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Shop It NowThe Fashion Week Lipstick You Need (And Can Actually Buy!) This Spring
The beauty industry is notoriously a tease when it comes to products used during Fashion Week — we lust after the makeup looks, only to discover they are custom blends that won't be going into production. Not so at Karen Walker's spring '12 show: Clinique and Global Colour Artist Jenna Menard created a coral lip hue for the show, but unlike other custom cosmetics backstage, this one will be available for purchase."I chose bright coral because it's less expected than red," explained Menard. Having seen this color up close, we can attest that it's just as stunning in person as it was on the runway. It's pigment rich and quite vivid — not at all what you are used to seeing from the brand and their usual barely-there lipsticks. While Clinique is being awesome and sharing this gem with the public, it's not a permanent shade: Runway Coral will be available for a limited time as an online exclusive starting this May. Looks like it's time to start hoarding.
Clinique Long Last Lipstick in Runway Coral, $15, available in May at Clinique.com.
Image Via: Clinique
Must Watch: A Seamless Backstage Ballet At Tess Giberson's NYFW Show
We picture the backstage of NYFW to resemble a three-ring circus. Actually, we've been there before, and there are definitely a few ringleaders who know how to keep things smooth despite the makeup/hair/wardrobe madness. However, much to our (pleasant) surprise, this backstage view of the Sara Costello-directed Tess Giberson's fall '12 presentation is quite...lovely!
Before the ethereal-yet-edgy collection's runway debut, Tess' team seamlessly flowed though metallic-eyeshadow applications and harness fittings as if performing a perfectly choreographed dance. We love the circus and all, but right now, we're pretty content to enjoy a backstage routine that can hold a candle to the gracefulness of any Lincoln Center ballet.
Digital Get-Down: We're Plugged Into These 5 Gadget-Inspired Prints
Go ahead and list 'em…you have a tablet, an MP3 player, a cell phone, a laptop, a camera, and frankly, this list could go on for longer than any of your device's battery lives. But, just when we thought we had all of our tech needs covered, the runways of London and New York proved that technology is about to start invading our wardrobes this fall.
One of the quirkiest trends strutting down the catwalks this past Fashion Month? Prints inspired by the very same gadgets and symbols we’ve been using to document the shows. From blown-up QR codes to LOL-speak emoticons, our favorite tech mainstays from the past and present have landed on next season's separates. It’s a conceptual twist on the imagery of the digital age that we’re digging just as much as our new Drawsome app. Think next season’s device-inspired attire has the chops to stick around? Flip through the pics to decide for yourself.
Photo: Via Louise Gray
Photo: Via Louise Gray
Oh Canada! 5 Shows We Loved At Toronto Fashion Week
With things finally winding down, post-Fashion Month, we figured it was time to take a look to our friends to the north, who have also just wrapped up World Mastercard Toronto Fashion Week. With emerging talent lighting up the runways, this city earns the right to boast that they are the fifth buzz spot in the line up (following New York, London, Milan, and Paris, of course).
It was a week filled with androgyny, early-to-mid-century classics, and gothic-grunge. And, in case you missed it, we’ve highlighted five teams of talent that are getting us hot for the upcoming Canadian fall. Consider this the closest thing next to a nice, fresh gulp of Canadian air, as we dish out the collections that topped our list of of all things fit for next season.
The Illustrated Guide To Fall's Hottest Accessories
Clothes are awesome, wonderful, and beautiful… but there's really nothing that gives us that chest-tightening, throat-burning, am-I-sick-or-am-I-in-love feeling quite like an otherworldly pair of shoes or a magical new handbag. In fact, the fall '12 runways were teeming with enough gorgeous accessories to give us a full-blown heart attack. But — knowing us — when confronted with so much eye candy, what do we do? Make it look even more beautiful, that's what. We called upon master illustrator Samantha Hahn to give our favorite fall accessories the watercolor treatment. Ahead, our guide to the cream of the crop!
Drawings by Samantha Hahn
Drawings by Samantha Hahn
8 Hot New Color Trends From Fashion Week
Being serious color-philes over here, we're already on the lookout for the next Tangerine Tango, and we're not even three months into 2012 yet. If it were up to us, Pantone would release a Color of the Month, but alas, we're stuck with just one shade to last us through the entire year.
Never ones to settle, we've scanned the looks from this past Fashion Month to find some more tone trends. Forget having a color of the year…we've got an entire color wheel worth of hues, just for you!
