On the way to the Kenzo Fall 2015 show, I wagered a guess that we would see sleek ponytails and a graphic eye. And while I was bang on point with the hair, no one could have guessed what was coming in terms of makeup: matte white paint-slicked eyelids by key makeup artist Aaron De Mey made the models look like warrior princesses from outer space.
This was a departure from the precision looks that we have seen previously from De Mey for Kenzo; he applied the M.A.C Chromacake in white with a brush that he cut into with a pair of small scissors to create a jagged edge to sweep the paint across the eye. The matte white eyelids contrasted beautifully with the M.A.C Clear LipGlass on the lips.
“This is free-spirited makeup; it’s a play on texture and I’m playing with highlights on the cheekbones, the Cupid’s bow, and the chin,” De Mey told Style.com/Arabia. “There is this freestyle swoosh of paint over the eyelids that looks like the girls could have even done it themselves.”
Forty sets of false nails were hand-painted by Naomi Yasuda, who created three different nail looks for the show. The first was a white nail with a black stripe, to echo the pure nature of the beauty look; the other two had feather motifs in a color palette of berry or gold, inspired by patterns that Yasuda had seen in the Kenzo archives.
