The general process for this post was to try to write something, immediately get overwhelmed and move on to something else. Hence why it took me 5 years to come up with anything on NARS's holiday 2017 collection, which featured... Read more →
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Flowers get a bad rap for being predictably present in every spring collection, but I can't complain, especially when they're as gorgeous as the ones gracing the packaging for NARS's collaboration with London-based fashion designer Erdem Moralioglu. I must say... Read more →
I'm cramming in one more holiday collection before 2017 arrives! While still not as impressive (in my opinion) as 2012's Warhol collection, this year's holiday offering from NARS is a considerable improvement over previous years. Mr. Nars teamed up with... Read more →
Teaming up with an illustrator rather than a photographer was quite a refreshing change of pace for NARS. For their summer collection the brand collaborated with Greek artist Konstantin Kakanias to create a collection inspired by a weekend getaway to... Read more →
It's just a regular Orgasm blush with a stupid cheap printed plastic overlay...it's still the same pinky-gold cult favorite as before! But it's got a new box! I want it I want it I want it I want it I... Read more →
Welp. This is what I get for not thoroughly researching an artist before purchasing things from a makeup collection they worked on. I was initially excited for Nars' collaboration with fashion photographer Steven Klein, thinking that it would be a... Read more →
I came across this promo image for new NARS nail polish line and couldn't take my eyes off it. A variety of beautiful colors languidly streaming downwards...where have I seen this before? (image from product-girl.com) Aha! I remember being struck... Read more →
Guy Bourdin and NARS
October 29, 2013
Um, wow. I was pretty excited for the latest NARS collaboration with fashion photographer Guy Bourdin...until I actually started looking at his portfolio. As a feminist I found it troubling, to say the least. As someone who enjoys art and... Read more →
This was a nice little surprise for spring - a collaboration between high-end French shoe designer Pierre Hardy and NARS. In my shoe-buying fantasies I'm more of a Louboutin/Prada girl, but I do appreciate the architectural, geometric quality of Hardy's... Read more →
You didn't think the NARS/Warhol madness was over at the Makeup Museum, did you? How silly! Because this collection is so extraordinary and to tide myself over until I can launch the holiday 2012/winter 2013 exhibition in late December, I'm... Read more →