The eyes have it, or so they say, and it is certainly true for fall 2015. Glamorous, feline, trashy or gothic... All eyes were on the peepers during the Autumn/Winter 2015 shows.
Saint Laurent was the talk of Paris after Hedi Slimane sent models down the runway sporting exaggeratedly blocked-out liner that almost reached the eyebrows. The look was graphic, angular, highvoltage grunge, but above all it was bold and striking. So as women can recreate the look, Yves Saint Laurent Beauty is launching the collection Pretty Metal, a rocky, neo-grunge line based on a dark palette of blacks and metallic tones, as in the Couture Palette.
Elsewhere on the catwalks Fendi put its own modern, geometric twist on the cat eye by making it straight and masculine, while Oscar de la Renta kept things fluid and elegant.
Chanel opted for a bold but pretty aesthetic. Models at the show wore the house’s new Exclusive Creation eyeshadow in Entrelacs, launched this summer, defined with Ombre Essentielle in Midnight.
In summary, the perfect cat eye for this fall is geometric, bold, and a little messy.
However, earthy shades are also bang on trend for fall 2015. Soft eggplant hues stole the show at Burberry Prorsum AW15, where the look was dreamy and romantic. Chanel has also just revealed its new makeup collection Les Automnales, a series of soft hues based on the natural colours of the season, with muted tones illuminated by shimmering touches of gold, bronze or copper, evocative of the plays of light cast by rays of sunlight on tree branches.
Eventually, Paul & Joe offers an even subtler vibe with the new Café Parisien collection, which launches in September and features a series of soft latte shades.
