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Overheard backstage: “Toni wanted it like this, no he wanted it more gold.” “Toni wanted… Toni wanted… Toni asked for…” Toni Francesc was very involved with the whole backstage collaboration of hair and makeup this season. He wanted the overall look to reflect the theme of his show “Artificial Life,” where technology and human come together.
The Fall 2010 collection was a combination of greys and dirty mauves mixed into fabrics of velvets and satins. Sticking with the color scheme of the clothing, Wendy Rowe of Bobbi Brown used greys and blacks on the eyes to compliment it. On models of lighter skin tones she used Bobbi Brown Slate Eye Shadow and on darker she used a more greyish-mauve shade called Suede. To create a 1950′s cat eye, she lined the top of the lids with black eye liner and added some false lashes to the outer corners. The skin was a satin finish and lip was a soft pink, Beige Lip Color.
Fashionistas heading in and out of the tents this season some pro fur others faux fur, some in 5″ Louboutins, others in chic flats, some in it for the perks and others working ’round the clock, but they all have one thing in common: the caffeine kick they get that keeps them fueled up from the Starbucks on 42nd and 6th.
This was by far my favorite overall look of New York Fashion Week this season. The talented backstage team consisted of Redken, MAC and Deborah Lippmann and the collaboration resulted in a warrior princess inspired theme. Think Avatar. Known for the signature ball gowns and evening wear, the two designers behind the brand, Mark Badgley and James Mischka, were introducing a new collection predominately for celebrities that is much younger.
With these two looks in mind, Charlotte Tilbury lead the MAC team in contouring and highlighting, which created a look that worked for both collections. Using a thick eyebrow brush she dragged MAC’s eye shadows in Taupe, Harmony and Shadester from the top of the cheekbones up into the temples. The swept up look helped to create the warrior effect. On top of the cheek bones and in the bow of the lip she used MAC eye shadow in Crystal Avalanche to highlight. MAC Lip Conditioner was used on the lips.
This was the first show of the season that I attended where there were male models that needed some primping (grooming?) too. Some of them were extreme divas, which is why I’m calling it primping. The fall 2010 Elie Tahari collection experimented with texture. One half was all black and the other was predominately gold, tan and copper.
Kimberly Soane lead the Bobbi Brown lead the Bobbi Brown team in creating a gold chrome finish on the eye lined in a bright, electric blue-green shade that gave it a retro twist. The brows had a very natural finish and she introduced Bobbi’s new Denim and Rose Palette, which comes out this fall, but using the dusty pinks on the cheeks and lips.
