. Actually, he sued the brand, not his legendary mentor, who died of a heart attack in 1957, when a then-21-year-old Saint Laurent became head honcho of the company. In 1960, the Algerian-born designer was forced back to his homeland to fight in its war for independence. By the time he returned to France the same year (his military stint was cut short after a mental breakdown), he’d lost his job, so he sued Dior for breach of contract. The money awarded was used to open his namesake fashion house. Though innately shy and soft-spoken, Saint Laurent stripped down to appear in the 1971 campaign for his first men’s fragrance, “Pour Homme.” The image not only confronted male nudity taboos but rebuffed the conventional machismo prevalent in advertising at the time.In 1997, the designer’s longtime partner Pierre Bergé (played by Jérémie Renier) told a Dutch magazine: “It was just provocation on the part of Yves Saint Laurent. The picture didn’t specifically target the gay population, even though it resonated strongly among them. In any case the photo was hardly published at the time. Just barely in the French press. It was only much later on that it became an almost mythical icon.”
Contouring is the play between shadow and light — or contour and highlighter — designed to coax supermodel bone structure out of civilian faces. For areas you’d like diminished (the chubbiest part of your cheek, say, or a saggy jawline), you go a little darker. Any bit you want to pop— think higher facial planes on cheekbones and the bridge of the nose — gets the light treatment.On the product front, there are silky new powders like Marc Jacobs Beauty #Instamarc Light-Filtering Contour Powder, and double-sided items like Lancôme’s Le Duo Stick, with highlighter and contour. But the bulk of the market is in creams and liquids. A few — including Dr. Jart+ BB Mate Contouring 1.2.3 Kit — even boast anti-aging ingredients. “I typically work with creams,” says Scheppy. “They tend to photograph a little softer.”Lancôme national makeup artist Sandy Linter is a fan of today’s lighter formulas. Back in the ’70s, Linter would slap a heavy layer of rust or plum blush on top of dark contour, but now dials it back. “Shades of blush have changed,” she says. “They’re now more neutral, so the contour color can mimic a natural shading effect.”And once you get your shading game on, carving a set of killer cheekbones can get a little addictive.“Contouring has definitely emerged as a staple,” says Gilbert Soliz, global makeup artist for Marc Jacobs Beauty. “We live in the age of the selfie. Our makeup routines are becoming more and more focused on catching ourselves at the perfect angle.”
Coach Bags />Precious metal jewelry has flattered faces with warmth and sheen since the days of Cleopatra. Now, due to popular demand, hair colorists are replicating that expensive shimmer with metallic highlights and glosses.“Inspiration comes fr om models and celebrities with sought-after hair color, including Jourdan Dunn, Karlie Kloss, Lily Donaldson and Chloë Moretz, who have moved away from the ombré look to softer tones that are picked up in the layers and textures framing the face,” says Melanie Smith, senior colorist at Hari’s Hairdressers on Kings Road in London, which introduced “New Metallics” last fall.
Turns out, women aren’t the only ones obsessed with their undergarments.HommeMystere, an Australian lingerie company tailored just for men that first launched in 2008, is experiencing a surge in popularity since launching as an online retailer in March.“Men’s lingerie sits in an undefined territory deemed ‘not exciting enough’ for adult stores and ‘too confronting’ for mainstream retail stores,” explains the HommeMystere website.The company was founded by Australian couple Brent and Lara Krause, after Brent was unable to locate an affordable underwear option for men other than standard white cotton briefs.But HommeMystere offers much more than lace-trimmed boxer briefs. Men can also invest in garter belts, stockings and even bras — or, as Frank Costanza would call them, “manssieres.”
Music trailblazer Missy Elliott has never compromised when it comes to being herself — and that includes her style.Her look, then and now, has always been eye-catching, yet fashionably covered up. It’s on glamorous display on Elle’s June cover, People reports, wh ere Elliott appears wearing Marc Jacobs Fall 2017 designs.The cover isn’t the first time she’s made a splash in a modest way. She famously rocked a plastic-bag ensemble in her music video for “The Rain,” and reminisced about it to Elle: “To me, the outfit was a way to mask my shyness behind all the chaos of the look. Although I am shy, I was never afraid to be a provocative woman. The outfit was a symbol of power. I loved the idea of feeling like a hip-hop Michelin woman.”As magazines plastered with skin-flashing celebs and naked dressing continue to trend, Elliott makes for a nice reminder that you can still turn heads with your clothes on.
