Beauty

The real reason we’ve fallen for Bessette-core



Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy style

If you thought we’d reached peak Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy style this summer, well think again. The signs are pointing to a Bessette-core fall.

Why? It’s so simple. All the Bessette-Kennedy house codes very easily translate to autumn; the black-and-white 90s minimalism palette, the stovepipe pants and dark denim jeans, long pencil skirts and tall boots, and definitely the ¾ single-breasted coat (think Calvin meets COS – and here’s just the thing*). (more…)



Save the date: La Beauté Louis Vuitton (UPDATED)



La Beauté Louis Vuitton

God, it feels like years since the first whispers of Louis Vuitton’s make-up line emerged. The range, La Beauté Louis Vuitton, is set to land on 25th August with 55 lipsticks, 10 balms and eight eye shadow quads all creative directed by Pat McGrath.

Industry insiders are hoping for innovative formulas and an immersive retail experience to bring entry-point customers back to LV after a luxury slowdown – although prices are rumoured to be twice that of Hermès Beauty. (Remember their launch in 2020?) (more…)



Random recs: Marc by Sofia, Bill Cunningham’s archive, a perfect high-neck V



Marc by Sofia

A few snippets of digital ephemera and IRL recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…

1/ SOFIA COPPOLA has made a MARC JACOBS doc, which will be shown this month at the Venice Film Festival. I’m gagging for tons of 90s Marc footage, NGL

2/ BILL CUNNINGHAM’S archive is getting a permanent NYC home. His photographs, contact sheets and memorabilia will be housed at the New York Historical in Manhattan, to be readily available to researchers and scholars. First up, an exhibition of his “Evening Hours” charity gala photos later this year. Read more here. (more…)



See this: Blusher: Makeup, Art and Materiality



Blusher exhibition Leicester

Do I need a trip to Leicester? Yes, yes, I think I do!

Cathy Lomax has curated this beautiful exhibition, Blusher: Makeup, Art and Materiality at Leicester Gallery, De Montfort University (until 6 September).

Featuring work by artists including Cary Kwok, Lisa Milroy and Rose Wylie, alongside Mary Modha’s ‘Glossy Monsters’ lipstick sculptures and Stacey Greene’s familiar photographs of worn lipstick bullets (below), it aims to look at make-up through an art lens instead of the frivolous, consumerist one we’re used to. (more…)