2012年8月28日星期二

you will always have a backup of your Income Source

I am in the field of Computers from past 16 years and during this period I had learnt many things and from the beginning itself I was very fond of learning Computer Programming and at present I am developing Software programs for various Govt. Sectors. And regarding the Internet business, I started my internet career about 5 years ago and since then I have learnt a lot from this Internet thing.

Almost 80% of Internet users search for ‘How to make money online?‘ and so I decided to create a niche website to tell you about the most of earning money online.

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Since, this is my first post describing this niche, I just wanted to tell you the ‘Basics of Internet Career’ and what is all about ‘Earning Money Online‘.

So guys, have you ever thought that how most of the publishers earn their living only with a few sites they develop. Most of them are under the free site providers like Blogger, WordPress.com, etc. The main success behind such Publishers is just their hard work and patience.

I have seen many publishers who are earning more than $144K per month, so how this happened? Actually, they are writing under a proper niche and that too continuously, within time the reputation of their site increases in search engines and they start earning regular income from their blogs/websites. For more information about finding your niche, refer to my article regardingList of High Paying Adsense Categories for your Niche Website.

Regarding Adsense, its a very big deal to make a good standing account with Adsense because Google won’t spare a single second to ban your account if you have made a single mistake in following Adsense TOS.

But, what if you haven’t done any mistake and Adsense disabled your account, so as with many genuine Publishers. Always make an alternate source of online Income like:

  1. Sell online products.
  2. Sell your own ebooks or products.
  3. Become Affiliate Marketer, through which many publishers are earning their livelihood.
  4. Always use Adsense Alternative Publisher accounts, don’t ever depend on a single firm as Adsense.

If you follow the above tips, you will always have a backup of your Income Source, and if something odd happens with Adsense account, you will gain a regular income from other sources.

But, I recommend making a good standing with your Adsense account as this is a Genuine Publishing network and pays the most share which comes form its advertisers.

Now, what about the Stable Income? Its a must have like problem for almost all of the Publishers who are beginners in this field. don’t worry guys, I will try to solve this problem also, rest depends on your work and writing capabilities.

The income which is coming regularly is called Stable Income, but when this income multiplies itself per month then its called a GOOD STABLE INCOME, so how to earn a good stable income, its very easy… just follow this tip:

HAVE PATIENCE AND UPDATE YOUR SITE DAILY WITH NICHE AND QUALITY CONTENT

DON’T FORGET TO FOLLOW THE ABOVE 4 POINTS AS A SOURCE OF SECONDARY INCOME

After a certain time, you will be getting a regular income, and please don’t blame me if you are not writing proper articles, not updating your blog regularly and expecting to get a good income.

Moreover, many of us think that Google Panda update has eaten my visitors, but my personal opinion about this blog and the visitors is that after recent Panda Update, every genuine publisher is getting targeted users, and I am watching my blog since the last update and I have seen a drastic increase in returning visitors and also new ones, that too targeted.

2012年8月23日星期四

Makeup and Beauty Blog on Twitter

Makeup and Beauty Blog on Twitter

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Click here to follow me on Twitter…

What is Twitter? — As far as I can tell so far (and I’m VERY late to the party), Twitter is at least two different things, the first of which is the reason I refrained from using it for so long.

The beauty of Twitter
  1. It’s an instant messaging/chat service similar to the old AOL chat rooms, AIM or MSN, except that it makes it easier to carry on conversations with large groups of people (from one to potentially millions of people in the same conversation!) and archives each individual message (aka a Tweet) on the web.
  2. Twitter’s also a great way to find and instantly communicate with people and businesses with similar interests (in my case cats, photography, blogging, writing, randomness, makeup and beauty).

How do I know this?

Because of something that happened last week…

It was early on Thursday morning. I was at my computer, drinking coffee in my pajamas and catching up on beauty news online. I saw a blurb in my feed reader for a blog post titled, “Illamasqua Coming to Sephora!!!!”

Holy shizz! Fo’ reals? I couldn’t believe my eyes, so I Googled for info and called Illamasqua to confirm.

