HAIRSTYLE COLLECTIONS
Credits :
Vivienne Mackinder for Simplicity Hair Extensions
Courtesy of Simplicity Hair Extensions
Bridal Stylist : Vivienne Mackinder
Credits :
Vivienne Mackinder for Simplicity Hair Extensions
Courtesy of Simplicity Hair Extensions
Bridal Stylist : Vivienne Mackinder
“After the Simplicity Hair Extensions were applied, I set the model’s hair, backbrushed the base, lightly disturbed the curls, and then placed the style. Each look in this collection took about 10 minutes to complete.” Vivienne Mackinder
Credits :
Vivienne Mackinder for Simplicity Hair Extensions
Courtesy of Simplicity Hair Extensions
Bridal Stylist : Vivienne Mackinder
“Whether you create larger-than-life looks or undone, loose chignons, it’s critical to know how to artfully apply hair extensions to add volume where needed, fill in thin areas, or simply create longer, thicker hair.” Mackinder
“A small section of hair is never all one length; it’s composed of hair that’s two-years old, six-months old and even one-day old. To give extensions a realistic look, I ‘age’ the hair by gently sliding a razor along the shaft.” Mackinder
“Without the help of Simplicity Hair Extensions, I would never have been able to give the model’s thin, broken hair this modern interpretation of a classic upstyle.” Mackinder
Credits :
Vivienne Mackinder for Simplicity Hair Extensions
Courtesy of Simplicity Hair Extensions
Bridal Stylist : Vivienne Mackinder
Made with light-bending steel, Frank Gehry’s postmodern masterpieces continually shape-shift as the sun moves across the hemisphere. Recently, when Matrix challenged its seven Artistic Directors to create one look each for the upcoming Urban Art mega-collection, Patrick McIvor - whose fertile imagination seems to have no bounds - immediately referenced the magical changes of Gehry’s most famous structures.
“Using haircolor, I wanted to emulate the amazing illusion that occurs when light hits undulating surfaces, a project that took a lot of trial-and-error and weeks of prep time,” beams Patrick McIvor. “I recreated the bands of light with six yards of swatches dyed in color blockings that went from light to dark and back to light again throughout the head. It truly proved to be an amazing challenge for someone like me, who’s always been focused on creating believable hair. (MyMatrixFamily.com )
“Using haircolor, I wanted to emulate the amazing illusion that occurs when light hits undulating surfaces, a project that took a lot of trial-and-error and weeks of prep time,” beams Patrick McIvor. “I recreated the bands of light with six yards of swatches dyed in color blockings that went from light to dark and back to light again throughout the head. It truly proved to be an amazing challenge for someone like me, who’s always been focused on creating believable hair. (MyMatrixFamily.com )
Photographer: Sarah Silver;
Hairstylist: Nathan Rosenkranz;
Haircolorist: Patrick McIvor;
Makeup Artist: Silvia Dell’Orto;
Fashion Stylist: Rod Novoa
Growing stronger with each generation, feminine mystique has morphed from being the leader behind the throne to openly taking charge of matters in business and, in many ways, relationships.
Team Twins, recipient of the prestigious Dutch Coiffure Award among many others, depicts this evolution—make that revolution—of women, which have become fierce competitors in nearly all aspects of life.
Team Twins, recipient of the prestigious Dutch Coiffure Award among many others, depicts this evolution—make that revolution—of women, which have become fierce competitors in nearly all aspects of life.
Underscoring this rise to power: red, which is liberally placed throughout the collection. (Twins-Dalen.nl )
Runway Event: Asia Beauty Expo
“The most recent Jafi a presentation was held at the Asia Beauty Expo in Yokohama, which is about a 45-minute drive from Tokyo,” Gray relates.
“I invited designers and fashion stylists with a penchant for street fashion to create one-off couture clothing for an avant-garde runway presentation.
To level the playing fi eld, we purchased identical black jumpsuits from a military surplus store. The challenge was to refashion each piece into a design that broke traditional fashion rules.
