London and New York SS15 trends

London Fashion Week SS15

London fashion week showed a beautiful variety of make-up looks but what stood out to me in particular was the make-up from the Burberry collection.

The Burberry SS15 theme was 'The birds and the bees' and Burberry produced a number of bold, statement pieces that successfully caught the attention of the audience. Christopher Bailey's idea behind the birds and the bees theme was to incorporate insects and natural colours into the designs to create a carefree look.

To me, the only thing better than the incredibly colourful and impressive clothes designs (I loved the trench coats!) was the flawless make-up that the models wore.

 

British supermodel Jourdan Dunn

 

 This photograph of Jourdan Dunn, a British supermodel, shows a simple yet flawless makeup design. The skin has a 'sun kissed' look to it, with bronzes cheeks and an overall healthy glow. Minimal eye make-up is used and the brows are groomed naturally. The main focal point of this look is undoubtedly the lips. The lips are a deep ruby red colour and appear to have a matte finish.

 

The Make-up Artist of this look is the very talented Wendy Rowe. She had this to say about the look on her website:

 

"The Burberry beauty look is inspired by The Birds and the Bee’s mood of the ready-to-wear collection. Christopher Bailey’s collection use’s insects and the colours of nature to create ‘something natural and free’ this is reflected in the makeup with a gorgeous honey skin. To get this I used Fresh Glow in Golden Radiance to warm up the girls skin and Fresh Glow Foundation for a dewy radiant finish. Tawny eye’s are washed with nude hue’s to create a natural depth using Light Glow – Earthy Blush. The lips are a deep ruby colour created using a combination of Brick Red Lip Definer and Lip Cover in Ruby. Brow’s are filled in with the new Effortless Eyebrow Definer – for natural brow you’ve always wanted! This season, we skipped the mascara to give a modern feel."

 

What I love about this make-up trend is its simplicity. The bold lip colour draws the attention of the audience but does not get lost in the clothes designs. I like that the make-up appears effortless, yet the model looks truly stunning. I particularly like the matte finish of the lips because I think it makes it more modern. Sometimes red lip colour can indicated a retro theme but I think the matte look makes it more current and fits well with Christopher Bailey's vision for the collection. The best thing about this look is that it would definitely suit every skin tone. The Burberry models all wore the same bold lip and it looked equally as beautiful on the paler skin toned models as those with a darker skin tone. I think this makeup trend will be particularly popular because its something that everyone can recreate.

 

Jourdan Dunn wears her hair down for this look, cut in a long bob and styled with natural looking waves. The hairstylist in charge of this showcase was Neil Moodie. From looking at a variety of photographs from the Burberry Collection, I noticed that the models hairstyles mirror each others, in that they all wear it down and with loose waves. I think that the hair works perfectly with the make-up to add to the natural look. It almost reminds me of how your hair would look after a day at the beach, yet more glamorous. I really like the feminine, romantic look of the hairstyle and think it looks great on the variety of lengths of hair that the models have.

 

Overall,  I think that the hair and make-up look from the Burberry Spring/Summer 15 collection was truly inspiring. Its simple, yet bold statement is definitely set to be one of the hottest trends next year.



Burberry models backstage and onstage at the London Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week SS15

 

New York Fashion Week saw some pretty inspirational beauty trends. The Rodarte fashion show  saw models wearing multiple eyebrow rings accompanied by a natural make-up created by the Make-up Artist James Kaliardos in order to create an almost cool, grunge look. This daring look was very different to the approach at Marc Jacobs. Make-up artist François Nars (NARS cosmetics) sent his models out wearing nothing more than moisturiser and to be completely honest, the fresh faced models pulled it off beautifully.

 

Perhaps my most favourite look of the New York Fashion Week was the make-up from Tommy Hilfiger.

 

Photographs from the Tommy Hilfiger show SS15

 

The Tommy Hilfiger SS15 collection focused on festival fashion. Inside the circus tents and away from the thousands of flowers that decorated the area, the models graced the catwalk in clothes inspired by the 60s and 70s. The fashion trends included a lot of denim, stars, stripes and suede as well as classic rock inspired military style coats which I just loved! The whole event screamed 'flower power' with a rock and roll twist and this theme was mirrored in the make-up and hair that the models wore.



American model Kendall Jenner

 

This photograph shows American model Kendall Jenner wearing the festival inspired make-up look created by Make-up Artist Pat McGrath. The make-up design shows a soft, smokey eye with kohl liner and nude lips. The eyebrows are filled but look well groomed and natural. This is accompanied by a cluster of painted star tattoos down the side of the face which add to the hippy inspired theme.

 

The Make-up Artist of this look was none other than the amazing Pat McGrath. What I like about this make-up design is how young and carefree it looks. The make-up is subtle, allowing the fashion to be the main focus of attention, however the temporary tattoos remind the audience of Tommy Hilfiger's vision for this collection and adds to the overall fun of the show. I really like the fact that this look is something that anyone can recreate easily. Temporary tattoos have recently become a fashion trend, with artists such as Beyoncé wearing metallic temporary tattoos that look like jewellery, so I think that this trend will be something that proves to be very popular.

 

From looking at all the photographs of the Tommy Hilfiger models, they all notably have their hair in the same style. Unless wearing a hat, each model wears their hair down, with a middle parting. The hair is loose and slightly unkempt, giving it a hippy feel. This particular hairstyle would appear to be a heavy influence of the 1970s so fits in well with the theme of the show and compliments the make-up completely. I really like this hairstyle because I think a centre parting look is something that will never tire and can be so versatile no matter the occasion.

 

Overall, I think the hair and make-up from the Tommy Hilfiger SS15 collection was fun, free and something that will most definitely be experimented with throughout the beauty industry.

 

 

Photographs from the Tommy Hilfiger SS15 show

 

 

What I've learnt about beauty trends.

From looking at a variety of fashion shows from London, Paris, Milan and New York, I have noticed that although each individual designer has a particular desired look, similarity can be found throughout many other shows. The best thing about make-up is how versatile it is and how each individual make-up artist interprets a trend into their design, whilst still being completely original. The trends of SS15 included a variety of natural make-up looks such as a no makeup look by Marc Jacobs and a slightly more sun-kissed natural look by Ralph Lauren.  Although they were different in their approach, each company still had the same message- that minimal make-up is in. I found that studying the hair and fashion of each model allowed me to realise just how much needs to be taken into consideration when designing make-up for a fashion show. The hair, make-up and clothes need to work together in order to portray the correct message to the audience observing. I have really enjoyed looking at some of the upcoming beauty trends of 2015 and am looking forward to interpreting some of the trends into my work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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