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Holding court at Maison Margiela s headquarters in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, designer John Galliano gave showgoers a raw, inside-the-atelier view of his Fall 2017 couture collection. At the presentation, scraps of fabric were still strewn across cutting tables and unfinished designs hung off mannequins. The show s deconstructed perspective was also echoed in the designer s beauty inspiration: The art of expeditiously—yet glamorously—getting ready.
"It s a lip that s thrown on," Galliano told Vogue s Hamish Bowles of the makeup look prior to the show. For backstage collaborator Pat McGrath, this direction translated into a variety of abstract, multi-colored mouths stamped with structured foil. For each interpretation, the shiny material, which came in a variety of jewel tones and metallics, was layered over whisper-light transparent paper and a swipe of McGrath s richly-pigmented Lust MatteTrance lipstick in "Elson," a bright, blue-based red that was customized for English model and musician Karen Elson. Many of the lip looks were accented with either a silver-tipped cupid s bow, or artfully fastened face jewelry for a lip-ring-like effect.
Driving the slapdash feel home, hairstylist Eugene Souleiman dreamed up a slew of wet hair looks, ranging from a halo of styling foam floating around the hairline to simulate mid-shower suds, to glossy glitter-sprayed and star-stenciled manes. Though a far cry from how most women roll out of their homes in the morning, through Galliano s whimsical eyes, it all made perfect sense.