
A Heat Wave Is Reshaping Paris Men's Fashion Week, and Its Beauty With It
With record temperatures over the city, houses are moving showtimes and makeup artists are working against sweat, SPF, and a melting runway.
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With record temperatures over the city, houses are moving showtimes and makeup artists are working against sweat, SPF, and a melting runway.

Comparable sales climbed 5.3 percent and the retailer raised its profit forecast, a sign of where mass and prestige beauty demand actually sits.

This year's gala celebrated an exhibition about the dressed body, and its red-carpet logic of ornament as art maps directly onto makeup.

The bond-repair brand that turned a salon ingredient into a household name is joining a German consumer giant, and regular buyers will notice the difference slowly, if at all.

The most anticipated ready-to-wear debut of the Paris season has landed, and the ripple effects reach well past the clothes into makeup and fragrance.

Gucci's owner reported a much smaller 2025 profit, and its beauty arm is about to change hands, which matters for fragrance and makeup counters.