The Autumn Winter ‘17 shows swept through the city, leaving behind a trail of fashion and beauty moments that celebrated the designers’ visions.
Ultra-glossy burgundy lips at Harman Grubiša to fluffy seventies crimped hair at Lucilla Grey and Eugénie’s nineties cool girls feted some serious in-divi-dua-ality. Jared Godman’s detailed head wraps aside(that took eight hours to create) most of the moments were carefully considered but felt refreshingly simple.
Words: Zeenat Wilkinson. Photography: Richard Symons and Wono Kim (Lucilla Gray)
Harman Grubiša
Hair by Matt Benns at Stephen Marr using Original Mineral. M.A.C Cosmetics make-up team led by Kiekie Stanners.
Kiekie Stanners in describing Harman Grubisa’s make-up “Everything is very finely and super precisely done. Beautiful super clean skin with soft highlight tint with a soft liquid metallic liner that sits on the top. Super expensive and luxurious.”
Kiekie used the Pro Longwear lip pencil in Ms Diva with lipstick in Sin, topped by clear Lipglass to create the ultra-gloss claret lips.
‘Rococo’ inspired by the baroque period, contoured up the designer duo’s vision of elegance, ornate designs and luxurious textiles. The beauty looks didn’t shy away from the brief either.
Salasai
Hair by Matt Benns at Stephen Marr using Original Mineral. M.A.C Cosmetics make-up team led by Kiekie Stanners.
The intricate old English writing at Salasai summarized the brief “Romance of Youth” in a poetic way. The design duo Krisha Whitcher and Kelly Watson showcased a de-saturated colour palate with a strong personality and a street urban vibe.
Key make-up products used:
Hand and neck tattoos applied with Fluidline Pen in Retro Black. Fluidline in Blacktrack applied to waterline and lower lash line.M·A·C Studio Nail Lacquer in Delicate. Skin prepped with M·A·C Studio Waterweight SPF 30 Foundation and M·A·C Studio Fix Perfecting Powder to set.
Eugénie
Hair by Benjamin James at Ryder Salon using R&Co. M.A.C Cosmetics make-up team led by Kiekie Stanners.
Inspired by Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy and nineties cool girls, Liz Wilson, designer for Eugénie, showcased a collection of spontaneity and some street style. Kiekie Stanners of M.A.C Cosmetics designed the beauty looks keeping with the girls’ personalities and signature style in mind. “Some girls have orange terracotta eye makeup, and some mustard, and some green grey. They are all slightly different and distinct,” she adds.
Benjamin James for R&Co, in regards to the hair brief, adds “A cool girl that doesn’t really care. The hair was designed around the person. Even the wigs were cut to be different with slightly different hair texture. Every look had that undone feel like the girls did it themselves but super confident at the same time. Some girls had their hair pulled back too. Honor was Liz’s inspiration behind the mullets.”
Penny Sage
Hair by Sara Allsop at Dharma Salon using Fudge. Smashbox make-up team led by Sam Hart.
Almost bare skin (sans heavy foundation) and subtle flick of powder blue eyeliner and touch of blush to the lips and cheeks. Penny Sage is the ultimate reference to glowing nourished skin. Sam designed the looks using mainly Smashbox Primer Oil and BB Water to create the dewy effect.
Lucilla Gray
Hair by Matt Benns at Stephen Marr using Original Mineral. M.A.C Cosmetics make-up team led by Blair Gamblin.
Makeup artist Blair Gamblin created graphic black eyes inspired by Lucilla Gray’s brief “dreamy industrial elegance.” Blair used the Fluidline in Waveline underneath the eye with fine brush. The graphic eyeliner was more of an accessory and a nod to the seventies inspired collection.
Matt Benns of Stephen Marr adds “A bit of fro. Frizzy texture manipulated in a beautiful shape.”
Miss Crabb
Hair by Matt Benns at Stephen Marr using Original Mineral. M.A.C Cosmetics make-up team led by Kiekie Stanners.
Miss Crabb show’s makeup artist, Kiekie Stanners, and hairstylist, Matt Benns of Stephen Marr, took the reference “PJ Harvey beauties with a bit of Andy Warhol ”and rolled with it!
The collection was an evolution of Miss Crabb’s subversive pieces, separates created using the original Liberty London silk and cotton floral.
Key products used: M·A·C studio waterweight foundation and retro matte liquid lipstick in fashion legacy and nail lacquer in erogenous.
Original Mineral products used to create the wet textured hair.
