Stabilo and Kiko Milano have released a co-created lip collection that carries the silhouette of the Stabilo Boss Mini highlighter into make-up, offered in five shades whose names draw on the language of self-expression and individuality.
The two companies said the line rests on a shared view that creativity is a form of self-expression and that colour gives people the confidence to show who they are. Stabilo is known for its highlighters, while Kiko Milano is described in the announcement as the leading make-up brand in Italy.
A highlighter shape reworked for lips
The centrepiece of the collection is a reinterpretation of the Boss Mini form as a lip product, a deliberate link between marking colour on paper and using colour on the face. Each of the five shades takes a name borrowed from the vocabulary of writing and personal expression:
- Fine Print — brown
- Afterthought — mauve
- Don't Quote Me — orange
- On My Radar — red
- Pink(er) — fuchsia
Both partners said the palette is meant to invite wearers to explore colour and express their individual style, and pointed to the quality and attention to detail each brand is known for.
Positioning on both sides of the deal
For Stabilo, the launch is a visible step in a shift away from a purely writing-instrument identity towards an emotional, lifestyle-oriented one. Michele Molon, chief executive of Stabilo International, said the company has helped generations express themselves through colour and is now taking that idea beyond the page into new areas of creativity. He described the Kiko Milano project as an example of two well-known brands from different worlds challenging conventions to create something unexpected, and presented that kind of bold, imaginative thinking as central to Stabilo's next chapter.
Simone Dominici, chief executive of Kiko Milano, said the goal is to push colour and creativity further and to encourage the brand's community to highlight their own individual personalities. He said working with Stabilo allows Kiko Milano to extend that philosophy across categories, alongside a partner that shares its passion for colour and its commitment to creative consumers.
Where the collection will be sold
The collection will be available in stores and online in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom, and through Kiko Milano's directly operated e-commerce platforms in Europe and the Middle East.
The tie-up moves a stationery icon into the beauty aisle rather than the reverse, testing how far a writing-brand silhouette and colour vocabulary can travel into a different product category.