The same caveat applied to hair. If you would normally do a haircut a certain way, then you had to mix it up in some unconventional manner, whether it meant using your fi ngers instead of a comb or crafting an outrageous hairline with hair remover as opposed to a clipper or razor.” Gray
“Way Perry is amazing. He’s the Fashion Director for Man About Town and
Menswear Editor of Wonderland magazines, and an extraordinary fashion
stylist. Way refashioned his jumpsuit to include hundreds of buttons—both
front and back—which totally spoke to the youth culture of Japan.
“Our model looked so sweet and young that we decided to create a hair
design that resembled a futuristic English schoolboy. We cut his hair using a
razor-over-comb technique to create a stepped edge and then peeled the hair
down to the scalp along the perimeter.” Gray (jedroot.com/stylists-main.php )
“Yasuhiro Takehisa was our fashion stylist for the entire collection. He also did this one-off fashion design by taking several jumpsuits, cutting them up and redesigning them into a shirt, trousers and man’s skirt. When the model moved his arms, the edges of the skirt lifted to reveal trouser legs. “For the hair design, we wanted to see how far we could take the cut by using a completely freestyle method. We applied cream hair remover with an birch-wood stick to defi ne the perimeters.” Gray (YasuhiroTakehisa.com )
“Shun Watanabe is currently Fashion Editor for Vogue Hommes Japan and a freelance fashion stylist whose services are in demand around the globe. Shun wanted to create a Ray Petri’s Buffalo style that was both masculine and feminine. We cast a hardcore businessman and tough guy with an eightpack who didn’t bat an eyelash at wearing a skirt. Love the shoulder pads and white socks peeking out over his Doc Martens! We bleached the model’s hair pale yellow, applied a strong purple color and then rinsed and rinsed until it faded to a mauve-gray.” Gray (ShunWatanabe.com )
“A groundbreaking menswear fashion stylist and editor, Simon Foxton has a keenly honed, yet innate ability to anticipate and defi ne key shifts in menswear. For our show, he asked for the biggest, most muscular Japanese guy we could find. We added one more caveat, ‘with hair.’ “Simon re-engineered his jumpsuit to be half-street and half-sport, complete with jock socks over Doc Martens, an elbow bandage, a wristband and studs all around the sleeves. We decided to give the model a rockabilly pompadour and use cream hair remover to redefi ne his existing hairline.” Gray (clmuk.com/styling/simon-foxton )
“Nicola Formichetti is about as prolifi c as it can get in fashion. He’s also an original maverick. Nicola is known for styling and designing clothing for Lady Gaga, but that’s just a fraction of the who’s who that he helps to make their outré best. At the heart of his passion is deconstruction/ construction. He does this by cutting up designer clothing and using pieces to create a new, one-off couture design. I love the laces for their effect and the face mask for its strong message of civil unrest that’s happening all over the world right now. We went against the grain by styling the hair with Aveda Intensive Restructuring Treatment as opposed to a styling product.” Gray (NicolaFormichetti.com )
“I adore working with Japanese hair; it can take so much abuse and still look gorgeous at the end of the day. We pre-bleached this model’s hair to pale yellow and applied a saturated cherry red. We then painted dark pieces throughout the head to complete the composition. “The result was a neoromantic punk look, much like Keanan Duffty, who redesigned his jumpsuit into a rebellious work of art. I wouldn’t have expected anything less! Keanan is a consummate rebel who’s designed clothing for some of the most famous and outrageous rock stars on both sides of the Atlantic.” Gray (KeananDuffty.com )
“I love everything about this image. The designer, Jeremy Scott, is an authentic l’enfant terrible—a bad boy who does his own thing and marches to his own drummer without giving a whit for commercial sensibility. For our collection, his design was beautifully screened onto his refashioned jumpsuit. “The model also turned out to be a dresser’s dream. He had naturally curly hair that we fashioned into a faux-hawk and used a curling iron to give it an almost androgynous feel. We lightened all of his hair, applied a saturated fashion shade and then added dark pieces for depth and contrast. The result was head-to-toe camp that played well for the camera and pleased the audience, which consisted mostly of hairstylists from all over Asia.” Gray (JeremyScott.com )
“Even though you can’t see the model’s hair, we couldn’t resist including this image in our collection for HOT. Out of everybody currently designing and styling street fashions, Jason Farrer is the most credible. True to his nature, he wanted to cast a real ‘yakuza’ or Japanese gangster for his design. My first thought was, ‘OMG, we’re going to be killed!’ “We found our yakuza through a traditional tattoo parlor where walk-ins defi nitely were not welcome. He proved to be quite a handful. We decided early on that the only way to avoid getting hurt was to give him anything he wanted, including beer at the crack of dawn.” Gray (SangBleu.com/Author/Jason-Farrer )
“I’ve been fascinated with ancient Asian warriors for many years,” says Guy Tang. “This lifelong interest morphed into a futuristic story about strife, heroism and the nature of man, who’s been torn between war and peace since the beginning of time.”
