Paris Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013/14

This post may be a little shorter than my other fashion week round-ups, only because I’ve had a busy week, not because of lack of inspiration! As the saying goes, ‘leave the best ‘til last’; though each fashion week is great for its own reasons, Paris Fashion Week is certainly home to some of the most prolific and influential fashion houses in history. Beauty trends that we have seen in the last few weeks were still prevalent here (dark red lips, semi-matte skin, goths, ponytails) but there were lots of surprises too!

For a lesson in clean glowing skin, have a look at Celine, Chloe, and Stella McCartney. Makeup was minimal to compliment each collection, but perfectly groomed nonetheless. Sometimes perfecting the no-makeup look is one of the hardest things to achieve! Keep skin looking youthful and fresh with a nude pink on the lips and cheeks and lashings of mascara on curled lashes.

Celine

Chloe

Stella McCartney

Dark red lips and dark eyes were a focal point at Louis Vuitton, inspired by classic Hollywood starlets and the idea of being ‘all dressed up with nowhere to go’; glamming up to stay in. I like that the makeup and hair looks lived in and smudgy, it modernises a classic look (and is so easy to create at home!)

Louis Vuitton

Dark lips were more multi-dimensional at Miu Miu and applied with the highest precision, in contrast Vuitton. The dark lip line bleeds into the lips, and the centre of the lips highlighted with a lighter shade. Try pressing a bronze pigment into the middle of wine red lips to try this at home, such as Melon by Mac.

Miu Miu

Melon

Melon

A dark lip was also a feature at Zuhair Murad.

Zuhair Murad

Givenchy had beautiful pink and taupe contouring around the eyes, matching a soft pink on the lips. I love how the hair looks like those frilly old swimming caps and is such a stark contrast! 

Givenchy

Givenchy

Two more creative makeup looks which I loved were Chanel and Dior. Chanel created a perfect base, a little natural pink on the lips, defined the brows, and then used large silver glitter all over the upper eyelash line.  Plus I LOVE the royal blue furry hat from the collection! I’ll be keeping my eyes out for a high street version come the autumn.

Chanel

Chanel

I want that hat!

Dior lined the eyes graphically with a liquid silver liner and then used the most gorgeous smudged in raspberry shade on the lips.

Dior

Dior

I loved these two cute crops, shaggy at Isabel Marant and razor cut straight at Yohji Yamamoto. Which do you prefer?

Isabel Marant

Yohji Yamamoto

More hairstyles I loved were the long side plait at Valentino, which perfectly complimented the fairytale inspired collection. 

Valentino

Valentino

Also, the messy beehive at Loewe, which finished in a low ponytail.

Loewe