On the final stop of the spring/summer 2025 season, Paris fashion week rang in a number of viral moments. This included looks and shows which shared the same weight. Mugler, for one, channeled the ‘90s with a sliced-up angular curtain bang.
Then, Acne Studios turned wigs into twisted pixies while Junya Watanabe presented sci-fi -inspired makeup. Below, ESSENCE breaks down the top beauty moments from the Paris Fashion Week runways. Last season, Pat McGrath’s career-defining porcelain skin at took the cake for the most iconic fashion week beauty moment, arguably, in history.
However, for spring/summer 2025, Mugler pulled off an equally fantastical moment— digging up archival beauty references to celebrate the house’s darkly dramatic 50th anniversary. In front of (and on) Cardi B, striking curtain bangs by wigmaker went viral for their sliced, vision-shielding sheathes of hair. The hair pieces, which evolved from their of season’s past, turning wigs into an updated re-interpretation of the fashion codes they’re known for.
At Junya Watanabe, the sci-fi/thriller film prompted makeup artist to turn models into a robot-human hybrid, adding to the twisted fantasies of Paris fashion week. “We’re creating a perfect effect, almost mask-like shape around the face, black contact lenses, sculpted out, getting rid of the eyebrows,” of the look that was finished with lilac highlight (using the color “Sweat” from Isamaya Beauty’s ). On the hair, shiny, asymmetrical bal.
