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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 2007)
APRILS. 2QQ7 jU.StpUtl?$ Beautiful Dreamer OUR SEVENTH ANNUAL FUND RAISING EVENT SENEFITTING Q CENTER THE SWAN HOUSE S FRIENDS Of PEOPLE WITH AIO8 FOUNDATION Portland makeup artist follows her dream to Europe pring abounds with color: yellow daffodils, S pink azaleas, purple crocuses and, most importantly, red dresses. The seventh DJ BRIAN GORR annual Red Dress Party is April 14, and according to event chairman 9 pm - 2 am ” APRIL 1 4 th , 2007 DISC JOCKEY GRFGARIOtlS Reid LIMITED PRE-SALE ONLY Decker, tickets are selling quickly. So reserve yours S35.OO (INCLUDES HOSTED BAR A FOOO) today, then head to the mall to choose a flamboyant BODYVOX 6 75.00 RNtlUOtSMT PRE RAIWV FPM RPMI fashion. TICKETS; ON-LINE ONLY<y> WWWREDDRtSSPDX.COM Speaking of fashion, my friend Kristen Arnett left Portland this month to further her career in the 21 ANDOVER fashion industry. I first met her when 1 (literally) VALID ID REQUIRED LOCATED 9 AUDIO CINEMA 226 S.E. MADISON STREET RED DRESS MANDATO«* bumped into her at First Thursday. “Hey, you write my favorite column in Just Out," she said, immedi ately becoming my new best friend. Ever since, I’ve followed her with great interest because I never Portland is lifestyle-oriented; (it’s about! mak understood how a talented makeup artist could ing our people look good, for Nike and Adidas. But support herself (financially or artistically) in our Milan is notorious for being cutting-edge. There, small city. makeup is a sustainable career. And an expensive Turns out 1 was right. The beautiful brunette left for Milan, Italy, on a great adventure. 1 caught her by THANKS TO OUR >007 SPONSORS CHAMELEON RESTAURANT A BAR one. 1 have at least $30,000 worth of makeup. It tixik days to figure out how much to bring. cell phone in Seattle the day before she flew out. FS: Sounds like the fashion area interests you Floyd Sklaver: How long has this been in the works? i most. KA: It’s more like being an actual artist, but my Kristen Arnett: Since January ’06 when I went final image is the product of everyone’s collaboration. to a makeup artists trade show in Lindon. The last I rely on at least two others to make my artwork kx>k night, this guy walked in and 1 just got this sense good, and once it’s washed off the model's face, it’s I needed to talk to him. He started giving me gone forever. The touchy part is that if any aspect of THANKS TO THE BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORTED US IN MARCH! THERE IS 0NÍ LAST advice and said, “If you want to be the best you can the shoot isn’t topnotch, I can’t use it for my hcxik OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT A PLAY OLEORL THE GRAND LVLNT ON APRIL t*TII. be in fashion, get yourself to Milan.” because it won’t be worthwhile. I did a shoot in GET YOUR TICKETS NOW THE V.I.P PARTY HAS ALREADY SOLD OUT. AND THERE IS December with a photographer in town. We shot for A LtMIftU SUm* L» ULNEKAl AUMiSSIÚN I II Kt IS FS: Why Milan? nine hours, and I got two images out of the whole KA: As a makeup artist you want to hook up thing. Milan is more of a calculated risk because the with as many models, stylists and photographers as talent pool is higher. Portland’s been really good for T me, but I need to take it to a higher level if I want to pursue my dream. FS: How did you get started in makeup? KA: I was passion ate about it since I was Christopher Stowell hit tribute to Cole^P, premiered in 2000 reviews and sotd'Eu 14, no 12. I’d have my mom take me to the drugstore, and I’d spend two hours in the makeup department looking at colors. I’d COMPANY PR El . IÓÓB STRAVIÏŒ ÖE0PISE BALAN’S cut pictures out of "I'm looking at this like grad school," Kristen Arnett says. "I’ve put all of my savings into it, and I’m going to come home broke." magazines but only cut out the heads. My ISHIM jkj : mom thought I was you can. In Milan, the best of the best are there. crazy. 1 learned photography just so I could make I’m looking at this like grad school. I’ve put all of up my friends. It’s like people who pick up a guitar my savings into it, and I’m going to come home and always play it. 1 picked up makeup and APRIL 27 -MA broke. But 1 hope to end up with a wonderful book couldn’t skip thinking about it. NEWMARK THÉAT that showcases my work. 10 th SHOW J if ST ADDeo FS: What will you miss most about PDX? FS: What does a makeup stylist do? KA: My friends, that’s the biggest thing. I cried KA: Anytime there’s a photograph or video driving over the Interstate Bridge the other day. It’s being shot, makeup should be an element of creating so cozy in Portland. There’s a German word, it. The word for makeup artist in Italian means trick gemütlich, which means comfortable and inviting. ster or magician. You’re taking a three-dimensional That’s what Portland is. person and applying color, shadow and highlight to be read in a two-dimensional way. It’s anything from making someone look camera-ready, which can be FS: Well, just don’t forget us now that you’re Out Going. © adding sweat to a model, to an over-the-top artistic S klaver collaboration between designer, model and photog FLOYD rapher that can be impressionistic or surreal. E mail him at floydsklaver@comaist.net. wants to know about your event. TICKETS START AT $10 CALL 503.2.BALLET traKÈTf/ÂsrcF? M a g [■TTTFI BALLET iimi.b CHRISTOPHER STOWELL / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR A% SSBBß em 1 rwi
