MAC Nail Trend F/W 09 by Jin Soon Choi for M.A.C
* U.S. Launch Date: August 27th, 2009
* International Launch Date: September 2009
* Cool Reserve Mid-tone grey lavender
* For Fun Rich purple
* Dance All Night Brick red
* Rich Dark Delicious Rich blackened brown
* Dry Martini Khaki olive green
* Beyond Jealous Blackened blue green
Beauty has-beens are back—at least at Marc Jacobs’ fall 2009 show. “The hair and makeup is quite out there,” admits Guido, Redken’s creative consultant, mane master for the production. “Too much gel, too much spray, too much teasing—it begs the question of what is good taste?” So why recreate the overstyled dos of the ’80s? “Marc was fed up with the ponytail and the knot, and he just wanted to do something crazy,” says Guido.
To mimic the structured nature of Jacobs’ collection, Guido “formed shapes out of the hair by scrunching it just right.”
After the Indian-inspired collections 2008 brought us i.e. Lancôme Maharani Jewels and Manish Arora for M.A.C Cosmetics, Givenchy is gearing up to launch its spring summer 2009 collection in July, drawing exotic influences from the Bollywood genre. Inspired by Indian beauty, make-up artist Nicolas Degennes created an extravagantly colourful range of key products in pinks, oranges, golds and silvers.
This Fall, Bobbi introduces a fresh nude palette. “Nude makeup doesn’t mean monochromatic, barely-there makeup. It means makeup that’s right for your skin,” says Bobbi. The limited edition Nude Eye Palette ($60) features eye shadow duos in a sophisticated and universally flattering selection of shades and textures.
Husband and wife designers Sachin and Babi have just finished their first full year rotation of fashion collections with their ready-to-wear line, yet their experience in the fashion industry is much further extended. The duo has taken their skills and expertise in embroidery and home decor and sophisticatedly segued into the women’s wear scene. “Our dream when we started off was to have our own collection,” said Sachin Ahluwalia who met his wife and “most severe critic” at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where they studied.