It was true, and guess where the news first broke — where did it first appear?

You guessed it: Twitter. :)

Even though I’m afraid I’ll get sucked in, that I’ll need a Twitter intervention by Christmas, who cares? All of the big cosmetics and beauty companies are tweeting out coupon codes, announcing new products, events and sales on Twitter; I can no longer resist.

If you have any Twitter tips or just want to scold me for taking so long to join, let me know in the comments (or via Twitter, ha! Love the irony). I pledge to make up for my lateness with frequent Twittaway beauty giveaways and breaking beauty news.

Quick and easy

I was also really surprised by how easy it was to make a Twitter account. It’s free and easier than ordering a book on Amazon. The toughest part was choosing a username.

My first choice (mbb) was already taken. I’d wanted something short because of how people send messages on Twitter, and “makeupandbeautyblog” isn’t exactly short, right?

So, on Twitter I’m karenmbb. Tweet ya later.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Do you use Facebook? On Facebook I’m at facebook.com/makeupandbeautyblog. I have my Twitter and Facebook accounts linked, so you can reach me at either one.

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Makeup Junkies, Don’t Miss the Nordstrom Cos

Makeup Junkies, Don’t Miss the Nordstrom Cosmetics Trend Show!

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There are only two reasons I’d wake up at 5:00 a.m. on a cold, dreary Saturday morning — if I had to catch a plane to a far off tropical location, OR if I had the chance to see the latest Holiday makeup trends at the Nordstrom Cosmetics Trend Show.

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After two cups of coffee and several layers of concealer (gotta hide those dark circles), your girl hauled her cookies over to Nordstrom Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek to see the best Holiday 2007 makeup and skincare trends from several lines, including Dior, Chanel, Lancome Coach Handbags, Clinique, Philosophy and MAC.

I met up with my blogging buddy Christine, who I thought would be the only other person crazy enough to wake up at 5:00 a.m. to go look at makeup. Little did I realize we weren’t the only ones. When we got to the store at 7:30, there was already a line of women waiting out front. You go, ladies!

Hurry up and sit down, ya’ll!
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To attend a Nordstrom Cosmetics Trend Show, visit their Web site for dates and locations near you (listed under their “Store Locations & Events” section). RSVP by phone. There’s a modest $15.00 cover charge, which applies toward any beauty/cosmetics purchases you make on the day of the event.

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If you love cosmetics but are NOT a morning person, then be forewarned: the Trend Show is kinda like a rock concert. There’s loud music, hot models, screaming women (no joke!) and unbridled makeup enthusiasm. Several premier artists from top lines Coach Factory Outlet Online, like Louise Zizzo (MAC), John Fussell (Chanel), Rachel Ito (Clinique) and John Trau (Philosophy) discussed the hottest looks for this season.

Louise Zizzo from MAC works the crowd
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John Fussel from Chanel. Check out the model’s boots!
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Bold Lips and Eyes cheap louis vuitton purses!

The three trends featured at this show were matte skin, lined eyes and red/burgundy lips.

Matte Skin:

- natural yet flawless extra-matte finish
- new products have lightweight and transparent matte formulas, unlike the heavier mattes of the 90s
- healthier Coach Handbags Outlet, brighter-looking skin without the shine

Matte skin and flirty lined eyes from Lancome
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Lined eyes:

- dynamically lined eyes for powerful, strong looks
- for a flirty look, try black, slate or grey liner on top lashes
- for an edgy look, try liner on lower lashes only
- to keep focus on black-lined eyes, use natural lip tones

An edgy, chic look from MAC
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Red/burgundy lips:

- colors for fall include scarlet, burgundy or aubergine hues
- top bold colors with gloss, or smooth down with matte pigments
- to draw attention to lips, use a slight touch of color on eyes and mascara only

Estee Lauder featured bold lips
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But wait! There’s more…

Another great reason to sign up for one of these shows is you get free stuff. Everyone at this event received this stylish, roomy, silver train case.

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In addition to the train cases we also got snacks. Honey, you know that the two ways to my heart are through Chanel and through my stomach, so I was super excited to open my little goody box to find it filled with fruit, muffins and other yummy morning snacks.

