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"facebook dialogPinterest\n\nI can't think of a more fitting venue for fashion rock star Alexander Wang than the Roseland Ballroom. And queuing for over an hour to get in to the show qualifies me as a full-on groupie! Backstage, I weaved past Hooters girls serving hot-wings and found Shiseido creative director, Dick Page, who explained the look to me. He complemented Alexander Wang's signature monochrome palette by using no color on the face, just contour and created a shimmery eye using Shiseido's Whitelights cream eye shadow and dark brown eye liner. Lips were also lined with brown eyeliner to avoid the redness often found in lip liner, and topped with a beige lip color.\n\nFor hair, Aveda hairstylist Odile Gilbert went for a \"feminine but strong\" style. The look was boyish in the front and romantic in the back--slicked back with gel, and secured with an elastic lace, letting the length of the hair hang loose.\n\nMy backstage obsession, though, had to be the nails! Nonie from Butter London used Yummy Mummy for a matte beige look--a welcome alternative to dark polish. \"The recession has had an impact on the way we dress and do our make up,\" she explained. \"When times are tough people tone it down, less about the gothic strong overt beauty, more about subdued elegance.\" Instead of using a topcoat, she brushed an acetone mid with basecoat over two coats of polish. These tough-girl nails were the perfect compliment to the high-contrast clothes. I can't wait to try this look at home!\n\n--JULIE SCHOTT"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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