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...more glamorous and wide-eyed look. Griffith should have trademarked them; false eyelashes have been popular among the Hollywood crowd ever since. And recently divas like Jennifer Lopez and Oprah Winfrey have batted limited-edition lashes in outrageous materials such as feather and fur. The cosmetics company Shu Uemura has opened lash bars in about 80 stores, where customers can get designer-branded falsies. Last fall the Japanese firm collaborated with Dutch designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren on a series of $95 couture lashes, some decorated with sparkling gold foil...
...False eyelashes are back and stronger than ever because they're inexpensive and provide instant gratification," says Gina Brooke, artistic director of Shu Uemura, which also sells lashes for $20 or less. Indeed, as the economy slides--sales in the makeup sector have dropped 4% this year--women are looking for a cheap but glamorous lift. Sales of lipstick--traditionally the top performer in tough economic times--have not fared as well as those of mascara. While lipstick sales in February were down 11.5% from last year, according to the retail tracking company NPD, mascara sales dipped just...
...Uemura's $29 lashes cost a lot less than lash-lengthening drug Latisse ($120 for a 30-day supply...
With his fresh concepts of beauty, Uemura joined the generation of Japanese taste-makers who established the country's global influence in design and fashion. Among his contemporaries were the fashion designers Issey Miyake and Kenzo Takada, groundbreaking designers who, along with Uemura, however, continued the centuries-old tradition of Japanese males being the arbiters of female beauty. Men, for example, portrayed women's roles in kabuki plays since women were banned from the stage...
...Uemura's funeral was held on Jan. 4. He is survived by his wife and a son. L'Oreal will hold a memorial service in Tokyo for Uemura at the end of January...