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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’10 Fashion Week NYC: Yigal Azrouël

Yigal Azrouël showed his spring ’10 collection at the tents at Bryant Park with models sporting hairstyles created by Aveda vice president global creative director Antoinette Beenders, who described the looks as “wet-a-porter.” “They’re punky London looks but with a New York style,” she told me. To achieve the look, a messy knot at the [...]

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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’10 Fashion Week in NYC: Cesar Galindo

The glamorous nightclub space M2 was the setting for Cesar Galindo’s dramatic show, which featured brightly colored dresses, many embellished with architectural curves and ruffles. Holli Smith for Redken chose to keep hair simple, styling the mod

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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’10 Fashion Week NYC: Teen Vogue “Best of Bleecker Street”

On Sept. 10, the first day of New York Fashion Week, Aveda joined with Vogue and New York City shoppers to celebrate the first-ever Fashion’s Night Out at two of its Manhattan locations. Fashion’s Night Out is a global initiative to pro

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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’10 Fashion Week NYC: Monique Lhuillier

Monique Lhuillier’s spring ’09 collection was presented at Christie’s, an apt location for the glamorous designs, which were inspired by Maasai warriors. Backstage, Laurent Philippon for Bumble and bumble was styling the models’ hair into crimped

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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’10 Fashion Week NYC: BCBG Max Azria

Here in Manhattan, we’re in the middle of spring ’10 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. I kicked off the week with a visit backstage at BCBG Max Azria, in the tents at Bryant Park. The lead stylist, Bob Recine for Phyto, was busy backstage tending to t

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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ’09: J.Mendel and Juan Carlos Obando

During the recent Fashion Week Fall 2009, I had the opportunity to attend the runway shows of J.Mendel and Juan Carlos Obando. I also went backstage before each of them to check out the hair and makeup. At J.Mendel, lead hairstylist Odile Gilbert cre

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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ’09: Catherine Malandrino

Catherine Malandrino’s elegant Fall ’09 show was held on Thursday at the venerable Rainbow Room on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Guests, who included Mena Suvari and Mary J Blige, were treated to Bellini cocktails and hors

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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ’09: Catherine Malandrino

Catherine Malandrino’s elegant Fall ’09 show was held on Thursday at the venerable Rainbow Room on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Guests, who included Mena Suvari and Mary J Blige, were treated to Bellini cocktails and hors d’oeuvres b

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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ’09: Rodarte

On Tuesday I headed to the Gagosian Gallery for the eagerly anticipated Rodarte show, which was attended by Kirsten Dunst and Elijah Wood. Backstage, lead stylist for Aveda Odile Gilbert was creating chignons from ponytails that were laced up and

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Odile Gilbert for Aveda at Rodarte

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ’09: Rodarte

On Tuesday I headed to the Gagosian Gallery for the eagerly anticipated Rodarte show, which was attended by Kirsten Dunst and Elijah Wood. Backstage, lead stylist for Aveda Odile Gilbert was creating chignons from ponytails that were laced up and w

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