For beauty looks that stray appealingly off the beaten path, the Paris couture shows strike a rare balance between the highly conceptual and the transcendentally beautiful. This season’s above-the-neck additions offered unexpected takes on a few well-loved trends—from a delineated new slash of black eyeliner at Chanel to the vivid lips at Maison Margiela. Here are the six runway directives we’ll be making uniquely ours in the coming months.
Photographed by Kevin Tachman1/6Try a Greasepaint Eye
At Atelier Versace, sharply shaded lids were given new sex appeal with a greasy metallic black finish that extended outward into an exaggerated cat-eye, resulting in the kind of tough-edged look that Donatella has made a house signature.
Photo: Courtesy of Dior Official / @dior2/6Reinvent the Fiery Red Lip
Faces at Dior offered a cool juxtaposition: While some models got black liner and nude lips for their turn down the runway, it was the bold carmine shade—an electrifying cross between cherry and crimson—spotted on show regular Hedvig Palm that stole our hearts.
Photo: Courtesy of IMG Models Paris / @imgmodels.paris3/6Put a Bow on It
Ladylike lengths were pulled into low yet voluminous ponytails and finished with thin black ribbon headbands at Giambattista Valli. In true Parisian style, the look allowed for a halo of fuzzy baby hairs to have their day.
Photographed by Kevin Tachman4/6Go Graphic
Amid Chanel’s structured Zen backdrop, traditional flicks of winged black eyeliner were replaced by stylized delineations that mirrored the sculptural updos.
Photo: Getty Images5/6Think Outside the Makeup Box
The larger-than-life makeup looks at Maison Margiela paid homage to a certain glam rock–inspired aesthetic, from a Bowie-esque eye dusted with astral sparkles to a playful lip-print-stamped face. Off the runway and in real life, it was a vivid, glitter-coated violet lip that promised to make an inspiring off-the-cuff statement.
Photo: Courtesy of firstVIEW / @firstviewphoto6/6Embrace a Gilded Headpiece
Forget flower crowns—the serpentine metal headpieces that wrapped around the crown at Valentino were the week’s runaway hair hit.
