Feb
25
The Beautiful Suzie Bird
Everyone once in a long long while, there’s a model that represents every girly childhood wish you had for the perfect kind of face, or at least one you imagined for yourself. Suzie Bird is one of the rare gems, a visual dream. Something very alien like and refined about her face. She reminds me of Audrey Hepburn. Weird thing is though I don’t think her look translates very well on the runway. She looks so much better in editorials and street candids. It’s almost as though she’s too refined for the runway, she doesn’t fit that typical eastern-euro-below-17 bill.
These black and white images were shot for some Bergdorf Goodman catalog. I couldn’t believe how amazing the images were, love them all. Black and white streets, some taken at night in Chinatown. Just my cup of tea.
It would be a dream to shoot her. I can’t imagine her taking a bad photo.
So incredibly lovely.
On a typical runway, her look is too sophisticated, but she looks like she was made for Haider Ackermann. That alien face, looks inhuman almost.
My favorite moments of her…
I know this is weird but I love heavy bags under eyes, and in many of her candids she has that blue/black/slightly purple tint under her eyes, with slight rings, that tired worn out look. I absolutely love that, think it’s very beautiful. I don’t wear concealer under my eyes because I don’t find the need to hide that. Everyone’s always telling me I have heavy bags under my eyes like it’s a bad thing and sometimes people say, you look like you just got punched under both of your eyes..Well at least there is some symmetry… Covering it up I think looks much worse sometimes. And then you know sometimes people go too far, and their under eyes look brighter than every other part of their face…
Photo below, modeling in an A.P.C. catalogue. This girl was really made for A.P.C. and Celine. I think after she did Celine Pre-Fall, every other designer started using her. Thing is I think her look is very contextual. It works for Celine, not so much for ‘Dol-Chay’ or ‘Ver-Sayce’. Some models are like blank canvases, they can turn into anything after makeup and outfit, but not her. I’ve seen her look ‘transformed’ and it’s too forced looking. Sometimes they try to do too much sexy/heavy makeup for a certain show and it looks horrible on her. Like adding ketchup to dry aged sirloin…or something of that nature..
I don’t like her in frilly outfits, I love her in menswear inspired suits. Take out those awful western metal tips and this oxford/blazer/trouser combination would be perfection.
They say gentleman prefer blondes. Me, I’m no man, but I’ll choose the physical likeness of Suzie B over the prototypical blonde any day. Just a personal preference. Guess I am partial to girls with a bit of darkness.
All images sourced from The Fashion Spot.
She is absolutely gorgeous!
I too am a big fan of dark circles under the eyes, and in time i have come to accept and embrace mine; I just think they give so muck depth to a pretty girl’s stare.
Do you think she looks a little like a very young mischa barton? in the first season of the o.c. , similar mouth I think.
Ps still want you to come to London and be my BFF. I want to cook for you
Hey, I wouldn’t mind looking like her, bags under eyes and all
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. She’s not ugly, but I wouldn’t describe her as beautiful. She has like a bird face. I think someone like Emily Browning is actually quite beautiful.
I’m doing illustrations for a film right now, and Emily Browning is the inspiration! She’s got a total doll face, so adorable.
I appreciate learning more about your aesthetics through posts like this. But . . . I think you are more beautiful than Suzie Bird!
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I think she is rare, and that is its charm…but I find it completely inexpressive, however, she is very stylish.
People think they can say a lot about your appearance. I’ve made that mistake.
I find you lovely too, though it is nice to see long posts about someone’s beauty you admire. I like that kind of obsession!
Also, I feel much better now for not caring about my under-eye circles. When I try to cover them I feel like part of my face is missing.
her scowl reminds me of eva green’s.. who’s with me?!
yes! maybe it’s the GIANT eyes
She has very pretty eyes.. The color of her irises with her pale complexion is mesmerizing. But I’m not with you on the dark under eye circles – I have them pretty dark naturally and concealer is my best friend. I don’t use much – just a little tab in the inner corner makes a HUGE difference – I look more awake.
I think she is very lady-like and adult… like when she was a child, she would have looked wise beyond her years. She expresses a kind of stoic dignity.
i have dark circles under my eyes but i love them. a friend once told me they were his favorite part about me, i think he meant not just aesthetically but also the fact that i refuse to cover them up. people expect a flat 1 color face but it makes no sense. the levels and tones of different colors are beautiful and rich looking in my opinion.
she’s definitely made for Haider Ackermann
omg i agree about the dark circles under the eyes being strangely attractive! especially in guys. i don’t know why, but it makes them seem mysterious/brooding/darkly handsome.
Love her look, very interesting. I like what you say about dark circles cause I’ve had them forever and somehow they don’t bother me as much as they used to..It definitely gives her a deeper look, not pretty but that’s usually not what I go for anyway.
she is terribly ethereal…? her face makes you want to look at her forever. and thank you for making me feel so much better about the perpetual bags/dark circles under my eyes! I have never heard anyone say anything positive about them ever.
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i so agree….
I’m sorry but I don’t find her pretty at all. Interesting, yes, pleasant, yes, but not pretty. She’s far too thin in a way that makes her look sickly emaciated. Her face lacks the glow and happiness of a young woman. This is the kind of girl that needs a good makeover hair, makeup and style wise to look less plain.
I love the dark beauties, too, and I’ve often wondered why. I think it has something to do with the fact that I myself have dark hair and eyes, and with some orthognathic (jaw repositioning) surgery I could possibly become something closer to beautiful. So then for me, dark beauty is potentially more accessible than blonde or readheaded beauty, because no matter how much surgery I have I’ll never have the pale skin and hair coloring of a beautiful Aryan girl. So when I dream about being beautiful, I tend to fantasize about women who look rather like me, only beautiful. It seems just within reach, if only I had a little more time and money and a good surgeon.
This is similar to research findings that people tend to envy and compete with their peers/neighbors (hence “keeping up with the Joneses”) more than they envy or resent celebrities. It’s all about what they perceive to be the most accessible. What’s more tantalizing: the apply hanging just one inch above your extended fingertips, or the one at the top of the tree?
By the way my beauty crushes are Camilla Belle, Paz Vega, Aishwarya Rai, Philippa Hamilton, Hilary Rhoda, Brooke Shields…
lovely pictures!!
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Oh my goodness, I was literally jaw dropped when you said you love heavy bags under the eyes. Suddenly, I realise a percentile of people out there might think that my terribly heavy eyebags which i spend every morning concealing, to be… beautiful. Wow, that really made me rethink alot about beauty. It is another notch from being size zero or gapped tooth. Thanks you for this inspiring note.
I did her makeup for Naeem Khan’s show during NYFW some seasons ago and she is truly beautiful!