While “The Crown” star’s ruffled Miu Miu dress played its part, her Pierrot clown-inspired look wouldn’t have been complete without makeup to match.
The Story Behind Emma Corrin’s Pierrot Clown-Inspired Makeup for the 2021 Golden Globes
In a short time, Emma Corrin has managed to serve up an array of boundary-pushing fashion moments, and the 2021 Golden Globes ceremony only continued that momentum. Across the pond in London, The Crown star, who won the award for best performance by an actress in a television series, drama, wore a custom ruffled black velvet Miu Miu ensemble that was a tribute to melodramatic fashion of 17th-century Pierrot clowns. “Lamby and I actually sent in some reference pictures,” Corrin told British Vogue of dreaming up the look with stylist Harry Lambert. “It probably sounds a little bit crazy, but we were inspired by Pierrot clowns, with their giant ruffs and androgynous silhouettes.” While the white organza collar of the gown certainly played its part, the look wouldn’t have been complete without the telltale sad Pierrot clown makeup, teardrop and all.
In conceptualizing Corrin’s beauty look, Lambert sent makeup artist Florrie White vintage theatrical Pierrot paintings and referential photographs. Ultimately, it was a combination of era-specific details and supermodel Twiggy’s groovy interpretation of Pierrot in the 1971 film The Boy Friend that informed Corrin’s makeup for the big night. “I wanted to re-create the theatrical and dramatic look, whilst keeping it modern with glowing skin,” explains White, who supercharged Corrin’s complexion with Sisley-Paris Black Rose Skin Infusion moisturizer and Precious oil before perfecting it with Phyto-Hydra Teint and swirling Phyto-Blush Twist on the top apples of the cheeks and blending downwards. Of course, in paying tribute to Twiggy, major lashes were essential—but it had to feel modern too. “I didn’t want to paint the lashes onto the skin as was done in the 1960s, so I dotted along Emma’s lower lash line with Phyto-Khol Star liner in Sparkling Black and then layered up the lashes with three coats of Ultra-Stretch mascara before adding more volume using the tapered end of the mascara wand on the lower lashes,” White says of her fresh fringe technique.
As for the single Pierrot teardrop? She drew on the droplet shape below Corrin’s right eye with kohl liner and layered on metallic 42 Glow Silver shadow to “create a 3D effect,” she says. While Corrin’s dramatic gaze was awe-inspiring enough on its own, it was even more impressive as it held up to the real tears she shed when she accepted her first-ever Golden Globe award. An unforgettable statement for an unforgettable night, indeed.
This story originally appeared on: Vogue - Author:Lauren Valenti
