Lancôme unveils its latest beauty collaboration: celebrity makeup artist, Gucci Westman.
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In a lavishly furnished room, surrounded by historical paintings of the British navy defeating the French, Gucci Westman settles into a plush antique sofa, ready to unveil her latest makeup collection for Lancôme. The launch of Rose Mystère, which was held at Brocket Hall -- a posh estate just north of London -- was the perfect venue to set the mood for her English-countryside-inspired line.
"I'm very influenced by landscape and atmosphere," explains Westman, who has been Lancôme's international artistic director for almost two years. "Even driving up to this estate affects you. It's so dramatic." The New York-based celebrity makeup artist says she chose the 255-year-old manor because the setting reminded her of the film Gosford Park. "I loved the colour harmonies -- not from the makeup, but from the sets, the furniture and the fashions. They were so beautiful." Sojourns at Blakes, one of London's more theatrical boutique hotels, as well as weekends in the Oscar Wilde suite at L'Hôtel in Paris also influenced Westman's decision to focus on the romantic and moody shades of violet, rose and grey.
