Paco Rabanne was on the helm of the Space Age movement in fashion, which took off within the Nineteen Sixties. Alongside fellow designers, André Courrèges and Pierre Cardin, Rabanne pioneered a latest, intergalactic look, creating designs unlike anything people had seen before, with unconventional materials like plastic discs and aluminium plates. The designer prolonged his popular sci-fi reach when he designed the costumes worn by Jane Fonda within the 1968 cult classic Barbarella, which is ready within the forty first century. In brief, he was a futurist who helped shape the best way we imagine space travel and the cosmos today.

It’s no surprise, then, that when the brand launched a beauty collection it could look straight out of outer space. Released today, Rabanne Beauty is a full-face range of make-up that plays with the brand’s history, metalwork roots and futuristic aesthetic. Comprising eyeshadow palettes, mascara, creamy eye paints, lipsticks, foundation, highlighter and glitters, the make-up line is vegan and housed in sleek, chrome packaging inspired by Rabanne’s catwalk archive, including the 1969 chainmail bag.

Rabanne Beauty has been overseen by make-up artist Diane Kendal, who as creative director, brought her belief that “there’s no beauty, only beauties” to the gathering. As you may expect, metallics feature prominently within the product shades which include shimmering golds and icy silvers in addition to playful colors like a vivid sky blue that is ideal for anyone wanting to affix the blue eyeshadow trend that’s sweeping beauty at once.

In 2002, Rabanne reflected on the social and political landscape of the 60s when he first began designing his chainmail and metal disc-ed creations. “It was a moment when women emerged to be warriors because they needed to affirm their desire of emancipation, freedom and liberty,” he said. “The armour was almost essential.” In today’s fraught climate, when make-up and sweetness have emerged because the chosen mode of self-expression, will this be our latest armour?