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- (laughter)
Oh!
- When I think of pinup, I usually associate it with women.
- I hear the word modeling straight away
and look at me and I just sort of think,
no, that's not something I would ever do
or you know, would be capable of doing.
- I have no idea what I've got myself into.
- What comes to my mind when I hear that men wanna do pinup,
I think it's awesome!
Like, why not?
- When I think of pinup,
I think of corsets and big hair, red lips.
So I'm interested to see
how that's all gonna translate into me.
- Little bit scared, little bit nervous,
but a bit of excitement too.
- When I think of pinup, I only think of women.
Do men also do it?
- They do and I think that's the really beautiful thing
about this particular genre.
I feel like there're no boundaries.
- Cause I'm quite lanky and long.
Will that translate?
- That's gonna work to your advantage
As well for your style.
I think you're gonna love it.
- Alright, I'm excited.
- I can't wait to see what I get transformed into.
- I can't wait for you to see.
- Oh my goodness.
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- When I was a kid, we'd get our face painted
but since then, I have never really enjoyed
having make-up put on my face but
it's really quite light and not that extreme
so it doesn't feel like it's gonna be too crazy.
- I'm feeling much more excited.
Now I've had my make-up done
and I'm probably looking a bit more decent
and camera ready so yeah, bring on the costume.
- I'm feeling things I've never felt before in my life.
It sort of feels like
there are alien lifeforms on my head right now.
But I'm gonna do it.
- I've never worn make-up before.
The closest I've come to this
is like a Halloween costume as a kid.
I really need a pampering.
I can get used to this.
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- Ah, I'm nervous.
Okay, we'll go for it.
- Oh my god! (laughs) Are you for real?
- (laughs)
Oh...
Wow!
- I sort of just look like a
Madame Tussauds version of myself.
- Oh wow, the make-up...
- (giggles) This is great!
- Let's go to the Wild West!
- It's a good look, I could deal with it.
- I feel fierce, like I feel...
I feel like I'm something.
I look pretty hot!
- I feel great about myself, I feel confident.
I just assumed it's kind of totally nut case character
that I would probably never associate myself with
and actually just leave some of my hang ups,
maybe daily hangups and just be someone else.
- At the beginning of this, I very much thought, 50's pinup,
I thought that would sort of something
I put on the shelf associating it with women,
but now what I've learnt throughout today's process
is that it's, it's not gender specific at all.
Something in me was just like, let it go.
Just do it, just go with it.
I felt excited. I felt satisfied. I felt attractive.
I felt handsome.
- I've often thought that make-up seems like
such an effort for people to do
even if they feel happy with that.
But seeing the results, I was like,
it does make a difference.
I don't think it's something I'd do on a day to day basis
but I can see why people do it for themself.
- My perspective of pinup, of conventional femininity,
of make-up, of hair, is totally changed after today.
I realized that a lot of things that we use to define gender
is actually just a pose.
The clothes, it's hair, it's things they can totally change.
Even before I saw myself in the mirror
just when we were doing hair and make-up,
I felt myself sort of changing.
Knowing that I was being transformed through a woman,
I thought I'd look into the mirror
and see myself as demure or sexy,
but I actually looked into the mirror and saw myself as like
powerful and dominant and fierce.
It really just comes down
to how you want to express yourself.
- From dressing as a sailor,
all the way to the very feminine side
that we've seen and
they're all quite acceptable and enjoyable
and they all look great!
- (mumbles) Everyone should feel sexy
at least once in their life.
- Clothes, hair, make-up,
they're not really for other people.
They're for you.
So you can choose how you want to define them in any way.
- Men love to be someone else,
just as much as women do.
Men love to get into costume and you know,
assume a role and I think, don't knock it til you try it.