One of the great smokey eye looks of the recent Met Gala was Iman’s creation. It was sublime and obviously inspired by the 1920s and 1930s: a very dark eye and a rather dark mouth. Hair, clothes and accessories were reminiscent of this era as well.

Iman wore a long black dress by Prada. It was quite fitted but not too obvious, thanks to the dreamy, flowy material with a soft sheen to it.

The sheen of the dress was complemented by the deep charcoal smokey eye. A gorgeous cloud of shimmery charcoal. There was quite a lot of dark eyeshadow applied around the inner lid, towards the nose - not a suggestion for everyone, but with Iman’s sublime features it absolutely worked. The bottom lashline was expertly “smoked out”. There was just a touch of silvery sparkle in the inner corner. What I like about this smokey eye design is that the highlighter on the brow bone was very delicate, almost not there. ( I find that strong shimmery highlighter in that area can make the smokey eye look vulgar).

The ever so important eyebrows were downplayed, very delicate: again reminiscent of the 1930s.

The current advice is to keep the mouth pale and innocent. But here Sam Fine, who did the makeup using IMAN cosmetics, opted for very deep burgundy. The result was rich and very delicious.

The face was beautifully sculpted with bronzer.

The hair was shiny and meticulously styled, again true to the era. Nails (and toe nails) were of the colour matching to the lipstick (or slightly darker).  Diamond drop earrings, bracelets and ring enhanced the shimmer and sheen of the whole look.

It was obviously an homage to the original smokey eye era of the 1920s and 1930s. Yet it did not feel like fancy dress at all. And the smokey eye was simply divine. Click below for a beautiful close up. What do you think? Do you love it like I love it?

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