Shu Uemura has done many artistic collaborations over the years—there was the Ai Yamaguchi-designed cleansing oils back in ‘94 and the floral wrapped UV Under Base Mousse dreamt up by artist Mika Ninagawa earlier this year. But its latest collab is with a slightly less likely suspect. Inspired by the fantasy of cinematic beauty, Shu [...]

Seeing as how famous actors and directors are becoming common place in beauty and fashion advertising these days, perhaps it’s not shocking that Ralph Lauren, always in the vanguard, enlisted Hong Kong cult director Wong Kar-Wai, to create the campaign for his newest fragrance, Notorious. The one-minute short, which stars supermodel Laeticia Casta, was shot [...]