Morning begins with intention. She traces a soft line just beyond her natural lips before the first espresso is poured, the mirror catching the light as she reaches for a beautifully crafted object that feels as considered as the handbag resting beside it. By afternoon she’s crossing the city between appointments, her lipstick still perfectly defined. By evening, under the glow of dinner candles, the same lip remains effortlessly polished. Beauty becomes a companion that moves with her from sunrise through the last conversation of the night.
That spirit animates Louis Vuitton‘s newest beauty launch. Expanding the world of La Beauté Louis Vuitton, the House introduces the LV Crayon, its first dedicated lip liner, imagined by Dame Pat McGrath, Creative Director of Cosmetics. The collection reflects the House’s ongoing dialogue between craftsmanship, design, and self-expression, transforming one of beauty’s most familiar tools into an object worthy of the Louis Vuitton name.
A Signature Begins with the Lip Line
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Courtesy of Louis Vuitton.
For more than twenty years, McGrath has created beauty looks backstage for Louis Vuitton runway collections, where the lip line has long served as the foundation of her artistry. The LV Crayon brings that backstage precision into everyday life.
“Every look I have ever created on the Louis Vuitton runway begins with the lip line—it is where precision becomes art. The LV Crayon is a tool that deserves to be in the hands of every woman. It’s both seamless to use and beautiful to hold.”
“Every look I have ever created on the Louis Vuitton runway begins with the lip line…”
Dame Pat McGrath
Designed to pair effortlessly with LV Rouge and LV Baume, the liner becomes the anchor of countless lip looks. Its featherlight texture glides across the lips with a silky finish while peptides help create a visibly smoother, fuller appearance. The formula also offers all-day wear, 24-hour hydration preservation, long-lasting comfort, a 24-hour plumping effect, bleed-proof performance, and color that remains true for up to twelve hours. For McGrath, the experience is as important as the result.
“The texture of the LV Crayon is something everyone needs to feel for themselves. It melts into the lips like a second skin—creamy, silky smooth, so unbelievably comfortable. And the best part is it stays!”
Crafted Like a Louis Vuitton Object
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The artistry continues long after the formula. Each LV Crayon has been designed as an objet d’art, balancing technical performance with tactile pleasure. Crafted in soft-touch matte black wood, every pencil reveals its shade through a subtle ombré finish that shifts from glossy tip to semi-matte body. The cap, finished with a gold Monogram Flower, echoes the detailing found throughout the La Beauté collection.
Perhaps the collection’s most distinctive detail is its silhouette. Created with industrial designer Konstantin Grcic, the pencil itself adopts Louis Vuitton’s iconic Monogram Flower shape, offering enhanced grip and remarkable precision while instantly distinguishing it from every other liner on the market.
Ten Shades, Endless Possibilities
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The debut collection introduces ten carefully developed shades spanning warm nudes, rosewoods, rich browns, vivid reds, plum tones, and energetic pinks. Among them are Beige Atlas, Nude Rêverie, Nude Quest, Sépia Panorama, Rose Whisper, Pink Aurora, Plum Comet, Burnt Sienna, Rouge Louis, and Monogram Rouge. Each was conceived to reshape, define, and personalize the lip.
“I have always believed that the most powerful tools in any make-up artist’s kit are the ones that enhance without overpowering. The LV Crayon shades were built from that philosophy—the finest nudes and rosewoods, each one chosen with absolute precision, anchored by a fearless edit of iconic LV reds that bring the unexpected and deliver the drama.”
McGrath also introduces several signature application techniques that celebrate the versatility of the collection. Blur Illusion creates softly diffused edges with romantic ease. Outlined Elegance embraces sculptural nude definition. Premiere Plump contours the lips with red carpet precision, while Ombré Legacy pairs Rouge Louis and Monogram Rouge in a seamless gradient inspired by the House’s heritage. Bold Signature doubles down on Monogram Rouge for a statement lip with unmistakable confidence.
“The Blur Illusion is my love letter to the lip. It is imperfect, it is romantic, and it is entirely addictive. Once you try it, there is no going back to.”
Accessories Designed to Last
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Louis Vuitton enhances the experience through a thoughtfully curated collection of beauty accessories, each conceived as a lasting piece. The Lip Blending Brush features a softly tapered shape capable of diffusing color into a blurred finish or refining a sharply sculpted lip line. The Beauty Sharpener—also designed by Konstantin Grcic—elevates an everyday necessity with couture-level engineering, incorporating a twist-to-open mechanism and an integrated waste collector that turns sharpening into its own ritual.
A bespoke Beauty Pouch keeps LV Crayons, lipsticks, balms, and brushes gracefully organized for daily travel, while collectors can house all ten liner shades inside the Lip Pencil Case crafted in Louis Vuitton’s signature Monogram canvas. Together, the accessories reinforce the House’s belief that beauty flourishes beyond the product itself to the cherished objects that accompany it.
Dame Pat McGrath’s Vision
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Few names have shaped modern beauty as profoundly as Dame Pat McGrath. Across three decades of runway shows, editorials, and cultural moments, she has continually redefined the language of makeup. Her partnership with Louis Vuitton now enters a new chapter through La Beauté, where couture craftsmanship meets everyday ceremony.
“Beauty has always been the most intimate form of self-expression—and that is exactly what we are building here. At Louis Vuitton, everything begins with a vision and ends with something extraordinary. That is the only standard I have ever worked to, and it is the standard this collection was made to exceed. This is beauty with purpose, with history, and with the kind of craftsmanship that you feel the moment it touches your skin.”
“At Louis Vuitton, everything begins with a vision and ends with something extraordinary.”
Dame Pat McGrath
As the stars settle in, our heroine catches her reflection once more before stepping into the night. The lip line remains exactly where it began that morning—crisp, softly sculpted, unmistakably confident. With LV Crayon, Louis Vuitton evolves a time-honored beauty gesture into something to be treasured: a daily expression of devotion, ingenuity, and effortless elegance.
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