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Would You Shave Off Your Eyebrows in the Name of Fashion?

by Courtney Dunlop (Subscribe to Courtney Dunlop's posts)
Posted Jul 17th 2009 at 4:20PM  
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Behold! No eyebrows at Balenciaga Fall 2009. Photo: Karl Prouse, Catwalking/Getty Images

Eyebrows are currently creating quite a stir in the fashion and beauty industries. Or should we say the lack of eyebrows...

A small but undeniable trend is picking up steam -- that being the trend of bleaching or (gulp!) waxing eyebrows into oblivion.

The result? A very bizarre, androgynous alien creature completely void of expression. (But why doesn't it look weird on Whoopi Goldberg?)

It started on the Fall 2009 runways of Balenciaga and Prada (fashion and beauty editors were shocked that someone was able to convince the top models to bleach their brows), and then came Brazilian bombshell Adriana Lima as a brow-free Marilyn Manson-lookalike for the latest Givenchy campaign.

Now the August cover of Italian Vogue features model Kristen McMenamy, also sans brows. Edgy McMenamy has been sporting this look on and off since the early Nineties, making her the patron saint of fashion icons minus eyebrows. (Well, her and Queen Elizabeth I.)

A great question was posed in this article from the Daily Mail about whether or not the non-conformist trend will trickle down to the masses, like punk did in the 1970s.

I'm sure a few lovers of the avant garde will give it a go, but I don't see how anyone else in their right mind would want to embrace the look

The article goes on to explain how eyebrows are linked to sex appeal and pretty much every expression a human face can make, which is why people look so alien when brows are taken away. (Also check out the Daily Mail's gallery of celebrities with their eyebrows airbrushed away. It's hilarious!)

What's your take on the latest trend of eyebrow removal? Tell us in a comment!
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Tags: Adriana-Lima, Balenciaga, Beauty, Bleach, Brows, Eyebrows, Fall-2009, Fall-2009-beauty, Fall-2009-trends, Italian-Vogue, Prada
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Sonvya, 7-20-2009, 8:43AM

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Sonvya

I am not sure if my first post took, anyway, we all know fashions follow a cycle and return over and over...Mona Lisa did not have eyebrows...and she has been famous for years!!!

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Josie, 7-20-2009, 1:54PM

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Josie

She's also dead, if she was ever alive.

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emily, 7-21-2009, 12:19AM

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emily

actually the mona lisa did have eyebrows
its just after years of cleaning and retroring the painting
they just gradually disappeared.

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Laura, 7-20-2009, 8:11PM

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Laura

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Bonnie, 7-21-2009, 12:43AM

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Bonnie

Actually, Mona Lisa was a real woman, her husband did not like the painting, and refused to buy it.

And, during that era...thw women shaved their eyebrows off, new hot trend.

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Dudley Haas (Wrinkle Faced Betty's Husband), 7-21-2009, 2:48AM

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Dudley Haas (Wrinkle Faced Betty's Husband)

I bowled a 279 with my bald head last night!!! The traction from my poly-urine-thane head griped the lanes well and my shiny, bald head slammed right into the one, three pocket in every frame!

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DJ, 7-21-2009, 6:04AM

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DJ

Mona Lisa also had a guy's nose... I don't see male noses becoming popular in female society any time soon.

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sobarryodo, 7-22-2009, 6:30AM

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sobarryodo

I found Adriana Lima's topless video here: http://tr.im/ttTP

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tmacfans001, 7-22-2009, 9:39AM

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tmacfans001

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salve tutti, 7-22-2009, 2:23PM

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salve tutti

Not only real, but what "she" a "she"? Often, it is stated that The Mona Lisa is a self portrait of DaVinci, in drag, or in woman's clothing (remember that at this time, it was not so unusual to see men in female garb as men had to portray the female roles in all dramatic performances as well as other things). So, was it the Mona Lisa sans eyebrows or Leonardo himself, without the monobrow? I do not think the bleaching is so bad as when we tint out hair, we are supposed to do our brows as well (many forget) but the WITHOUT look is a bt much. Looks like an ET sort of thing, also with those vacant eyes, which does not help, in the case of photo above. One thing that is weird for me is when they shave off their brows and then fill in the space with eye pencil. An actress, Bette Davis, maybe, shaved hers for a role, and they never grew back and she was pissed off, if I recall. Anyway, IT is up to the beholder in the end. So let them do as they please, as long as my kids do not follow suit without knowing whether they grow back or not. One thing too, guys...please learn to groom your brows as when you get older, that monobrow look is not attractive and can be doctored. You are suposed to have 2, not 1.

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Mazeppa, 7-20-2009, 1:54PM

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Alot of times people have shaved their eyebrows and they've never grown back. So you may chance looking like an alien the rest of your life.

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ERN, 7-20-2009, 9:57AM

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ERN

That is false.. Hair will not cease because you cut it at the surface.
You just proved your ignorance to the world.
I bet you know people that face got stuck "making funny faces" as children also.... lol

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Cher, 7-20-2009, 8:57AM

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Cher

I shaved mine off for a Halloween look when I was 20 years old..thinking they would just grow back....UGH! They did, but I had/have little "dots" that grow in between my brows that grow in hairs I have to pluck daily....I've had to do this since...I DO NOT recommend anyone doing this because you will pay in the long run...I wish I hadn't been such a idiot & listened to my friends for a costume idea....I hate my "stubble"! It's embarassing, to say the least.

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Cazza, 7-20-2009, 11:51AM

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Cazza

I doubt your stubble has anything to do with shaving your brows once upon a time. As women get older, they get hairier. Face it.

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judy, 7-20-2009, 9:03AM

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Marykay has wonderful brow definer pencils in differences shades. If you've already shaved or eye brow or thinking about experimenting the look. Don't fret Mary kay cosmetics can help. Click on the link below

http://www.marykay.com/judikares/color/eyes/marykaybrowdefinerpencil/default.aspx

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Marty, 7-20-2009, 9:00AM

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Um, no thanks

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Linda, 7-20-2009, 11:39AM

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Linda

Some people don't realize that sometimes the eyebrows do not grow back. Why shave them off and paint eyebrow liner on. Just pluck out alittle. When you get older the eybrow hair does fall out & gets lighter. No matter what you do you will still have to deal with the eyebrows.

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Helen, 7-20-2009, 9:04AM

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Jean Harlow did in the 30's.

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VJ, 7-20-2009, 9:16AM

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VJ

Mine were nearly all plucked out in the early/mid 70s. I thought it looked 'cool.' I look at photos from that era now and wonder if my brain was operational during that period of my life.

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Henrietta Dwyer, 7-20-2009, 9:37AM

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Henrietta Dwyer

Wish I could read the artical but, the print is too small. Oh well- on to the next.

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