave Era, embodying the ‘Strange Love’ concept. The 1987 hit single from Depeche Mode’s ‘Music for the Masses mirrored the youth. The band’s look captured in grainy colour magazine cutouts and raw black and white music videos became the template for a youthful generation’s style. The dawn of digital photography blurred the lines between raw realism and polished fantasy. It set the stage for an era that attempted to balance edginess with refinement.
造型的演进：
‘Music for the Masses’ marked a transition in post-punk electronic music, not just in sound but in its visual and fashion direction. The era’s fashion was still tethered to a working-class British youth aesthetic, now with a late-eighties penchant for polished healthiness. The contrast between rugged, denim-clad street style and the theatrical application of makeup, both for men and women, epitomized a distinctive style of strange love.
发型成为时尚宣言或部落归属的中心。无论是剪短和竖起，还是梳得油光发亮，都强调了质地和怀旧感的重要性。80年代可见的发型产品使用不仅仅是一种美学选择，它预示了美容市场的未来，其中丰盈、保湿和质地增强产品将占主导地位。
时间的考验：
In 2023 and in 1987 tonal statements still stand their ground. The influence is not just nostalgic but was also directional, guiding contemporary designers and beauty brands toward a fusion of structured minimalism and experimental texture which would dominate the 1990s. According to long time beauty professional – Marilyn Opiz, “that style, this strange love brought glamour and youthful rebelliousness together at the same time, the combination came together as we have never seen it before…It’s truly the last time we saw an aspirational glamour”
现代展望：对于IRK的《奇爱》专题，美学风格架起了过去和现在的桥梁，展示了来自2024年春季纽约男装日系列的新兴设计师作品，以及迎合年轻时尚意识客户的美国生活方式零售商。色彩搭配反映了对80年代末氛围的现代诠释：柔和的石板灰、灰玫瑰色、水泥色调，偶尔点缀金色贴膜和玫瑰色针织纹理——低调而有影响力。妆容也遵循这一理念，拥抱色调和谐。温暖、自然的色彩定义了面部。唇部和脸颊呈现温暖的红色，而皮肤则轻轻涂抹地球色调的轮廓，无缝融合。
STRANGE LOVE EYE EDGE:
The eye is the focal point of this STRANGE LOVE aesthetic evolution. For both men and women, the look is striking yet wearable: soft pencil-lined eyes with black kohl and brown, shadowed in deep greys and diffused pewter, blended with rose gold accents. A nod to late-eighties excess emerges in the textural interplay. Warm fur color accents subtly highlight shimmering gold touches at the brow bone and draw to a dramatic wing. Brows are bold and full, almost an eye makeup statement in themselves, capturing the essence of a strange love era.
THE STRANGE LOVE SKIN FINISH:
What makes this beauty direction particularly modern is the way neutral tones meld with natural skin textures. Unlike the overtly powdered finishes of the past or the hyper-glossy, of the 1990s, today’s formulations strike a balance. There’s a blending of powder, gel, and cream textures, creating an understated matte that is youthful and spirited. This strange love evolution of beauty in 2023 mirrors 1987’s careful balance between refinement and rawness, proving that some attitudes in fashion and beauty are not just cyclical but perennial.
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IRK时尚与艺术合作2023春季
STRANGE LOVE Fashion Direction, Art Direction, and Creative Practice by IRK MAGAZINE Editors Patrick Michael Hughes and Stacy Seiler.
Patrick Michael Hughes 高级时尚编辑，男装时尚撰稿人
Stacy Seiler 平面设计师，IRK艺术编辑
Jeff Mikkelson 摄影师：Mikkelson是一位获奖的美容和时尚摄影师兼导演，总部位于纽约，在全球范围内拥有编辑和广告客户。
Li Murillo 发型师和Meron Weyante 化妆师
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Patrick Michael Hughes is a fashion and decorative arts historian. He writes about fashion culture past and present making connections to New York, London and Copenhagen's fashion weeks with an eye toward men's fashion. He joined IRK Magazine as a fashion men's editor during winter of 2017.
He is often cited as a historical source for numerous pieces appearing in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, LVMH, Conde Nast, Highsnobiety and others. His fashion career includes years as a fashion reporter/producer of branded content for the New York local news in the hyper digital sector. Patrick's love of travel and terrain enabled him to becoming an experienced cross-country equestrian intensively riding in a number of locations in South America Scandinavia,The United Kingdom and Germany. However, he is not currently riding, but rather speaking internationally to designers, product development teams, marketing teams and ascending designers in the US, Europe and China.
Following his BA in the History of Art from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York he later completed graduate studios in exhibition design in New York. it was with the nudge and a conversation in regard to a design assignment interviewing Richard Martin curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art he was encouraged to consider shifting his focus to the decorative arts with a concentration in fashion history and curation.
Patrick completed graduate studies 17th and 18th century French Royal interiors and decoration and 18th century French fashion culture at Musée Les Arts Decoratifs-Musée de Louvre in Paris. Upon his return to New York along with other classes and independent studies in American fashion he earned his MA in the History of Decorative Arts and Design from the Parsons/Cooper Hewitt Design Museum program in New York. His final specialist focus was in 19th century English fashion and interiors with distinction in 20th century American fashion history and design.
Currently, he is an Associate Teaching Professor at Parsons School of Design leading fashion history lecture-studios within the School of Art and Design History and Theory,
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