At the end of the year, looking back on the aesthetics of 2022, the retro trend is still getting stronger and stronger.
Not to mention domestic entertainment actresses such as Chen Duling and Jin Chen , all of whom have firmly grasped the code of retro beauty.
Uncle still remembers Zhao Liying When she first endorsed Dior, everyone mentioned that she still had a disgusting attitude that the clothes she wore were unattractive.
I finished playing "The Wind Blowing Pinellia" two days ago, and 80 sets of clothes opened up the dusty aesthetic memories of mainland Chinese people.
Many people dug out their mother's old clothes and matched them with each other. The Flower of Steel and Xu Banxia's retro wardrobe became the fashion bible that the entire Internet was chasing.
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Some people say that Xu Banxia has a "mainland retro" flavor from time to time, which is obviously different from Hong Kong-style retro.
For example, compared to the charming and heroic style of Hong Kong style, Pinellia ternata is more festive; the contrasting colors of Pinellia ternata are more bold and bold, and the warm fur coats are more in line with the mainland climate, etc.
Even though eight out of ten bloggers are now following the retro style, I don’t know since when, mainland retro beauty has occupied half of the country.
So what is the difference between Hong Kong-style retro and mainland retro, and which type of retro is suitable for everyone here?
Uncle will talk to everyone next.
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Hong Kong style retro: gushing out The vitality of Hong Kong
① The Hong Kong style aesthetic promoted by the times
Looking back on the past, the prosperous Hong Kong was a beautiful business card handed to the world by China.
Photographer Greg Girard
The economy drives entertainment, and phenomenon-level movies are frequently released. Hong Kong is known as the Hollywood of the East, where is cooked by fire and blooms with flowers.
The movie " Across the Four Seas "
The good wind sent me to the blue sky by force. The Hong Kong style aesthetic born from this has such a wide radiation ability that it can cover Japan and South Korea.
So it's like Kame Sennin from the anime "Dragon Ball", Huang Yunfa from "Gundam G".
The supporting actress in " Reply 1988" is called Zu Xian Manyu. Pan Douhong in " My Girlfriend is a Nine-tailed Fox " imitates Fa Ge. This year's ELLE magazine is deeply influenced by Hong Kong-style aesthetics.
② The core beauty of Hong Kong style retro
In such a warm era background, Hong Kong style often presents confident atmosphere and vigorous beauty .
Therefore, makeup should have the beautiful soul of high contrast (color) + high concentration (line) + large amount of sense (shape) .
Her lips are like flowers, her hair is as red as lacquer, and her eyebrows are wildly ridged and full of wild vitality. Each facial feature line is enlarged and sharpened along its own unique route, screaming for maturity and sexiness.
The 19-year-old Hong Kong sister Anita Yuen
Don’t be afraid even if the outlines are of different shades, because the aesthetic background is an irregular but free and easy artistic life.
So we can see that the concave Zhu Yin , the convex Wang Zuxian .
The cheekbones are as strong as Weng Meiling , and the face is as square as Chen Derong . They deviate from the conventional measurement standards, but point to the amazing beauty of the facial features.
This kind of "I don't care if you like it or not, I have to take care of myself" style of self-expression, which is very similar to the wanton energy of Maggie Cheung who said "I am greedy for vanity in beauty contests" in the variety show back then, and Faye Wong said "the biggest worry is that I am too popular".
Makeup alone is not enough. Hong Kong-style retro that can be recognized at a glance, but also classic outfits that project ’s values of the year.
is independent in career and confident and generous in life, so the silhouette is either a stiff oversize that is both professional and aggressive, such as a tough business suit, leather jacket, and denim.
Either it is a wrap-style dress that freely exposes the skin, thin shoulder straps, exposed navel, low collar, and outlines the body curves. is fat and thin, but is well-proportioned and strong, and rarely has a weak curling feeling. The color scheme of
is more restrained than that of . Except for the floral shirt, the rest are almost one or two large color blocks. Like Yishu's favorite white shirt and khaki pants, it was famously worn by Maggie Cheung in " Golden Years ".
Wear a bright black skirt and red skirt, which makes you look energetic and exudes confidence and charm.
Accessories are not as gentle and timid as in Korean dramas. They always have a awe-inspiring and powerful aura, such as big circles and big pearls, which make the face look smaller and more delicate.
Multi-layered necklaces and wide belts divide the visual center of gravity, no matter how exaggerated it is to attract attention.
is full of vitality even at the tip of his fingertips. ’s self-proclaimed charisma coupled with the prosperous and powerful era filter has undoubtedly become the aspiration of the public in the gloomy contemporary era, attracting people like a magnet and forgetting to leave.
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Mainland retro: upright and tough beauty
① Mainland aesthetics that emerged from the wave of reform:
In Beijing in the 1970s, the streets were almost monopolized by people wearing blue and gray Mao suits.
This state of affairs lasted until the reform and opening up in 1978. Designer Pierre Cardin came to China, and subsequently established the first Chinese model team and led the model team abroad.
Under the joint impact of entertainment and aesthetics from the East and the West, including Hong Kong, China, modern fashion in mainland China began to sprout.
Early movies " Romance in Lushan " and " Popular Red Skirts on the Street " are all fashion models in the period of collision of concepts. Now it seems that the protagonist's outfit is still very fashionable and worth learning from.
② The core beauty of mainland retro style
In the alternation of impact and inheritance, mainland retro style presents a kind of heavy and dignified beauty that is tough, calm and energetic. In this regard,
, and Mao Geping's composition are quite consistent.
