From the riverside Grand Palais on through the sprawling Jardin des Plantes, Paris has been overtaken entirely by Fashion Week—swarmed by imaginative runways and whimsical presentations that stretched over the weekend and yielded a number of breathtaking hair and makeup ideas. Here, five moments we loved to spark new beauty inspiration for the week ahead.
The Goth Lip Goes Gray at Acne
Backstage makeup artist Aaron de Mey combined three subtle shades—MAC’s gray-toned Deep Rooted lipstick with lavender shimmer and metallic taupe shadow finger-pressed on top—to craft a fresh take on the dark statement lip. One that is sure to show up on the downtown set well before spring.
The Girl With the Pearl Earring Comes Alive at Céline
Clean skin and soft air-dried lengths effortlessly flattered the natural pearl earrings at Céline—proof that a little ethereal adornment gives you an easy out with everything else.
The Next-Level Nails at Balenciaga
Designer Demna Gvasalia’s irreverent aesthetic came through in a set of fire-engine red talons, the cuticles bedazzled with a circular crystal. So wrong, they were perfectly right.
The Crimper Returns at A.P.C.
A Spring presentation turned Saturday night dance party called for a rave-worthy hairstyle, and on model Hyun Ji Shin, that meant crinkled clouds of hair, pulled back by the ear for a trompe l’oeil side-shave. The crimper has never looked better.
Life in Plastic Gets Fantastic at Comme des Garçons
Julien d’Ys’s sculptural plastic headdresses, enhanced by an otherworldly smattering of snow-white lashes, provided a welcome jolt of conceptual cool.