Product watch: Chanel’s ‘Poetic States’ Collection

Christian Louboutin for your nails, New York in a bottle and poetry by Chanel: August’s product releases go beyond beauty.

Chanel Poetic States Collection

Poetry was among Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel’s many passions. Between the wars she enjoyed friendships with Jean Cocteau, Colette and Pierre Reverdy. Chanel chose this aspect of the founder’s seemingly infinitely faceted personality (she was a veritable disco ball, that one), to inspire Collection États Poetiques, the make-up brand’s autumn line. Eyes are dramatic with yellow, blackcurrant, pink and monochrome shadows and the excellent, felt-tipped Écriture de Chanel liner, €33.50, in black and brown. All shades of pink are available for lips: pale and shimmery, bold and raspberry. Grey and bisque Le Vernis nail lacquers, €23 each, are “a reminder of the capricious nature of love”.