If the beauty look at Chanel seems familiar to you, then you can definitely recite all the words to the theme song from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The askew caps done in graphic prints, the heavy pink blush, the sideways ponytail secured with a charm bobble—it was the look in 1994, and it's trending again now.
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The theme for the Chanel spring 2017 runway show was Data Center Chanel. Models walked through giant server rooms as they made their way down the runway. Some models were even dressed as robots; their helmets looked as if a Stormtrooper had mated with a member of Daft Punk (apparently they were dubbed Robo Coco, which is truly hilarious). Chanel clearly wanted to go back to the future by referencing the excitement and simplicity of the 1990s tech boom. The world today may be going wireless, but colorful wires were seen all over the show. Some were even designed in Chanel's iconic double c logo.
This playful mix of past-meets-future technology was clearly what inspired hairstylist Sam McKnight and makeup artist Tom Pecheux. The hair was fastened in a low side ponytail with a neon hair bauble covered in plastic Chanel charms. It looked exactly like something I would have worn in the early '90s except, you know, it was Chanel. Some of the sideways caps were even adorned with flower pins. They looked as if they were ripped right from a scene out of Clarissa Explains It All (look below to jog your memory).
The lips were covered in a bright pink glossy lipstick that matched a similar shade of blush traced across the cheekbones, up toward the temples, and to the eyes. It was a nod to draping, the heavy-handed blush technique popularized in the '80s and '90s. This isn't the first show we've seen reference draping this season (just last night, makeup artist Linda Cantello used it at Emporio Armani). Get your blush brushes ready: you're going to need them in a big way come next spring.
We'll happily walk down memory lane when it comes to beauty, especially when it gets the Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel, McKnight, and Pecheux stamp of approval. Just as long as they don't make us go back to a world with AOL dial-up, too.
