When Yohji Yamamoto stages his semi-annual women’s runway show in Paris, the result straddles familiarity and unpredictability. A nearly all-black collection? Check. Signature abundant asymmetry and draping that never grows tiresome or out-of-season? Check.
What, then, can complement such complicated yet monochromatic mastery? The answer would be an equally intricate approach to the hair and make-up styling for the show, which began more than four hours prior to the scheduled start. The directives for the make-up:
SKIN – Beautiful. (That was the only word written.)
EYES – Black pencil on eyelash line, top and bottom lightly, and blend out.
![A make-up artist works on a model's eyelids backstage at the Yohji Yamamoto Fall 2019 show in Paris. (photo by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine)](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Yohji-Yamamoto-Backstage-Hair-and-Makeup-Fall-2019-Paris-Fashion-Week_100301_10-1.jpg)
EYEBROWS – Draw the line with CL-25 Steel Gray (Ben Nye).
![The lines are drawn at the Yohji Yamamoto Fall 2019 show in Paris. (photo by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine)](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Yohji-Yamamoto-Backstage-Hair-and-Makeup-Fall-2019-Paris-Fashion-Week_100301_32.jpg)
CHEEKS – Pure white (MAC Paintstick) and wipe off with baby wipe
![Backstage at the Yohji Yamamoto Fall 2019 show in Paris. (photo by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine)](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Yohji-Yamamoto-Backstage-Hair-and-Makeup-Fall-2019-Paris-Fashion-Week_100301_20.jpg)
LIPS – Mix Cadaver Gray (Ben Nye), Death Blue Gray (Ben Nye), CL-25 steel gray (Ben Nye), and wipe off with baby wipe
![Coloring for the lips required a combination of three different types of Ben Nye stage make-up products, painstaking applied with a lip brush in order to achieve a deep dark blue. (photo by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine)](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Yohji-Yamamoto-Backstage-Hair-and-Makeup-Fall-2019-Paris-Fashion-Week_100301_21.jpg)
Hairstyling proved to be more time-consuming, with various multi-colored threads (white, blue, black, gray) knotted and threaded into place, and held together with Wella Professionals products. Each model required two stylists.
![Backstage at the Yohji Yamamoto Fall 2019 show in Paris. (photo by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine)](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Yohji-Yamamoto-Backstage-Hair-and-Makeup-Fall-2019-Paris-Fashion-Week_100301_16.jpg)
In a rare pre-show move for a designer, Yamamoto headed over to the backstage beauty area – which was separate from the changing space at the Grand Palais – to check on preparations. He gave a thumbs-up to and shook the hand of one of the stylists.
![Yohji Yamamoto stands behind a model in the backstage beauty area prior to his Fall 2019 runway show in Paris. (photo by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine)](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Yohji-Yamamoto-Backstage-Hair-and-Makeup-Fall-2019-Paris-Fashion-Week_100301_35.jpg)
Videos: Pre-show backstage hair and make-up, Yohji Yamamoto Fall 2019 – Paris Fashion Week
all videos by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine
Photos: Pre-show backstage hair and make-up, Yohji Yamamoto Fall 2019 – Paris Fashion Week
all photos by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine
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Photos: Yohji Yamamoto Fall 2019 – Paris Fashion Week
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