I’ve received a couple of misguided emails from PR girls pitching story ideas about eyebrow transplants. The latest email asks Are you aware that, last month, models in Paris strutted Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2012 runway debuting the new bushy eyebrow trend and as a result there has been a ginormous increase in eyebrow transplant requests??? Included was the above image of model Miranda Kerr at Chanel FW12 sporting jewel-encrusted eyebrows.
I confess to having no idea what it’s like to suffer with sparse eyebrows and have always had to pluck/wax/thread mine into submission. However, I do remember when bushy eyebrows were considered unfashionable and before that when they were fashionable again. It’s just kind of shocking that we’ll alter our bodies this way to follow a trend. Changing what we wear is one thing, but undergoing surgery because of a Chanel showcase is quite another! What about an eyebrow pencil?
What do you think?
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Eyebrow surgery??? Really??? I think that just takes things way too far! What Miranda is wearing is perfect for the place and event. But for everyday?? I don’t think so…
That’s what I thought! There seems no end to the lengths people will go to alter their appearance just because someone said it’s in style!
This is the third time in two days I’ve seen a picture of a model with heavily jewel-encrusted eyebrows. I guess that means it’s trending now. Apparently I’m still a bit out of touch, though, because this is the first I’ve ever heard of eyebrow transplants. It seems too extreme, even if someone’s eyebrows are very sparse. These styles come and go, and a potentially dangerous and scarring permanent solution just doesn’t seem like a good idea.
I know! A short trip through fashion memory lane will show that eventually thick eyebrows will be “out” again and all that money will have been spent for nothing! Plus it’s creepy the way we are altering ourselves to fit a fad – almost like there’s no sense of self, no self-acceptance, just change with every whim.