#Rouge Fashion Book

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Aweng Chuol for Rouge Fashion Book Issue No. 11

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ROUGE FASHION BOOK AWENG MUGLER

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Naomi Campbell for Rouge Fashion Book January 2023 Editor-in-Chief Calvin Luo Photographer Campbell Addy Creative Director Alex Slavycz Fashion Editor/Stylist Nathan Klein Makeup Artist Angloma Hair Stylist Rio Sreedharan Manicurist Sojin Oh Choreographer Abdourahman Njie Newest Cool

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Prada

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Suza P in Burberry for Rouge Fashion Book, shot by Daniel Archer. Set design by Julia Dias

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Aweng Chuol for Rouge Fashion Book issue no. 11

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holding for sehun: day 252 of 639 ↳ EXO SEHUN photographed by less for Calvin Klein via Rouge Fashion Book | March 2019

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October musings

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Gia Tang

for Rouge Fashionbook | April 2022

shot by Arcin Sagdic

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something i noticed

A while back, I wrote this analysis reviewing how unfair the magic education system is in Twisted Wonderland. I would recommend reading that before this post, as it provides tons of context for what I’m about to talk about and add onto the discussion.

In 2-6 of the Tapis Rouge event, Vil has stylists from Luxe, a high end fashion brand, dress up Azul, Jamil, and Ace to be a part of his red carpet entourage. Once the boys come out in their new threads and makeup, Jamil and Azul, two individuals who are meticulous about details, provide some telling commentary.

According to those two, the team of stylists that helped them were mages. Azul further remarks that they were quite skilled mages and that having this kind of talent indicates a “first class brand store”. Their hair and makeup is also suggested to be done via magic, though this service is not normally performed for customers. Previously, we knew that skincare can be infused with magic (Vil does so with his own) and that magic can be used to style one’s hair (Jamil tells us in his Birthday Boy vignettes that he does his intricate hair with magic and used to take far longer with it when he lacked the precision). Idia states in book 6 that Jamil had no formal magic training before NRC, so that means Jamil was self-taught in his hair-handling magic.

… Okay but 😭 WHAT DOES THIS IMPLY ABOUT MAGIC AND CLASS??? Is it just a coincidence that the teams of stylists who staff a high class store are ALL mages? Surely not, given how uncommon mages are in the general population. The store (or maybe the brand itself?) must be going out of its way to hire them because I guess being dressed with magic is a more “luxurious” experience than the normal way. We can also guess from Azul and Jamil’s accounts that the degree of magic these staffers use requires significant skill and precision, which either means they need formal instruction or lots of practice on their own. Neither option is afforded to people with naturally low or no magic reserves at all 💀 meaning jobs like this are gated to mages only.

Now, this doesn’t inherently mean the rich and famous people who frequent these stores are also all mages (Kalim’s dad and Vil’s dad are two non-mages who are extremely wealthy and influential); the majority of them must still be regular people since humans seem to be the majority, and 90% of humans are non-mages. It also doesn’t guarantee that the Luxe stylists are paid more than a non-Luxe stylist (although I do think this is possible for a prestige brand, especially if we factor in commissions on sales).

What’s sticking out to me here is that there exists an association between magic and luxury. The reverse also appears to have some truth based on what little other lore we have; Ruggie states that there are not a lot of mages from his hometown, which could imply a history of non-mages being driven into poorer communities. It all fits together a little too well to seem coincidental… but obviously, Ruggie’s hometown is just one place and could be an outlier rather than the exemplar. We know that most non-mages must live an average lifestyle, not the extremes that Ruggie has experienced. Still, the claim that magic is typically associated with the upper class holds and it continues to be perpetuated in the lore.

Anyway, Fellow and Rollo were right—

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Awen Chuol for Rouge Fashion Book

Visual experience on Instagram

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Xie Chaoyu by Felicity Ingram for Rouge Fashion Book October 2023

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Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842-1931) ~ La Femme en Rouge [The Woman in Red]. – Boldini was renowned as a colorist and technician, and his works are considered very much Parisian. He had an exclusive contract with the eminent art dealer Adolphe Goupil, and for him produced small, brightly colored 18th century costume pieces that were popular with his Parisian clientele. He painted society portraits as he developed a reputation for his dazzling, elegant depictions of the fashionable women, executed with bold, fluid brushstrokes. His exuberance, vivacity and frank sensuousness won him the title of “Master of Swish.” (NégyArt, Szingy Books), Németh György Pin

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Ikemen Sengoku OC Juliet

Ikemen Sengoku Original Character

Name : Juliet

Pairing : Kennyo 

Background : She was born and raised in a scottish family of antique dealers in Corsica, moved to Scotland, but one day during a raging storm her whole house got caught in the tornado and swirled back in time ending up in Siberia whereas she got lost in the wind and fell in Japan.

She and Mai fell on the same place and are thus taken both as lucky charms from Nobunaga but whereas Mai manage to earn the trust of the other retainers, Juliet resemblance to Kicho and Westerner habit did nothing but make her stand out amidst everyone arising the suspicion to be a spy of his.

In this mess she still managed to befriend someone and grow fond of a certain fallen monk that treated her, despite his gruff exterior, with kindness.

Personality : She is bubbly, warm, friendly, a girl who thrives in making other people laugh, desiring nothing more than to make them at ease with her.

She flaunts confidence, even when she feels anything but, doing her best to support and compliment people's talents’, despite not seeing her own, deep down she deals with a lot of insecurities about her worth and beauty but never shows them to anyone.

