Speaking of peacock- and insectlike irridesence at Roberto Cavalli—pops of shimmering blue, green, and gold pigment that blended into a series of black smoky eyes rooted into a smudged application of liquid blast eyeliner.
There have been talking about the rise of neo-gothic beauty since the Fall shows that highlights deep, black cherry-painted lips à la Gucci or Bottega Veneta and sepia-toned lids reminiscent of those at Burberry Prorsum and Givenchy.
To surmised of the collective dark, romantic numbers that McGrath have been putting up all over Paris. “It’s all about this beautiful dark brown eye,” heavily rimming the upper and lower lash lines with a dusty brown pencil and then softening it with a similar color of cream shadow. “It should feel like skin,” she explained of the wash of pigment that was meticulously blended through the crease and up to the brow bone, adding a few strokes of brown mascara and a topcoat of clear gloss. The lip, a custom mix created specifically for Riccardo Tisci, was kept deliberately matte to “bring a real strength to the face.” “It’s the new goth.”