To create his character, Tang used cans of instant tanning spray and hair extensions coated with outrageous amounts of ISO Bouncy Creme, Joico Creme Wax and water to give the look and feel of grimy, sweat-sated hair.
He currently works at Salon Republic in West Hollywood and does education for Joico.
Far in the future and light years from Earth, a lone Martivite warrior prepares to defend his world against the Sventar, an alien race that has rained terror from the skies for 100 years.
With his fellow top fighters now dead or enslaved by the ruthless Sventarians, Malyn is alone, with no one to give him orders; no one to call his name.
Even so, he focuses on hopeful thoughts while he battles for the sake of his sister, now living in the darkness of Bekir; his brother, whose mind has been washed clean; and himself. For without hope, there can be no life.
And without life, all is lost.
Far in the future and light years from Earth, a lone Martivite warrior prepares to defend his world against the Sventar, an alien race that has rained terror from the skies for 100 years.
With his fellow top fighters now dead or enslaved by the ruthless Sventarians, Malyn is alone, with no one to give him orders; no one to call his name.
Even so, he focuses on hopeful thoughts while he battles for the sake of his sister, now living in the darkness of Bekir; his brother, whose mind has been washed clean; and himself. For without hope, there can be no life.
And without life, all is lost.
The setting suns shower the last vestiges of warmth on Malyn’s back. His body is unscathed, although luck played a big role in his wholeness. He gives thanks to Artin, the mighty god of war, for allowing him to fight another day. Who knows?
Perhaps Zethyr will send reinforcements from deep within the planet, or perhaps not. “They will come, that much I know,” Malyn says aloud, his voice echoing in the vast emptiness. Exhausted, he closes his eyes and dreams of a better tomorrow—one where Sventarians no longer litter the landscape of his once beautiful world—and peace.
In the mid-’50s, when every little girl dreamed of becoming a ballerina, one of the most treasured gifts was a jewelry box with a wind-up figurine that performed endless pirouettes.
Twirling to ‘‘Waltz of the Flowers’’ or ‘‘Fur Elise’’, these musical gems were often a child’s first foray into the world of imagined elegance. Fast-forward nearly 60 years and Kera Spencer, Eufora Avant-garde Stylist of the Year and stylist for Michael’s Hair Body Mind in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, recaptures this special experience with Ballerina in the Box, using real-life dancers for the camera and little girls everywhere—no matter what their true age might be.
Twirling to ‘‘Waltz of the Flowers’’ or ‘‘Fur Elise’’, these musical gems were often a child’s first foray into the world of imagined elegance. Fast-forward nearly 60 years and Kera Spencer, Eufora Avant-garde Stylist of the Year and stylist for Michael’s Hair Body Mind in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, recaptures this special experience with Ballerina in the Box, using real-life dancers for the camera and little girls everywhere—no matter what their true age might be.
Photographer: John Parkes;
Hairstylist: Kera Spencer;
Makeup Artist: Jordan Petroff;
Wardrobe Stylist: Sue Morra
Paul Wilson, who in addition to his prestigious American Crew position manages Art + Science salon in Chicago, has a penchant for creating artistic renditions of classic styles. Case in point: the pompadour made famous by Elvis Presley and worn by millions of male hipsters over the past 50 years.