But the fun didn’t stop there. In one of the show’s many raffles, Christine, who at the start of the show bemoaned how she never wins anything, actually won a bag full of Fusion Beauty products, ha ha ha! Lucky!

Joelle Russo, Nordstrom beauty director and emcee for the show, gets ready to raffle off more goodies

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After the show, attendees headed downstairs to the store’s beauty department to buy more goodies and get makeovers. Several of the lines had special gift-with-purchase offers, free samples, and “best of” product packages for sale.

A Philosophy bag from the trend show filled with of some of the best products in the line. Can you spot my new fave cleanser, Purity Made Simple?
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This special gift from Clinique included Allure magazine favorites from their color and skincare lines

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If you love makeup then I highly recommend checking it out one of these shows. There are two Nordsrom trend shows happening next weekend, November 17, at the Fashion Valley and Valley Fair Nordstrom stores in California. Check out the Nordstrom site for more details.

Oh, and if you do plan on going, don’t let your husband play around with your beauty loot when you get home. I’m just sayin’…

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I hope your weekend has been full of lots of makeup fun!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P. S. Your weekend isn’t over yet. It’s time for the weeks best o’ beauty from The Beauty Blog Network!

I know you didn’t miss Makeup and Beauty Blog’s Best of Clinique’s Holiday 2007 Makeup and Fragrances.

All Lacquered Up’s Nail Tip Of The Week; a solution for the horror that is Toes & Hose.
The Beauty Blog Network Blog welcomes newest member Rouge Deluxe to the group!
A Touch of Blusher reviews Chanel Ombre D’Eau Fluid Iridescent Eyeshadow.
Beautynomics reviews Yes To Carrots’ Carrot Rich Moisturizing Scrub.
Elke reviews Aussie’s Hair Products. on her blog.
Makeup Moxie’s fave new find: MAC lipstick meets Modern Art in these personalized “Kiss” Portraits from DNA 11.
The Mineral Makeup Blog reviews Mineralogie Pressed Mineral Powder and Matte Finishing Powder.
Temptalia has a tutorial for a bold, jewel-toned eye.
Beauty and Fashion Tech reviews the Star 50 Handbags Collection featuring a handbag for every state.
Savvy Skin says Infomercials – Fool Me No More!.
SugarShock gets the royal treatment with MAC Royal Assets palettes.
Hello Dollface hope to look like Heidi Hello Dollface and Heidi Klum’s new makeup coach factory outlet store online!
Musings of a Muse reviews the Bare Escentuals Pure Platinum Collection with Product Photos
15 Minute Beauty Fanatic tries Bond No. 9′s new Andy Warhol’s Silver Factory Fragrance
Beauty and Personality Grooming’s The luxury called ‘oil bath’
Makeup Loves Me explores Prescriptives’ fabulous custom blend foundation.
All Natural Herbaria Soaps get a glowing review from Bionic Beauty.
Pop-Up Makeup Brushes on Mystical Beauty’s Musings.
At Face Candy, Kyle reviews Profound Beauty’s Structure Hair Care Collection.
At DivaShop, Gloria tries an Aqua/Teal Eye Look.

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MAC Colourizations Collection- This Dramatic Double Feature Stars a Teal and Brown Eye

MAC Colourizations Collection: This Dramatic Double Feature Stars a Teal and Brown Eye

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Okay, so you how when you’re in the mood to do a dramatic eyeshadow look, and you start with just a few colors, but the next thing you know you’ve got, like, 10 different shades all up on your lids?

Welcome to my world, chica.

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I don’t know what it is, but when I see all of those lonely pans looking up at me hopefully, I can’t help myself. A little bit of this one here, a tiny bit of that one there. OOH! A dash of this one to accentuate everything else. :)

Sometimes I wonder if I have some kind of medical makeup condition that compels me to use four different browns in the crease.

While it’s fun to get carried away doing complicated eye looks while completely ignoring the clock, I think it’s also fun (and usually more practical) to see what drama can be had with one or two shades, tops. The funky colors in the new MAC Eye Shadow X 2 Duos ($25 each) from the upcoming Colourizations collection are here to help.

