6 Beauty Lessons from Paris Fashion Week: From Mastering The New Updo to Dressing For Your Hair Color
In the city of laissez-faire air-dried waves and clean skin, the runways of Paris Fashion Week provided plenty in the way of no-makeup makeup and real girl hair—but our favorite beauty moments came at the hands of bold beauty risks. Whether taking a cue from the color-blocked eye shadow at Céline, bright lips at Saint Laurent, or any number of forward-thinking hairstyles crafted backstage, here are six beauty lessons to push you in a new direction for fall.
Photo: Courtesy of Israel Padilla1/6Consider dressing for your hair color. Louis Vuitton s polar white shearling coats made for a scene-stealing show opening, but there was a lesson to be had in model **Fernanda Hin Lin Ly’**s synthetic pink mane, which spilled over the collar of her fuzzy topper: The right hair color, worn with the right look, can catapult a sartorial statement into the realm of the transcendently cool.
Photo: Monica Feudi/Feudiguaineri.com2/6The new updo is slick, considered, and fastened high enough to elongate your silhouette from your head to your feet. Nowhere did the look convey more restrained, eccentric elegance than at Balenciaga, where hairstylist Guido Palau sculpted impeccable buns for the runway that winked at the house s couture past while propelling its new proportions into the future (and, sidenote, offering a slick backdrop for the fashion house s statement jewelry).
Photo: Monica Feudi/Feudiguaineri.com3/6Color-blocking isn t relegated to the realm of your wardrobe. At Céline, **Phoebe Philo’**s models shook off their makeup minimalist tendencies and took the painterly concept for a high-impact spin, wearing bold strokes of primary blue on their eyelids with her wide-legged pants and paneled satin slip dresses.
Photographed by Kevin Tachman4/6Baby hairs are officially a thing. Call it the FKA twigs effect, but on runways around Paris, sweaty, wispy, or slick gelled strands suddenly looked fresh, spotted clinging purposefully to foreheads. In turns sporty (Stella McCartney), romantic (Valentino), and fierce (Givenchy), they seem primed to turn a bad day hair into something surprisingly pretty.
Photo: Gianni Pucci/Indigitalimages.com5/6It s time to think seriously about switching up your signature beauty look. In addition to a flurry of dramatic front row transformations—from Kim Kardashian West and **Jared Leto’**s blonde ambitions at Balmain to **Lorde’**s soft nude lip at Chloé—the fall 2015 shows had plenty of rule-breaking beauty advice. At Saint Laurent, **Hedi Slimane****’**s irreverent cool girl broke conventional wisdom by choosing both a bold eye and a bright red lip for her slink down the runway. The takeaway: When it comes to your makeup next season, all bets are off.
