For Alexa Chung go to to the Burberry Spring/Summer time ‘26 present at London Style Week, she needed to reference an icon: Lauren Hutton. There’s one thing about Hutton’s look that embodies easy magnificence, assume stylish NY condominium, morning-after hair, and that ‘I wakened like this’ glamour that’s as related now because it was within the seventies. However for Burberry, I needed to present that vitality a recent nod: a contact moodier, barely undone, however nonetheless polished and fashionable.
The Inspiration: Easy Class, The Lauren Hutton Approach
It’s at all times enjoyable reinterpreting classic muses for a brand new period. Lauren Hutton’s open, pure, and frivolously undone magnificence feels as cool on in the present day’s runways because it did in 70s Vogue. However for a present like Burberry, normally crisp, directional, and a bit rebellious, I felt her make-up ought to have a sharper edge. The reply? Match softness and depth: a narrative informed in gray and brown, two shades that if dealt with poorly might really feel muddy, however performed proper, ultra-modern.
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Eyes: Gray, Graphite, and Sculpted Smoke
Folks generally shrink back from gray and brown collectively, assuming they’ll conflict or uninteresting one another down. However with make-up, nuance is every part. For Alexa’s eyes, I began by tightlining with a steel-grey pencil, a small element that immediately makes the lash line extra outlined and provides eyes a robust however not overwhelming body. Subsequent, I constructed outwards utilizing a veil of slate shadow, softly subtle to maintain the temper mild, earlier than deepening and warming the look with a chocolate brown shade on the outer corners.
TOP TIP: I took the decrease lash line a number of shades deeper, mixing the color barely downwards. The end result? A sculpted, barely graphic smoulder that’s extra modern-it-girl than 60s icon.
Assertion Lips: Why Brown Has a Second
For the lips, I needed to interrupt away from the apparent pink or nude, style week is at all times about stretching these boundaries. A darkish taupe pencil gave Alexa’s lips a crisp, outlined edge, which I feathered right into a wealthy tobacco brown by means of the centre. This immediately felt extra runway than a daytime nude, and introduced a grounded sophistication to the entire face.
TOP TIP: The important thing to avoiding flatness with browns on the lip? Texture. I completed with a dab of moisture within the centre of the lips (any hydrating balm or mild gloss will do). It’s particulars like this that cease a robust brown lip from studying too retro or too heavy.
Pores and skin: Balancing Edginess With Radiance
A gray and brown palette can simply tip into wanting stark except the complexion stays vivid and contemporary. I stored Alexa’s pores and skin glowy and vigorous with a mushy peachy blush brushed over the excessive factors, take into consideration the factors you naturally flush after a brisk stroll and a lightweight veil of highlighter on the tops of the cheekbones, cupid’s bow, and down the nostril.
The Package Listing
● Eyes: Dior mono shadow in a deeper brown, utilized outer nook + beneath; Slate-grey eyeliner to tightline; Gray eyeshadow washed throughout lid.
● Grasp Mattes Eyeshadow Palette: The Neutrals
● Cheeks: Benefit blush for a mushy, contemporary flush.
● Lips: Uncommon Magnificence for moisture and depth, paired with Anastasia Beverly Hills taupe lip liner.
● Pores and skin: Dior Maximiser Glow Without end, swept throughout face for a pure radiance.
● Brows: Anastasia Forehead Pencil to border Alexa’s pure form.
The completed look summed up what I like most about magnificence for style week: referencing the previous, however rewriting it for proper now. Alexa wore it with that cool, undone Burberry temper.
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