Who knew a cross-dresser and a boxer could turn out to be such a hot chick?
Hilary Swank lends her steely grace (and some radical hair extensions) to Guerlain as the face of their new fragrance, Insolance. She will be in Saks Fifth Avenue’s Main Floor today at 12:30 pm to sign autographs and bottles of perfume for Saks customers. Take the opportunity to experience this “exuberant floral fragrance” while hobnobbing with the Oscar winning actress.
Like A Living Dollhouse
Backstage at Betsey Johnson’s Spring Show
By Talluah Dumonde
As if straight out of a cellophane-covered box, Betsey Johnson’s girls worked the Spring 07 collection looking like gorgeous little dolls. More traditional than typical, Johnson obviously has a great love of colour; from her clothing to the makeup palette on her mannequins, and this season was no exception. The look theme was “young and playful”, and boy was it ever!
Chanel’s Fulvia Farolfi created this kewpie doll look by starting with a flawless, slightly matte face, which she told us was one of the biggest trends in makeup right now. Fulvia’s staff used Laura Mercier foundation along with Chanel’s Precision Matte Foundation to create a real-life porcelain canvas. The artists back stage layered the eyelids with deep blue shadow in Electric Eel by MAC and opted to forego liner, using Chanel’s Inimitable Noir Black Multidimensional Mascara to create massive lashes. Lips were intensely red; thanks to NARS Dragon Girl Velvette Matte lip pencil. Farolfi said of the look, “It’s always a lot of fun with Betsey, she’s always glamorous”.
For hair at Betsy’s show, Redken’s Italo Gregario, who has created the hair-look for Betsey for five years, kept the living doll look going. The image was playful, girly, slightly wild (remember how when you took the hair net off your doll’s pin-curl coif it would take about ten minutes for her to look completely touseled?). Gregario reflected on the 1950’s pinup girls for his inspiration, saying that “Working with Betsey is fantastic; never conventional”. To get the look, stylists used Redken Full Fram 07 mousse on the models’ dry hair to “add texture and set the style.” says Italo, “Mousse on wet hair disappears. (Mousse) is not aggressive, it coats for texture.”
Taking a medium amount of hair (having used mousse on the ends) and wrap it around a medium barrel curling iron. Roll it up to the crown and hold. When you take it out, roll it into a pin curl and secure with a bobby pin. Spray with Redken Forceful 23 finishing spray and let set for a minute. When you remove the curl, do it slowly and use your fingers, no brush, for minimal separation. Spritz over with finishing spray for hold and accessorize with a headband, ribbon or pair of sunglasses
To Prove You’re Never Fully Dressed Without GoSmile, internationally acclaimed fashion and celebrity photographer Patrick McMullan (whose book KissKiss came out this summer) sashays through the shows handing out GoSmile tooth whitening ampules, with his famed camera latched onto him thanks to a festive GoSmile camera strap, provided by his sponsors for Olympus Fashion Week. Check out GoSmile at www.gosmile.com.
Jamie Lynn Sigler with her GoSmile tooth whitening ampule
