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October 6, 2008 11:37 am
To echo the themes that guided his collection, the look backstage at Alexander McQueen was intended to proceed on a continuum—beginning with the natural and organic and evolving into the darkly post-industrial. As per the makeup artist for McQueen (and also Chanel’s creative director of makeup), Peter Philips, this kind of undertaking was only possible through a collaborative effort with the hair team. “Paul [Hanlon] and I work really well together,” Philips said of his coiffing counterpart. Hammond designed something of an Art Deco style for the show, giving models a “painted-on look” by sculpting sections of hair in swirls over their faces and then covering them with transparent hairnets for added hold. For his part, Philips started with a tiny bit of blush on the cheeks and a neutral lip—colors that, as the show went on, became gradually more translucent until skin was pale and brows totally disappeared. To further support the transition, models at the beginning of the show wore light gold nail polish while those who finished it sported a green-gray shade (Chanel’s cult sensation from Fall, Kaleidoscope). “I also glued Swarovski crystals onto the cleavage,” Philips said, adding that, to keep up the transition, he painted the backs of the sparkly adornments in an intensifying gray scale so that what began as an “explosion of clear crystals” ended essentially with black diamonds (in McQueen’s dystopia, there’s still, thankfully, some semblance of luxury).
Photo: Greg Kessler
tags: Alexander McQueen, Art Deco, Chanel Kaleidoscope, Hair, Makeup, Paul Hanlon, Peter Philips
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