In Honor of Tom Ford’s Sold-Out Drake Lipstick, 12 Vogue Editors Imagine Their Dream Man–Inspired Shade Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures1/12Zoë Taubman, Vogue.com Associate Social Media Editor
“In an ideal world, a lipstick inspired by English actor Tom Hardy (the only celebrity I’ve ever taken a liking to) would pay tribute to his recent role in Mad Max—a shimmering nude with pale orange undertones.”
Photo: Photofest2/12Emma Elwick-Bates, Vogue Fashion News Editor
“Alain Delon. La Piscine is one of my favorite films, set in the languid sun-bleached ’60s Côte d’Azur. This thriller is dramatic enough, so the shade would be a highly kissable natural pink (with SPF!), which would be equally becoming on Romy Schneider or Jane Birkin.”
Photo: Photofest3/12Mackenzie Wagoner, Vogue.com Beauty Editor
“Dickie Greenleaf, after Patricia Highsmith’s rendition of my dream man in The Talented Mr. Ripley. It would be a tawny pink, the color of lightly sunburned lips, that plays equally well for our life of seaside days and jazz-club nights.”
Photo: Courtesy of Focus Features4/12Steff Yotka, Vogue.com Fashion News Writer
“I’d queue up for a Colin Firth lipstick without question. The hue would be the color my cheeks turned the time Colin’s and my eyes met oh-so-briefly at last year’s Met Gala—deep, deep scarlet.”
Photo: Photofest5/12Helena Suric, Vogue Bookings Director
“Bond, James Bond. The perfect, universally flattering blood red. James did not discriminate when it came to beautiful women, nor should the perfect classic color!”
