The wait is over—here’s how you can recreate Pat McGrath’s viral beauty look from the Maison Margiela couture 2024 runway show
One for the fashion history books, Maison Margiela’s spring 2024 couture by John Galliano, was undeniably one of the most extraordinary shows that the fashion world has seen in a long while. The fantastical opulence and theatrical storytelling that defined Galliano’s time at Dior throughout the late ‘90s and early ‘00s has been resurrected, but not without the incredible artistry of the designer’s long-time beauty sidekick and the mother of makeup, Pat McGrath.
Models were turned into porcelain dolls with their cheeks flushed in pastel hues, eyes washed in various jewel tones, eyebrows drawn into thin lines, and their skin coated in a hyper-reflective glaze, making them glisten like smooth, polished glass—absolute masterpieces, needless to say.
Whilst the collection certainly rendered fashion enthusiasts utterly awestruck, so did the beauty looks that truly added the crowning touches to Galliano’s vision. In fact, McGrath’s astonishing makeup artistry for the show was a major sensation on its own, sending the internet into a frenzy as the beauty realm floods social media with their takes on the look.
Professional makeup artists and beauty geeks alike all shared their own theories on how McGrath achieved that surreal, porcelain glass finish on the models’ skin, suggesting various techniques and products that McGrath might have used to create the look, and some weren’t too far off.
