In an usual departure from the norm, designer Donatella Versace opted for models hair to be wound into a sleek bun for her Spring 2011 show instead of the big glamazon style that is her brand’s signature. “Donatella and I discussed this look quite a bit as typically she loves big, voluminous, sexy hair for [...]
The Alberta Ferretti’s Spring/Summer 2011 collection featured maxi frocks with a definitive “hippie” vibe. Redken creative consultant Guido Palau whipped up a Bohemian-rocker style, complete with matte, natural texture, to complement the clothes. “Alberta Ferretti is a show that women always look forward to because the fashion is very feminine—the kind of clothes any woman [...]
For the Walter Spring/Summer 2011 show, Sebastian Professional lead stylist Janine Jarman was charged with the task of creating a look that would be look equally appropriate paired with day and evening wear AND wouldn’t distract from the collection’s multi-layered garments. Her response: This clean, uncontrived style that perfectly fits the bill. Here, her step [...]
Carolina Herrera’s Spring 2011 collection was inspired, in part, by the traditional dress of Korea. Stylist Orlando Pita expanded on this theme by dreaming up an intricate updo accented by custom barrettes that added a bold graphic element to the hair. Pita used argan oil-infused Moroccanoil Light to lend the hair frizz-free shine and Moroccanoil [...]
They may look like blonde streaks, but the highlights gracing models’ hair at Cynthia Rowley’s Spring 2011 show were actually light, iridescent metallic hair extensions. Created by Wella Professionals Lead Color Ambassador, Aura Friedman of NYC’s Serge Normant salon, and her team of colorists prior to the show, the extensions were first lightened with Wella [...]
Paul Hanlon for Catwalk by TIGI came up with this modern take on Rita Hayworth’s signature style at the Spring/Summer 2011 Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti. To create the look, he began by working CATWALK by TIGI Curlesque Lightweight Mousse through hair before setting it in pin curls. When the pins were removed, he pulled the [...]
Leave it to designer Zac Posen to commission the most original manicures in recent New York City Fashion Week history. At his Z Spoke by Zac Posen show, models marched the catwalk with brightly colored nails painted with OPI Nail Lacquers in either a bold cheetah design (created with the company’s Alpine Snow, The ‘It’ [...]
New York City-based jewelry designer Pamela Love found inspiration for her Spring/Summer 2011 collection in traditional Indian and African ornaments, astrological lunar cycles and the chemical symbols for earth, wind, fire and water. To complement her over-sized, often tribal charms, Sebastian Professional lead stylist Thomas Dunkin came up with this textured, unkempt look—that’s easily achieved [...]
Here are two of the 171 looks whipped up by Redken’s Creative Consultant, Guido Palau and his team of 100 stylists this past Monday, in honor of Fashion Week and Vogue’s Fashion Night Out (both of which kick off tomorrow). If this is any indication of what we’ll be seeing in the weeks ahead, it’s [...]
Textured (aka wavy, curly or pretty much any non-straight) hair was spotted on fall runways from Alexander Wang to Zac Posen. Just in time for you to design your own un-smooth styles, Redken is launching two new texture enhancing products: Wax blast 10 high impact finishing spray-wax and structure wax 17 classic styling wax. Wax [...]
