To complement the athletic feel, clean and crisp fabrics, and strong lines in the Alexander Wang SS15 collection, the beauty look created for the designer’s runway show emphasized natural-looking makeup that emphasized prominent facial features, wet-looking and sporty ponytails, and sheer muted nails.
When designing his Spring 2015 collection, Jay Godfrey seemed to be inspired by everything from Annie Oakley and cowgirl films to 1970s female country rock icons like Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris, but these Western motifs were distilled through a decidedly urban and modern lens, so that each look incorporated a defiant, rocker chic feel.
Muted lips aren’t the only restrained beauty element for Spring 2015 — thus far, the bright electric shade and punk pastel nail lacquer hues typically associated with warmer weather have been noticeably absent from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week SS15 in New York City.
When meeting with the NARS Cosmetics, butter LONDON, and Bumble and Bumble teams to discuss the various beauty elements for their Spring 2015 runway show, Creatures of the Wind designers Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters brought up the notion of rough-and-tumble skater girls who are effortlessly cool and look beautiful even when sweaty and rocking disheveled hair.
Yesterday marked the official start of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week here in New York City, and those staging the various runway shows or reporting on them are pretty much on mayhem mode (myself included).
Remember the exaggerated, combed-back, über teased, wet-looking quiffs and pompadours sported by Danny Zuko and the Thunderbirds in Grease?
I’ve been starving to behold some truly innovative, exhilarating beauty looks during New York Fashion Week AW14 — and, after countless shows in which models wore no lipstick, only a touch of eyeliner, and sheer pink or beige nails, I finally got my wish with the cosmic-inspired makeup at the Rodarte AW14 show.
Typically, I emerge from New York Fashion Week feeling exhausted (the rest of schlepping from one show to the next for countless hours, in 20-degree weather, trying to look chic while avoiding patches of ice and piles of snow, then commuting back home to writer about what transpired and tend to everyday duties), frustrated (all the peacocking outside of Lincoln Center and all the nose-in-the-air attitudes at each show will grate on anyone’s nerves), and oddly inspired (despite all the headaches, there are usually at least a handful of shows that will elicit a positively emotional reaction and some beauty looks that will awaken your own inner artist).
The Emerson FW14 show, held on the evening of February 7th at Lincoln Center in New York City, was a beguiling witching hour thanks to the unique perspective of designer Jackie Fraser-Swan, who combined eerie, cryptic, and sinister elements with defiant punk attitudes, a hefty dose of rock ‘n’ roll coolness, and just a touch of femininity and romance.
If you follow my on Instagram and Twitter, you probably saw some of the posts I uploaded on Friday evening, when I was backstage at the Korto Momolu Fall 2014 show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City.
