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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ’09: Walter

My Fashion Week experience started out on a high note at the Walter show. Stylist Scott Fontana used a variety of the 29 products from his brand-new line, Badass Hair, to create the “street-edgy” looks that perfectly complemented the designer’s signature urban/exotic style. Fontana did a lot of teasing and back-combing to achieve the messy [...]

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Lead hairstylist for Sebastian Professional Thomas Dunkin

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ’09: Diego Binetti

Diego Binetti’s innovative Fall ’09 show on Sunday at Focus Studios featured dancers from the Cedar Lake Dance Company, who pushed models on round platforms onto the runway, where they dismounted and walked the floor. Backstage, lea

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Lead hairstylist for Sebastian Professional Thomas Dunkin

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ’09: Diego Binetti

Diego Binetti’s innovative Fall ’09 show on Sunday at Focus Studios featured dancers from the Cedar Lake Dance Company, who pushed models on round platforms onto the runway, where they dismounted and walked the floor. Backstage, lead hairstylis

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Me with Thomas Dunkin, lead hairstylist for Sebastian Professional

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ’09: Charlotte Ronson

On Friday I hit the tents at Bryant Park to see what hairstyle Thomas Dunkin, lead hairstylist for Sebastian Professional, was creating for the Charlotte Ronson show, which featured clothing inspired by a combination of 1940s glamour and rocker fem

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Donna Maggi for Nioxin backstage at Alvin Valley

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall ’09 NYC: Alvin Valley

Last night I headed to the Altman Building for the Alvin Valley show, where lead hairstylists for Nioxin Theodore Leaf and Donna Maggi were busy giving their male and female models looks that channeled the classic elegance of the 1930s, but with a

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Mercedes-Benz NYC Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2009: Zang Toi fundraiser

Yesterday afternoon, I had the privilege of attending Zang Toi’s annual benefit/fashion show for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, where celebrities and New York socialites came together for an afternoon of food, fashion and fundraising at the chic res

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Jimmy Paul and I backstage at Nanette Lepore

Mercedes-Benz NYC Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2009: Nanette Lepore & Milly

On Wednesday morning (sorry for the delay!), I got to see the runway show for one of my favorite designers, Nanette Lepore, and witness renowned Bumble and bumble stylist Jimmy Paul work his magic. Paul, who could not have been nicer and more graci

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Palau at Marc Jacobs

Mercedes-Benz NYC Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2009: Marc Jacobs & Phi

As editor in chief of American Salon, I’ve been fortunate enough to be given exclusive access to all the shows that famed session stylist Guido Palau does for Redken during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, including Marc Jacobs, one of the hottes

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The CND studio

Mercedes-Benz Spring/Summer 2009 Fashion Week: Spotlight On Creative Nail Design (CND)

The CND Studio’s walls are lined with concepts and inspirations for different shows For the past week, we’ve been taking you backstage at some of the fashion world’s biggest shows, giving you inside access to the look

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The Odile Gilbert-designed look for 3.1 Phillip Lim

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2009 NYC: 3.1 Phillip Lim

On Wednesday I headed back to the tents at Bryant Park for a glimpse backstage at the striking look lead hairstylist for Aveda Odile Gilbert was creating for the 3.1 Phillip Lim show. “It’s sophisticated and girly at the same time,” Gilbert said of

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