The Best Beauty from New York Fashion Week, According to Vogue Staffers

As another New York Fashion Week comes to an end, we want to give you a peek into the Vogue beauty team’s group chat. This season we were backstage, front row, scoping out street style, and so much more—and these are the beauty looks that we couldn’t stop talking about.

Caribbean Curls at Diotima

“Diotima is always my favorite show each season. Not only because Rachel Scott infuses Caribbean influence into her collection via unexpected fabrics and intricate draping, but also because this style trickles down into the glam. Matriarch was a through-line between it all—a nod to the strong women in our lives, specifically Black and Caribbean. Backstage, pro hairstylist Joey George has Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems’s In Dialogue open as the ultimate reference, filled with portrayals of Black families in the ’80s and ’90s. George took particular interest in one particular Bey image—a woman staring directly at the camera, with her hair appearing to fall out of a roller. ‘The idea was this woman, selfless as she is, is so busy with others that her rollers are falling off as she’s leaving the house,’ he shared backstage. To create this effect for Diotima’s fall 2025 show, he dreamt up a handful of black wigs with sculptural tucked curls at the front and back of the head—slicked and lacquered with Oribe’s Superfine Strong hard-hold hair spray. It has an authenticity to it that I really appreciate. Makeup followed suit: makeup artist Kanako Takase described the look to me as ‘rebellious and confident.’ Taking cues from the burgundies in the collection, Takase utilized Addiction Tokyo’s Foggy Liquid Blush for a burst of soft-matte color on the cheeks. ‘Deep burgundy reflects both beauty and darkness,’ she says. ‘A strong, perhaps even rebellious.’ This color story served as a through-line for nails, as well, Naomi Yasuda opted for sleek manicures in mauvy berry and purple hues via all-over color or a graphic line. Skin was kept natural, eyes remained bare, but glossy—save for a few models with a black rose petal painted onto the lid with eyeliner—a nod to rose motifs in the collection.” — Kiana Murden, senior commerce beauty writer

V for Victory at Anna Sui

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