There was a small alcove established next to key makeup artist Dick Page's station where the occasional cackle and profanity could be heard—from across the room. The photographers were avoiding it, out of respect, and many a beauty editor stood idly by, feigning interest in the technique of a nearby hair stylist with one ear firmly cocked in the direction of the conversation.
Michael Kors, it should be recognized, does not just cast the new and up-and-coming models for his shows (though, as mentioned, there were plenty of those to be seen). He also employs a couple of casual old friends, who—along with Michael's own rise to fame—have been established as bona-fide beauty icons. Perched in Page's chair, for example, was the 90s supermodel Carolyn Murphy. Beside her, hamming it up, was the inimitable Karen Elson, whose fiery red hair could be spotted from a mile away.
Page was dusting a bit of Kors's new bronzer under Carolyn's cheekbones while she watched intently in the mirror. "This is the senior citizen section," Page joked. "We're certainly not 20, are we?" Carolyn asked Karen, who laughed out loud.
"No, we need special attention, which is why we're waiting for Dick," she responded.
Page handed Carolyn an eyelash curler, which she adroitly set to the base of her lashes, while Karen sidled up next to the makeup artist.
"Can you do my brows, Dicky?" she said sweetly, before turning to the audience that had gathered. "Dick really knows how to do eyebrows for redheads. We gingers can be so difficult! Sometimes I get them done and they're too harsh or too brown. They're just never the right color!
Page nodded in agreement, producing a pot of cream eyeshadow and an angled brush. "Redheads need extra attention in the brow area," he said. "There needs to be definition without it being too obvious."
Luckily for Karen, he introduced her to Shiseido's Cream Eye Color in Leather, a warm reddish brown that the supermodel has since adopted into her own routine.
Page instructed, "This color is just red enough without being too red. A lot of traditional brow products for redheads have beige or grey undertones, which doesn't look natural. That's why I prefer to use rust-colored eyeshadows like this one."
Page first taught Karen how to fill in her brows back in the day. Backstage, he used quick, light, feathery strokes with a brush, and then combed through with a spooly to avoid product buildup.
Normally, all the girls on the runways are designed to look the same. But the strong, arched Michael Kors brow wasn't exactly right for Karen. Instead of it looking natural and chic (like on the brunettes), it could look too severe. "These are perfect," she said to her reflection, smiling and flexing her arches. "The ginger brows...I love them!"
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