ladies, start your engines ...

oh we love love love lancôme!

check out the press release on their newest lipstick, available in stores october 1, 2007:

What will the most fashionable lips be wearing this fall? Lancôme Color Fever Lipstick in P.S. Kiss, a beautiful burgundy shade created by Lancôme artistic director Gucci Westman and celebrated designer Peter Som for his Fall 2007 Fashion Show. This must-have hue is the third in the Lancôme Pout-à-Porter series of lipsticks created exclusively for the runway. Starting October 1st, P.S. Kiss will be available in limited quantities exclusively at Nordstrom, Bergdorf Goodman, Lancôme’s five U.S. boutiques and lancôme-usa.com with a suggested retail price of $24. On September 1st, the waiting list will open and a special behind-the-scenes video will debut on You Tube.

The collaboration process between Gucci and Peter began a month before New York Fashion Week in January, at Peter’s design studio. They poured over Peter’s inspiration board as Gucci began mixing pigments together on the spot, creating the perfect shade to complement his collection. “My fall collection was all about rich textures and deep saturated colors – P.S. Kiss is the perfect bold stroke to go with the clothes, but it is still elegant and easy,” says Peter. Backstage at Bryant Park on the day of the show, Gucci and her team painted P.S. Kiss onto the lips of Coco Rocha, Chanel Iman, Jessica Stam and the other top models walking in Peter’s show. “Peter is such a gentleman and he’s so talented, so the process was really delightful,” says Gucci. “I think the color we came up with is reflective of his clothes—modern and sophisticated, and very pretty.”

Pout-à-Porter is a celebration of Lancôme’s ongoing support of emerging designers. Each season, Lancôme works behind the scenes with the best design new talent around, including Proenza Schouler, Behnaz Sarafpour, Peter Som, Thakoon, Rag & Bone and Chris Benz. The first Pout-à-Porter lipstick was Behnaz (created for Behnaz Sarafpour’s Fall 2006 show), which sold out before stock even hit stores. The second, Proenza Pink, for Proenza Schouler in Spring 2007, also sold out and was declared a collector’s item by The New York Times.


we're really "revved" about this perfect -shade-for-fall lipstick!
(don't worry ... we're not quitting our day jobs to go into comedy ... yet)


[photo via lancôme]