Chimbu Tribe

I started looking into the Chimbu Tribe. They typically have a full body of art in a skeleton design. It looks as though they use a very thick paste to colour their body. It looks like it has a 'Mud' texture to it. Although the texture is not smooth, they are still able to paint a realistc skeleton design. They never use bright colours, they stick to black, white and browns.

Both Men and Women are painted in the same way. The Women are covered up more with a long dress like costume where as the men only wear a simple piece of material around their waist to cover their genitals.

This photo shows more detail into their accessories. They wear head pieces that are made out of feathers and/or beads. This lady is also wearing multiple long, beaded necklaces.

 

I have included this video of 'Lady Gaga - Born This Way' because one of her looks in this video relates to the Chimbu Tribe. It is the one of her with the Skeleton face paint on her face. I feel that this is a good example of turning Tribe into Fashion! It also helps me with my own ideas of how to translate the tribal makeup to high fashion and editorial. Lady Gaga's Makeup artist has used smoother makeup to create a more detailed look.