Makeup and Aesthetics: Fashion’s Ever-Changing Discipline

“Fashion is something we encounter everyday, and as time flies we are able to look back and veer into the future of how fashion affects each and everyone of us. Just as is manifested in clothes, is also occurring with makeup and aesthetics. Quintessential to an ever-changing discipline, are industry practitioners like those at the Center for Aesthetics and Visual Arts who passionately lead the makeup artists of today. CAVA knows fashion like no other makeup school in the Philippines.”

 Center for Aesthetics and Visual Arts, makeup school

Hazel Gonzales

Coco Chanel quotes, "Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”

Fashion means different things to different people. Sometimes it is viewed as an art. Other times, it may be perceived as a religion. Lest, it also be a job to many. Fashion plays up personalities. It sometimes becomes a disguise or an escape from reality. Fashion becomes a feast for the eyes. But above all, it is an expression that individualizes us from one another and is always in constant fluctuation.

As defined by Oxford, Fashion is simply the prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior.

Every year fashion designers, media, celebrities, and society dictate the direction of fashion. As it constantly changes, these key people decide whether or not a particular style is fashionable for the season. It is through them that we are able to determine what’s in style and what isn’t, and also, what we may expect to see for the prevailing seasons. Fashion, therefore, becomes a reflection of our society and it becomes imperative for us to keep up with the times.

For makeup artists these days, it becomes imperative to be aware of the current fashion trends and, designers alike, be ahead in forecasting what’s to come. With leading catwalks in London, Paris and Milan constantly showcasing beauty trends twice a year and yearly ahead, makeup artists must lead and never lag with what’s happening in the fashion industry. 

Runway beauties in spring 2015 showcased eyes with slight flicks to exaggerated wings at Yves Saint Laurent and Cushnie et Ochs. Fine liquid eyeliner lines were also sported by Oscar de la Renta, Prada and Celine. Celebrity Kendall Jenner wore deep berry lips for Zac Posen. Eyes were bronzed, warm sand and cool taupe in Giorgio Armani, Givenchy and Gucci. Among others, like color stains, almost naked faces, and hazy eyes, it prevails how runway trends lead today’s fashion followers.

For avid enthusiasts and beauty purveyors, the best place to be ahead and hone the necessary skills is at the Center for Aesthetic and Visual Arts. With courses specifically designed for students to receive the complete make-up experience from each class, lectures, practical applications and activities, equip students with the key ingredients to stay ahead of the makeup curve. Unlike others, CAVA places a great deal in the whole experience of its students. It not only focuses on lectures, but gives the students a practical application to even further their skills and knowledge as guided by renowned instructors.

Makeup and aesthetics fluctuate along with the constant change that occurs with fashion. Spring and Fall international runways never cease to present awe inspiring trends and eye catching creations of what’s to expect in society for the coming months, years even. Fashion is influential and so becomes the importance of makeup and aesthetics with the span of fashion’s reach.

Fashion is something we encounter everyday, and as time flies we are able to look back and veer into the future of how fashion affects each and everyone of us. Just as is manifested in clothes, is also occurring with makeup and aesthetics. Quintessential to an ever-changing discipline, are industry practitioners like those at the Center for Aesthetics and Visual Arts who passionately lead the makeup artists of today. CAVA knows fashion like no other makeup school in the Philippines.

CAVA is located at the 3rd Floor Victoria Towers Commercial Bldg., Timog Avenue, Quezon City Philippines with numbers +632 504 2282 and +63917 683 2282.