It’s been a long time since I saw Mr. Zhang Shuping’s style in a costume drama. It’s really a blessing from the Bodhisattva.
’s objective evaluation without any malice said that this teacher may not be so suitable for our domestic entertainment movies and TV series.
After all, as a well-known Hong Kong stylist who has produced many Academy Award-winning works and has created classic makeup creations such as "In the Mood for Love", "2046", and "The Grandmaster", after coming to the mainland, he created every costume for a costume Even if you do modeling, you will be criticized by the audience for being ugly.
Zhang Shuping Victims Alliance
Netizens said that there are enough actors who have been tortured by Zhang Shuping's appearance to form a victims' alliance team.
lives up to his name. His aesthetics for ancient costume styles can be summed up in two words - smooth.
’s smooth forehead was exposed to me in a crazy manner, like a grandma combing her granddaughter’s ponytail.
In 2016, Zhang Shuping styled "Three Lives Three Worlds: Ten Miles of Peach Blossom", but failed to get a positive response from Yang Mi.
If Yang Mi hadn't insisted on combing up the two tufts of hair and beard that were fluttering in the wind, what we would see would not be the gorgeous Empress Qingqiu in the final film.
Zhao Youting does not have the courage to offend people like Yang Mi. He was scolded by book fans after the makeup photos were taken. He should be more grateful for his face-changing acting skills.
In the same year, the filming of "Drunken Linglong" started. In order to adhere to his own aesthetic principles, Zhang Shuping plucked out the fluffy little fetal hair on Liu Shishi's hairline and gave her a bright future. The tight scalp gave people a headache.
Liu Shishi was able to hold on because of her good physical appearance and her ancient costume temperament that others admired. It was definitely not because of Master Zhang’s craftsmanship.
After all, all the male actors in the same drama are also wearing big bright faces that are so tight that they almost lose their breath, and they also wear a hair crown for unknown reasons on their foreheads. The effect is not as good as Liu Shishi's.
The next one is "Fire Like a Song" by Di Lieba and Zhou Yimin. You must have guessed that it still involves exposing the forehead and sticking the scalp without using any brain.
There is no such thing as a hair bun. Teacher Zhang even disdains combing slightly more complicated hairstyles. Regardless of what it means to have a good-looking face, Teacher Zhang only sticks to his own principles in the aesthetic world.
Dilraba's stunning face seems to be 10 years older than her actual age in "Fire Like a Song". This is an extent that even fans would not want to wear when they look at her classic costume looks.
Not to mention the fake bangs given to Tang Wei in "The Ming Dynasty", like a piece of greasy fat sticking tightly to her forehead.
finally stopped giving it a try, but he came up with a creative Taoist nun head. The design is a bit similar to "Three Lives Three Worlds".
Even if Tang Wei is not suitable for costume modeling, she is still an artistic young woman in the eyes of the audience, so she does not need to ruin her image like this.
’s styling for Zhou Xun is not as good as the stylist in “Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace”, so there’s no need to mention that.
From "Chen Xi Yuan" to "Tian Sheng Chang Ge" to "Crane Huating", the shapes are so simple that they require no effort.
especially male actors.
After looking at netizens’ reviews, I found out that the stylist of the early costume drama “Wind and Cloud 2” was also Zhang Shuping.
God, Huang Yi’s beggar broom head, which left a childhood shadow on my young mind, turned out to be the work of Master Zhang.
When the audience complained, they put the blame on Huang Yi, saying that she was not suitable for ancient costumes.
Please, why don't you read Huang Yi's "Marrying the Right Man in the Wrong Sedan" and "The New Consort"?
relies on fame to make quick money, and sooner or later he will fall over.
Netizens asked, if this is the case, why are so many film crews looking for him to do modeling?
Because he has indeed won many awards, he is regarded as a master. In the early years, many major film crews believed in him.
However, if he only relies on resting on his laurels to make quick money, sooner or later the mainland crew will no longer blindly believe in him.
Especially in recent years, many younger and more creative stylists have come to the fore and have been contracted by major costume production crews. Zhang Shuping, who only knows how to do bright hair, naturally has no job.
As a stylist, his job should be to design a look that suits the character's image based on the actor's characteristics and character personality.
Instead of applying the same look to everyone, let the actors adapt to his aesthetic.
The world view of fairy tale dramas has a high repetition rate. If the styling is the same again, why is there any need to watch it?
In fact, fairy tale dramas are very suitable for Zhang Shuping. As a stylist in Hong Kong, the looks he was praised for his good-looking looks in his early years, such as "Green Snake" and "A Chinese Ghost Story", are not traditional costumes.
There is no specific historical background to test, and it is a fantasy-type plot. If you don’t know enough about history, it is not impossible to design a work based on this theme based on your own aesthetics.
is like the look given to Yang Mi in "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom". After Yang Mi's adjustments, it has indeed set a model for the looks of many fairy tale dramas that followed.
(In fact, the styling is still very ugly, but Xianxia has no history to verify, and some crews who are too lazy to do design copied it if they could)
But when Zhang Shuping started to mess up, he didn't even bother to innovate the most basic styling, no matter what Every actor in the crew uses the same styling template. It is obvious that they will be pulled down from the altar if they simply wear a bright hair.
Furthermore, there are really no gorgeous beauties left in the entertainment industry for him to show off to.
If you don’t look at the faces and temperaments of Joey Wong and Maggie Cheung, but only look at the looks, the looks in "Green Snake" and "A Chinese Ghost Story" would still be complained about for three days and three nights.
Do you think it’s because of the good-looking shape? Wrong, it’s the beauty who has a beautiful face.
After all, even Huang Yi’s broom head has been praised by many people for its beauty. This is the face that Zhang Shuping said is not suitable for ancient costumes. How can he be so embarrassed to blame others? Why don't you thank the beauty for saving your look?
After 2019, Zhang Shuping disappeared from mainland costume dramas.
We have more stylists who are good at doing costume styling. Whether they are fairy tales or floor-length costumes, they can design beautiful and interesting looks according to the background and characters of the time.
As expected, we have seen many actors using their strengths and weaknesses under the backdrop of their looks. Their beautiful faces and figures make costume dramas more interesting.
’s emphasis on makeup has also made costumes one of my country’s important cultural exports. Foreign countries’ love and obsession with costume dramas far exceeds our imagination.
hopes that in the future, costume dramas can screen stylists so that irresponsible, incompetent and incompetent stylists can get out of domestic entertainment.