At the 3.1 Phillip Lim show last night, stylist Odile Gilbert was fitting all the models with custom snipped, mushroom-shaped wigs. Well, not all the models — show opener Tao Okamoto was left wig-free. That’s because the Japanese stunner was Lim’s beauty inspiration for last night’s show.
Gilbert and Nars’s lead makeup artist, Ayako, both confirmed that Lim was so taken with Okamoto’s now signature cut, he told her not to be surprised when she showed up backstage to see all the models looking just like her.
I know we hear the model-as-muse story all the time, but I can’t help but smile when I see a unique and gorgeous look like Okamoto’s adapted into a runway-ready look.
–MEGAN MCINTYRE