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2013 truly was/is the year of punk revival, and since punk style and subculture are near and dear to the Curator, I decided to devote the fall exhibition to this glorious trend.  It's a smaller exhibition than in years past, but I was committed to the theme and didn't want to do a bigger exhibition with non-punk-inspired pieces in it.  This is basically a long way of saying I couldn't reconcile some of the fall pieces we've seen (Chantecaille Wild Horses palette, Dior Bonne Etoile) with the punk trend, and decided to sacrifice size in exchange for a more cohesive exhibition.  Since it was on the small side I couldn't really go into the history of punk makeup, which would have been great to incorporate somehow, but I think overall it works. 

So many magazine images inspired me.  I was enthralled by the emphasis on plaid, tweed and houndstooth and the punk update most of the items in these fabrics received.

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Provocateur

Breaking.plaid

Dior.shoes

And as you can see in the exhibition, I added some magazine pages at the top – these were my favorite images.

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MM fall 2013 top shelf

MM fall 2013-bottom shelf

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Magazine images, left to right:

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Marie-claire-plaid-punk

Harpers-punk-roundup

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Top shelf, left to right.

Dior 5 Couleurs in Rose Ballerine and Les Tissages de Chanel in Amber:

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Dior-houndstooth-chanel-tweed

Dior-chanel-label

Sephora Drop Dead Gorgeous makeup brush set:

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Sephora-brush-set

Do you not love the skull pattern on the handles?!

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Ardency Inn Punker Studs:

Ardency-inn-punker-studs

Ardency-punker-studs

Punker-studs

Punker-studs-label

Givenchy Ecrin Privé palette:

Givenchy-palette

Bottom shelf, left to right.

Lise Watier Tartantastique eye shadow palette:

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Deborah Lippmann nail polish:

Lippmann-punk-rock

Lippmann-pretty-vacant

Lippmann-label

MAC Rebel Rock postcard and Benefit Rockateur blush:

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Sephora eyelash curler and Urban Decay nail polish in Vice:

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Sephora-curler-ud-vice-np

Sephora-curler-label

Thoughts on the exhibition?  Are what do you think about the punk trend this season?  When it comes to badass details like studs and skulls and chains, I can't get enough!