Today I took Double Feature 3′s matte teal and chocolate satin out for a spin��

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MAC Colourizations Double Feature 3

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This smokey brownish teal look isn’t exactly what I’d call quick. It required more layering and blending than I usually have time for, (about 20 minutes just to do my eyes), but if you have a concert, a party or a club date with your girls and have the extra time to get ready, it could be a lot of fun.

I’m going to try to resist experimenting with any other Colourizations combos (CAN’T WAIT to try Double Feature 7′s bright fuchsia and black!) for the next few hours so I can wear this look out to dinner tonight. El Hub and I are celebrating our fifth wedding anniversary today, and the colors in the Double Feature 3 duo oh-so-conveniently match my favorite green dress. :)

Additional makeup worn in this look��
  • FACE — MAC Strobe Cream, MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation in NC42 and MAC Studio Careblends Powders in Light Plus, Medium Dark and Dark
  • EYES — NARS Pro-Prime Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base, Benefit Instant Brow, Urban Decay Cannonball Mascara and Buxom Amplified Mascara
  • CHEEKS — MAC Semi Precious Mineralize Blush in Pressed Amber and MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Semi Precious Goldstone
  • LIPS — MAC Lip Pencil in In Synch and MAC Lipglass in Evolution Revolution

Anywho, what was the last dramatic eye makeup look you did, and did you use several shadows or just a few?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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Dolce & Gabbana Evocative Collection Swatches

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Smooth Eye Colour Quad in Evocative and Crayon Intense in Chocolate on my eyes; Shine Lipstick in Orchid and Ultra Shine Lipgloss in Vibrant on my lips

While I was cruising down (Saks) Fifth Avenue today cheap louis vuitton wallets, otherwise known as surfing their site (they’re having a Friends & Family Sale; I didn’t come across the new Ethereal Holiday Collection, but I did window shop almost everything from the Evocative Collection for fall.

I’m not sure how Evocative’s vampiric berries, wines and pinks go with her springy blues and that one totally random coral, but being confused has never stopped me before, ha!

I’ll just try to wrap my head around something tangible…like the ultra pigmented, creamy coral Classic Cream Lipstick in Cosmopolitan and Shine Lipstick in Orchid. They should help me focus, but if I’m still out of sorts after that, the buttery soft and sheer beige, pink, taupe and purple shadows in the quad should help.

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The Dolce & Gabbana Evocative Collection for fall 2010 (clockwise from lower right): Smooth Eye Colour Quad in Divine, Classic Cream Lipstick in Cosmopolitan Louis Vuitton 2012, Shine Lipstick in Orchid, Classic Cream Lipstick in Lust, Shine Lipstick in Amethyst, Smooth Eye Colour Duo in Evocative Coach Outlet bags, Smooth Eye Colour Duo in Ocean, Crayon Intense in Chocolate, Crayon Intense in Onyx, Intense Nail Lacquer in Cosmopolitan, Ultra Shine Lipgloss in Amethyst, Ultra Shine Lipgloss in Vibrant

Dolce & Gabbana Evocative Collection Swatches and Pics

(For reference, I’m an NC35 in MAC foundation)

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Smooth Eye Colour Quad in Divine, $59

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Smooth Eye Colour Duo in Ocean, $36

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Smooth Eye Colour Duo in Evocative, $36

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Crayon Intense in Onyx (left) and Chocolate (right), each $29

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Classic Cream Lipstick in Cosmopolitan, $30

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From left: Shine Lipstick in Amethyst (not on Saks website), Classic Cream Lipstick in Lust and Shine Lipstick in Orchid, each $29

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Swatch of Smooth Eye Colour Duo in Evocative (left) and Smooth Eye Colour Duo in Evocative (right)

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Smooth Eye Colour Quad in Divine


Crayon Intense in Chocolate (left) and Onyx (right)


