EXCLUSIVE: Mert and Marcus, Lancôme Team on Makeup Capsule

PARIS – Fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott have stepped out from behind the camera to partner with Lancôme on a capsule makeup collection. It is the first beauty collaboration for the duo, known professionally as Mert and Marcus, who opted to conceive a color-cosmetics range for nighttime. The limited-edition line is due out in Europe starting in February and the U.S. in March. Beauty and cosmetics have been very much a part of their work. “From the beginning of our career until now, we were always involved in building our characters — sometimes through fashion, sometimes through hair and makeup — so we have always been interested in the cosmetic side of fashion photography,” said Alas. The photographer called the beauty collaboration “a very interesting process,” and explained that he and Piggott have a certain way of preparing models for their pictures, doing makeup, retouching images and printing photos. “We wanted to combine all these details. We have tricks for how we work with our women’s lips or eyes, or how we can make their cheeks a little longer,” he said. “We were interested in taking these photographic techniques and our expertise in beauty into the cosmetics world and developing products out of

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