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MAC’s Latest Comic-Book Collab
MAC has established itself as a leader in the culture-crossing collaboration game. The makeup giant has turned Superwoman, Hello Kitty, Barbie, and Disney’s most venomous villains into cult-favorite...
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Estée Lauder Keeps Its Eyes On The Prize
Tom Pecheux is often credited with starting the blue shadow movement that swept the Spring shows, but the facepainter was quick to decline the credit backstage. When pressed on why he used azure...
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Sexy, “Spooky” Beauty Backstage At Altuzarra
“He respects women,” Tom Pecheux gushed when talking about Joseph Altuzarra. “His clothes are fashion, but wearable fashion,” the makeup artist continued, showering Altuzarra with accolade after...
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Bohemian Beauty Rhapsody, Backstage At Derek Lam
“The buzzwords were bohemian, minimalism, structural architecture,” Orlando Pita said backstage at Derek Lam, rattling off a list of inspirational terms the designer had provided him with as a beauty...
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Seeing Red
Last Spring, blue made a strong case for eye makeup color of the season, as liners and shadows in shades that ranged from aqua and turquoise to cobalt and navy turned up on the runways in full force....
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A “British-Riding-Set Homage,” Backstage At Moschino
After last season’s all-out sixties tribute, arriving backstage at Moschino this morning, only to find peaches-and-cream complexions and ponytails, was more than a little change of pace. “Normally,...
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“Blurry” Bordeaux Lips And “Viny” Hair, Backstage At Marni
Tom Pecheux loves Marni, a point that is made ever clearer by the fact that, when you ask him about the makeup backstage here, his first priority is to tell you about the clothes. “It’s an insane,...
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“Austere But Sensual” Dark Lips Strike Again, Backstage At Anthony Vaccarello
Hairstylist Anthony Turner gave himself a challenge for Anthony Vaccarello’s Fall show: “How can you make something elegant, cool?” he asked rhetorically backstage while prepping strands with L’Oréal...
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“Dirty, Rock ’N’ Roll Chic” Beauty, Backstage At Balmain
The Balmain woman is a creature of habit. She likes a strong shoulder, a good bit of embellishment, and very little fuss when it comes to her hair and makeup. “I think it’s even more minimal than...
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New Faces, Same Girl, Backstage At Isabel Marant
Isabel Marant is a favorite stop on our Paris tour, as much for the clothes as for the hair and makeup. With a casting like the one the reigning queen of Parisian cool typically commands—which this...
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Easy Elegance at Altuzarra
The look created for the half-French, half-American designer by makeup artist Tom Pecheux and hairstylist Odile Gilbert was based around one word: purity. Pecheux kept the focus on the classic matte...
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Thrice as Nice at Derek Lam
Similar to Lam’s clothing for the season, the hair was all about “structured ease,” said Orlando Pita. While some girls wore theirs down with a turban tied over top, and others sported a ponytail, all...
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It’s a Mod, Mod World Backstage at Ralph Lauren
When it comes to Ralph Lauren, you’re not going to find anything earth-shattering backstage—there will be never be a trendy lip color or daring eyeshadow, which some may find repetitive, or to put it...
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Gwyneth’s Blue Period
Gwyneth Paltrow is known for her green eyes—to which her husband, Coldplay front man Chris Martin, dedicated a song. And last night at the L.A. premiere of Thanks for Sharing, she played them up by...
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Sleek and Sportif, Backstage at Marni
In contrast to seasons past, the boxy Marni silhouette was drawn closer to the body for Spring, and an athletic theme emerged, with graphic visors and gem-encrusted fanny packs cheekily worn on models’...
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Tom Pecheux’s Best Buds
One might imagine that once you reach the level that Tom Pecheux has in the cosmetic and runway worlds, you could fill your kit with everything and anything—from the most luxe face cream to Q-tips spun...
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Backstage at Anthony Vaccarello: W.W.A.D. (What Would Anja Do?)
The makeup at Anthony Vaccarello, created by Tom Pecheux, was strangely familiar, harking back to Derek Lam’s show a few weeks ago. The French designer asked for something graphic that played up the...
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Move Over, Karlie Kloss—There’s a New Woman (or Man?) in Town
This season, there has been quite a buzz backstage surrounding maquillage master Tom Pecheux’s muse, Pascal. He has his own Instagram account (@PascalPascale), where he’s featured on shoulders...
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Beauty Sound Bites: It Takes a Village
They say that two heads are better than one (and, in the case of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for The Row, that’s proven true). Maquillage master Tom Pecheux (pictured above with said twins), however,...
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Baring It All at Balmain
“It took longer to take my makeup off than it did to put it on,” Karlie Kloss said backstage at Balmain. Minimal was an understatement, as makeup artist Tom Pecheux applied concealer only where needed,...
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