Photography Scott Trindle; Make-up Val Garland using M.A.C; Styling Emma WymanFashion / First LookVal Garland: amplified realnessCreating a maxed-out version of the look she designed for Mary Katrantzou's AW14 show, the legendary make-up artist works her magic in a new filmShareLink copied ✔️October 27, 2014FashionFirst LookTextNatasha SleePhotographyScott TrindleStylingEmma WymanMakeupVal GarlandFilmCamilla Mathis Taken from the Autumn/Winter 2014 issue issue of Dazed:Make-up artist Val Garland is a long-standing rebel of the beauty world. She worked on Alexander McQueen’s groundbreaking early collections, is a fixture backstage at Vivienne Westwood, and her first shoots for Dazed in the 1990s were steeped in punk spirit. Today, her anarchism is subtler; on these pages she expresses her rebellion by hiding the face with a liberal smattering of freckles, switching the role of the much-maligned blemish from the concealed to the concealer. The transformation is an amplified version of the look Garland created, using M·A·C, for London-based designer Mary Katrantzou's AW14 runway show. FETISHISING THE MISTAKE“I’m not afraid; I don’t mind if I’m wrong. I was a skinhead, a punk, and a New Romantic – I belonged to so many different tribes when I was growing up. I’ve always been a rebel, so if something’s wrong then I’m going to like it. There’s something about England that makes you not afraid to take a risk.” OUT OF THIS WORLD “In fashion, there’s been so many references to the alien, such as taking off the eyebrows, that it would be quite amazing to put make-up on a real alien – or paint a fish and see how that reacts underwater. I would have loved to have done make-up on Veruschka because she camouflaged her whole body, or be the make-up artist to a Pharaoh, or Marie Antoinette – that would have been great.”FRECKLE FACE“I know what Mary likes from her shows and invariably it’s fairly minimal. For the show it was really translucent and real, so for this transformation shoot I took the idea of realness and amped it up. I used a natural russet colour to give her a blush, then there’s metallic and a smudgy, grungy green like mustard. But at the end of it all it’s just freckles. I like that heightened sense of nothing and everything.” Embroidered badge dress by Mary Katrantzou AW14; hair Alex Brownsell at D+V Management using BLEACH London; model Lisa Verberght at Elite; photographic assistants Richard Pilnick, Fabian Nordstrom; hair assistant Scarlett Valentine; make-up assistant Veronica Martinez; digital operator Neil Pemberton; studio manager Holly Cullen Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREIn pictures: David Luraschi captures model of the moment, Serkan Deniz FILAFrom track to concrete: Fila reimagines sportswear in the city for AW26The rise of EsDeeKid in 5 tracksBehind the scenes at Zomer and La Watchparty’s AW26 runwayLove machine: When robot HMND Alpha met model Angelina KendallSaint Laurent AW26 paid tribute to the iconic Le Smoking jacketDior AW26: Jonathan Anderson invites us to his (lily) pad Hodakova AW26 wants us to take a long, hard look in the mirrorPerfection and chaos collided at Vaquera’s AW26 showAre you ready for the return of the ‘everyday tiara’?Meryll Rogge takes Marni: ‘I need to make sure I don’t fuck it up’ Bottega VenetaLouise Trotter finds sensuality in structure for Bottega Veneta AW26Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy