In case you missed it, Chanel showcased dramatic outsized hair bows at its Couture present in Paris earlier this week on the Palais Garnier Opera. Chanel’s Trend Creation Studio debuted a dramatic assortment–on the heels of stories that former creative director Virginie Viard introduced she was stepping down, no much less. The gathering included metallic tassels, daring, feathered shoulders, and even a black taffeta cape. And what’s higher so as to add to the drama than an outsized hair accent?
Bows had been proven all through the gathering (not simply within the hair), within the type of metallic appliques to spruce up a black mini costume and big bows instead of straps on a mint inexperienced costume.
As the ultimate contact for every look, hairstylist James Pecis positioned an outsized bow—in satin, taffeta, or velvet iterations—on choose fashions’ smooth types, which ranged from ponytails to bobs to half-up ‘dos.
The Chanel runway has an extended historical past of showcasing bows (particularly since it’s a Parisian home). Gabrielle Chanel herself was a longtime fan of a hair bow. The style home confirmed dainty white bows on the Fall/Winter 2022 Haute Couture runway and accessorized bows on the Fall/Winter 2019 present (in the identical Opera home) as a tribute to the late Karl Lagerfeld.
The make-up was not fairly as dramatic because the accessorized hair, however it nonetheless packed a punch. Make-up artist Lisa Butler created robust, straight brows utilizing Chanel’s Stylo Sourcils Haute Precision and Gel Sourcils in Clear. In distinction, the complexion was stored minimal, emphasizing sheer glow, courtesy of the Les Beiges Water-Contemporary Complexion Contact, Le Correcteur de Chanel, and Baume Essentiel in Moonlight Kiss and Photo voltaic Glow. Lastly, the lips had a slight crimson stain from the brand new 31 Le Rouge lipstick in the same shade to Rouge Premier.
For a ultimate contact of sparkle on the runway, Butler added the Stylo Ombre Et Contour in a sheer pink and fuchsia everywhere in the lid for an ethereal glow.