A SELF-DESCRIBED ‘gimbo’ is undergoing a transformation to unveil a more classic, pink bimbo look. Tommy, 28, from Australia, describes the ‘gimbo’ aesthetic as a “more gothic style” of the traditional bimbo look. “What makes for the bimbo look is the hair, the nails, the makeup,” she says, “I feel like I’m all of those but in a darker style.” Tommy loves to express her personality through makeup each day, describing herself as “a blank canvas with no eyebrows and really pale.” Tommy, who hates anything bright and pink, is going to transform into a more Barbie-type bimbo style and reveal the new look to her best friend.
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Videographer: Linton Vivian
Producers: Nosheen Hussain, Kim Nguyen
Editor: Shiona Penrake
Follow Tommy here:
https://www.instagram.com/tommy__goff/
https://www.tiktok.com/@Gothrocket666
Videographer: Linton Vivian
Producers: Nosheen Hussain, Kim Nguyen
Editor: Shiona Penrake
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00:00I use the word gimbo to describe myself because what makes a bimbo?
00:04The hair, the nails, the makeup.
00:07I feel like I'm all of those things just in a darker, more Gothic style.
00:11So, I'm a gimbo.
00:12Don't feel comfortable in bold colours.
00:16Pink would be one of them.
00:18This is terrible.
00:19These are heavy, you could hit someone with these.
00:22So today I'm going from a gimbo to a bimbo.
00:27We're going to go back to the more traditional pink and blonde.
00:32Are you ready to go from gimbo to bimbo?
00:34Yep.
00:36Oh my gosh.
00:38I look terrifying.
00:40I'll be revealing my look to my best friend.
00:43I don't think I've ever really seen Tommy in a different style.
00:46Jesus, what the f***?
00:48So I probably spend roughly 45 minutes doing my makeup.
00:57Some days it can be a little bit more, depends on what I'm doing.
01:00I like to think I'm a blank canvas because I have no eyebrows and I'm really pale.
01:05So really I just draw on my personality every day.
01:08I would describe my style as dark, spooky, anything weird.
01:14I feel good that I'm expressing myself.
01:16I feel like if you're going to put time and energy into getting dressed or doing your makeup,
01:20why do something boring when I can have fun with it?
01:23Every day is different and I just go and stand in front of the mirror and decide on the day.
01:26So I shaved my eyebrows off at the start of this year.
01:29I think my eyebrows, or lack thereof, are sort of my entire look because they polarise whatever I do.
01:36So if I don't have eyebrows, that's all the people are talking about.
01:39I use the word gimbo to describe myself because if you think about what makes a bimbo a bimbo,
01:45it's like the hair, the nails, the makeup.
01:48But I feel like I'm all of those things just in a darker, more gothic style.
01:52So I'm a gimbo.
01:54The difference between a bimbo and a gimbo is probably just the colour scheme.
01:58So like black and more black.
02:01So this is my cupboard, or cave, where I keep all my clothes.
02:07As you can see, there's a predominant theme in here, which is black.
02:11Probably my favourite thing in my wardrobe, that I don't really wear it that much because I broke it, is my corset.
02:19I think I will always dress strangely.
02:23Sometimes I think I dress normal and then I go out and someone will say,
02:26what the hell are you wearing? And I'm like, oh, okay.
02:30So today I'm going from a gimbo to a bimbo.
02:34So opposites.
02:36We're going to go back to the more traditional, I'm assuming, pink and maybe blonde.
02:43Who knows? I'm excited about today's transformation.
02:46I love looking different every day, so I think it'll be fun.
02:49I think I'm more anxious about the clothes because I feel like they're going to be very bright.
02:56I don't feel comfortable in bold colours.
03:00Pink would be one of them.
03:02So we're going to open these parcels and find out what the outfit is for today.
03:07I'm really nervous.
03:09This is terrible.
03:11Maybe someone likes this, but not me.
03:16Alrighty. Okay.
03:18Just in case the shirt wasn't sparkly enough.
03:22Look, you could put approximately nothing in here, but that's okay.
03:28That's okay.
03:30Oh my God. This is terrifying.
03:34These are heavy. You could hit someone with these.
03:37It's like Halloween came early this year.
03:41Hello.
03:42Hi, fun. Lovely to meet you.
03:43Nice to meet you. Come on in.
03:45So I think the biggest challenge doing her makeup today is definitely going to be her eyebrows.
03:49We're going to have to construct a whole new brow and make sure that the placement is really perfect.
03:53Oh my gosh, what glue do you use?
03:56Ardell.
03:57Ow. No.
04:00I feel like a turkey being basted.
04:02Do you know where a turkey baster goes?
04:04Inside of it.
04:05It's not.
04:11I wear these Galera contacts that give me that black doll eye look, but I have blue eyes.
04:27I feel like just by what's going on my face, by the end of this, I'm going to look like a Y2K version of Dolly Parton.
04:43Are you ready to go from gimbo to bimbo?
04:47Yeah.
04:48Let's go. Ready?
04:49Oh my gosh. I look terrifying.
04:57Whoa. I look like a Barbie doll.
05:09You do.
05:10I hate this whole situation. From here down in particular, I hate it.
05:14This is exciting. I didn't realise my nose looked this way.
05:18It's weird. It's so weird.
05:21I think being blonde makes me look paler though.
05:25I don't hate the eyebrows.
05:27I look so scary.
05:29I cannot stand in these shoes. These are like small torture devices.
05:33So I'll be revealing my look to my best friend Josh.
05:36He's seen me in all of my weirdness whenever we go out.
05:40I think Josh is going to laugh so hard he vomits.
05:46So I've known Tommy for about four and a half, five years I think.
05:50I don't think I've ever really seen Tommy in a different style.
05:52I think it's going to be a bit of a shock.
05:56Jesus, what the f**k?
05:59Jeez.
06:01What am I supposed to make of this Barbie bulls**t?
06:04It's very sparkly. There's so much going on.
06:07You look great.
06:08Say that one more time with meaning.
06:10You look wonderful. Yeah.
06:16A pleasure. An honour and a privilege.
06:18This ain't Tommy. This is a whole other creature.
06:22I would absolutely prefer the other style.
06:25I think this experience has shown me that I look the way I look for a reason.
06:30Because it's the best way for me.
06:32I think right now I want to burn those shoes and never look at them again.
06:37They were so uncomfortable.
06:38And just reconnect with my spooky self.
06:41I don't want to be seen in public looking like this.
06:44Tomorrow I will do the heaviest black makeup I can find.
06:47And I will wear more black than I have ever worn in my life.
06:51Just to blot this from memory.
06:55What's next?
07:00We have two trans kids.
07:02Anyone can be whoever they want.
07:04I'm just owning it.
07:07Our family is seen to be very unconventional.
07:11So I had kids and I can't be hot anymore. Like moms are hot too.
07:15People say I look like a thug, but I love thugs. I take that as a compliment.
07:19I'm bored of people thinking that I cannot be intimate.
07:23I'm a young, single, hot piece of disabled booty.
07:26I feel like I'm going to look at myself and be like, who is that?
07:35Life is way too short to be hiding.
07:37It is my story. It is my truth.
07:53It is my story.
07:55It is my truth.