Fashion WTF: The Mouche
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What happened to just using your liquid eyeliner and trying your hardest to make the most symmetrical black dot on your cheek so that you may channel your inner Dita Von Teese? Apparently, jewelry designer Sabrina Dehoff likes to kick it old school with her reincarnation of the mouche, which loosely translated means “beauty spot”. Literally translated, it means “fly”. Okay. The mouche goes all the way back to the 17th century when both men and women adorned their faces with small pieces of cloth that were made out of velvet or silk and cut into fanciful shapes. They were meant to enhance facial features, conceal disfigurement from smallpox (gross) and improve a poor complexion. The placement of the mouche was indicative of a woman’s marital status or sexual mood. ‘Man, I knew Sally was a hoe…peep that mouche on the left side of her forehead.
Dehoff’s version is somewhat updated with a gold plated collection that includes, hearts, bows and guns. A gun above your upper lip? As au courant as that sounds, I’m on the fence with this one. I’ve always had love for the fake beauty mark and the way it manages to project glamour and allure at any given moment, but these kinda remind me of those jewel-like face stickers we used to wear back in middle school. Would ya wear these?
