Estee Lauder & Derek Lam Spring 2013 Show
If you’re obsessed with New York Fashion Week, then you probably caught the Derek Lam show this past Sunday, September 9, 2012. His bold cuts, prints, and colors were complimented by the beauty of course. It was all courtesy of Estee Lauder for the sixth consecutive season.
15 makeup artists where led by Estée Lauder’s Creative Makeup Director Tom Pecheux. They created a fresh spring look on 30 models. Jin Soon Choi, a famous manicurist, and her team polished their nails with NEW Estée Lauder Pure Color Nail Lacquer in So Vain (launching March 2013).
Take a look below and then check out the Q&A with Tom Pecheux. I also have a list of all the products they used for this look!
QA with Tom Pecheux-Backstage at the Derek Lam Spring 2013 Show
How would you describe the make-up look for this show?
Very feminine, very elegant, but very discreet. It’s very pastel, I will call it, “aqua color”. You discover the subtle color, the subtle shimmer, little by little. It’s a make-up for a woman who is very self confident, who likes to be made up, who likes to be sophisticated, who is playful, but also who likes to be discreet.
How did the clothing influence the look?
When you are a makeup artist and you work for a fashion show, of course you work with a designer, the most important things are the clothes, but at the end it’s women who are wearing the clothes, so the overall look is important. Clothes, hair, make-up, accessories and since for this season the collection is very luxurious and colorful, it was important to keep the makeup in the same mood but in a very subtle and gentle way. I didn’t want the woman to become too colorful, too playful, too much. We like elegance, we don’t like to “show off.”
Would you say it’s an understated look?
The look is pretty minimal. What you see looks minimal, but the work is not and that’s because we work on every part of the face. The only thing we didn’t use, which most women do, is mascara. Everything else is there. Skin care, foundation, concealer, lipstick, shimmer, contour, eyebrow, eye-shadow – so the result looks minimal, but the work is not.
How long have you been working with Derek?
For about 10 years.
What is it like to work with him?
It is getting better and better because we have become good friends outside of work. We know each other and we understand each other, and he makes it very easy. You know when you are close to people, you can speak truly: “I like, I don’t like, I think it’s not quite there yet”. When you like people, you want to please the people you work with and we are both very happy to work together. And of course, if I can help Derek in any way to make his woman more beautiful and to complete his collection I am thrilled to be there.
So there is a lot of trust?
Yes.
How does it work with Derek? How much direction does he tend to give you?
Derek always appears very serene. He is very quiet. So he delivers alot without talking a lot. The words he chooses are always very sharp and very neat. Also his collection is very sharp and very neat. When clothes say a lot, the designer does not have to say a lot. He generally doesn’t tell me anything specific, more like a mood, the type of woman he would like to see on the runway. We communicate very well because we know each other very well. That is the beauty of working with somebody that you trust and that you know, but who still every time surprises you. Every collection with Derek is a surprise – the fabrics he uses, the way he shapes them and the woman he creates. He reinvents himself every season, but at the end it’s a Derek Lam woman. Even if the collections are different each season.
Can you talk about the different products you were using?
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