{"id":83574,"date":"2022-02-04T15:18:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T23:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cometrend.com\/?p=83574"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:18:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T23:18:03","slug":"how-lily-james-transformed-into-pamela-anderson-for-pam-tommy-vogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cometrend.com\/?p=83574","title":{"rendered":"How Lily James Transformed Into Pamela Anderson for Pam & Tommy (VOGUE)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take it from yours truly, a beauty editor who\u00a0once<\/a>\u00a0pulled out all the stops to dress up as\u00a0Pamela Anderson<\/a>\u00a0for Halloween: becoming her is a true endeavor. And I only did it for one night; a paltry task compared to five full months of shooting a biopic of epic proportions. This is all to say, I bow down to Lily James and the glam team that transformed her into the\u00a0Baywatch<\/em>\u00a0star and activist for Hulu\u2019s new\u00a0Pam & Tommy<\/em>\u00a0series, out today. Surely by now you\u2019ve seen the viral pictures of James\u2019s turn as the singular blonde bombshell of the \u201990s. The British\u2019s actor\u2019s uncanny resemblance to Anderson, in all of her platinum blonde, barbed wire-tattooed glory, has stunned fans and audiences alike. And amid the \u201990s and Y2K revival, it\u2019s also served as an aide-memoire of just how influential and impactful Anderson\u2019s signature beauty was and remains.<\/p>\n

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While Anderson built on a sex symbol blueprint set by the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot, she introduced codes of beauty all her own\u2014razor-thin brows, frosty overlined lips, and glossy peroxide lengths\u2014that defined a decade. \u201cAs someone who grew up idolizing the beauty of women and the power that hair has to make a statement, Pam was always at the top of my list of icons,\u201d explains\u00a0Pam & Tommy<\/em>\u00a0lead hair designer Barry Lee Moe. \u201cEverything about her look was effortlessly chaotic. She lived and breathed beauty and glamour and will forever be an icon in my eyes.\u201d Special effects makeup designer Jason Collins is quick to agree: \u201cThe blonde hair, the eyebrows and her silhouette are a staple of what idolized American beauty was at that time and [why she\u2019s] cemented into the zeitgeist of popular culture,\u201d he explains. \u201cShe captured a moment in time and set beauty trends that many wanted to replicate.\u00a0That’s<\/em>\u00a0why so many people are interested in her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here, the\u00a0Pam & Tommy<\/em>\u00a0glam team walk us through the design process for the hair, makeup, and prosthetics behind James\u2019s mind-bending, four-hours-long metamorphosis into Anderson.<\/p>\n

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The Blonde Bombshell Hair<\/h2>\n
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\u201cWhether she was protecting herself with a huge mane of voluminous curls to portray strength and confidence, or revealing her softer side with an effortless top knot for intimate moments with Tommy at home, she utilized her hair whenever possible and made it feel natural,\u201d explains Moe of Anderson\u2019s bottle blonde shield. To craft Anderson\u2019s hair looks for the series, Moe worked with Beverly Hills-based wigmaker Rob Pickens on a quartet of custom lace front wigs for James.<\/p>\n

\u201cPam was known for her bright, reflective platinum blonde hair,\u201d says Moe. \u201cIt was extremely important to get the color right.\u201d In his research, Moe came across interviews where Pam revealed that she\u2019d been coloring her own hair for years using drugstore box color, which ultimately found him using four different shades of blonde to dye James\u2019s wig for a DIY effect. Of course, a dark, shadowed root, achieved with help from\u00a0Goldwell\u2019s Topchic color line<\/a>, was also an essential part of the color equation.<\/p>\n

For styling, Anderson\u2019s mainstay style hinged on height and an extended cascade of waves. \u201cPam always had the perfect, ultra textured, long-layer haircut with a dreamy curtain bang,\u201d says Moe. \u201cIt\u2019s a versatile cut that can be styled in a variety of ways.\u201d The layers helped to support both the voluminous, \u201csupermodel curls\u201d for her iconic bombshell look, while enhancing and defining the texture for Pam\u2019s beachier\u00a0Baywatch<\/em>\u00a0look. To create Anderson\u2019s\u00a0Baywatch<\/em>\u00a0waves, Moe added texture to damp lengths with\u00a0Unite Beach Day texturizing spray<\/a>\u00a0in tandem with Blonda Oil for heat protection\/shine before diffusing with a\u00a0Dyson Supersonic hair dryer<\/a>. Once fully dry, he enhanced and defined the waves with the\u00a0GHD Platinum Styler iron<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Hot Tools 24K Gold 1\u201d Marcel iron<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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For her trademark sexy mane, Moe tapped into the playbook of Anderson herself. \u201cIn true Pam Anderson fashion, I used classic velcro rollers to set the hair,\u201d says Moe, who opted for different sizes\u2014larger on top and medium through the sides and back. From there, he placed the wig in the dryer for 45 minutes to an hour on a medium heat setting, and once cooled, released the rollers and began backcombing at the root to create the ultimate \u201cvoluminous foundation.\u201d After smoothing out the top and securing the height, he broke up the rest of the curls for further definition and bounce then \u201cpieced out the bangs\u201d with mists of\u00a0Unite Go 365 hairspray<\/a>\u00a0for that unmistakable fringe, adding blasts of\u00a0Unite Session Max spray<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a07Seconds Glossing spray<\/a>\u00a0for a bulletproof combination of shine and hold.<\/p>\n

