As certain beauty trends continue to turn up for Spring—wet hair, bright lips, and monochrome makeup among them—there’s one seasonal muse that just won’t quit. “It’s fifties-inspired,” Guido Palau said, giving yet another nod to the mid-twentieth century backstage at Jean Paul Gaultier with “dressed” hair that was prepped with Redken 10 Guts Volume Spray [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In keeping with a ballet theme (one with the obligatory Black Swan inflection), Jean Paul Gaultier mandated a beauty look at his Couture show fit for stars of the stage—and for good reason. Ultra-French chanteuses Zizi Jeanmaire and Mylène Farmer were among the many models and muses Gaultier called up for runway duty this morning. [...]

While perusing the Spring 2012 menswear shows in Milan and Paris over the past few days, we noticed a surprising trend: lipstick. Makeup for men isn’t necessarily a new phenomenon. Jean Paul Gaultier famously launched a collection of eye pencils under his Monsieur line a few years back, and nail companies like Manglaze capitalized on [...]

How has Cameron Diaz managed to look so svelte recently? “I’m off the fried foods,” the actress confirms. A newfound gym addiction, it seems, has necessitated some cutbacks. “If you’re gonna do heavy lifting, and you want to stay small, you have to watch what you eat.” She’s got the ripped guns to prove it. [...]

Much to our chagrin, the Spring manicure mania that persisted through the Fall shows in New York and London died down a bit in Milan and has been nearly nonexistent in Paris. Save for a few Sophy Robson sightings (at Loewe and then at Emanuel Ungaro this morning—more on that in a bit), it’s been [...]

The Gaultier woman cashed in her punk-rock Joan Jett wig from Spring and grew up—literally. The table lined with varying tones of gray-dyed bouffants, towering, teased, and twisted, made that pretty clear. “Josh Wood dyed them,” Redken creative consultant Guido Palau said of the coloring jobs, which covered the ashen spectrum from golden gray to [...]

To render Jean Paul Gaultier’s Couture beauty look properly “punk,” as was the call from the designer today (a similar dictate to his Joan Jett-inspired RTW show in October, for those of you counting), face painter extraordinaire Tom Pecheux let the hair do most of the talking. Pecheux stuck to classic Parisian makeup codes updated [...]

Jean Paul Gaultier’s tenure at Hermès may be over—the designer took his final bow at the brand’s Spring show yesterday—but Jean-Claude Ellena’s duties as the house’s exclusive perfumer show no signs of tapering off anytime soon. One of Ellena’s first acts of business when taking up the post six years ago was to reimagine Hermès’ [...]

For those of you wondering how the zebra-print shirt in the last look at Louis Vuitton could be so skin-tight on Kristen McMenamy that nary a fabric ripple could be seen as she traipsed down the runway, there was good reason for that: It wasn’t a shirt at all—it was painted on. Body art has [...]

While we’re on the topic of repeat runway appearances, please allow us to direct your attention to the Joan Jett shag, the iconic late-seventies/early-eighties style that has enjoyed not one but two moments of homage at the Spring shows thus far. Marios Schwab enlisted the wig-shearing services of hair stylist Luke Hersheson for his show [...]