Makeup At Tom Ford's NYC Event

Julianne Moore and Madonna show what red lipstick can do last night at the NYC screening of Tom Ford's movie, A Single Man.
Gina Gershon, whom I love (saw her in Bye Bye Birdie recently, where she played Spanish Rose. The girl can sing!) chose a decidedly less glamorous look for the same event, but her expressive eyes and perfect eyebrows sort of make up for it.

And, just because, here's Nick Rhodes from Duran Duran. Nobody did eye makeup as well him in the 80s. Looks like he's toned down the look, but I still have a soft spot for Nick and the guys.

Photos: Faded Youth Blog and Socialite Life

Been There, Done That

I spent the 80s hoping to look like Madonna (and to have a boyfriend. A dream equally impossible for my junior high self). I remember my math teacher nearly getting a coronary when I showed up for pre-calculus wearing black lace fingerless gloves. Let this be my apology to him, 20-something years late. I also had rags tied in my hair at some point (before I chopped it all off), lots of plastic bangles and crazy eye shadows.

It looks like the people at MAC got their hands on my old eye shadow palette, the one that had 20 colors raging from sunflower yellow to fuchsia, and decided to unleash it on an unsuspecting crowd of young women who weren't around the first time someone thought that this look was a good idea. According to their site, those who refuse the appeal of this C Shock collection are style wimps and fashion wusses. I'd say we simply know better.