New York Fashion Week Fall 2008 - Backstage with MAC at Jason Wu, Nicole Miller, and Baby Phat

JASON WU | In fall 2008, we saw the bright lip, while in spring 2008, it was all about cheeks and alshes.  For fall 2008, it is about the glitter eye.  At Jason Wu, we saw a very fifties/seventies-lady show of chiffons, florals, and A-line skirts with fur-trimmed sweaters.  Artist Romy Soleimani said she gave models’ lips a wine color with layered peach pink over it, to give the illusion that she had just been sipping sherry.  She created a gold on grey glitter eye — “grey for cool, and gold for warm,” she said — using MAC’s Reflects, a fine powder glitter.  The eyes were soft, not disco, but rather “The harbinger of a whole new zeitgeist.”  The cheeks were sculpted using the latest sculpt/shape line.

NICOLE MILLER | “Think Stephanie Seymour or Karen Mulder, the supes of yore,” said Romy Soleimani, who was the key artist for the show featuring brocaded cocktail dresses and coats in yellow or cobalt.  It was a rather 80s kind of feel.  She used glitter as inspiration with a maroon base that was topped with an olive gold from MAC Reflects glitter.  She opted for lipstick in a rosewood color that was put sheerly on without liner, and no gloss.  Lashes were looking false, looking incredibly long, but very fluttery–but they weren’t, chalk it up to the newest gel mascara MAC plans to launch later this year.

BABY PHAT | Christopher Ardoff noted Kimora’s inspiration was the 1920s, so he opted for a Clara Bow, Josephine Baker, Billie holiday kind of look.  He blocked out brows using a nude pencil while he used grey glitter in a rounded crescent shape for the eyes.  He paitned lips a red-orange kind of color that truly stood out.  For darker skintones, he added more depth with burgundy glitter to eyes.  (See photos below.)