Hollywood Sparkle Meets Parisian Artistry at Dior Cruise 2027

Reported by Harper's Bazaar.

Jonathan Anderson made his Cruise debut for Dior with the kind of swing that announces intentions clearly: a show staged just after sunset at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's newest wing, Cadillacs flanking the runway, models caught mid-lipstick-touch-up like stills from a forgotten film. The whole thing read like a fever dream of vintage Hollywood filtered through a French couture sensibility — which, according to Harper's Bazaar, was entirely the point.

The beauty direction matched the mood: nothing stiff, nothing overdone. Celebrity stylist Guido Palau led hair that was deliberately loose — wavy, windblown, coiled — a deliberate rejection of the blowout-industrial complex that tends to dominate runway prep. Dior Makeup's creative and image director Peter Philips kept skin as the centerpiece, building what he called a "glorified natural" finish. The process was methodical: eye patches and a conservative amount of Capture Le Sérum (too much reads shiny under lights), followed by Capture Soft Crème and thin-layered coverage using Dior Forever Skin Correct and Dior Forever Skin Glow matched to each model's tone. An underpainting technique with the Backstage Rosy Glow Stick — in Berry, Rosewood, and Pink Lilac — gave the skin warmth without making blush feel like a statement.

The Ghost Lash Gets an Upgrade

Philips leaned into the Ghost Lashes trend by skipping mascara and liner entirely, but the real detail was the Swarovski crystals placed precisely along select models' lash lines — just a few stones extended past the eye, never tipping into wing territory. "Once it becomes a wing, it becomes less conceptual, more showgirl-y," Philips explained. That restraint is what made it land. Shadow from the Diorshow 5 Couleurs palette in Nude Dress, worked into lash roots with a flat brush for subtle definition, did the heavy lifting underneath. Brows were groomed with Diorshow On Set Brow and Diorshow Brow Styler. A spritz of Backstage Air Flash Mist locked everything in place; Lip Maximizer in 001 Pink added an opaque, plumping shine. Nails stayed deliberately quiet — Dior Nail Glow, neutral base, top coat — hands finished with Huile Abricot and Le Baume.

What Anderson built at LACMA wasn't nostalgia — it was a recalibration of glamour, one where the most deliberate choices are the ones you almost miss.

Read the original at Harper's Bazaar.