Vogue Czechoslovakia
Vogue Lab Make-Up
Jun 2026
Vogue Czechoslovakia pushes the boundaries of conventional beauty standards with their provocative Vogue Lab Make-Up series. This editorial project functions as a visual manifesto for modern cosmetics, favoring raw, high-fashion experimentation over traditional polish. Through a series of tight portraits and extreme macro shots, the work captures the intersection of skin, pigment, and light with uncompromising clarity. The creative vision, brought to life through the lens of photographers Driu Crilly and Tiago Martel, explores textures ranging from clumpy, stylized mascara to wet, metallic gold liquid applied directly to the skin. Makeup artist Thomas Lorenz leads the aesthetic charge, employing avant-garde techniques such as intricate copper-toned glitter applications and bold, color-blocked metallic gradients. Meanwhile, hair stylist Werner Amort provides the structural counterpoint, oscillating between precise, blunt-cut bobs and tousled, platinum-blonde finishes that frame model Lise Sauve with graphic intensity. By utilizing studio strobe lighting to emphasize real skin texture alongside 35mm film grain and macro lens work, the series leans into an authentic, tactile aesthetic that resonates within contemporary beauty journalism. These portraits reject the artificiality of digital smoothing, instead celebrating the minute details of the human face—the fine lines, the iris capillaries, and the deliberate application of pigment—to create a compelling dialogue on the artistry of the modern make-up look.
Editorial, Vertical
Studio strobe
Cosmetics, Beauty