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The Maximalist \u201990s Makeup<\/h2>\n
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\u201cA little paint will make you what you ain\u2019t,\u201d jokes makeup department head David Williams about harnessing the power of makeup to aid James\u2019s visual journey for\u00a0Pam & Tommy<\/em>. For Williams, authenticity was the key to making the \u201990s era-specific biopic successful. \u201cMakeup choices need to enhance the overall look and not pull the audience out of the story or the actor out of their process,\u201d explains Williams. \u201cWe remained authentic to the period by replicating the more natural brown, brick, and wine tones of the era.\u201d<\/p>\n

To start, Williams set the stage with Anderon\u2019s lit-from-within SoCal glow. \u201cPam was the quintessential, fresh-faced all-American girl (from Canada) the day she arrived in Los Angeles,\u201d says Williams, who used a combination of ERA spray-on foundation, European Body Art performance makeup, and spray tans from Culver City-based Queen Bee salon to give James that sun-kissed color. In addition to prosthetics (more on that below), he used\u00a0Make Up For Ever\u2019s \u200b\u200bHD Professional foundation palette<\/a>\u00a0to contour James\u2019s face into Anderson\u2019s, harnessing the face-sculpting powers of classic highlight and shadow techniques. A touch of\u00a0Stila\u2019s cream blush<\/a>\u00a0in dusty pink shades Peony and Petunia added a \u201ctouch of natural glow\u201d to the cheeks.<\/p>\n

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Smoky eyes were often in the mix, with\u00a0Tom Ford\u2019s rich Cocoa Mirage browns<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Make Up For Ever\u2019s sooty black<\/a>\u00a0smudged into the lids and lashes enhanced with double stacks of Ardell strip lashes. Of course, nailing Anderson\u2019s arched, pencil-thin power brows was a top priority: Taking execution to the next level, Williams used the\u00a0Anastasia Beverly Hills Perfect Brow pencil<\/a>\u00a0to lightly draw the brow for placement before glueing on a set of delicate, hand-sewn lace brow pieces designed by special effects hair technician Sasha Camacho Van Dyke. The last clinching detail? Anderson\u2019s plush, oft-overlined pout, which was most often a \u201cnatural beige rose,\u201d says Williams, whose go-to shades included\u00a0Charlotte Tilbury\u2019s Pillow Talk<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Tom Ford\u2019s Forbidden Pink<\/a>\u00a0as a base with mid-\u201990s inspired lip pencils, like MAC\u2019s iconic Spice shade, used \u201cslightly overdrawn and visible to represent the lip style of the period.\u201d For the frostier effect,\u00a0Senna Lip Luster<\/a>\u00a0in raspberry pink Glint was topped off with a layer of creamy lipstick in\u00a0iridescent shade Moonglow<\/a>\u00a0on top for shine.<\/p>\n

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The Face and Busty Body Prosthetics<\/h2>\n
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Of course, to truly turn James into Anderson, custom face and body prosthetics were essential for the physical transformation. \u201cThe challenge is always daunting when you\u2019re tasked to turn an actor into an iconic persona,\u201d explains Collins, who worked diligently alongside Williams. The pair began by taking a forensic-like approach to getting to know Anderson\u2019s features, collecting mid-\u201990s reference materials of the star from her early modeling career, films and television appearances, and candid paparazzi shots. They did the same for Lily James, using the latest technologies to map out a plan. \u201cWe cross compared [James and Anderson] and did some photoshop work to help lay the foundation,\u201d explains Collins. \u201cOnce we completed this research, we knew we were going to have to build a few specific prosthetics to help zero in on a more exact likeness.\u201d From the start, the biggest difference to contend with was the spatial difference between their respective brows and hairline, James\u2019s being significantly smaller than that of Anderson\u2019s. To solve this problem, Collins had his team sculpt a forehead appliance to match Pam\u2019s forehead. This would allow hairstylist Moe to place one of the wigs on James\u2019s head half an inch back from her normal hair line. This was also fruitful for skinny brow execution. \u201cBy blending the prosthetic above the eyelids, we were able to cover Lily\u2019s beautiful thick brows and place finely-laced tie eyebrows that replicated the look of the early to mid 90\u2019s tweezed arch brow,\u201d explains Collins. Another crucial element for the face was engineering Anderson\u2019s pearly, million dollar smile, which saw Collins\u2019s team sculpting dentures that snapped over James\u2019s teeth. \u201cWe were able to match Pam\u2019s teeth to a tee and this helped to push Lily\u2019s upper and lower lips out slightly providing the full and voluptuous lips Pam has,\u201d explains Collins.<\/p>\n

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Last but certainly not least was the task of supplying James with ample cleavage. \u201cBy taking an impression of Lily\u2019s torso we were able to sculpt breasts that were closer to Pam\u2019s and create appliances out of silicone,\u201d explains Collins, adding that James wore the breast appliances for the majority of the shoot as many of her outfits required either cleavage or side profile exposure. Ultimately, Collins and the rest of the glam team wanted to be sure they weren\u2019t turning James into a caricature of Anderson. There was no need, after all: The real-life Pamela Anderson is a beauty icon for a reason. For each artist, transforming James was a career-defining challenge and dream project. As Collins puts it, \u201cBeing able to collaborate with my friends and colleagues who are all perfectionist and have a singular vision? It doesn\u2019t happen all the time and when it does you need to treasure it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Originally posted<\/a> from “VOGUE” by\u00a0Lauren Valenti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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