Or, more accurately, hair as hat. Or maybe headpiece. Channelling the 1940s vibe we ogled yesterday, but infusing it with a haute Parisian flavour plus a spike of signature spunk, the Sass and Bide beauty look for Fall 2008 was all about the hair.
Australian celebrity coiffeuse Renya Xydis was charged with accessorising the designers’ vision of “playful vibrancy amidst quirky structure” on a catwalk sprinkled with sequined rainbows and general joie de vivre (watch vid here).
Here’s how she did it:
Wella was the styling tool of choice for amping up the “elegant volume”, so Xydis first saturated the models’ manes in High Hair Touch & Feel before gently wringing out and blow-drying the lengths.
To create the hyper stylised puffs, Xydis then parted the hair from left eye to beneath the right ear and gathered two ponytails. “The front ponytail should be an inch above the hairline, in line with the eye,” she directs catwalk copycats. “The lower ponytail should sit at the nape of the neck, on the right side.”
Now for the crimping (yep, it’s back for another winter!). After insulating locks with High Hair Flat Iron Spray, she clamped random clumps to create texture and workable oomph. Then, fanning the lengths wide, she prepared to loop the loops.
Still with us? “Carefully loop the hair under each ponytail, keeping lengths completely smooth, and tuck into your elastic,” Xydis details. “Then twist excess hair under the elastic and pin.” A blast of System Professional Ultimation hairspray and shiny High Hair Gloss Serum… and voila! Accessorise at will (how much are you loving the sequined buttons?).
Seems doable enough, but methinks I’ll be taking the catwalk look down a notch (ie. losing the top loop) before attempting it on the sidewalk.
