Alexa Chung at Burberry SS26: ...

For Alexa Chung go to to the Burberry Spring/Summer time ‘26 present at London Style Week, she needed to reference an icon: Lauren Hutton. There’s one thing about Hutton’s look that embodies easy class, suppose stylish NY condo, morning-after hair, and that ‘I wakened like this’ glamour that’s as related now because it was within the seventies. However for Burberry, I needed to present that power a up to date nod: a contact moodier, barely undone, however nonetheless polished and trendy.

The Inspiration: Easy Magnificence, The Lauren Hutton Manner

It’s at all times enjoyable reinterpreting classic muses for a brand new period. Lauren Hutton’s open, pure, and calmly undone magnificence feels as cool on right now’s runways because it did in 70s Vogue. However for a present like Burberry, normally crisp, directional, and a bit rebellious, I felt her make-up ought to have a sharper edge. The reply? Match softness and depth: a narrative informed in gray and brown, two shades that if dealt with poorly might really feel muddy, however executed proper, ultra-modern.

THIS POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS

Eyes: Gray, Graphite, and Sculpted Smoke

Individuals typically shrink back from gray and brown collectively, assuming they’ll conflict or uninteresting one another down. However with make-up, nuance is every part. For Alexa’s eyes, I began by tightlining with a steel-grey pencil, a small element that immediately makes the lash line extra outlined and offers eyes a powerful however not overwhelming body. Subsequent, I constructed outwards utilizing a veil of slate shadow, softly subtle to maintain the temper gentle, earlier than deepening and warming the look with a chocolate brown shade on the outer corners.

TOP TIP: I took the decrease lash line just a few shades deeper, mixing the color barely downwards. The consequence? A sculpted, barely graphic smoulder that’s extra modern-it-girl than 60s icon.

Assertion Lips: Why Brown Has a Second

For the lips, I needed to interrupt away from the apparent crimson or nude, style week is at all times about stretching these boundaries. A darkish taupe pencil gave Alexa’s lips a crisp, outlined edge, which I feathered right into a wealthy tobacco brown by the centre. This immediately felt extra runway than a daytime nude, and introduced a grounded sophistication to the entire face.

TOP TIP: The important thing to avoiding flatness with browns on the lip? Texture. I completed with a dab of moisture within the centre of the lips (any hydrating balm or gentle gloss will do). It’s particulars like this that cease a powerful brown lip from studying too retro or too heavy.

Pores and skin: Balancing Edginess With Radiance

A gray and brown palette can simply tip into wanting stark until the complexion stays brilliant and contemporary. I saved Alexa’s pores and skin glowy and vigorous with a mushy peachy blush brushed over the excessive factors, take into consideration the factors you naturally flush after a brisk stroll and a light-weight veil of highlighter on the tops of the cheekbones, cupid’s bow, and down the nostril.

The Equipment Listing

● Eyes: Dior mono shadow in a deeper brown, applied outer corner + underneath; Slate-grey eyeliner to tightline; Grey eyeshadow washed across lid.
● Master Mattes Eyeshadow Palette: The Neutrals 
● Cheeks: Merit blush for a soft, fresh flush.
● Lips: Rare Beauty for moisture and depth, paired with Anastasia Beverly Hills taupe lip liner.
● Skin: Dior Maximiser Glow Forever, swept across face for a natural radiance.
● Brows: Anastasia Brow Pencil to frame Alexa’s natural shape. 

The completed look summed up what I like most about magnificence for style week: referencing the previous, however rewriting it for proper now. Alexa wore it with that cool, undone Burberry temper.

MORE GET THE LOOKS: Sienna Miller | Cara Delevingne | Suki Waterhouse

© Wendy Rowe. All Rights Reserved.