As New York Fashion Week draws near for the Spring 2015 Collections - September 4 to September 11- I thought everyone would like to be inspired by the most innovative and original idea from the Fall 201l season. And, for those still learning, be informed how to add a wig to long even thick hair.
Black bobbed '60s wigs, inspired by Uma Thurman's hair in the 1994 cult movie Pulp Fiction, were laced for Betsey Johnson's spectacular show by Freelancer Peter Gray, who noted "lace was on everything" so he added it to the hair too. Brilliant. In a tour de force, here's how he laced the hair for the collection with the help of his dedicated team.
Peter Gray is a gun for hire, as he describes himself. (He works for all the majors (magazines, fashion designers, photographers, product companies for editorials, ads and fashion shows in the US. UK, Europe, Japan, wherever he is able to do interesting work.) This very prolific hairdresser who works seven days a week non-stop, trained at Vidal Sassoon, lives in London and New York, is one of the few strong ones who has been known to fight for his ideas, with passion. Not that he always wins, but he certainly does many times, as here. You can see more of his work on my website, on the New York Fashion Week and the WorldGreat menus.
CREDITS FOR THE SLIDESHOW (see below) OF IMAGES:
Hair: Peter Gray, Home Agency, for Redken Fifth Avenue
Wigs: Jon Renau
Makeup: Charlotte Willer, Maybelline
Photos: Helen Oppenheim
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