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This season I was able to go backstage, and watch the preparations, for the Badgley Mischka Spring/Summer 2011 collection fashion show.
The makeup team was lead by Tom Pecheux, for MAC Cosmetics. (*I was so lucky to get to see him key several different shows, each with its own look.) The look for this show was inspired by the movie "White Mischief" and leaned towards a "daytime Studio 54" look. He used beige and gold shimmer to tone down a silver shimmer to help get a "posh girl, with a wild side" look.
The hair team was lead by stylist Peter Gray, for Moroccanoil. He created a head full of curls, with a strong side part, that was decorated with either metal "coins" or in a scarf. Seriously, these pin curls were covering the *entire* head, tightly, for quite a while thill they dried & there were loosely combed out to be full. The coins were just randomly places with bobby pins in the hair. (*Tip: if you decide to accent your hair, make sure to place the bobby pins downward, to hold the accent in place, because if you place it upwards, your accent will weigh the pin down & it will slip out.)
Nails for the show were handled by nail expert Deborah Lippmann, for Deborah Lippmann (*natch). She layered two of her colors, "Fashion" - a beige in her permanent collection, and "Glitter in the Sky" - from her upcoming Spring 2011 collection, on both the nails & toes. (*Matchy matchy is a big trend for the season, per Deborah). She also talks about how layering different polishes is really popular right now, how it really expands your nail polish wardrobe.
This season I was able to go backstage, and watch the preparations, for the Doo.Ri Spring/Summer 2011 collection fashion show.
The makeup team was lead by Tom Pecheux, for MAC Cosmetics. To allow the clothes to stand out, they gave the models' a washed-out look, but still with a bit of color - like the mustard color on the center lip & inner corners of the eyes.
The nail team was lead by Jin Soon Choi, for Zoya. So as not to distract from the clothing, they used the almost nude color "Sally" on the models - but only one coat, to just elongate the fingers & keep them very neutral.
This season I was able to go backstage, and watch the preparations, for the Peter Som Spring/Summer 2011 collection fashion show.
The makeup team was lead by Tom Pecheux, for MAC Cosmetics, and he went for "playful makeup". He drew inspiration from the 60's, using eyeliner, so popular then, and updated it by using it in a wingtip with bright yellow & didn't use any mascara to distract from it.
The hair team was led by Laurent Philippon, for Bumble & Bumble, went with long, tousled layers. They used Bumble & Bumble Prep or Bumble & Bumble Surf Spray to help get the effect, along with braiding the girls hair to help give it waves.
As for the nails, the nail team was led by Jackie Saulbery, for Zoya Nail Polish. They used a custom blended color of a combination of "Jolie" and "Shawn", for a muted beige/greenish color.
So here's something I didn't know - Estée Lauder has never participated in Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. Until this season. I'm actually really surprised by this - you would think at some point in it's 64yr history that they would have been a part of it.
And boy, did they jump right in, with "bold blue eyes, copper lips, matte skin, bare cheeks and neutral nails" at the Derek Lam Fall/Winter 2010 show. Estée Lauder Creative Makeup Director Tom Pecheux led a team of 15 artists to create the stunning look on 22 models - While famed manicurist Jin Soon Choi and her team polished their nails with a new color that was tested backstage!
"When Derek showed me the fabrics that inspired his Fall 2010 collection – bold and muted tones mixed with earthy pigments including terracotta, greens and browns – I thought the makeup shades should be complimentary. So we chose a blend of bold blue shadows on the eyes, shimmering copper lips and flawless, matte skin created with a light foundation -- an on-trend beauty preview of what we will see for Fall 2010." Tom Pecheux, Estée Lauder Creative Makeup Director.
One of the things that Tom is doing as the new Creative Makeup Director is working on new high-impact colors that will be on Estée Lauder counters in Fall 2010, but he runway tested some of them backstage for this show: Eyes: New Estée Lauder EyeShadow Tested Backstage – Shades Launching Fall 2010
Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Eye Pencil in Midnight Blue
Estée Lauder TurboLash All Effects Motion Mascara in Black Lips: Pure Color Crystal Lipstick in Crystal Beige Cheeks: Bare Skin: Estée Lauder Double Wear Light Foundation Nails: New Estée Lauder shade Tested Backstage (*I hear it is a sheer, milky white kind of color with some, not a lot, of sparkle to it.)
I can def say that I look forward to checking out these new colors when they hit the counter this fall.
(*Credits)
Makeup: Tom Pecheux for Estée Lauder
Nails: Jin Soon Choi for Estée Lauder
Model Photo: Liu Wen (Marilyn) Photo Courtesy of Estée Lauder
And boy, did they jump right in, with "bold blue eyes, copper lips, matte skin, bare cheeks and neutral nails" at the Derek Lam Fall/Winter 2010 show. Estée Lauder Creative Makeup Director Tom Pecheux led a team of 15 artists to create the stunning look on 22 models - While famed manicurist Jin Soon Choi and her team polished their nails with a new color that was tested backstage!
One of the things that Tom is doing as the new Creative Makeup Director is working on new high-impact colors that will be on Estée Lauder counters in Fall 2010, but he runway tested some of them backstage for this show:
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