This is the post-creation beauty generation. Everything has already been done and redone a gazillion times. Punks, Old Hollywood, glam rockers, hippie shakers, grunge beholden hipsters and many more besides.

In an age where once again, sub-cultures (and your knowledge of them) is king, a one dimensional throwback look is no longer enough to project the kaleidoscope of influences that make up your core identity.

Some of the more creative women among us are instigating a new multi-reference approach to their beauty look. A melting pot of myriad archetypes of beauty gone by. The likes of Grimes (neo-punk, goth and acid raver) and Lana del Rey (40s starlet, hip-hop princess) take elements of their favourite moments from past decades, foreign cultures and fictional worlds and stitch them together to make a patchwork personal aesthetic.

Complex yes, but endlessly more fun than subscribing to a singular beauty style. Think of yourself as a human beauty collage. Here are the girls who do it best.