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GK Hair’s Backstage to Balcony Pampers Fashionistas at New York Fashion Week

GK Hair offered a mini oasis to pamper New York Fashion Week attendees in the Empire Hotel. Talented stylists, including Jeff Wacker who created hairstyles for the Nicole Miller, Vivienne Tam and Jason Wu runways this season, offered faux bobs, curls, ponytails and smoothing using GK Hair’s styling line. I stopped by before my first [...]

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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2013 NYC: Perry Ellis

Camo, tweed, paisley, wool and an overall outdoors-woodsy vibe dominated the Perry Ellis by Duckie Brown Fall/Winter 2013 collection, showcased at the Highline Stages Tuesday. To tastefully contrast with the clothes, Holli Smith for Oribe Hair Care s

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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2013 NYC: Ann Yee

For the Ann Yee Fall/Winter 2013 show, Yee was inspired by Black Mountain College, a beatnik liberal arts college founded in the 1930’s that was a unique educational experiment for artists. Complete with lots of knits, Yee’s clothes exemplified the

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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2013 NYC: Wildfox

Design house Wildfox is into kitsch and class and decided for its fall/winter 2013 collection to take on the roaring 1920s, “ala The Great Gatsby” To pull of the look in the hair US Creative Director for TIGI, Heath Grout, styled most of the girls

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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2013 NYC: Haus Alkire

For Haus Alkire’s Fall 2013 show, Catwalk by TIGI Creative Director Heath Grout prepped models’ hair at the New York City TIGI Academy, his third season working with the fashion designer couple. Inspiration for the fall 2013 collection came from phot

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Mercedes-Benz Spring 2013 Fashion Week: Marimekko

Jon Reyman for Aveda styled a low pony with a sculptural twist for the the first ever Marimekko Fashion Week show featuring the brand’s Spring/Summer 2013 collection. Known for bright colors and graphic prints, the hair fit in with the brand while al

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Mercedes-Benz Fall 2012 Fashion Week NYC: Betsey Johnson

The color pink should simply be renamed Betsey Johnson. A total fashion icon and tiny ball of exuberant energy Betsey Johnson showed her Fall 2012 Collection—with plenty of pink—this week to a packed theater at Lincoln Center. The theme of

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Mercedes-Benz Fall 2012 Fashion Week NYC: Carolina Herrera

Backstage for the Carolina Herrera preshow hair and makeup, the energy was buzzing as creating any look for Ms. Herrera is done with great care and respect. The highlight during the beautiful creations was when Ms. Herrera gently popped in the ro

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Mercedes-Benz Fall 2012 Fashion Week NYC: Rag & Bone

As the new senior editor here at American Salon, today I got the chance to attend my first ever fashion show and I was beyond excited! I went behind-the-scenes of Rag & Bone with hair done by Redken Creative Consultant Guido and makeup by Revlon

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