Stabilo and Kiko Milano have launched a co-created collection of lip products that transfers the recognisable silhouette of the Stabilo Boss Mini highlighter into make-up. The line contains five lip shades, named after phrases borrowed from the vocabulary of writing and of personal expression.
The two companies present the project as a meeting between a writing-instrument maker known for its highlighters and, as the announcement describes it, the leading make-up brand in Italy. Both sides frame the line around a shared position: that creativity is a form of self-expression, and that colour gives people the confidence to show who they are. The partners come from different categories, and present that distance as the point of the exercise rather than an obstacle.
Boss Mini shape, lipstick format
At the centre of the collection is a reinterpretation of the Boss Mini shape as a lip product, an explicit link between marking a line on paper and colouring the lips. The five shades are:
- Fine Print — brown
- Afterthought — mauve
- Don't Quote Me — orange
- On My Radar — red
- Pink(er) — fuchsia
The names lean on the everyday language of written communication and of personal style, and the palette is presented as an invitation to explore colour and express individual taste. Both companies point to the quality and attention to detail for which they say they are known.
A step beyond the page for Stabilo
For Stabilo, the launch is a visible step in a repositioning away from an identity rooted in writing instruments towards an emotional, lifestyle-oriented one. Michele Molon, chief executive of Stabilo International, said the company had helped generations express themselves through colour, and that the collaboration carries that spirit beyond the page into new dimensions of creativity and self-expression. He described the project as an example of two established brands from different worlds challenging conventions together, and said that kind of bold, imaginative thinking would shape Stabilo's next chapter.
Kiko Milano's side of the brief
Simone Dominici, chief executive of Kiko Milano, said the aim was to push colour and creativity further and to inspire the brand's community to highlight their own individual personalities. Working with Stabilo, he said, allows Kiko to carry that philosophy across product categories, alongside a partner that shares its passion for colour and its commitment to creative consumers.
Markets and sales channels
The collection will be available in stores and online in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom, as well as through Kiko Milano's directly operated e-commerce platforms in Europe and the Middle East.