BACKSTAGE| Merit Award: Yifang Wan FEB'13

Backstage at our much anticipated Merit Award Winner, Yifang Wan, the teams at Toni & Guy and The Body Shop were hard at work to create a beautiful look for the show.  

Summarised as "all about the skin", makeup was completely neutral; emphasising a youthful, dewy complexion.  The absence of colour on the eyes and the lips not only enhanced the look's simplicity, but also drew the gaze to highlighted cheekbones and the angle of the jawline.       

Hair was much in the same vein; natural, tousled waves cascading down the back from a side-parting, and then gathered in a loosely-fastened ponytail.  

Words by Abigail Gurney-Read (@AbbyGurneyRead)
Pictures by Kriss Elliott (@kriselliott)

BACKSTAGE| Belle Sauvage FEB'13

In the build up to the Belle Sauvage A/W'13 show, Fashion Scout stole backstage to witness the creative works of our sponsors The Body Shop and Toni & Guy. The designer's signature prints and bold plethora of colours make a reappearance this season, in addition to the A/W'13 offering of structured features and linear silhouettes. 

This direction led the Body Shop team to take on a more 'feminine aesthetic'. To complement and contrast with the impact of the collection, models exhibited a 'soft smoky eye' and a 'classic red lip' to keep the look youthful. 

Toni & Guy's look for the show exhibited hair slicked back into enhanced bunchies, complete with textured fringes. The aesthetic was 'fun and futuristic', with the ultimate effect giving models a puerile yet contemporary appearance.

Words by Darcie Thompson-Fields

@DarcieTF

Images by Kris Elliott