WORDS: Elisabeth Szepsy 7 May 2008
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The Spring Summer season at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week saw the dawn of a new generation of hair with a crop of neat, shiny heads with all manner of growths sprouting forth - a veritable Garden of Eden of fruits, flowers and shoots of all types and shapes.
The collections also showed a welcome wave of glamour ripple down the runways with women who appeared like upwardly mobile femmes with a purpose, unencumbered by hair that needed constant tossing and teasing. There was literally a new polish. |
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Simple and slick
Harking
back to the 80s, Robert Palmer's milestone film clip 'Addicted to Love'
showed a gaggle of glamour girls with wet, slicked back hair. It was
new then, and gave an innovative edge this season too. At the minimal
end of the spectrum, the modernists used this glossy 'nut' to
accentuate the simplicity of their lines and bring attention to detail
and colour. At Lisa Ho, hair stylist Kenneth Stoddart for Redken created a tiny twisted bun at the back of the neck to give class to his version of 'elegant and self-sustaining' hair. At Camilla and Marc the look was sleek knots perched on top of the head.
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Kenneth Stoddart for Redken at Lisa Ho
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Gladiatorial Greece
For
Konstantina Mittas, hair stylist Jon Pulitano for GHD seemed to draw
from gladiatorial Greece with helmet-like heads of hair adorned with a
single centre fin of knotted and looped braids for his modernistic
cyber warrior look. sass & bide's vie, directed by Renya Xydis, got
an extra shot of bling with meticulously executed, jewelled corn rows.
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Renya Xydis for Wella at sass & bide
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Wind-kissed
A
little more softly, stylist Barney Martin for L’Oréal Professionnel created wind-kissed hair for Lee Matthews, pulling hair back into dreamy
single plaits, giving a touch of youthfulness and nostalgia to Mathew’s
refined pieces. At Anna Thomas, Alan White for L’Oréal Professionnel
gave a refreshing twist to the season's neat silhouette, creating
tiny shoots of texture sprouting from the head.
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Barney Martin for L’Oréal Professionnel at Lee Matthews
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