MAC Cosmetics has crammed its vacant world artistic director position with the mastermind behind Girl Gaga’s iconic “meat costume.”
On Wednesday, dad or mum firm The Estée Lauder Firms introduced that Nicola Formichetti will take over the place from Could 19. He replaces Drew Elliott, who left the model in February after 5 years.
Formichetti joins MAC Cosmetics after a profession of style design, styling and editorial work that has spanned roles together with inventive director at Diesel and Mugler, in addition to artistic work with Girl Gaga’s Haus of Gaga. He’s particularly recognized for styling the uncooked beef “meat costume” worn by Girl Gaga on the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.
In an announcement, Formichetti described MAC as an “iconic model that has all the time championed the folks and communities that transfer tradition ahead.”
Formichetti beforehand labored with the model on tasks together with a style collaboration with Girl Gaga for MAC’s Viva Glam charitable initiative, in addition to a make-up line along with his streetwear label Nicopanda. That is his first appointment at a magnificence firm.
The Estée Lauder Firms president and CEO Stéphane de La Faverie stated in an announcement that the appointment is a part of the corporate’s “Magnificence Reimagined” turnaround plan unveiled in February and that Formichetti has a “distinctive capability to seize the heartbeat of tradition.”
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