This year, the pop diva (who has a new album coming July 3) wore a floor-sweeping Saint Laurent slip dress crafted from satin and lace topped with a scene-stealing cape (something of a trend) in translucent violet organza, complete with its very own coven to carry it. She finished off the look with leather platform boots, a long black wig, and a jaunty hat with its own ghost ship perched on top. (Oh, and there was a horn instrument involved too\u2014I mean, why not?) The look, we learned, is a reference to the Surrealist female painter Leonora Carrington, who was an inspiration point for the singer\u2019s classic \u201cBedtime Story\u201d music video.<\/p>\n
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With the lingerie-like slip, though, Madonna may also be referencing her own fashion history as a renegade who often wore underwear (much of it designed by Jean Paul Gaultier) as outerwear. (As any good Madonnaologist will recall, she spent much of the Eighties and Nineties shocking the world with her conical bras and exposed gartered stockings\u2014how times have changed!)<\/p>\n
And while Saint Laurent is synonymous with French style, her make-up was an Italian job (a nod to the Material Girl\u2019s heritage), courtesy of celebrity make-up artist Marcelo Gutierrez<\/a> working with the Italian brand KIKO Milano<\/a>. According to Guitierrez, he started with the eye, using a High Pigment Eyeshadow (20)<\/a> to neutralize the lid and add a soft veil of shimmer\u2014\u201cNothing overly sparkly, just a subtle luminosity,\u201d he said\u2014before adding High Pigment Eyeshadow (37)<\/a> to highlight the inner corners and brow bone, for a lifting, sculptural effect.<\/p>\n Next, he layered in tones, using High Pigment Eyeshadow (36)<\/a> and (57)<\/a>, to help build layers that felt defined yet natural (i.e., not too heavy), before adding yet another layer of eyeshadow\u2014in a muted mauve-lilac shade\u2014to bring out some warmth. And finally, liner was added and then softly set with High Pigment Eyeshadow (54)<\/a> and (57)<\/a> to diffuse the edge for a gently smoked effect.<\/p>\n