Stabilo and Kiko Milano have launched a co-created lip collection that carries the recognizable form of the Stabilo Boss Mini highlighter into cosmetics. The five-shade range is designed to link highlighting on paper with color-based self-expression in make-up. Kiko Milano is Italy's number one make-up brand.
The collection reinterprets the Boss Mini silhouette as a lip product. Its shades are:
- Fine Print: brown
- Afterthought: mauve
- Don't Quote Me: orange
- On My Radar: red
- Pink(er): fuchsia
The names draw on the language of writing and personal expression, while the palette is intended to invite consumers to explore color and individual style. Stabilo and Kiko Milano say the products reflect the quality and attention to detail associated with both brands.
Two brands, one color proposition
The partnership connects a writing-instrument company with an Italian make-up brand. Both organizations describe creativity as a form of self-expression and color as a means of giving people confidence to show who they are. For Stabilo, the project is also a visible step in a broader move from its writing-instrument roots toward an emotional, lifestyle-oriented identity.
Michele Molon, CEO of Stabilo International, said the company has long helped people express themselves through color and is now taking that spirit beyond the page into new areas of creativity. He described the Kiko Milano project as an example of two iconic brands from different worlds challenging conventions and producing something unexpected, adding that this kind of bold, imaginative thinking would shape Stabilo's next chapter.
Simone Dominici, CEO of Kiko Milano, said the collaboration aims to push color and creativity further and to inspire the company's community to highlight individual personality. He said working with Stabilo allows Kiko Milano to carry that philosophy across categories with a partner that shares its passion for color and commitment to creative people.
Rollout and positioning
The collection will be available in stores and online in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom. It will also be offered through Kiko Milano's directly operated e-commerce platforms in Europe and the Middle East.
The distribution plan combines physical retail and online availability in five European markets with Kiko Milano's directly operated e-commerce channels in Europe and the Middle East. The launch places a stationery icon in a beauty context without reproducing a highlighter as a cosmetic tool. Instead, the recognizable Boss Mini shape becomes the reference point for a lip product, while the shade names extend the writing theme into make-up.
For Stabilo, the collaboration tests how far its color identity can travel beyond school and office supplies. For Kiko Milano, it adds a partner with a strong color heritage to a lip category already driven by shade choice and self-expression.