We all have our bizarre rituals and routines. Maybe yours involves getting that perfect curl in your hair or packing the perfect lunch, but for fashion designer Alexander Wang, “bizarre” doesn’t even begin to describe his skincare routine.Â
During his Fashion Icons talk at the 92nd Street Y with Fern Mallis on Friday, Wang revealed the secret to his flawless complexion, and it’s stranger than we could have imagined.
âIâm a diva when it comes to skin care,â he admitted. âI use a lot of placenta and a lot of stuff that smells like it shouldnât be put on your face. Things that really burn your face. Things that make your face really red, but then you wake up the next morning and youâre like, âOkay, I look amazing.ââ
Yep, you read that right. Alexander Wang puts placenta on his faceâas in the afterbirth of a real, live, human babyâand apparently he uses a lot of it.Â
Wang revealed a lot of other things during his talk, according to Vogue, including his cooking habits, the person he admires most and his hangover prevention tip. The designer loves to order takeout and watch TV (same), he admires Ralph Lauren above anyone else, and he prevents hangovers with his mind. Seriously.Â
âItâs all mental. Itâs all mental,â Wang said. â[…] If you think, âIâm going to drink tonight, Iâm going to make it tomorrow, Iâm going to suck it inâ [youâll be okay].â
Maybe the placenta has magical hangover-preventing powers?? Guess there’s only one way to find out…