This Holiday season, Karl Lagerfeld is teaming up with Shu Uemura to bring us a fabulous collection. The collection is set to be called The 'Mon Shu Uemura', and features the best of both worlds from the pair, Karl's creative artistic style, with Shu Uemura's high quality beauty products.
Introducing Mon Shu (picture above), the manga-inspired make-up mascot created by fashion genius and Chanel legend Karl Lagerfeld to front his collaboration with Japanese cosmetics brand Shu Uemura.
The collaboration has been a long time coming, given that Lagerfeld and the late Shu Uemura-san (1928 - 2007) were friends and long-time admirers of each other’s work. Karl allegedly using the extensive and colourful range of Shu Uemura eyeshadows to sketch his fashion illustrations because pastel manufacturers’ range of colours simply didn’t suffice.
A whimsical fusion of fashion, pop culture and cosmetics, everything about Mon Shu has been carefully designed to imbue her with meaning. Based on Lagerfeld’s “personal vision of a Japanese manga” her name is a charming play on the French term of endearment ‘chou’ as well as reflecting the name of the Japanese make-up brand and its founder. Her unusual red eyes represent the Japanese flag (a red disc in the centre of a white rectangle) whilst her white collared shirt and black tie are classic Lagerfeld.
Yess... I completely get why Mon Shu is being compared to the Dora the Explorer -_-"" and no, I do not believe that Karl ripped off the design to add red eyes and a suit to transform her into Mon Shu.
Despite some opinions of Mon Shu being a scary ass voodoo doll, I think she's the cutest thing I've ever set my eyes upon. Am I biased because it's a character thought out and drawn by Karl? Perhaps :) To me, Mon Shu is as cute as it gets, but she's a doll. A very very girly doll.
I particularly love this sketch of the adult Mon-Shu. All I wanna do is blow it up, have it framed and hang it somewhere in my room next to my makeup table.
Jumped the wagon I did... couldn't resist owning a few signature pieces from this uber rare collaboration between 2 icons. Comes with a free lipgloss, a monshu pin, a sample foundation and a very festive looking cylinder makeup bag. Very shimmery and glossy! Love at first sight. Particularly in love with the revamped eyelash curler with a dangly little monshu. Shu's eyelash curlers are legendary! Go grab this while you can!
Do go check out SUKL (Shu Uemura Karl Lagerfeld) 17 items collection out in stores now!
What do you guys think of this collaboration? Eeky or fantastic?
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