NARS X STEVEN KLEIN IS A SEXY, WEIRD NIGHTMARE
Last night, on a Tuesday, François Nars threw what we're already calling one of the best parties of the year—and in Yonkers, of all places. Models, socialites and designers made the trek out of the city to celebrate Nars' and famed photographer Steven Klein's 23-piece holiday makeup collection, which is every bit as strange, goth and sexy as you'd imagine it to be.
The party was held at Alder Mansion, where guests explored rooms filled with whips, guns and bondage ropes, male models in drag and television screens showing a bejeweled Juliette Lewis rifling through a medicine cabinet—basically, imagine SNL's Stefon describing the hottest club and multiply the craziness by 10.
"Knowing Steven and his work, I thought, let's do a collection around his art, because photography really is an art," François Nars, whose previous collections have included Guy Bourdin and Andy Warhol, told WWD. "And I felt like he deserved to be recognized more, and I think the combination of having makeup around him was a good idea.
It isn't necessarily an expected one. You don't look at his images and instantly think about makeup. When he was first approached about the collaboration, he responded right away.
I think it was unexpected for him, and we both realized this idea was something very different. I choose artists that don't compromise—that is key. They don't have any boundaries or limits to their work, they follow their instincts and are true to themselves."
Images of the products have yet to be released, but we got a sneak peek at the plum lipstick, ultra metallic shadows and rich orange Multiple, and promise they're worth adding to your collection this fall.
