Monday, September 14, 2009

Jen Kao-New York Fashion Week Pt. II

Jen Kao's show featured soft, drape-y, dreamy and ethereal silhouettes. With the exception of a few sprinkles of teal, the color palette for her clothes was alot of nudes, pale grays, cements and silvers.  She describes it as: "feminine, but still very structural..."  Lloyd Simmons' makeup complemented the direction of her collection perfectly: simple, pretty, and naturally luminous...

The makeup was a face with no color. The skin was the focus and was made dewy and softly luminescent with a cream highlighter. Lashes were lightly curled and coated in a light weight mascara. Myth lipstick by MAC was applied to the lips for the perfect nude mouth; Natural done at its best....

Juliana
The perfect springtime nude manicure, courtesy of Butter London


Yulia Leontieva above & below
The 2 above pics were taken in hair. It never fails; at some point during shows, I must move to the hair stations and finish doing makeup there. It's usually when backstage gets down to the wire and they call 1st looks...See how yummy Yulia's skin looks??? Non makeup makeups are always the most challenging to pull off as it requires perfect technique amongst other things...

The wet slicked back hair provided an edge; the perfect juxtaposition to the soft makeup. 

Juliana is runway ready...

Partial view of the model board and run of show


The shoes were major...I want...

See what I mean about the draping and the ethereal-ness of her clothes?

In lineup backstage, the light is hitting the girls in all of the right places to showcase the luminosity of their skin. 


Yulia L. & Juliana on the runway 
(runway photos courtesy of: Style.com/M. Madeira)

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