Marking an important moment in the fashion house’s 80-year history, Celine charted its first foray into the world of make-up last year, launching a single shade of the perfect-red lipstick, 'Rouge Triomphe'.
Now, the iconic French fashion house is expanding its beauty offering once more. The 'Le Rouge Celine' lipstick collection has been unveiled in Harrods featuring 15 satin-finish hues, from classic nudes ('la peau nue') to deep burgundy reds, all of which will launch globally next week.
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Celine Beauté was first teased in a short film, 'La Collection de l'Arc de Triomphe', created by former artistic and image director Hedi Slimane, which depicted scenes of Parisian landmarks, from La Salle Pleyel to Le Musée Bourdelle, and saw models resplendent in Sixties-inspired fashion. Among the new collection of baker boy caps and mini suits were glimmers of a bold red lipstick, a perfume and brushes, and subtle beauty references throughout, which have since been confirmed as the debut make-up line.
Following Celine’s Haute Parfumerie collection, which was reintroduced to great fanfare in 2019, this move marks the brand’s first entry into make-up. Aside from lipstick - and just to keep us on our toes - Celine will also be drip feeding new categories within its make-up collection each season and will comprise of everything from lip balms and mascaras, eyeliners to pencils, and even nail polish.
As for the lipstick collection, you can expect the same stylish nuances that run throughout the famed Triomphe accessories. Embossed with the maison’s couture monogram, and instilled with Slimane's instinctive design ethos, these lipsticks have been created as both wearable art and efficacious, performance-driven products.
Aesthetically speaking, there's the jewel case in gold metal inspired by haute couture fabrics and art deco, meanwhile, the formulas offer a smooth satin-like finish and have been enriched with nourishing ingredients as well as Slimane's new olfactory style (which is central to the haute perfumerie collection), and feature an accord of rose and rice powder.
Celine is far from the only fashion house setting its sights on the world of beauty. Last year alone, Paco Rabanne and Burberry entered into a new beauty realm, while the previous year Prada Beauty debuted a collection of AI-driven foundations, eye quads and couture lipsticks.
There is both commercial and creative gain from entering into the beauty arena, so pivoting into make-up makes sense for the fashion giants aiming to bring style and innovation to our beauty bags.
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Amelia Bell is the Multiplatform Beauty Director for ELLE UK and Harper’s Bazaar, developing beauty strategy, writing, editing, and commissioning, and leading beauty content across both sites. Amelia has a particular interest in wellness and longevity, exploring the skin-mind connection, and decoding the latest treatments, tweakments and runway trends. She also has bylines for Women's Health, Refinery29, British Vogue, Harrods Magazine, and more.
