For the Sophisticates: Carmen Marc Valvo

The hair and make-up for the Carmen Marc Valvo show was very different from earlier shows that I've attended. In an earlier post I remember writing that being a minimalist for Spring '09 is the way to go. Well Tom Pecheux, lead make-up artist for Carmen Marc Valvo showed that striking dark eyes for Spring is still in and beautiful! "Fashion is back to sexy women," says Pecheux. Pecheux made the face matte except for the lips and eyebrows, and made the eyes dark and dramatic.



Hair coincided with the make-up, very sleek and sophisticated. Odile Gilbert, for Redken, sprayed damp hair with Redken's iron silk 07, due out in November, before straightening. She then pulls the hair back into a tight pony-tail and makes a sleek chignon in the shape of an "O". She secures the chignon with a clamp, and sprays the hair with Redken's forceful 23 to diminish fly-aways.