With an abundance of smokey eyes, burgundy lips and crazy hairstyles (think Giovanna Battalia’s safety-pinned hair), celebrities yesterday fully embraced The Costume Institute Gala’s 2013 theme – Punk: Chaos to Couture.
Held at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the event is dubbed as fashion’s night of nights, but it was the punk beauty looks that were taking centre stage.
Three of the stand-out make-up looks on the night were Katie Holmes’ dark smokey eye, Jessica Biel’s androgynous beauty style and Cara Delevingne's smouldering eyes and bold brows.
(NZ) make-up director Genevieve Herr decided to go with a strong smokey eye to complement Holmes’ white halter neck dress and pompadour hairstyle.
Katie’s MET Gala makeup was a departure from her natural look. We took the traditional punk look of black eyes and white lips and modernised it by combining metallic shadow with black liner and lots of black mascara to create a winged smoked out eye, and finished the look with a bit of pale pink blush and a beige lip. Pretty in Punk,” says Herr.
Celebrity make-up artist Kayleen McAdams used to create a striking androgynous look on Biel.
The look I created for Jessica Biel was influenced by Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith. They always walked the perfect line between masculine and feminine and I wanted her make-up to have that same feel. As soon as I saw the amazing trousers she was wearing, I knew I wanted to emphasise the androgynous aspect of the punk movement,” says McAdams.
Anthony Campbell did an amazing job with her hair, and by pulling all the hair back it really showed off Jessica's bone structure. I then focused on playing that up with even more obvious contouring on her cheeks, eyes, lips and brows.”
Burberry Beauty make-up artist Wendy Rowe created a smouldering look for Delevingne to complement her faux side-shaved hairstyle. Key products used to get the look included the Light Glow Natural Blush in Earthy Blush, Effortless Mascara in Midnight Black, Eye Definer in Midnight Black, Complete Eye Palette in Smokey Grey, Lip Cover in Nude Cashmere and Lip Glow in Nude Rose.
