Gucci lipstick, anyone? Alessandro Michele channels his quirky vision into make-up

Alessandro Michele fans, you’re in for a treat: Gucci is diving into the beauty pool with new lipstick collections.

Gucci’s creative director is a tour de force who has taken over runways with his quirky designs and has set his sights on putting his mark on women’s lips.

“Make-up is something poetic and fleeting that you can add to your face, changing or highlighting something about yourself,” says Michele.

“I find it an almost magical language, strongly linked to the other details I use for the expression of the self, such as jewellery and a hairstyle.

“Of all these aspects needed to emphasise or underline an aspect of ourselves, make-up is the most immediate and the oldest way, making it the most fascinating.”

As with all things Gucci, there is no shortage of glamour, and Michele looked to the silver screen stars of Hollywood’s golden age – Jean Harlow, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo and Maureen O’Hara – for inspiration.

“Lipstick is the most beautiful object you can find inside a handbag,” he says. “It is the most fascinating because it has always had a beautiful scent – we made Gucci lipsticks perfumed with violet.

“Lipstick is a playful object because it recalls crayons that children colour with. Lipstick also symbolises the world of cinema, and all of the famous lips from Hollywood.”

The collections are set apart by their textures – balm, satin and sheer – and come in three, 18 and 36 shades respectively.

This is only the first chapter of Gucci’s foray into the cosmetics world. Stay tuned for more.

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