Hair & hairstyles

Complementing the sharp tailoring and contrasting the feminine colours, the hair styling at Carl Kapp’s spring / summer 2012 Australian fashion week (MBFWA) show took the collection to another new level of edgy, sharp and androgynous. Under the hair direction of hair maestro, Alan White from ghd, each model exhibited a fringed black blunt wig, inspired by Madonna’s avatar in her music video for Rain. …

Backstage at An Ode to No One’s Australian fashion week (MBFWA) show, Redken Hair Director Jon Pulitano was busily coating the hair of blonde beauty Ollie Henderson with hairspray. While he worked away at the evening’s hair look, we quizzed him on what insprired it and how it was created. Meanwhile, photographer James Broadhurst was flitting about backstage capturing the flurry of activity with his …

Against the bright hues, asymmetric cuts and chunky accessories of Ginger & Smart’s spring 2012 / 2013 collection at Australian fashion week (MBFWA), the crest-like hairstyles morphed into exotic bird-like plumage. But viewed on their own, off the runway and backlit into near silhouettes, the mohawked styles looked more akin to something you’d catch in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Whatever your association, they …

Zimmermann’s Australian fashion week (MBFWA) show stole our hearts, before it even started, with its rag-curl hairstyle (rags kept in). One way to make it even cuter? Add a thick fringe.

It’s no longer a hair trend, but the idea of ‘just change it‘ is never out of fashion.

There’s a school of thought put about in some circles that we see too much vintage fashion – that too many fashion trends rework what has gone before as opposed to pushing fashion forwards in new directions. It’s a school of thought that I can’t help disagree with. If a design from the past was executed so successfully that it still appeals, why should we …

It’s not as dramatic as her short crop from 2009, but Kristen Stewart’s donning of a retro faux bob on the cover of UK Elle magazine ought to bring the hairstyle some extra attention.

To compliment Rafael Cennamo's floor-grazing fairytale gowns, a textured, shambolic hairstyle was created capped off by mythical tiaras. This icy snow-Queen look can be worn down and messy or twisted up into a chignon. After the break we bring you the step by step how-to guide for both. Read on.

Jad Ghandour's New York show saw rock-chic leather acquainted with the sensuality of sheer chiffon. But as much as Ghandour’s Hollywood clientele beamed with excitement for his gown-swamped collection, his everyday girl gleefully embraced the thought of being Joan Crawford and Angelina Jolie – all at once. The hairstyle of the show was also a hybrid: an outlandish flair complimented the leather, while the rope-twist assisted the floor-length gowns. Find out how to create the style after the break.

Interpreting one view of a sophisticated and elegant British girl, the hairstyle at Paul Smith's fall 2012 showing saw an amalgamation of a chic ponytail at the back and a boyish silhouette at the front. A look that achieved a “grungy but sexy” feel, it's a ponytail with a tomboyish edge that you can create from home. Find out how after the break.