The Formula Blog Reports: Pretty Makeup From Paris Fashion Week
For real girls with real beauty routines, we love The Formula (if it's not already added to your bookmarks bar, do it!). And Aimee Blaut, the genius interviewer, photographer, and writer behind all that fashion eye candy, recently attended Paris Fashion Week to get the scoop on the beauty looks we real girls might be interested in.
We obviously had her keep a photo diary while she was there. The takeaway: more gorgeous beauty looks and bold features than we could have dreamed of. Click through for the insider look at what goes on behind the scenes at the world's most glamorous Fashion Week. And of course, some sumptuous shots of stunning models.
Photographed by Aimee Blaut
Photographed by Aimee Blaut
Win It: Gretchen Jones' NYFW '12 Tips And Toes Combo
We're super jealous, you guys. Several weeks ago, when we were coveting the hell out of the nail look at Gretchen Jones' fall '12 presentation, we didn't have the vaguest inkling that we would get the chance to do a giveaway! R29 staffers are freaking out wishing they could enter this contest, and with good reason — this ish is bananas. Three lucky readers will win a set of those kick-ass cowgirl turquoise nail wraps, which were designed by NAIL ROCK exclusively for the show (these are the last three pairs in existence!), in addition to a pair of custom short cut Durango boots in a size 8, also from the show. Uh, what?! Too awesome.
Tell us what your custom nail wrap creation would be in the comments for your chance to win. Contest ends March 21, 2012. United States fans only, please.
Images Via: MODE PR
The 15 Hugest Fall Trends From Europe's Runways
The models are all on serious R&R vacations, the designers are all sleeping in, and the photographers are finally letting their cameras cool down. The last of the Fashion Weeks may have ended, but we're just getting to the good part — hashing out the trends, of course!
The overarching themes for fall are boxier shapes, twists on work dressing, and nerdy-grunge revamps, but we've whittled it down to fifteen looks that really get our style gears turning. From padded hips to the return of the Cosby sweater, here are the trends you'll see everyone wearing, come fall.
Leonard's Fall 2012 Collection Was Inspired By Kate Lanphear
Black leather, tough boots, and a platinum-blonde asymmetrical crop… If that description didn't immediately conjure up Kate Lanphear (or, okay, Billy Idol works, as well), we suggest you reacquaint yourself with her look. Fashion fans love La Lanphear, creating blogs such as Fear Lanphear around her street style get-ups, and now Kate has gotten her very own collection designed in her image. Age-old fashion house Leonard's fall '12 collection was inspired by Kate, from the black-on-black right down to her cropped hair style. "I can’t sort of believe it," says Lanphear endearingly. “I’m from the mountains in Virginia, so it’s a great honor to be the inspiration for anything here. I usually can’t even believe that I’m here in Paris, let alone this. It’s come as quite a shock.”
Photo: Joe Schildhorn & Billy Farrell/BFA; Photo: Maria Valentino/MCV Photo
THE Prettiest Pics From Paris Fashion Week
For those of us who don't have oceanside views, penthouse offices in NYC, or work inside the Louvre or something, it's hard to see enough beautiful things during the workday to really get your endorphins going. However, with Paris Fashion Week coming to a close, there is tons of eye candy out there that rivals tropical sunsets in terms of gorgeousness. So, go ahead and stick an umbrella in your coffee mug and kick off your heels. Even though you're not on vacation, take a little break today and enjoy our slideshow ahead of the prettiest pics from Paris Fashion Week.
Photographed by Nina Westervelt/MCV Photo
Photographed by Nina Westervelt/MCV Photo
Stella McCartney Gets Futuristic With Prismatic Clutches, Blue Lashes
Stella McCartney is a woman after our own hearts; not only is she an astoundingly creative designer, but she's also mindful of all the nuances and diverse responsibilities of designers and women. What other brand do you know that makes killer cocktail dresses, exercise clothes, workwear, and is vegan? For her fall '12 show, Stella really pulled at our heartstrings with graphic, modern palm prints, buttoned-up separates; beautiful, color-changing, prismatic clutches; and amazing "croc" "leather" shoes that are made with neither crocodile nor leather. Click through to see our behind-the-scene photos (blue lashes anyone?)!
Photographed by Nina Westervelt/MCV Photo
Photographed by Nina Westervelt/MCV Photo
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