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# Zits Are Trending Hard This Season, According to This Runway From Milan Men's Fashion Week

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## Cady Lang


Jun 21, 2016 9:32 PM UTC

[Clear skin](http://time.com/2983428/skincare-products-ditch/) is so yesterday — this season, it’s all about skin riddled with pimples, blackheads and bumps. At least, that’s the look Malaysian designer Moto Guo debuted during [Milan Men’s Fashion Week](http://time.com/4354259/instagram-diversity-fashion-runwayforall/).

Models were sent down the catwalk with spotty, blemished and inflamed skin that made them look more high school adolescents than [high fashion runway models](http://time.com/4206459/zoolander-time-cover-real-models/), which is a beauty look that anyone prone to breakouts will probably appreciate.

While it’s not apparent whether the models naturally had acne or it was the work of a talented makeup artist, [_WWD_](http://wwd.com/runway/mens-spring-collections-2017/milan/moto-guo/review/) called the beauty look, “nerdy grooming.”

But really, talk about a teenage dream!

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