Pantomime Fashion

Mime artists prevalent in fashion themes, provide theatrical element

Implications - There has been a surge in French-inspired fashion over the past year; more specifically, designers and fashion directors are focusing on pantomimes and mime artists, which give designs and editorials a chic theatrical twist. A mime artist must be expressive since his performance rests on not using speech; this translates well into fashion design and fashion features, delivering an unparalleled dramatic, expressive and story-telling element to effectively showcase the clothes and designs.
Trend Themes
1. Mime Fashion Trend - The use of mime artists as inspiration and themes in fashion design and photography is on the rise, delivering an expressive, theatrical and story-telling element to effectively showcase fashion.
2. Emotive Masks Trend - Creating emotive and exaggerated masks that explore social behavior and challenge the need for social masks is gaining popularity as seen in Tête à Tête project by Axel de Wilde.
3. Mime-inspired Makeup Trend - Makeup looks inspired by the appearance of mime artists, including pale palettes, exaggerated eyeliner, and bright blush, are becoming a popular trend in fashion and photography shoots.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion - The fashion industry can leverage the mime fashion trend, emotive masks trend and mime-inspired makeup trend by incorporating theatrical story-telling elements, exploring and challenging social behavior, and creating iconic, bold styles.
2. Photography - Photographers can tap into the popularity of mime-inspired themes by incorporating theatrical elements, emotive masks, and marking up models with pale palettes, exaggerated eyeliner, and bright blush to create distinctive and iconic images.
3. Art and Design - The incorporation of mime artists' expressions, theatrical elements, and emotive masks into art and design can enable artists and designers to explore and challenge social behavior effectively while creating iconic and thought-provoking works.
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6 Featured, 43 Examples:
1,240,615 Total Clicks
Date Range:
Apr 11 — Jan 12

Featured Examples

Mime-Inspired Mistress Shoots
Mime-Inspired Mistress Shoots
The Querelle Jansen Vogue Italia January 2012 Shoot Exudes Love
The Querelle Jansen Vogue Italia January 2012 shoot is love-inspired and tells the tale of a mime-like mistress. The January editorial of Vogue Italia picks up the pieces of a love story in the shoot… MORE
Sensual Pantomime Pictorials
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Solve Sundsbo for Numero Makes a Silent Statement with Painted Faces
Magazines may not come with soundtracks, but this editorial by Solve Sundsbo for Numero Magazine would certainly be accompanied by silence. The poised pictures have an irresistible theatrical quality… MORE
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Cruisin' for a Brusin' Makes Seafarers Swoon
In many ways, the iconic sailor style may never completely go out of fashion, as Cruisin' for a Brusin' by Matthew Frost proves with an enchanting collection of spreads in the April 2011 Jalouse Magazine.… MORE
Playful Pantomime Fashion
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Graphic Play by Patrick Demarchelier is Entertaining Elegance
Fashion is a means of self expression, so it's refreshing to see Graphic Play by Patrick Demarchelier, which allows its featured model to flaunt frolicsome garments and energize each ensemble. Featured… MORE
Mime-Mimicking Catwalks
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The Brain & Beast Fall/Winter 2012 Collection is Parisian-Inspired
Featured on the runways of the BRAIN & BEAST Fall/Winter 2012 collection, rakish male models walked down the runway sporting the line of avant-garde casual wear adorning painted faces reminiscent of those… MORE
play_circle_filledMasked Emotive Mimes
Masked Emotive Mimes
'Tete A Tete' is an Exploration into Social Phenomena
Tête à Tête was created by Axel de Wilde, an artist that is based in the Netherlands. The project is a combination of film, stop motion and portraits caught on still film. The idea behind the collection… MORE

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