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Vogue
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Vogue
I Wore the Skims Face Wrap for a Weekend—Here's What Happened
I love to feel contained. Lace-up corsets, lymphatic drainage onesies…I take comfort in being swaddled. So when Skims released the Seamless Sculpt Face Wrap—a compression garment that wraps the cheeks, chin, and throat in a contouring embrace—I knew it was something I needed. Immediately. Styled after the wrap you wear post-face lift, the website calls it their 'first-ever face innovation' that is made from the brand's 'signature sculpting fabric and features collagen yarns for ultra-soft jaw support.' The internet was quick to attack—but also snap up—the Sculpt Face Wrap. Even Anthony Hopkins got in on the fun online, playing up the Wrap's resemblance to the muzzle he wore as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. It all happened so quickly, in fact, that I couldn't buy one myself—resorting instead to sending desperate emails to the PR team and texts to the brand's founders (yes, that's Kim Kardashian and Emma Grede). Eventually, straight from Kim's personal stash to my house in Austin one came, via UPS overnight. Once it was unboxed—the Wrap came in Skims's classically minimal packaging, of course—I faced my first trial: How to put it on? Besides identifying the two slits as earholes, I was at a bit of a loss. Poised over my dining room table, my fiancé and I began to piece the thing together like we were in Good Will Hunting. Yes, the wrap should secure at the base of the throat…but if it does, there isn't enough material to get around my head. Figuring out what to do with my cheeks—do I secure them under the fabric, for more of a lymphatic squish, or over them, which is far more comfortable?—was a situation all on its own. Twenty minutes later, I was finally strapped in. Could Makeup by Mario-level contoured cheekbones be next? Lymphatic specialist Flavia Lanini, who counts Kardashian as one of her many starry clients, explains that the Wrap's design is based on the facial compression garments used in medical settings. 'Those are designed to apply gentle, even pressure across the face to help reduce post-surgical swelling and support healing after procedures like facelifts, buccal fat removal, or chin liposuction,' Lanini says. 'Wearing this type of mask can support the lymphatic system, especially if used with intention.'
The Verge
08-07-2025
- The Verge
Maxon puts the Forger sculpting app for iPad on life support
Maxon is sunsetting the Forger sculpting app for iPad to focus on the more comprehensive ZBrush iPadOS app it introduced last year. Forger will be removed from the App Store on September 10th, according to a message on Maxon's website, and the app will be placed in a 'Limited Maintenance Mode' that won't receive any future updates, bug fixes, or changes. The announcement serves as the final nail in the coffin for one of the iPad's oldest and most popular sculpting apps, which hasn't received any major updates since 2023. Forger was launched by app developer Javier Edo Meseguer in 2011 back when 3D modelling software was scarce on tablet devices due to hardware limitations. It was later acquired by Maxon in 2021, which later the same year snapped up Pixologic's professional sculpting and painting desktop software, ZBrush. Maxon says that existing users are 'free to continue using Forger' after support ends, but encourages them to switch to the iPad version of ZBrush that launched in September 2024. Subscription licenses for Forger ($14 annually) can be renewed until September 10th and will be valid until the end of the subscription term. 'We carefully considered this decision. Our goal is to consolidate resources and efforts to enhance the sculpting experience on iPad,' Maxon said on a new FAQ page. 'By merging our teams, we can leverage Forger's history on iPad and ZBrush's sculpting capabilities to introduce more features and innovations, particularly with the Apple Pencil and iPad.' Forger and ZBrush for iPad both have free-to-use tiers that provide basic tools, with premium app features requiring a subscription. The ZBrush app license offers a wider range of tools and functionality compared to Forger's, but at $89.99 per year, it also costs considerably more. And while Forger users can transfer their data to ZBrush, it's worth noting that Forger's native file format isn't directly supported. Another hiccup for Forger users with older iPads is that the ZBrush app is generally recommended for models with Apple's M-series silicon chips; otherwise, they may experience performance issues. A more affordable solution for new or hobbyist iPad sculptors is Nomad Sculpt, which provides a beginner-friendly range of tools for a one-time $20 download fee.
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
'Thomas & Friends was the best job of my career' says Suffolk man
A senior sculptor who worked on the Thomas the Tank Engine series - and three related films - said it was "the best job of my career".Sean Hedges-Quinn, who lives in Great Bricett, near Stowmarket, Suffolk, worked on the show Thomas & Friends from 2002 to was in charge of sculpting the faces of the characters and even helped develop several new Hedges-Quinn, who had three young children at the time, said it made him a "cool dad". "I get asked by loads of people all over the world, all the time, about my time on Thomas the Tank Engine," he said."It's such a phenomenon, it's everywhere."I ended up working on Thomas the Tank Engine for six years and three feature films."It was an absolute joy to work on." Wilbert Vere Awdry created the Thomas the Tank Engine character in his 1945 children's book series, meaning it celebrates its 80th anniversary this first television show debuted in the UK in 1984, using real models and stop-motion part of a team, Mr Hedges-Quinn would sculpt the faces of the characters, giving them different facial expressions."I think 16 of the last 17 new faces were designed all by myself, including all the expressions," he continued."I'd get told they wanted sad, happy, joyful, quizzical, and then I would make up an expression to match whatever they needed."But I also did the Fat Controller, landscapes, I did animals, basically anything that needed sculpting on the series was down to me." It could take about a week to create the different faces, depending on how familiar Mr Hedges-Quinn was with the said some facial expressions could be more difficult than others. In 2012, the show turned into an animated cartoon, meaning sculptures were no longer from Thomas the Tank Engine, Mr Hedges-Quinn said he has worked on Star Wars films, Saving Private Ryan, Phantom of the Opera and has also sculpted the statues of Sir Alf Ramsey, Sir Bobby Robson and Kevin Beattie, which stand outside Portman Road stadium in Ipswich. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
