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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’12 Fashion Week NYC: Derek Lam

Lead stylist for Phyto Orlando Pita found his hair inspiration for Derek Lam’s spring show, held at the Stage at Lincoln Center, from Richard Neutra, an architect famous for his geometric structures. Pita achieved the low ponytail in only a few steps, but with added sophistication. “I don’t like to do hair people can do themselves,” said [...]

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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’12 Fashion Week NYC: Victoria Beckham

For Victoria Beckham’s spring show at the New York Public Library’s Astor Hall, Redken Creative Consultant Guido designed a hairstyle to identify an independent, sophisticated woman, or as he put it, Catherine Deneuve with added masculinity. “The

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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’12 Fashion Week NYC: Jen Kao

For the Jen Kao spring 2012 show, the beauty inspiration was all about giving grunge a more polished look. Inspired by Tank Girl, lead hairstylist Peter Gray for Cutler designed a look that was tough but feminine and centered around individuality. Gr

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Mercedes-Benz Spring 2012 Fashion Week NYC: Carolina Herrera

Carolina Herrera’s spring 2012 collection, shown at the tents at Lincoln Center, featured many bold colors and prints, so lead hairstylist for Moroccanoil Orlando Pita kept the hair simple. “Carolina wanted the girls to look groomed and done but stil

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Mercedes-Benz Spring 2012 Fashion Week NYC: Jenny Packham

This morning I headed over to the tents at Lincoln Center bright and early for a look at the hair Leonard Manetti, lead stylist for L’Oréal Professionnel, was creating for Jenny Packham’s show. To complement the collection’s many shimmering, colo

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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’12 Fashion Week NYC: Timo Weiland

At the spring 2012 Timo Weiland show the vibe was “New Yorkers gone surfing circa 1960′s and 1970′s.” Stylist and “Queen of Curl,” Ouidad, opted for very laid-back hair styles as if the models had just stepped off of the beach.  The look

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Mercedes-Benz Spring 2012 Fashion Week NYC: Pamela Love

Pamela Love’s spring 2012 jewelry collection, which featured Moroccan-inspired pieces with graphic shapes and patterns, was shown at Milk Studios. Each model wore a headscarf and hat, so lead stylist for Sebastian Professional Anthony Cole created a

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Mercedes-Benz Spring 2012 Fashion Week NYC: Christian Siriano

Christian Siriano’s spring 2012 collection, shown at Eyebeam, featured lots of flowing pieces in bright tones of coral and underwater hues, which inspired Aveda Global Creative Director Antoinette Beenders to give models’ hair a flirty, textured and

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Mercedes-Benz Spring 2012 Fashion Week NYC: Helmut Lang

Paul Hanlon, lead stylist for TIGI, created a messy, wet-looking knotted ponytail for the models at Helmut Lang’s show, held at Pier 57. “It’s like a girl who’s been to a rock concert, pulled her hair into a knot and headed home,” he said. The sporty

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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’12 Fashion Week NYC: Band of Outsiders

An urban oasis was created under The High Line in NYC, where the 2012 Band of Outsiders spring collection hit the runway. Didier Malige, lead hair stylist for Aveda, created two looks that were called the boy-girl look and the girl-girl look. The

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