I'm Swooning—Kaia Gerber's Latest Beauty Look Is Giving Gothic Audrey Hepburn


This year’s Academy Museum Gala was overflowing with makeup inspiration, so it’s only fair we share the beauty look we haven’t gotten over since it first glided onto the red carpet on actress and model Kaia Gerber. For a while, we wondered what it was about Gerber’s effortlessly elegant look that felt so familiar, and then it hit us—the F/W 97 Givenchy dress recalled Audrey Hepburn’s iconic appearance as Natasha in King Vidor’s film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, penned in 1869.

However, there was also something dark and alluring about the makeup look—what Gerber herself referred to as “gothic Hollywood glam” via Instagram. The celebrity makeup artist behind the creation, Nina Park, used products by Addiction Tokyo to bring the beauty vision to life. “For Kaia Gerber at the Academy Gala, I wanted the makeup to elegantly modernize her Regency-inspired Givenchy dress. I focused on a glowing palette with blush hues to enhance her features, highlighting her natural radiance and bringing her inner light to the forefront,” she explained.

Keep reading for a breakdown of the modern take on Regency makeup (with a touch of classic Hollywood) worn by Gerber at the start-studded event.

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Kaia Gerber attends the 2024 Academy Awards Gala wearing a makeup look inspired by Gothic Hollywood glamor

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Kaia Gerber attends the 2024 Academy Awards Gala wearing a makeup look inspired by Gothic Hollywood glamor

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