Why Michael Kors’s Convertible Hair and Sun-Kissed Skin is Made for an Epic Road Trip

If there’s one beauty product that encapsulates the Michael Kors aesthetic, it’s bronzer. “It’s just part of his way of seeing things,” explained makeup artist Dick Page backstage this morning at the Spring 2016 show, where he was burnishing models’ cheeks with a variation on the signature Kors glow. “Sometimes we go glossy and beachy; sometimes we go more desert-y,” Page said of today’s Southwest-inspired look, which called to mind “road trips that are made out of money.” (After all, Kors and luxury are virtually synonymous; in this case, the destination might well be Utah’s Amangiri spa, Page noted.)

Fittingly for a girl on a desert drive, the makeup was glamorously pared down: matte skin; a bit of gloss around the eyes and on the lips; and Kors’s Sporty bronzer in Glow, swirled with loose powder “to diffuse it so it opens up,” said Page. The hint of warmth is undeniably flattering on early risers at this point of Fashion Week, he added: “Bronzer is a friend—a little color will pick things up.” The alabaster-skinned British model Erin O’Connor, who flew in for the show last night, agreed: “I came in gray, and I came out of the chair glowing and healthy, so who can complain about that when I’m combating jet lag?”

Across the room, hairstylist Orlando Pita was kicking the look into overdrive, raking a model’s hair across her forehead for a windswept effect; in back, he twisted three-quarters of the lengths into a haphazard knot, securing it with an overscale amber hairpin. “She’s an outdoorsy girl; she’s in convertibles,” Pita explained, teasing out a few strands, “so they fly when she’s on the runway. It’s more like an accidental beauty.”

Model Imaan Hammam knows that top-down, wind-in-the-air feeling well: This summer she and her boyfriend rented a Mustang convertible for an impromptu road trip from L.A. to Arizona. “My family is from the desert in Morocco, so it felt so good to be there; it felt like home,” said Hammam as a blow-dryer whipped through her curls. Near a town called Bisbee, the two met up with friends for a night hike to their campsite. “It was kind of scary, because there were snakes and cactuses everywhere,” she recalled, “but the stars were amazing.” Here’s to more Wild West adventures ahead.

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