Paris Fashion Week A/W 2010

Chanel

While New York Fashion Week seems like a distant memory, designers in Paris are finally showing their A/W 2010 collections!

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Today, the Chanel show was an amazing spectacle. Last season, models strutted through bales of hay;  this season Karl Lagerfeld took it one (or 10!) steps further by hauling in a real iceberg from Sweden to sit in the middle of his runway!

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Just as mesmerizing (to me, at least), was the textured eyeshadow Chanel’s makeup artists applied to the model’s eyes. I love the brush stroke effect! Obviously, this look is not one you would wear to the office, but I love an artistic twist to a standard, black smokey eye. Keeps things interesting

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Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture

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The top fashion houses in the world held their Haute Couture Fashion Week last week in Paris. Couture shows are my favorite!! The clothing, makeup, and hair make all come together to create amazing, walking art.

Givenchy’s models wore an extremely dirty, smokey eye on the runway. Makeup artist extraordinaire, Pat McGrath, applied royal blue glitter in the inside of the eye and topped off the look with matte red lips. Looks like the “no-eyebrow” trend is still going strong.

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The models walking the Jean Paul Gaultier runway wore an array of jewel tone colors on their eyes, and the lips were painted a rich bronze. I have to say, I don’t love this look Not many faces can pull off such a unique look with so many colors, and very few of the models walking this show did.

The key makeup artist for the show was Tom Pecheux using MAC cosmetics.

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Valentino’s models were given bright strips of blue, green, purple and pink surrounding their eyes. The rest of the face was kept completely pale.

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Always one to be classy, the makeup for Chanel was classic and simple, but the coral lip made the whole look very modern. I love this makeup!! It may not be the craziest, or most elaborate, but it definitely speaks for itself. The lips are Chanel’s Rouge Allure lipstick in Genial, from their Les Pop Up collection being released this summer.

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As usual, Pat McGrath is also responsible for the makeup looks at the Christian Dior show. The makeup was not exactly alike for each model; the eyeshadows ranged from bright pink and blue to green and white. Most were given extremely arched eyebrows, winged liner, and precise, red lips. The makeup is stunning, but looks very similar to past seasons, very Galliano.

Les Trompe L’Oeil de CHANEL

Remember when I told you that body art was the new “it-thing” in the fashion world (here)? Well, Chanel has now made it possible for the mainstream public take part in the trend!

At their Spring/Summer 2010 runway show in Paris last year, we caught a glimpse of several fake tattoos  gracing the legs, calves and chests of Chanel’s models. Everyone has been dying to know if the temporary ink will be released to retail, and the confirmation has finally been given!

Les Trompe L’Oeil de CHANEL Temporary Skin Art will be a collection of 55 temporary tattoos, retailing at $75. The price is surprisingly dirt-cheap for Chanel, so I foresee tons of women picking these up in an effort to display the coveted Double C’s somewhere on their body! lol.

The collection will be released mid-February.

I’m dying to see if this trend sparks and blows up, with other companies following suit! How funny would it be if everyone started changing up their tattoos on a regular basis?

I actually like how pretty and girly the Chanel tattoos look, but I don’t think I’ll be purchasing them.

Will you be wearing Chanel tattoos this Spring??

Trend Alert: Black is the New.. Black?

Rachel Roy Fall 2009

Black lips have been trending (thank you YSL) since last fall, and this season, they are making another comeback. From runways to celebrities, this trend does not seem to be going away as much as some wish it would haha. Don’t worry though, with a little tweaking, this trend can be totally wearable!!

Instead of opting for a straight black lip shade , try choosing darker shades of your regular colored lipsticks. Deep, dark reds and blackberry’s will look gorgeous on you this fall. Just remember, whenever you have a dramatic lip, go easy on everything else! Keep the eyes more neutral to shift the focus on your pout.

Kim Kardashian by Makeup Artist Troy Jensen

This season, even several of the cosmetic companies are jumping on the black lip bandwagon, and coming out with whole collections inspired by this vampy trend (and most likely because of the popularity of Twilight).

MAC is coming out with a line called Style Black at the end of September which will include “Black Knight,” a creamy black lipstick, “Midnight Media,” a dense matte lipstick, “Blackware,” a true black lipgloss along with several other sheer black lipglosses with pink and gold pearls.

Chanel will be releasing their “black” collection in September, and this one seems a lot more wearable. It includes three shades of deep lipsticks. “Hysteria,” an eggplant black, “Maniac,” a deep black red, and “Obscure,” a brown black. This collection looks gorgeous, check out the advertising!! So hot.