Once upon a time there was a pin-up with a red mouth. Gwen Stefani, who turns 55 this Thursday, October 3, began her musical career in 1986 as singer of the ska-punk group No Doubt, founded by her brother Eric. The crew enjoyed moderate success until the album’s release. Tragic Kingdom in 1995, which contained hits like Just a Girl, Spiderwebs et Don’t Speak. This album propels No Doubt on the international scene and Gwen Stefani quickly became an emblematic figure of 90s music. Thanks to her distinctive look mixing punk style and Hollywood glamour, she quickly rose to the rank of fashion and beauty icons. We recognize her among all. With an almost white platinum blonde mane and a couture red mouth, she looks like Marilyn Monroe.
A true beautysta, Gwen Stefani pays particular attention to her visual identity. “As a child, I was always rummaging through my mother’s and grandmother’s drawers. After school, I would go to my best friend’s house, Amy Hunter, and we would spend hours playing with the countless makeup and blushes. and her mother’s lipsticks.” she declared in the columns of Gala. To the point of revealing his vision of beauty in a collection in his image. His name? GXVE by Gwen Stefani. And on the inspiration mood board: pin-up with red lips, tattoos of all kinds, gothic typography, black and gold shades.
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Gwen Stefani’s red mouth
Gwen Stefani likes to highlight her luscious mouth with a red lipstick. Glam! And she wears it so well… “I think it suits me well, right? I like this very Hollywood glamor style, and extreme things in general. I think that in fact, I wanted to stand out from the crowd, to not be like anyone.” she explained about her signature red lips in the columns of Gala. His model? Marilyn Monroe’s luscious red lips, undoubtedly one of the most beautiful beauty looks of the time. “And then one day, in my old Honda, I put on a deep red lipstick for the first time that my grandmother had given me. And when I saw myself in the rearview mirror, that was the trigger : Since then, I have never stopped wearing them!” she added.
For the record, the first beauty product from her eponymous brand was lipstick. “It all started with red lips” could we read under an Instagram post from his brand. Indeed, “people have asked me my whole life: what lipstick do you wear?” explained the singer for WWD. A question that resonated with her for years, it was therefore quite natural that the celebrity developed a red lipstick.
Gwen Stefani’s platinum hair
When you think of Hollywood’s heyday and its legendary stars, only a few names immediately come to mind. Rhett Butler, Tyrone Power, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck… Dark brunettes on whose arms flamboyant blondes clung. Jayne Mansfield, Jean Harlow, Lana Turner… and of course Marylin Monroe. All these actresses from the 1930s would inspire a whole generation of sex symbols a few decades later, like Gwen Stefani. “Around twenty, I started to be obsessed with the aesthetic of old Hollywood films. I could spend hours watching these black and white videos. I discovered Marilyn MonroeEvita Peron.” Gwen Stefani declared in our columns. Before continuing: “I was completely fascinated by their retro look. I bleached my hair platinum blonde even though my parents had forbidden me to do so throughout high school.”. And this is how the legend made platinum his beauty signature. Banana bun, shell, attachment half-upwispy curls, she knows how to highlight her hair with sophisticated hairstyles with retro accents.
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