“The collection is really a fusion of classic and experimental rumors that appeal to younger men who tend to be more adventurous with their hairstyles,” smiles Wilson.
“For the Pompadours collection, I used American Crew SUPERGLUE as a base, sculpted and dried the hair in various shapes and then finished each style by applying styling cream to the outside layers of the hair,” Wilson continues. “This added softer, more realistic texture and noticeable shine to the final designs.”
“For the Pompadours collection, I used American Crew SUPERGLUE as a base, sculpted and dried the hair in various shapes and then finished each style by applying styling cream to the outside layers of the hair,” Wilson continues. “This added softer, more realistic texture and noticeable shine to the final designs.”
Photographer: David Raccuglia;
Hairstylist: Paul Wilson;
Makeup Artist: Michelle Mungcal;
Fashion Stylist: Brett Bailey;
Sponsor: American Crew
Photographer: Joseph Cartright, cartright.com ;
Art Director/Hairstylist/Haircolorist: Chrystofer Benson, Matrix Artistic Director;
Salon: Salon Tantrum, salontantrum.com ;
Makeup Artist: Merrill Hollis;
Fashion Stylist: Jersey, stylebyjersey.com
Photographer: Joseph Cartright, cartright.com ;
Art Director/Hairstylist/Haircolorist: Chrystofer Benson, Matrix Artistic Director;
Salon: Salon Tantrum, salontantrum.com ;
Makeup Artist: Merrill Hollis;
Fashion Stylist: Jersey, stylebyjersey.com
Photographer: Joseph Cartright, cartright.com ;
Art Director/Hairstylist/Haircolorist: Chrystofer Benson, Matrix Artistic Director;
Salon: Salon Tantrum, salontantrum.com ;
Makeup Artist: Merrill Hollis;
Fashion Stylist: Jersey, stylebyjersey.com
LAS VEGAS NEON GRAVEYARD “No other place characterizes ‘swank’ like Vegas. Our challenge was to create a fresh interpretation that was classic Las Vegas, but with a twist. What better place to do this, than the Las Vegas Neon Sign Graveyard? We chose a random vintage neon sign (Stardust marquee, circa 1958) as a point of departure, to create an image that turned up the volume with explosive color, bold shapes and pedal-to-the-metal hair.” — Luis Alvarez
MARDI GRAS WORLD, NewOrleans “New Orleans — especially its Mardi Gras festival — is the ultimate playground for exploring the concept of Maximalism. If Minimalism’s motto is ‘Less is More,’ Maximalism’s motto is ‘More is More.’ “We chose the textural and color excess of a Mardi Gras float as the background to create an image that would arrest your vision, stop you in your tracks and compel you to explore its complexity.” — Alvarez
MARDI GRAS WORLD, NewOrleans “New Orleans — especially its Mardi Gras festival — is the ultimate playground for exploring the concept of Maximalism. If Minimalism’s motto is ‘Less is More,’ Maximalism’s motto is ‘More is More.’ “We chose the textural and color excess of a Mardi Gras float as the background to create an image that would arrest your vision, stop you in your tracks and compel you to explore its complexity.” — Alvarez
ST. ROCK CEMETERY, Neworleans
“OK, I confess: I’m addicted to the TV show True Blood. We used its theme of “Dangerous Elegance” as our inspiration to create our ultimate interpretation of Vamp. New Orleans is famous for its distinctive cemeteries and renowned for celebrations of its ‘Cities of the Dead.’ St. Rock cemetery created the perfect background for this image, which conveys a stimulating juxtaposition of tradition, superstition and provocative elegance.” — Alvarez
Photography: Luis Alvarez for Aquage;
Photo Tech: Thomas Smalley;
Hairstylist: Ann Bray for Aquage;
Hair Tech: Rita Davis;
Haircolor: Deena Nicely;
Fashion Stylist: Patric Chauvez;
Makeup Artists: Wanda Alvarez and Carly Campbell;
Production: Don Wismer;
Products: Aquage Biomega
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