‘Makeover’ Gets a Makeover

Photoshoot Director: Yola Mzizi

Photographer: Julia Nichols

Photo Assistant: Wyatt Morris

Model Relations: Laila Simone Robinson

Styling and Makeup: Ilise Angel, Shelly Rood Kelner, Lisa Vicini and Alex De Vito

Models: Freda Ganiyu, Alex De Vito and Sam Nobile

Designer: Margeaux Rocco

Makeover sequences are staples of earlyaughts films. The protagonist often sheds their glasses for contacts, straightens their hair and aggressively uses makeup to bend their natural looks into submission. The makeover is due for a makeover. A radical transformation that celebrates one’s natural features, imperfections and plays into one’s alter ego is not only a necessity for those hoping to live more authentically, but is revolutionary in a world that expects us all to look the same.

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