Written by Tania Braukämper on 22 May 2013
A hair colour change is the perfect foundation for a drastic makeover or reinvention; and if you’re going use hair colour as a statement, going platinum blonde – or near to it – is certainly a striking way to do it. Looking at the key hair trends for 2013 and beyond, bleached blonde in it’s lightest incarnations sits high on the list, partly thanks to…
Written by Melanie Lim on 21 May 2013
Every season has trademark hair trends that stylists interpret in different ways and for fall 2013, a reoccurring hair trend is the wet look or hair that’s glossy and shiny. For the Christian Dior fall 2013 show at Paris fashion week, Redken’s Guido Palau created a hairstyle that utilizes the shiny wet look yet still features a classic detail. The result was a 1950s chignon…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 18 May 2013
If you're craving some visual inspiration on how to style your hair in a way that shines with the glow of the Jazz Age, then you need not look further than our evolving
1920s hairstyles Pinterest board. Follow for an inspirational dose of finger waves and bobs, from authentic vintage looks through to easy-to-wear modern interpretations.
Written by Melanie Lim on 16 May 2013
Who doesn’t love a good blow out? Blowing out your hair and leaving it down is simply sexy and assures you of a good hair day. Redken creative consultant Guido Palau took that blow dried look and added a little something for the Versace fall 2013 show in Milan. That little something is a voluminous side part that is a fall 2013 hairstyle he describes…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 10 May 2013
Interpreting the theme of punk can yield a great many different looks – as this year’s Met Gala proved. Cara Delevingne‘s outfit of a studded Burberry dress wasn’t the most extreme, but it did stick in the mind for being the kind of look any girl would want to make her own. And much of the effect also came down to her smokey eyes, studded…
Written by Daniel P Dykes on 9 May 2013
The cover of the May 2013 issue of L’Officiel gave us a bobbed Barbara Palvin, but Cuneyt Akeroglu’s pictorial of the model from the same issue takes a different approach: ’80s Americana.
Written by Melanie Lim on 8 May 2013
One hairstyle that has an interesting history is the bob. Over the centuries, it’s been very common for women to have long hair but even before the first world war, some women were already taking the fashionable risk of wearing their hair short. Bobs were already worn by actresses in the 1920s but it wasn’t until the 1960s that they became even more popular and…
Written by Melanie Lim on 8 May 2013
Robert Downey Jr. is admired by many for his amazing acting chops, but also because he was able to rise above his personal turmoils to become one of the highest paid superheroes of all time. Reprising his role as the playboy-billionaire Tony Stark in Iron Man 3 (which is in theaters right now), the whole world is afflicted by RDJ mania once again. Mr. Stark…
Written by Daniel P Dykes on 7 May 2013
Writer Derek Blasberg threw a 1960s fashion themed birthday party which left us with not only some pretty cool photos but also smattering of inspiration for everything from the coveted 1960s bob to all manner of makeup looks.
Written by Tania Braukämper on 4 May 2013
No doubt you’ll be seeing Gatsby-inspired everything everywhere as the new film is released across the world, but the over-saturation of the words roaring twenties need not deter you from being inspired to get into the flapper-girl spirit. It was, after all, an era that arises time and again as inspiration whether there’s newfound cultural significance or not. We’ve already seen 1920s fashion given new…