From left: Classic Cream Lipstick in Cosmopolitan Coach Outlet Online 2012, Shine Lipstick in Amethyst Coach Outlet, Classic Cream Lipstick in Lust, Shine Lipstick in Orchid, Ultra Shine Lipgloss in Amethyst, Ultra Shine Lipgloss in Vibrant

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Classic Cream Lipstick in Cosmopolitan

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Shine Lipstick in Amethyst

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Classic Cream Lipstick in Lust

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Shine Lipstick in Orchid

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Ultra Shine Lipgloss in Vibrant

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Ultra Shine Lipgloss in Amethyst

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Intense Nail Lacquer in Cosmopolitan

How evocative are you finding Evocative? Do any of the colors light your fire?

Wouldn’t ya know it? I wait forever for a sale on Dolce & Gabbana, and when one comes along it’s only 10% off. The Saks Friends & Family Sale is a little weak in the beauty department. It’s only 10% off for beauty and fragrance (but 20% for almost everything else), but I guess that’s better than nada.

I’m thinking about snagging a pan of Luminous Cheek Color blush in Caramel from the permanent collection ($44). It’s a shade that makeup artist Pat McGrath calls universally flattering.

Tuesday Tuttimelon

What a long day, right? Didn’t it seem to last forever? I think it’s a taro Tuttimelon night.

You wanna come with? There’s plenty of room in the 4Runner. What’s your favorite froyo flavor, and what toppings do you want? :)

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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MAC Hey, Sailor! A Quick Look

MAC Hey, Sailor! A Quick Look

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Just a few shots of the new MAC Hey, Sailor! collection for ya before I head on out to the dentist (WAH!). The collection arrives at MAC counters and maccosmetics.com on May 24. Reviews/swatches coming in two shakes of a husky tabby tail.

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Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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2012年8月21日星期二

Tartan & Hair

Tartan & Hair

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Among the number of fashion titles to be published this year, two caught my attention most, partially because they are both focused on a single “material” or textile. The first discusses the history of tartan and its symbolic significance up to the present day.

Particularly fascinating is the book’s discussion of the traditional, yet rebellious lineage of Tartan, which was exploited by contemporary designers such as Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood, as well as by artists like Matthew Barney. Written by Jonathan Faiers, it is the first in a series by Berg titled “Textiles that Changed the World” dedicated to one single textile. The next book in the series will be on felt.

Also of interest, is a collection on hair—Hair Styling Coach Outlet Online, Culture and Fashion (to be published by Berg and edited by Geraldine Biddle-Perry, Sarah Cheang )—which discusses the cultural and symbolic import of hair both on and off the body, with articles ranging from “Fashionable Hair In The Eighteenth Century: Theatricality and Display” (by Louisa Cross) to “Hairpieces: Hair, Identity and Memory in the Work of Mona Hatoum” (by Leila McKellar).


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Mona Hatoum, Hair Necklace, 1995

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Interview with Nathalie Bondil, Director and Chief

Interview with Nathalie Bondil Coach Bags Online, Director and Chief Curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Nathalie Bondil, JP Gaultier, Thierry Maxime Loriot at the MMFA

by Ingrid Mida

For the past ten years, art historian Nathalie Bondil has been Chief Curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, where she has curated many art exhibitions featuring the work of Picasso, Van Dongen and other artists. Ms. Bondil launched new programming by inviting fashion into the MMFA, with first ever retrospectives of the work of Yves Saint Laurent and Denis Gagnon. In 2007, Nathalie Bondil was appointed Director of the Museum. In 2008, she received the insignia of the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic and on June 15, 2011, she received the title of Chevaliere of the Ordre National du Quebec.

Nathalie Bondil initiated the exhibition of The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk which recently opened at the MMFA. The following is an excerpt of my interview with Ms. Bondil at the museum on June 13, 2011.

Ingrid: The MMFA seems to be the only museum in Canada to initiate and curate exhibitions of fashion designers. In 2008, you exhibited Yves Saint Laurent��s work and today, you are presenting Jean Paul Gaultier��s work. How is it that your mandate includes fashion?

