Daily Times

If only you could reach back in time, find your tragic pizza-faced teen self, and tell her, look, the world is just not ready for your fire yet.

It’s not prepared for your lewk.

But, hold on! Keep the faith! Because in a few years, a fashion shows all the way over in Milan is going to make the zits that have ruined your life cool, somehow. In news that would have our teenage selves rejoicing, acne is officially the latest beauty trend to hit the runway. Or so they say.

This week, Malaysian designer Moto Guo made his Milan’s Men Fashion Week debut with almost ridiculous and childlike outfits featuring double-breasted blazers and gingham separates and his evident disregard for the gospel of ‘Clean and Clear and Under Control’ down the runway. The maybe inadvertent take-back-middle-school event fell during Men’s Fashion Week, but since acne looks so good on everyone and pimples are not sexist, Guo tapped women to walk in the show, too.

It was basically Guo’s choice of make-up that had everyone talking. Yes, the models went down the runway with faces full of zits. The makeup for the catwalk, brought out models natural blemishes. At first, people assumed a lot of blush was used to intensify inflamed areas of the face, but according to Roberta Betti, the makeup artist for the show, only two products were used to create the look: MAC mahogany lip liner and MAC coffee eye pencil.

If Guo’s intention was to showcase a skin condition that millions upon millions struggle with around the world, then we applaud the designer for shining some light on the issue and sending a bold message that blemished skin isn’t something to be ashamed of. But if that wasn’t Guo’s intention, then the idea that pimples are the latest accessory is an issue.