by BR Kellie
Oh, Instagram, will you ever stop providing us with inspiration, amazement, head-scratching moments, oh and those moments when you dive for the screen, fingers splayed wide because some naughty person has uploaded something rather unsavoury and it has come up in a search? (True story, and I was in public, and I squeaked, a lot.) So who has us going ‘wow!’ at the moment? One Annelies van Overbeek, that’s who.
Her Instagram account, anneliesvanoverbeek , is blowing up, with her amazing ability to transform herself into some of our favourite characters, Hollywood actresses, and representations of women during history, making people stop and stare So what caught our attention? Check this out:
It’s Belle! But it’s not. It’s Annelies as Belle. But it’s Belle! Yes, I’m a tad obsessed with Belle. She’s a fabulous Disney Princess – she stood up to a pig of a man, all the while reading, loving her Dad, and seeing through a beastly exterior to allow a man with issues to blossom into a better human being. Overthought this much? Probably. But back to Annelies… her Belle was so real, so not overdone, it was like she’d stepped off the screen to hang out in the library pondering the wonders of the world through the pages of a book. It was amazing.
So what else has us going ‘giddy aunt that’s good’. Check out her version of Scarlett O’Hara. That eyebrow raise! The haughty pursed lips. That hair!
Then of course there’s Annelies channelling Audrey Hepburn’s ‘Sabrina’, which made me look twice because for one hot second I really thought it was Audrey.
Then there’s this… Girl with a Pearl Earring, in the flesh. Beautiful. Absolutely flawless.
More recently Annelies posted a picture of Winona Ryder from the movie ‘Mermaids’. You can already see how this could be her next transformation as the similarities are already striking. We can’t wait!
So do tell, have you discovered Annelies? What’s your favourite look from her gallery so far? Are there any other Instagrammers we need to know about who create such amazing transformations? Chat away…
That eyebrow raise! :)