All Posts Tagged With: "James Gager"

MAC Hosts Intimate Dinner in Honor of Miles Aldridge

June 2nd, 2009 |By | Related | Filed Under

MAC hosts intimate dinner in honor of iconic photographer Miles Aldridge!

Last Thursday, May 28th, 2009, James Gager (Senior Vice President/Creative Director, MAC Cosmetics) hosted an intimate dinner at Trestle on Tenth in honor of Miles Aldridge and his new book, Pictures for Photographs.


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MAC and Miles Aldridge have a long standing relationship and have collaborated on projects and worked together for years. MAC has been working with Miles for 4 seasons now.

Past collections Miles Aldridge has shot for MAC: MAC Red She Said, MAC Blonde Brunette Redhead, and MAC Dame Edna. Miles also shot the visual for MAC’s latest collection, MAC Naked Honey.


Miles Aldridge.


Miles Aldridge & Hamish Bowles.

MAC Hello Kitty: Q &A with Jennifer Balbier SVP Product Development, MAC Worldwide

February 5th, 2009 |By | Related | Filed Under

Here is a Q &A with Jennifer Balbier SVP Product Development, MAC Worldwide about the latest from MAC Cosmetics: MAC Hello Kitty.

How did the MAC Hello Kitty partnership inspire your own product development process?
To me, MAC Hello Kitty embodies the ultimate beauty icon: No one is more alluring yet incredibly cute and at the same time appeals to a wider range of customers than she does, it doesn’t matter how old you are. Hello Kitty is the ultimate girly girl and guys like her too. She is coy and I couldn’t help but be reminded of how you never really know what she’s thinking. We wanted to reflect that mysterious quality through a sweet side, but also something slightly mischievous when it came to the colours. I started out by creating a palette of pinks, since they fit and always trend well in the spring, but we also incorporated black into the collection to give it a sophisticated edge as well, and moved forward from there.

Can you tell us more about who this girl is?
I see her as a playful, coquettish girly girl with a rocker edge, but she also likes to pamper and take care of herself. I think the actual products evolved to reflect this character.