The sense of dignity comes from the traditional aesthetic admiration for the silver basin and the adjustment and modification of the structural proportions in the makeup. It is full, balanced and harmonious, and the scenery is bright and resilient.
comes from the eyebrows.
is based on the Hong Kong-style all-inclusive eyeliner, and adjusts the thickness and angle by blending to create a "breath-taking" eye wave charm. The eyebrows are drawn thin and curved, and the peaks of the eyebrows are raised but not fierce, which is feminine and festive enough.
Looking at the beauties in the mainland calendar of that year, the lip lines are clear and full, and the dark red diva color. The face does not matter how fair it is, the key is to create a full and healthy sense of regularity.
has fluffy hair, with occasional very decorative sideburns or eyebrow bangs.
I don’t know if everyone had a lot of hair back then. Anyway, straight hair must be cut into layers, and short hair must be combed with a large side parting to neutralize the rigid look of the regular hair.
The focus of mainland retro makeup is not on partial color, but on the overall comfort and spirit. There is a kind of majesty, orderliness, calmness and toughness of "in the big waves, neither happy nor afraid".
Turning around to look at the outfits, I prefer being complicated and festive.
Suits, coats, down jackets, and bell-bottom pants are naturally hot items.
At the same time, striped sports suits, over-the-knee leather boots, bodybuilding pants, big fur collars, and fur are all hard currency.
jumped directly into the world of color from a sea of blue and gray, so he was once fascinated by the colorful world, and the color changes were bold:
leopard print, floral, pink blue, sequins... everything from clothes to accessories is colorful.
Yi Shu, who advocates minimalist and noble aesthetics, once described Liu Xiaoqing and Brigitte Lin ht. ml3's outfits are in sharp contrast:
Liu Xiaoqing's recent foreign visit, she wore bright red rouge, floral clothes, diamond bracelet watch, and a thick gold chain around her neck, with English words spelled out with broken diamonds.
The audience’s naughty curiosity aroused, what is this word? After studying for a long time, it turns out that the pinyin of "Qing" is QING, which is full of glamour, making Brigitte Lin next to her with short straight hair, sweater and jeans look like a struggling student.
It is precisely the different emphases of mainland and Hong Kong style, which is quite interesting to think about.
is just like Guotai Minan's face has become popular again and again, and will always be favored by the world.
Continental retro continues to draw experience from Hong Kong style and other regions, and digests new styles that inherit part of Chinese aesthetics. From the early chaotic rustic, it gradually evolved into the festive and regular beauty today.
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How to choose a retro style that suits you
One is energetic and foreign-style, and the other is stable and joyful. Each has its own benefits.
We can choose a retro style that is more suitable for us based on our own hardware and temperament.
① Hardware
If you have strong facial features and strong bones, but have bugs in the proportions of your jaw and face, such as a longer atrium, a longer philtrum, and a protruding mouth, then you must find an opportunity to try the Hong Kong retro style.
Here, mature proportions can easily produce stunning beauty, as bright as Michelle Reis (short in court), as powerful as Anita Mui (protruding mouth), making people unable to look away after just one look.
In the same way, Han Suxi, who has a three-pointed and crooked face, and Ju Jingyi, who has a strong sense of cheekbones, and Ju Jingyi, under the Hong Kong style, finding a good angle can combine the persona + aura into one, which makes them look more exciting than Korean makeup.
If your facial features are lighter, the fold is moderate, but your face is flat and your skin tone is even, then Hong Kong style is also a good choice.
The most outstanding looks of Kim Tae-ri and joy are all variations of Hong Kong style. The fair face is more conspicuous against the large solid-color skirt. Several dense colors on the facial canvas light up the vitality and vitality.
Suzy also has beautiful pictures with a Hong Kong-biased filter.
If you have a round face with a wider jaw, some crowded facial features, or more obvious lines on your face and dull eyes, then the mainland retro makeup style is actually more suitable for you.
Someone like Teacher Xu is very suitable. Mao Geping’s makeup even has the effect of changing her hair, because the most obvious effects on her appearance are congestion and sadness, such as eyes, nasolabial folds, and uneven skin tone.
In terms of body shape, you can have a big frame or a fleshy body, but if you are too thin and walk in a retro style, you will be a little powerless, with a big head and a small body.
However, some people are not suitable for the above two retro styles, such as Jingtian , Zhao Lusi , Ye Shuhua , which have plump facial soft tissues and a lot of white space. The former is suitable for a more classical painting style, and the latter two are suitable for modern makeup and light makeup.
②Personal temperament
Finally, we look at whether makeup matches a person or a person matches makeup, and whether a person wears clothes or a person wears clothes, we also need to refer to our own temperament and personality.
Hong Kong style retro style is often on the extroverted side. After all, successfully controlling the rich colors may reveal a lot of skin, which requires strong self-confidence.
If you put on the whole Hong Kong style, but always maintain a timid aura :
When walking, sometimes I worry whether my red dress and big waves will look too grand to passers-by, and sometimes I worry whether the hem of the skirt I just pulled off with my hands will suddenly rise up. My posture will unconsciously become shrinking and not straight, and my appearance will not be very beautiful.
Although Gillian is a Hong Kong star beauty, she often does not have that confidence. She is very similar to Tong Liya, a great beauty in domestic entertainment.
At this stage, if you are a quiet and showy person, you don’t have to take that big step. You can choose to try it step by step, retaining some of the combinations that make you comfortable, or you can try mainland retro.
has a higher degree of haziness, is more receptive to makeup that can cover bugs, and wears shiny and uplifting clothing, which also gives oneself more positive psychological hints.
