By Lauren Valenti, Vogue
Since their debut collection for Jil Sander,
husband-and-wife design duo Lucie and Luke Meier have been injecting
the storied fashion house with restrained doses of cool. And for their Spring 2018 runway,
that surge wasn’t just reflected in the clothes—a bevy of crisp white
dresses, relaxed suits, and patchwork-print knits—but also the beauty.
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Hairstylist Eugene Souleiman sent a dizzying array of braids down the runway, each one more intricate than the next. Standouts include the macrame-style, five-strand plait that began at the nape and snaked down the back, as well as the delicate corn rows, trailed by fishtails that came undone from the middle to the ends. The extraordinarily knotted affair, which read as pristine from the front, futuristic from the side, and downright biblical from the back, was a welcomed departure from the polished blow outs, angled bobs and surf-ready updos on display in days past.
Auxiliary beauty ideas also showed up at eye-level. In collaboration with makeup artist Thomas de Kluyver, and inspired by '90s minimalism, the creators served up a subversive alternative to the heavy winged eyes that have dominated the season with thin black slashes that began at the outer corner of the lids and extended downward, parallel to the tail of the brow, like an accent mark for the eyes.
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As a whole, the beauty look, so detailed that it could only truly be marveled at from up close, felt otherworldly if not dystopian, in a Hunger Games or Waterworld kind of way, and proved that this season's It girl's got grit—even in a diaphanous white button-down gown.
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Hairstylist Eugene Souleiman sent a dizzying array of braids down the runway, each one more intricate than the next. Standouts include the macrame-style, five-strand plait that began at the nape and snaked down the back, as well as the delicate corn rows, trailed by fishtails that came undone from the middle to the ends. The extraordinarily knotted affair, which read as pristine from the front, futuristic from the side, and downright biblical from the back, was a welcomed departure from the polished blow outs, angled bobs and surf-ready updos on display in days past.
Auxiliary beauty ideas also showed up at eye-level. In collaboration with makeup artist Thomas de Kluyver, and inspired by '90s minimalism, the creators served up a subversive alternative to the heavy winged eyes that have dominated the season with thin black slashes that began at the outer corner of the lids and extended downward, parallel to the tail of the brow, like an accent mark for the eyes.
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As a whole, the beauty look, so detailed that it could only truly be marveled at from up close, felt otherworldly if not dystopian, in a Hunger Games or Waterworld kind of way, and proved that this season's It girl's got grit—even in a diaphanous white button-down gown.
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