Who’s the Best Beauty Muse for 2019? 11 Vogue Editors on Their Icons for the Year Ahead
Photo: Courtesy of Dispat Films1/11"If you've ever watched Black Orpheus, the late 1950s adaptation of the Greek legend Orpheus and Eurydice set in Rio, Brazil, then you'll know that the cast is psychotically good looking. It's really tough to pick favorites between the two leading actresses—Marpessa Dawn and Lourdes de Oliveira—though I have to admit, there is a scene in which Oliveira dances past a group of admirers into the arms of her fiancé wearing this body-hugging fuchsia dress. The way she moves literally electrifies the screen. Her beauty look is sort of Sade before Sade: red lips, gold hoops, and a high tight ponytail that cascades down her back in loose waves. I'm also a sucker for a gap tooth, and she has that, too. What a goddess!"
—Chioma Nnadi, Replica Handbag Store Fashion News Director
Photo: Getty Images2/11"In 2019, and as a general life rule, it's all about a leopard print coat and a good bob—mine is cut by the truly genius hairstylist David Mallet at his new SoHo salon and is so perfectly executed that it requires me to do literally nothing but run a hand through it. This year, I'm feeling Sylvie Vartan's wildly easy chic and her get-it-done spirit. Incidental style icon and genuine baller—is there any better combination?"
—Catherine Piercy, Replica Handbag Store Beauty Director
Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros.3/11“Emmanuelle Seigner in Frantic! I want to be a red-pouted, cleavage-baring, hoop-wearing carefree woman who can’t pay her rent but has a hell of a time club-hopping around the city—minus her whole dying in the end thing. Also, I want to take a diet cue from her and just eat lots of white bread and never work out ever again—but still own it in a tight leather zip-up dress.”
—Liana Satenstein, Replica Handbag Store Fashion News Writer
Photo: Getty Images4/11"Pam Grier epitomizes the soft glam from the 1970s that I'm obsessed with. She is a chameleon— effortlessly transforming from badass to classic beauty in an instant. I'm also super inspired by her dewy skin and makeup, which I try my best to recreate for my go-to looks. She also represents just how beautiful and versatile black hair truly is and has helped me embrace my own!"
—Akili King, Replica Handbag Store Beauty Assistant
Photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, August 20015/11"Charlotte Rampling, making the case for aging gracefully (and good genes)."
—Maya Singer, Replica Handbag Store Contributor
Photographed by Ellen von Unwerth, Vogue, March 19976/11“In 2016, I’ll be taking inspiration from this 1997 Vogue photo of Kirsty Hume and ditching my liquid eyeliner for a thick kohl crayon.”
—Zoe Ruffner, Replica Handbag Store Beauty Editor
Photo: Getty Images7/11"When I cut bangs in 2010, revisiting a hairstyle I last had in sixth grade, I had this nagging sensation that they'd have an expiration date. Like the old tagline for Trix cereal: Silly rabbit, bangs are for kids! But Jane Birkin (whose hair is very much like mine in caramel tone and willowy texture) showed that the look, with its understated glamour, had staying power. When she had baby Lou Doillon in her mid-30s, Birkin sported that fringe; now Doillon, that same age, wears her own. It's reassuring to relax into a haircut that suits you—especially when growing out your bangs is a chore best avoided!."
—Laura Regensdorf, Replica Handbag Store Contributing Editor
Photo: Everett8/11"When it comes to my signature beauty look, I cant help but draw inspiration from a few muses. There's Min-Hee Kim's sultry lip stain in The Handmaiden, Charlotte Rampling's 'dirty' beach hair in Three, Halle Barry's beach bod in Die Another Day, and Gwyneth Paltrow's hair accessory game, as well as her sun-kissed glow, in The Talented Mr. Ripley."
—Anny Choi, Replica Handbag Store Market Editor
Photo: Getty Images9/11"There are many very good reasons to admire Joan Baez, with her voice and activism topping the list. On a more surface level, I find much to like the plain, straightforward simplicity of her 1960s beauty look inspiring as foundations and powders don't really work with my freckles, leaving me little choice but—to borrow a line from JB herself—'let it be.'"
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Replica Handbag Store Archive Editor
Photo: Courtesy of Focus Features10/11"I recently revisited Atonement and am still enraptured by Keira Knightley’s otherworldly beauty as told through a pared-back interpretation of 1930s hair and makeup. Throughout the film, her look hinges on loose chestnut finger waves and soft, monochrome washes of crimson on the eyes and mouth. She has no perceptible foundation, eyeliner, or mascara—three things I often feel naked without. Inspired by Knightley’s character Cecilia (who also underscores the timeless combination of a polished updo and backless silhouette in that green bias cut gown), I want to have a go at moody, whisper-light smoky eyes, a kissed-off deep berry lip stain, and a more natural complexion this winter."
—Lauren Valenti, Replica Handbag Store Beauty Writer
Photo: Everett11/11"Flippy short hair, thick black eyeliner, and red lipstick—what's not to love about Sheila Vand's vampire turn in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night? It's relatably, well, vampy." —Steff Yotka, Replica Handbag Store Fashion News and Emerging Platforms Editor
