OnlyOnAOL: Backstage secrets from the incredible Chanel show

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Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chasten on "Crimson Peak"
Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chasten on "Crimson Peak"

By: Donna Freydkin

He's created an airport hangar. A bistro. A casino.

This time, Chanel creative genius Karl Lagerfeld paid tribute to his own house's artisans (or petite mains) at the brand's fall/winter 2016 couture presentation. It took place at the Grand Palais and featured Chanel's tailoring and dressmaking workshops.

The front row was star-studded as usual: Will Smith, Willow Smith and Jessica Chastain (watch our interview with her above).

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And while we can't supply you with the posh, sleek, impeccable clothing, we can give you the scoop on runway beauty.

Chanel : Front Row - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Chanel : Front Row - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Chanel : Front Row - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Chanel : Front Row - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Chanel : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Chanel : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Chanel : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Chanel : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Chanel : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Chanel : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017

The models' skin was prepped with Chanel's HYDRA BEAUTY MICRO GEL YEUX Intense Smoothing Eye Gel, LA SOLUTION 10 DE CHANEL Sensitive skin cream, and the tone was evened out with the LES BEIGES healthy glow foundation SPF 25, ECLAT LUMIERE face pen and CORRECTEUR PERFECTION concealer.

The dramatic orbs were created with LA PALETTE SOURCILS DE CHANEL brow powder duo, followed by QUADRA EYESHADOW in Tissé Particulier (launching in July 2016) and capped off with LE VOLUME DE CHANEL mascara in noir and ÉCRITURE DE CHANEL eyeliner pen.

As for the lips: pick up some ROUGE ALLURE lip color in Rouge Ingénue (also launching in July 2016) and ROUGE ALLURE INK Matte liquid lip color in Amoureux (out in October 2016), and line that mouth with LE CRAYON LEVRES precision lip definer in natural.

And take a look back at the previous Chanel show.

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