She is extremely wary of getting close with people, for this she prefers to play the role of the entertainer, to listen rather than to talk revealing but few things about herself.

Kind at heart she does her best to help everyone around, but could get extremely upset if someone will turn down not so politely her help, resigned as she is to being friendless she didn’t get her hopes up for anyone but find comfort in talking with some of the retainers that befriended her.

She loves to read and culture herself in subjects she has an interest in, like history and fashion history along with legends and folklore, she is also open to discover new cultures and religions as much as she could.

She hates mockery of any kind, having been the object of such, and thus will stand up for anyone who is teased, she is honest and loyal and once gained her trust, hardship on its own, it's hard to get on her bad side, she prefers to ignore all together the kind of people she hates.

Hates : Ignorance, Bigotry, Arrogance, Snobbishness, Injustice, Hypocrisy, Shallowness

Likes : Kindness, Animals, especially cats, Books, Arts

Ethnicity : Scottish from french ancestry

Race : Caucasian 

Languages : English, French, Japanese (imbues in her through the time travel wrap)

Hobby : Reading, especially romance novels, Writing, Cooking, Playing with animals

Favourite food : Sweets, Strawberries, Raspberries, Chocolate

Note : She dislike eating in public and if she had to do so she will eat the lesser she could, eat to her heart’s content only when alone or in company of people she has trust in

Favorite drink: Fruity teas or water

Friends : Ranmaru Mitsunari Masamune Yoshimoto Shingen Kicho

Not Friends : Keiji Motonari

Love Language : Touches and quality time.

Appearance :  She has a fair complexion, wavy black hair of medium height, with left side tuft on her forehead, and some ringlets that fall on her shoulders. 

Her eyes are tourmaline green, a little upward nose and rosy lips.

She is of short stature, busty with an hourglass figure, she likes to valorise with her dresses back in her homeland, now she is in Japan she is frustrated at the clothes she had to wear.

Style : She didn’t use hairclips of any sort leaving her hair loose around her shoulder, except for one, a gift from Kennyo, that she wore on special occasions where she gives out of her way to do her makeup and paint her lips rouge.

Clothes : Her kimono of choice is usually in bold, darker colours, like greens or reds, and decorated with flowery themes of similar shades, worn with a pair of chandelier golden earrings.

Western habits : She refuses to straighten her wavy hair, as some maids suggested, and brings her boucles with pride, all the while wearing her old undergarments, and some new ones exactly like the ones Mai sewed for her, under her kimono.

Undergarments such as drawers, regency corset and chemise, along knee long white socks tied with a ribbon and dark ballerinas.

She prefers to sit on a chair but if forced to sit on cushions she will cross her legs rather than curl them underneath her.

She sometimes cooks for herself recreating familiar flavours the best she could with the ingredients available.

Company : She bonds with Masamune over cooking, he is the only one brave enough to eat what she has cooked for him along with Mitsunari, receiving compliments for it.

She loves helping out Mitsunari, reordering the books or even talking with Ranmaru.

Even though she is wary of the city at first she likes from time to time to go strolling during errands eager to meet Yoshimoto and learn more about arts.

The person though she can’t help but desire to meet each time she wander into town is Kennyo, his gruff exterior and sometimes harsh words can’t conceal his kind heart from her prying eyes and before they knew they grew quite fond of spending time together, be it strolling through the forest or leisurely chatting over a piping hot tea and a warm meal.

Relationship chart

Tagging some mutuals that may be interested in seeing it hope not to bother 🙈👉👈

@itsmyara @bicayaya @kissmetwicekissmedeadly @lordsisterxotome  @aquagirl1978 @violettduchess @natimiles @nightghoul381 @dragon-liquorice @candied-boys

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Perfumes Inspired by Phantom of The Opera

I’ve compiled a list of perfumes relating to POTO. My criteria was based on three things:

Things that can be interpreted as direct references to the book or ALW musical

Perfumes that could realistically have been worn by actual characters

Vibes

I am sorry that a lot of these quite expensive, I personally only own them in my dreams.

Erik:

Black Phantom - By Killian

This one is self explanatory. It’s a sweet and boozey coffee scent

Angel - Mulger

Also self explanatory. Both a well loved and a well hated perfume, there’s a good change you already own this

Death and Decay - Lush

To smell like Erik’s hands of course

Dead Sexy - Tokyo Milk

You know why. Woody vanilla scent

Christine:

Everything & Nothing - Tokyo Milk

“Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing…”

1889 Moulin Rouge - Histoires de Parfums

Not the right year but this is the ultimate Belle Époque Parisian performer scent. It’s a powdery makeup-y smell, probably what backstage at the Garnier smells like.

Wedding Bouquet - Floris

All those flowers Erik bought for the wedding

Lily of the Valley - Floris

Made in 1847, this realistically could’ve been worn by Christine, and I think it suits her well. It’s a fresh citrusy floral, with violet, rose, jasmine, ylang ylang and ofc lily of the valley

Raoul:

Acqua di Colonia - Santa Maria Novella

Created in 1533 in one of the oldest perfumeries in the world in Florence, a fashionable and worldly gent like Raoul might’ve worn this.

Insolence - Guerlain

“INSOLENT BOY!!”

Beach Walk - Maison-Martin-Margiela

Raoul running into the sea to fetch the red scarf

Under the Stars - Maison-Martin-Margiela

Where Raoul and Christine kiss and everything goes wrong

As a bonus, here’s one that reminds me of the fanfic By Starlight by wheel_of_fish because it’s my fav:

Clandestine Clara - Penhaligon’s