Veruschka - The Amazonian Barbie.

When you think of fashion in the Sixties, you immediately think of Twiggy, with her defined crease and her drawn on bottom eyelashes. The Sixties will forever be immortalised as the decade that Twiggy took the fashion scene by storm, becoming a renown model through out the world.

However for some of us, such as myself we regard another model to reign as the Queen of the Sixties. Vera Gräfin von Lehndorff-Steinort or Veruschka for short is definitely one of my favourite models of the Sixties. A Prussian heiress to a wealthy estate, she was soon spotted during her studies in Florence, and soon became a full time model after meeting Eileen Ford, head of the prestigious Ford modelling agency.

Some may say that once a model reaches a certain age, they dwindle and don't every perform like they used to do. Somewhat true, however Veruschka has made sure her face and name isn't out of the limelight, in 2006 she had a acting roll in James Bond 007 movie Casino Royale, and even took to the runway once again in 2011 for Giles' S/S 11 show. Even though her popularity may not be as what it once was, she still holds the crown of being the Amazonian Barbie.

Giles S/S 2011

For my time assessment at University, we have been briefed to pick an era and recreate the look that has inspired us the most. Unfortunately my immediate choice of era was not in the criteria, which was the 20s. I was really disappointed as I feel that makeup artists such as Pat McGrath totally own modernising that era.

My second choice was of course the Sixties, however I don't want to recreate another Twiggy inspired look. I am inspired by the metallic shades of the 60s Space Age, where the possibility of something out of this world was something that was unimaginable back in those days.

Photographs by Franco Rubartelli

I plan to create a homage to the Sixties beauty, whilst making it my own. I plan to use iridescent pigments, and of course for the styling element acrylic! I'm keeping it as a surprise so keep tuned!

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