Fashion Month Is Bringing Romantic Beauty Back

While it’s definitely safe to say that no two beauty looks in different runway shows are totally similar during Fashion Month, there’s certainly a trend that we’ve been noticing since NYFW a few weeks back: While the edgy and the severe are still very much en vogue (just one look at Balmain and Leanne Marshall are enough to prove that point), pretty, romantic beauty is making a major comeback. Which is pretty great, you know, because not all of us can pull off rainbow eyeliner and ’80s-inspired volume.

The return of pretty stands in stark contrast to what we’re now accustomed to when it comes to runway shows. We saw it first at the LC Lauren Conrad show (the first show we went to during Fashion Month), where soft waves, loose ponytails, and milkmaid braids stole the show, and again during Givenchy, where renowned makeup artist Pat McGrath added insane amounts of visual interest to an otherwise bare-faced look with embellished face masks (which would make great pretty Halloween costumes, BTW). Add those to Dior‘s loose, easy ponytails and Lanvin‘s satiny hair bows, and we’ve got ourselves a full-fledged deviation away from the harsh, aggressive beauty looks of yesteryear.

Now, the most recent (and perhaps the most romantic) beauty look debuted during Alexander McQueen‘s Spring 2016 runway show at Paris Fashion Week, which can be found in the top photo of this article. The makeup alone is pretty spectacular, with its near-perfect highlighting job, simple eyes, and pink cheeks, but what we’re really here for is the hair. The soft, almost frizzy waves and small, symmetrical knots make it looks as though it’s a second-day style left over from the night before, and it’s almost certainly something that can be done on just about any hair texture.

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Hair stylist Guido Palau told Vogue that he and McQueen’s lead stylist Sarah Burton wanted to focus on a style that was more "touchable, womanly, [and] real," describing that he chose to look to looser, slept-in looks for inspiration rather than sharp perfection. He also outlined the steps required to recreate the look:

"[You blast] the hair with Redken Windblown spray and then gathering it into romantic spirals using an actual needle and invisible thread. "You know when you’re sewing something on a machine and then you pull the thread and the whole thing ruches? That’s what we’re doing to the hair."

On the runway, the look is the perfect complement to the always pristine, edgy-romantic-chic looks that we’ve come to expect from McQueen over the years. But off, it’s simply a wash of natural-looking makeup and a half-pulled back hairstyle with a fuzzy texture, a.k.a. the perfect day-to-night look.

The return to legitimately "pretty" beauty and a kind of wearable elegance really speaks to the new direction in which the fashion world at large seems to be heading, even despite the growing prominence of menswear and androgynous style (both of which are to be admired and have their rightful place in the fashion world, too). As much as I love sharper, harsher looks on the runway, they really aren’t easy to achieve in the real world—they require an immense amount of technical skill, and while they look pretty awesome paired with an organza gown or a Powerpuff Girl-printed jumpsuit, they hardly translate into the t-shirt-and-jeans style that so many women have. The fashion and beauty industries are slowly but surely becoming more accessible, bringing the newbies up to the same level as the professionals. It is, in short, a sign that the fashion world might just be becoming a bit more welcoming overall.

That said, I’m not so sure how well I’d do if I tried to sew my hair up. I’m pretty sure I’d end up with a needle poking out of my skull, but hey, at least it’d make a good story for the grandkids.

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