Vil and Makeup (pt1)

Vil says that “all fashion is rooted somewhere,” and he was influenced strongly by his father, who taught him that “makeup is not meant to be a yardstick of beauty, nor is it any sort of mystical art form. It adheres to a very strict logic that allows you to become whatever you want to be. Beauty isn’t an inherent trait; it’s something we create. It is an ideal that one finds for oneself and eternally works toward perfecting.”

Vil says, “THAT is why I love cosmetics and fashion. I love the way that I am.”

Vil does seem to enjoy cosmetics and fashion very much, with Ace commenting during Tapis Rouge, “don’t think I’ve ever seen Vil so happy.” Jamil follows with, “you don’t often see that expression on his face back at school.”

When Azul reacts with surprise, saying that he would have thought Vil would be used to wearing fine clothes, Vil responds, “Naturally, wearing fine, hand-crafted clothing like this is an everyday occurrence for me, both in my professional and private lives. But that doesn’t mean I’m inured to the experience; far from it. Fashion and makeup are my great joys in life. And when it comes to selecting makeup, clothing, a hairstyle, or jewelry…I always ask myself the same question. ’Am I the fairest in the land?’” (Ace: “if someone else said something like that I’d be majorly creeped out, but from you I totally buy it.”)

When Rook tells Vil that his beauty is not so faint that he needs makeup to shine Vil says, “Of course I don’t. But I don’t dare miss an opportunity to accentuate it further!”