The Haute Couture Show Beauty Looks That’ll Make You Do A Double Take

With its breathtaking handmade gowns and celebrity-stacked front rows, Haute Couture Week is the exact type of spectacle that will jolt you from your mid-winter blues. Taking place bi-annually in Paris, ateliers like Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, and Chanel show their boldest, dreamiest, and most jaw-dropping collections where no details are spared when creating each piece. But the fantasy never stops at the clothing. Case in point: Dame Pat McGrath’s viral glass skin mask was born on the Maison Margiela Artisanal runway last year. As such, the Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025 beauty looks are ripe with mood board-worthy material.

For S/S’25 Haute Couture season, the overarching theme so far is classic with a dose of edge. At Christian Dior, both the hair and makeup had a punk element to it. The models’ spiky full brows were paired with braided updos complete with fanned-out feather Mohawks. Gold is another popular motif, with McGrath giving models glimmering bronzed skin at Schiaparelli.

Below, you’ll find all of the must-see hair and makeup moments from the Haute Couture S/S ‘25 runways. It’s only a matter of time before they inspire red carpet looks and internet beauty trends.

Jean Paul Gaultier

The models at Jean Paul Gaultier channeled shipwrecked mermaids with their wet-look tendrils, bronze eyeshadow, and moist skin accessorized with a face net.

Zuhair Murad

If your hair bow is starting to feel a little stale, Zuhair Murad has presented a new way to wear the beloved hair accessory. In addition to adding one at the base of your pony, put a ribbon on the tail, too.

Elie Saab

Move over slicked-back buns – Elie Saab is making a case for sculpted beehive updos. The glamorous style is an icon of the swinging ‘60s, including the blunt clip-in bangs the models wore.

Giorgio Armani Privé

The early 2000s might be the most influential decade in fashion and beauty right now, but Armani’s latest couture collection makes a case for looking to the roaring ‘20s for makeup inspiration. The models wore silver smoky eyes that were diffused into dramatic wings.

Chanel

French girl beauty staples were given a 2025 twist on the Chanel Haute Couture runway. Makeup artist Lisa Butler slightly sculpted models’ cheeks with blush then gave them various iterations of a red lip. The three different hues she used included Chanel’s 31 Le Rouge Mat in 21 Rouge Rencontre and Rouge Allure Velvet in 449 Sophistiquée and sensuelle. For hair, James Pecis created S waves using various sizes of irons to give the look movement and that elusive effortlessness Parisians are known for. One model was given bangs, and naturally, Françoise Hardy was on the mood board. The key products in his kit included Blu & Green’s soon-to-launch Dry Dhampoo to achieve an airy texture and Blu & Green Solid Oil to separate the waves for that lived in feel.

Giambattista Valli

For anyone who was concerned the hair bow trend was on its way out, Giambattista Valli is one of the handful of designers who are solidifying its relevancy in 2025. On the Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025 runway, the hair accessory was added to low ponytails with finger curls. The soft bronzy smoky eyes added to the retro glam feel of the beauty look.

Schiaparelli

“Bronzed, beautiful, glowing skin” was the focus at Schiaparelli, where Dame Pat McGrath gave models a healthy sun-kissed radiance using the Skin Fetish: Highlighter + Balm Duo from her line to sculpt the face. She tied the look together by adding a wash of shimmery gold eyeshadow from the Luminous Legends Dawn Divinity Eye Shadow Palette to the models’ lids. Hairstylist Guido Palau complemented the skin-focused makeup look by pulling the hair back into super sleek buns.

Christian Dior

Full, fluffy brows have gone from trend to beauty staple, so naturally the fashion house upped the ante with the spiky arches Dior Beauty Creative and Image Director Peter Philips created on models. To achieve the graphic look, he brushed the brows upwards and together to make gaps using Dior’s On Set Brow and Diorshow Brow Styler. Hairstylist Guido Palau complemented the clean yet edgy makeup with sleek braided updos featuring fanned-out feathers.

Imane Ayissi

All that glitters was gold on the Imane Ayissi runway which featured dramatic sparkly winged liner.