Black Lippies Appearance at YSL Fall 2008 Runway

From Interview Magazine....

TOM PECHEUX: I arrived the day of the fitting. Stefano and Julien had been talking about the show and that they had this great idea about the wigs. My first idea about the makeup was not at all the black lips we ended up with. I'm French and I have the background of Saint Laurent and Mr. [Helmut] Newton shooting the campaigns for Saint Laurent. So for me it was either pale lips or red-matte lips. But Julien put the wigs on and I was like, "Oh, no, the red lips are going to be too Saint Laurent from before. And the pale lips are going to look almost like death."

JD: The idea was like wearing black ink, like a painting or a drawing. With the white skin-it was amazing.

TP: It was definitely not a pretty look; it was a powerful look. The girls got very excited backstage while doing hair and makeup. They felt unique. But at the same time, they looked like robots.

AT: Like from a Fritz Lang movie or something.

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