Nars celebrates 15th anniversary… with a book
Daily News | Emily O'Brien | October 9, 2009
François Nars, founder and creative director of the beauty brand that bears his name, is celebrating the company’s 15th anniversary with a new book.
Combining two of his favourite things, beauty products and photography, the book, named ‘15×15′, features portraits of 15 famous faces – including Marc Jacobs, Naomi Campbell, Isabella Rossellini, Daphne Guinness and Amber Valleta – clad in classic Nars products
With each image created to represent an iconic image or person, Nars did both the make-up and the photography for the 15th anniversary book himself.
“When you do something for 15 years, you want to do something fun but still a nice piece of work. Plus, the Nars brand people wanted me to do something to remind people I’m still here,” Nars told WWD.
Browsing through the images – all of which are brilliantly creative – our favourite has to be the Marc Jacob’s portrait, which sees the designer pose in false lashes, red lipstick, tomato-red nails and cartoon-esque tattoo drawings in the Richard Avedon inspired shoot.
“There’s something different on every page,” said Nars, who’s beauty products are a hit with many A-listers, including America Ferrera and model Nina Malone. “You don’t get bored.”
As ‘15×15′ is set to sell from mid-November for 30 days only at 15×15project.com, it’s also hoped the book will raise brand awareness.
We reckon it’ll do that alright; what a novel notion.
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