Backstage at Marc Jacobs: Polar Bear Costume Redux?

Sadly, no, and no ketchup bottle suit either. Instead, the (relatively) nascently-hunky designer looked as Marc-y Marc as you could imagine: kilt, gladiator sandals, tan, etc. There were so many hugely famous faces there that everyone model-obsessed (i.e. me) wanted to collapse unfashionably into a rack of Aladdin pants and collectively die. I was there to report on beauty. Read on.

Chicly, Marc was inspired by dancer/choreographerMartha Graham. The look (helmed by Francois Nars himself) was extreme--pale foundation, liquid liner on the top and bottom (an old-fashioned make-the-eyes-stand-out-onstage trick from the '40s, I'm told), no blush, and so on.

The star products were NARS' truly fantastic new Stilo liquid liner, Larger than Life Lengthening Mascara, and white shimmer/stark black Pandora Duo Eyeshadow. I use them all already, so I felt smug. The dancer look continued with twisty-tight topknots (courtesy of brilliant hair master Guido and his team, natch).

Then there were the nails.

"All the girls needs pedicurrrres," trilled an OPI manicurist. "These girls have been walking in crazy shoes for days," explained another, "so we have to clean them up."

The OPI shades were all nudes, depending on the model's skin tone: Samoan Sand, Malaysian Mist, Dulce de Leche, and Barefoot in Barcelona.

Pretty, easy, lovely.