TextAlex Peters
We speak to the make-up artist about developing her craft, working on the Yohji Yamamoto runway shows, and how AR is changing the industry
For make-up artist Jenny Coombs, everything comes down to skin. “I am very passionate about skin looking like skin and all of the beautiful textures to play with,” she says. After honing what she calls her “skin craft” while assisting artists like Maki Ryoke and Lucia Pieroni, Coombs broke out on her own, bringing her signature style of luminous skin always with a pop of colour everywhere from Burberry to
British Vogue and
Buffalo Zine.
Itâs been almost a year since the UK was plunged into its first national lockdown, and now all of the âlockdown babiesâ, as Homerton Hospital midwife Rachel Millar has nicknamed the infants conceived last spring, have been born. Millar, you may recall, was one of the 33 key workers Jamie Hawkesworth photographed for the July 2020 issue of British
Vogue. âIt makes you realise how much time has lapsed since the beginning of all of this,â Millar says when
Vogue calls to catch up with her about the changes she has seen occur in the 10 months since her portrait was taken for the cover.
For Lele, the project was a chance to honour her patrilineal heritage, by returning to a place she visited often while growing up. “My fathers family are from Jabalpur,” explains Lele over email, “and the holy river Narmada runs through it. It’s not only of important religious significance but also on a personal level as my father and grandfather’s ashes are scattered in that river.”
She adds that the collaboration with Hawkesworth came about “quite naturally”, with the pair having met through friends. “I ve always loved Jamie’s work,” says Lele. “His eye is incredible [and] his attention to detail is amazing.”