Shape was as important on the head as on the body during Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week in NYC. There were oodles of wonderful shapes offered
during the recent Fall/Winter 2009 collections, but these were some of
our favorites we spotted at the show.
How'd
they do that? "A double French twist, perfectly flat on the back and
sides and held in place with Bumble and bumble Spray de Mode," explains
Laurent Philippon for Bumble and bumble at the Altuzarra show. "This
classic look was accented by a top section that was pulled back and
pinned at the back of the head."
Photography: Luca Cannonieri
"Inspired
by early 1990s hip-hop style with an avant-garde twist, these styles,
resembling sculptures built high atop the head, are slick, shiny and
modern," says Chuck Amos for Mizani. Rubber, hair-wrapped balls, boxes
and rollers were attached to the ponytails with cords.
Photography: Courtesy of Mizani
"This
evokes a 1930s party reveler," says Charlie Price for Rusk at the
Cynthia Rowley show, "only the morning after. It's âhangover' hair.
There is a hint of a finger wave at front and a low ponytail is folded
and tucked. Finally the look is âdestroyed' with the fingers and
sprayed."
Photography: John Perez
"This
futuristic, red-carpet, modern, faux bob/sweep/tuck is an elegant but
unusual silhouette," says Peter Gray for Redken at the Badgley Mischka
show. "My main inspirations for the look were Sean Young in Bladerunner
and HR Geigers Alien: combining square and round elements in the same
head shape."
Photography: John Perez
Rodney
Cutler created an anything but "haphazard" chignon from a side parting
at the Tadashi show. The split headband kept everything else in place.
Photography: John Perez
The
team from Bumble and bumble created nice lift at the crown with smooth
and sleek lengths, all accented by a clear headband at Chado.
Photography: John Perez
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