How Brazil’s Biggest TV Star Conquered Her First Paris Fashion Week
Photo: Courtesy Iude Richele1/12In Paris, I like working with the hairdresser Cyril Auchère, who is never "afraid" to reinvent curly hair like mine. On the contrary, he seems more and more excited and always comes with a passionate suggestion.
Photo: Courtesy Taís Araújo2/12Make-up artist Rebecca Muir and I decided to keep the make-up more relaxed because it’s daylight, and the hair and clothes were so prominent. We used a face oil to create radiant glow as if coming from within the skin; “chili” red colored lipstick with an orange eyeshadow, pressed over the top to make the lips even more matte. Last but not least, a little grease on the eyelid to continue the Parisian vibe.
Photo: Courtesy Iude Richele3/12My big "problem" with Balmain is that everything fits so well on me, as my stylist Rita Lazzarotti says. For the show, I chose a set of Spring 2019 collection pieces with a silhouette that looked cut from stone. I love these angular shoulders that jut out from jackets. I almost picked a more dramatic look up, and then I thought its flapping wings might disturb my neighbors in the audience.
Photo: Courtesy Iude Richele4/12I love Balmain because it is a brand that speaks a global language and, at the same time, communicates with the vision that we, Brazilians, have of femininity. It is not fragile but empowering. It s sexy but in an intelligent way. Brand fans really feel like they belong to a “Balmain Army,” as designer Olivier Rousteing likes to call it.
Photo: Courtesy Iude Richele5/12I left my suite at The Peninsula Paris at 10:45 a.m., because I hate to be late, and the traffic in Paris is getting more and more chaotic. I Facetimed with my children in Rio before they left for school. My daughter showed me her costumes for Carnival. It starts this Saturday in Brazil, we’re all so excited.