Marchesa for Le Metier de Beaute Fall 2010

After teaming up with Le Métier de Beauté for their Fall show back in February, Marchesa designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig are debuting a limited-edition makeup collection for the brand that will hit shelves in September.

La Lune Palette ($65.00)
Custom-crafted by Georgina Chapman, a quintet of dramatically bold colors brings Georgina’s signature smoky-eyed feminine look to your fingertips. This diminutive, credit card-sized palette contains everything you need to design an array of smoldering looks.

Translucent Pressed Powder
Concealer
Lip Gloss: La Cerise Noir
Crème Blush: La Peche
Eye Shadow: Le Minuit

Le Soleil Palette ($65.00)
Hand-crafted by Keren Craig, this collection of gorgeous, warm hues creates a beautiful bronzed look not to be ignored. This petite palette contains everything you need to make this sun-kissed look your own.

Bronzer
Concealer
Lip Gloss: Le Caramel
Crème Blush: La Rougeur
Eye Shadow: Le Fauve

Double Entendre Lip Gloss ($38.00)
Four dual-ended lip glosses, eight total shades, infinite bespoke color combinations. Pairing the signature creamy coverage of Le Métier de Beauté’s Lip Crème Lip Gloss with the incomparable, silky slip of Sheer Brilliance Lip Gloss, Double Entendre Lip Gloss brings new meaning to the perfect partnership. Enriched with emollients and antioxidants for beautiful, supple lips, wear alone or custom-blend your perfect pout.

La Figue/La Raisin A creamy combination of plum and shimmering neutral
La Feu/La Glace Radiant red balanced with a lush mauve
L’embrasse/Le Passion A unity between a bittersweet chocolate and blushing bronze
La Rouge/La Nue A shimmering nude matched by a golden raspberry hue

THE PENS
Precision application, multi-tasking formulas, long-lasting results, Marchesa for Le Métier de Beauté’s Sheer Illumination Pens highlight, contour and conceal depending upon your beauty needs. Formulated to give a lift to the eye area, our special pens include ingredients that will nourish and calm the eye area:

Cucumber extract cools and alleviates puffiness
Mango extract is used as an astringent and tightening agent
Papaya extract softens the skin and has been called “a natural face lift”
Goldenseal and Juniper are used for their toning qualities
Echinacea and aloe are used for their healing properties
Vitamin E, a natural antioxidant, keeps the tender eye area moist and refreshed
Convenient brush-on formula is ideal for touch-ups

Sheer Illumination Highlighter ($48.00)
The ingenious Sheer Illumination Highlighter works instantly to highlight and contour in an ever- flattering sheer golden shade. Ideal anytime of day or evening, on bare skin, with powder, under or over foundation, this beauty essential brings instant luminosity wherever you want it.

Sheer Illumination Brightener ($48.00)
Look refreshed and revived in an instant. Sheer Illumination Brightener’s liquid to powder formula lightly conceals while brightening. Redness is reduced, dark circles diminished and your total look revived and refreshed.

"Each season, Keren Craig and I introduce a new collection, but with the
classic and consistent signature that is Marchesa – we transport our customers
back to a time when luxury fashion meant the best in tailoring, design, fabric,
etc. When it came to launching a cosmetics collection, we wanted to do the same
and we found immediately that Le Métier de Beauté shared these same core
values," says Georgina Chapman.

"The Collection takes the
unparalleled textures and formulas Le Métier de Beauté is known for and
transfixes them with the essence of Marchesa," says Joanna Vorachek Austin,
president of Le Métier de Beauté. "From the sleek packaging and the
innovative formulas to the flawless application, the Marchesa for Le Métier de
Beauté collaboration brings the best of both brands to the forefront of
luxury."

After six years designing gorgeous dresses for the Hollywood set, why try your hands at makeup?
GC/KC: When creating the collections for our shows, we always found that makeup played an integral part in the completion of the overall look and feel of the season. It was important for us that our makeup line reflect the same level of craftsmanship synonymous with Marchesa, and Le Métier was the ideal partner for this. We had always loved their products, both for their fantastic quality as well as their unique aesthetic appeal.

How did you arrive at the range in its final incarnation?
We really just opened up our own makeup bags and decided which items we couldn’t live without. Once we decided on what these basics were, we spent hours trying on an endless rainbow of colors and finishes to develop palettes that would work for a broad range of looks as well as day-to-day coverage. We decided on these particular combos because they worked for all our beauty needs.

As far as the general inspiration for the new line, what was your main goal with the palettes, the lip duos, and the pens?
We have very chaotic schedules that require us to consistently get ready on the go, so our ideal product was one that could encompass everything you needed for a complete look (concealer/powder/shadow/lip) in one slim, easy-to-carry package. The slim palettes, highlighting pens, and lip duos are so compact that they can come with you anywhere you go, and the colors are perfect for creating both day and night looks. You can literally be ready at a moment’s notice and still have time to spare to pick out your outfit—what more could we ask for?!