M.A.C Ungaro Collection with Esteban Cortezar

From a Paris couture house long celebrated for its romantic use of pattern and colour, to the modern evolution of Ungaro today, it's an exciting debut! Live from backstage at the Fall 2008 Collections, It-Boy designer, Esteban Cortazar, and M.A.C have comoe together to create a special colour collection as dreamy, refined, and, well Parisienne as anything this side of the Avenue Georges V, exclusively ours! A limited-edition for lips, cheeks, eyes ... chez Ungaro, only for M.A.C.

If it's not immediately obvious from the opening paragraph, the house of Ungaro has collaborated with everyone's favorite makeup brand, M.A.C, to create an absolutely stunning limited-edition collection. Launching in early October, it encompasses a wide range of products -- including this beauty chick's fave, Lipglass, in a gorgeous pastel pink! Check this space over the next few days for interviews with the masterminds behind this amazing collection, including Esteban Cortezar himself!

First up: Esteban Cortezar, of course! Read on to find out more about his muses, his collections, and what he's excited about in this line!

What do you love about the Ungaro aesthetic?
What is so great for me to be at Ungaro is that the aesthetic of the house comes so naturally to me. It feels organically right. I want to continue to experiment with beautiful prints, fluidity and colors and stamp these onto my collections.

Who is the Ungaro woman?
The Ungaro woman celebrates life, she loves nature, she smells fantastic -- like peonies, gardenias and jasmine in a subtle way that's so feminine. She adores feminine fluidity, beautiful colors, soft textures and unexpected prints -- she's a true individual with her style, a free spirit.

Who are your muses?
All my girlfriends are my muses -- women who love to dance, to laugh.

You must be excited to be collaborating with M.A.C on this range -- how long have you worked together?
I'm so excited about the collaboration with M.A.C -- they are so forward-thinking and so believing. They believed in me from my first show since I was friends with all the girls from the Miami store. I really feel part of the M.A.C family.

Knowing that this makeup collection will have the Ungaro name to it, what was most important to you in terms of its aesthetic?
It's important to me that the makeup feels timeless-modern, but still makeup that a woman will always want to wear.