{"id":6278,"date":"2013-08-09T12:40:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T16:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredjdevito.com\/streetscene\/?p=6278"},"modified":"2025-03-09T23:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T03:16:06","slug":"the-art-of-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredjdevito.com\/streetscene\/the-art-of-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nScene:\u00a0Moving On:<\/em> Linda Mason\u2019s Art Retrospective.\u00a0Linda, British born, is a makeup and visual artist famous since the 1970s for her creative and exciting use of color. Her shop and gallery The Art of Beauty by Linda Mason<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>opened in SoHo in 1988.\u00a0Linda<\/a>\u00a0launched her own makeup company, Linda Mason Elements, Inc., in 1987.<\/p>\n

I first experienced Linda’s creativity when I went to a Willi Smith fashion show at the Puck Building. She created the makeup look and I remember how exciting the dayglo colors looked on the models. I then met Linda while I was at Revlon, and asked her to collaborate as a makeup artist for a beauty fashion shoot. We continued to work together on projects for Almay, Bergdorf Goodman, a Cynthia Rowley\u00a0fashion show and others. Photographers who were involved in these projects include: William Garret, Steven Klein,\u00a0Jean Pagliuso, Matthew Rolston, and David\u00a0Siedner.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Ines and her daughter visiting from France.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Jeorge Napoleon, Hair Stylist<\/a>\u00a0and creator of HydroHair.\u00a0\u201cI saw this man whose job was to make people beautiful and happy,\u201d<\/em> Jeorge recalls. \u201cMen and women would go into his salon and come out looking and feeling their best. I was just a kid, but I thought, that\u2019s what I want to do!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nScene: From the back, Michael DeVellis and Linda Elmani chatting with Thalita. Michael, Founder and Executive Director of \u00a0The Powder Group<\/a>, and\u00a0Founder and Editor of On Makeup Magazine.\u00a0Linda, Makeup Artist.<\/p>\n

\"ThisScene: Jody Shields and Paula Roberts. Jody was Design Editor of the <\/span>New York Times<\/em>, a Contributing Editor at <\/span>Vogue<\/em>, <\/span>House & Garden<\/em> and <\/span>Details<\/em> magazines. Author of two nonfiction fashion books, <\/span>All That Glitters<\/em> and <\/span>A Stylish History<\/em>\u00a0and two novels <\/span>The Fig Eater<\/em>: <\/span>A Novel<\/em>, and <\/span>The Crimson Portrait<\/em>.<\/span><\/div>\n

Paula\u00a0was the official Psychic Consultant to the Broadway revival of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit<\/em>, in which Angela Lansbury plays medium Madame Arcati. Paula is known as\u00a0The English Psychic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Linda’s daughter Daisy Mason and son, Siraj, and dad’s hand. Daisy is a Songstress and Linda’s Muse. She is\u00a0wearing Linda’s hand silkscreened astrological dress.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: As a visual artist, Linda’s work includes painting portraits, exploring multi-media collage and glass art.\u00a0Linda has published several books all of which are beauty and makeup focused. Makeup for Ageless Beauty<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>featured Model and Actress Carol Alt on the cover.<\/p>\n

When Linda and I collaborated together we always had a fabulous time working with great models that I selected for the campaigns. Models such as Linda Evangelista,\u00a0Yasmin Le Bon<\/a>,\u00a0Elaine Irwin Mellencamp,\u00a0Stephanie Seymour<\/a>, and Veronica Webb.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Nadine was helping at the event behind the scene<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Al Noor Mughal and son Siraj. Al Noor, Designer and Builder<\/a>.
\nSiraj, Adorable!<\/p>\n

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\nScene:\u00a0Lynley, Marketing Intern; Thalita, Linda’s Premiere Makeup Artist; and Gabriela, Trained Makeup Artist who also likes to sew, design and style. They are wearing Linda’s hand silkscreened astrological dresses made by Gaby herself. Each are wearing their own sun-sign makeup to complete the look from Mason’s Astrological Melodies <\/em>collection.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Monica and Presley working the scene <\/em>adding cheer.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Jene Hernandez getting a refreshing Pallini Limoncello<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Daisy Mason and Alva Chin. Alva was one of the first African-American woman to grace the cover of Vogue,<\/em> and is a former Halston Model. Fashion Designer Oscar De La Renta is the godfather of Alva’s son.\u00a0She now teaches several forms of yoga and Pilates.\u00a0\u201cMy focus is core strength, flexibility, building breath capacity, alignment, and an overall sense of well-being!\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nScene: Harvard student Gussie\u00a0with her mother Dana Roc, a Motivational Speaker<\/a>. Guests enjoyed the Pallini Limoncello and two delicious ros\u00e9s, La Rose Gorge and Pueblo del Sol.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Natasha Donnellyi, Makeup Artist.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: David Dumas and Laura Buck, Makeup Artist. Laura said\u00a0“When I first moved to New York\u00a0I\u00a0was lucky enough to\u00a0assist the legendary makeup\u00a0artist, Linda Mason, for two\u00a0and\u00a0a half years.” \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nScene: Jene Hermandez and Kyle Kerr. Jene is an Entertainer – Actress, Singer\/Soul-R&B Artist, and Model, who has appeared and performed in Film, Television, Stage and Music. Kyle is a Model and Firefighter.<\/p>\n

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\nScene:\u00a0Jayne Rockmill, Linda’s Literary Agent, with some of their books.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Katelyn and Gabriela (Gaby).<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Mia, an Artist interning at\u00a0The Art of Beauty Gallery<\/em> next door to the shop. Linda’s paintings at the gallery.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Jennifer Baginski shopping the Astrological Melodies<\/a><\/em>, one of Linda’s makeup collections, with\u00a0Thalita.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Laughter, smiles and conversations.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Miriam Casal and Alejandra Pena.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Christine de Lassus and David Dumas. Christine is a world renowned Fashion Stylist<\/a>, Fashion Editor, and Fashion Consultant. Christine and I met when I was at Revlon, and asked her to collaborate as a stylist for the Untamed Eyes promotion. Also selected for the shoot was Brigitte Nielsen, the Danish Actress and Model who was seeing Sylvestor Stallone at the time, and Photographer Steven Miesel.
\nDavid is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Fashion Film Factory.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nScene: Jody Shields and Page Starzinger, both former Editors at Vogue<\/em>. Page is a Poet. Her book of poetry, Vestigial<\/a><\/em>, publishing August 10, 2013.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: Linda with Zhenya Merkulova and Paul Gates, Gates Merkulova Architects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nScene: The Art of Beauty by Linda Mason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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