LOOKS LIKE...Rodarte is drawing inspiration from, the dead?

 

     It's the lipstick. At first, I thought it might have been the stern looks on these models' faces that was making me strongly anticipate the keeling over of a lovely lady or two. I was wrong-once again, it's the lipstick. Emergency-911, we need some facial coloration delivered to this runway, pronto!
     Though I initially thought gold always brightened faces, I am quickly seeing the drawbacks of essentially washing one's face in such a shade (these models were bronzed to the max!). The yellowed eyelids that accompany this lipstick shade seem to make these ladies appear to be incredibly sleep deprived! I do understand the appeal to try this idea, and it did work on a few blondes, but as for the rest of the less-fortunate lipstick wearers, luck has run out.
     The first model especially looks as though she is in "la-la land," as my 8th grade Spanish teacher used to say. Was the death stare present on their faces prescribed as part of the runway experience? I do realize that much of their inspiration comes from the darker side, though I have to wonder, was their spring 2011 source the living dead?
    I absolutely admire Rodarte to the greatest extent and take no credit away from their masterpieces, but I'm sure a few people and their cousins were raising eyebrows at this trend.