Nathalie: We can do whatever we want to do and from my point of view that includes presenting the work of artists with a strong message. The fashions that Jean Paul Gaultier creates really says so much about the world, the society in which we live and I think that is very relevant for us. What Gaultier says about beauty and about taste is something that is very healthy, very relevant and very necessary.

Ingrid: I found it so refreshing this morning when Gaultier talked about beauty having no specific shape or look. Is that what attracted you to his work?

Nathalie: Completely. It is his humanist side and in fact, it is much more the sociological aspect of his work that I think is very important. It is so fresh as you say to say that everybody is welcome to wear his clothes: big, fat, old, whatever.

I think that it is our duty at the museum to open other doors.? If you don��t have this critical look, if you don��t give people the tools to understand another way to consider the aesthetic of fashion, I think that you haven��t done your job.

This exhibition is not about branding, it is not about La Maison Jean Paul Gaultier. It is about Jean Paul Gaultier��s humanist vision of the society. And it is about very high values, about universal values beyond fashion.

What is interesting with him is that he is not just a fashion couturier, but he also collaborates with cinema, for theatre, for the avant garde, for the very popular rock stars. He is very curious and his mind is open and he has kept this child eye. He is always sincerely enchanted by people. I can say this is not a posture. It is not an attitude.

He is very humble. He has no flag, but in fact, when you consider his couture from the beginning until now, it is very coherent and consistent, and beyond humour, beyond provocation, there is also a very deep message.

Ingrid: Is that what defines JPG as an artist for you �C that his pieces have a message?

Nathalie: Yes, absolutely. He has a very strong imagination that can reach us beyond fashion. You are not obliged to be a fashionista to be attracted to Gaultier because he has so many diverse interests in terms of multi-media and inspirations. He is not a stylist trapped within the discourse of fashion.

One proof is that he first said no to an exhibition. He did not want to make a kind of cemetery exhibition. He wanted to have an adventure, a new creation, to invent a new collaboration. This is what excites him, to make something different. He has so much imagination. He does not want to repeat himself.? He does not have this narcissism towards the past. In fact, now he is still completely projected towards the future. And for him, this event is an installation, more a creation, something new.

Jean Paul Gaultier Couture Collection (Courtesy of the MMFA)

Ingrid: I read that he once said ��I don��t make works of art�� and that ��Fashion is not art��. Nevertheless, you have defined him as a contemporary artist.

Nathalie: He can have his own ideas. I have no problem with that. We worked with him as a contemporary artist. I told you he is always in the process of creation, never any repetition. And in my point of view, it is art.

It is art because haute couture has a sophistication of the milieu. As someone from outside, I was really, really impressed by the fact that all these couturiers have so much pressure. They must create on a very regular basis these new collections in a fierce competition atmosphere. At the same time they must also meet a commercial viability. There are no other artists who can support such pressure. It is so demanding in terms of excellence and so fascinating in terms of realization that I don��t understand why people say it is not art.

Ingrid: Is there a favourite part of the exhibition? Is there something that really resonates with you?

Nathalie: My favourite part of the exhibition is the man himself – Jean Paul Gaultier, the artist.

Ingrid: After I saw the McQueen show, I was wondering how you were going to live up to that standard, because it was quite unusual.

Nathalie: I very much admired what McQueen did. I did not see the exhibition yet and I will go next week. McQueen is very dark and Jean Paul Gaultier is like joy, optimism. They have very different sensibilities of what is a human being. One is like dark and one is like light.

For Gaultier, fashion is for real people. McQueen is not for real people. His work is fabulous – like sculpture, but you cannot live in it. There is a corset is in wood, but you cannot move in wood. ?And with that dress painted by spray guns projections, it is like the woman is attacked. Gaultier said he would have done it with real painters – like a dance, like an interaction with human people.

Ingrid: Some people say that McQueen��s work was misogynist, whereas it is the opposite for Jean Paul Gaultier. He seems to love women.

Nathalie: Completely. Yes, he loves not just women, but everyone.

Ingrid Mida is an artist Coach Outlet Online, writer and researcher based in Toronto. She also lectures about the intersection of art and fashion.

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