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February 9, 2012 10:30 am
Headbands were the big story of last month’s Golden Globe awards as both Charlize Theron and Michelle Williams sported bedazzled hairpieces to the event. But the accessories were met with mixed reviews, as Theron’s crystal-encrusted band and Williams’ black satin strap seemed to detract from the otherwise elegant quality of their Dior couture and Jason Wu gowns, respectively. But leave it to Julia Restoin-Roitfeld to give the hair band its just deserts. At last night’s amfAR New York gala to kick off Fall fashion week, the expectant mother sported a gilded, knotted coronet, which sat toward the back of her head rather than the front. The romantic style managed to spruce up her head-to-toe black look, without any of the kitsch a more forward-leaning band might have elicited. Don’t you agree?
tags: amfAR New York gala, Charlize Theron, Hair, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Michelle Williams
Fringe Following
February 7, 2012 1:13 pm
After both Jessica Biel and Reese Witherspoon debuted freshly trimmed forehead fringe last week, we started to wonder how far bangs’ latest second coming would go before reaching a saturation point in Hollywood circles. The answer to that question seems to be pretty far. Rachel McAdams and Liv Tyler are the latest starlets to make the cut, with McAdams premiering her new brow-grazing crop at the L.A. premiere of The Vow last night while Tyler turned up sporting a similar look at the Room to Grow fundraising gala in New York. We’ve always been more partial to long, face-framing layers, but it looks like fringe is in fashion again—for the time being at least. Thoughts on the trend’s resurgence?
tags: Hair, Liv Tyler, Rachel McAdams
Super Bowl Super Strands: A Face-Off
February 6, 2012 2:11 pm
By all accounts, last night’s Super Bowl halftime show was epic. Madonna? Check. Givenchy couture? Check. Cameos from Nicki Minaj and MIA? Check, check. Prince’s 2007 Super Bowl performance will forever rank as our favorite, but we can admit that Madonna legitimately killed it—with one hell of a beauty look to boot. Madge’s go-to glam squad of makeup artist Gina Brooke and hairstylist Andy LeCompte traveled to Indianapolis with the material girl to provide complexion perfection, glittering bronze lids, and a serious set of thick, honey gold ringlets that reminded us of a certain Italian Vogue editor. So, for a little compare-and-contrast fun, we give you Madonna in Givenchy and Franca Sozanni in Gucci. Who rocks long, middle-parted curls better?
tags: Franca Sozanni, Hair, M.I.A, Madonna, Nicki Minaj, Super Bowl
Drew Barrymore Makes The Gradient
February 2, 2012 1:04 pm
Drew Barrymore has long been an advocate of ombré hair. Before last summer’s grown-out roots phenomenon took Hollywood by storm and street-style superstars started using pink, blue, and green streaks instead of shades of blond for a gradual fade-out from mid-lengths to ends, Barrymore had mastered that art of color gradation. Recently, though, she’s taken it to the next level, starting the ombré process a bit further down the hair shaft so that her natural dark brunette strands are in even starker contrast to her gorgeous golden ends. What say you: too much of a good thing, or a refreshing twist on an exhausted trend?
tags: Drew Barrymore, Hair
Do The (Marcel) Wave
February 1, 2012 11:48 am
A curious retro beauty movement has gained steam over the past few weeks, as a collective homage to old Hollywood hairstyles seems to have taken hold of the runway and the red carpet. Pin-tucked faux bobs were spotted backstage at Christian Dior Couture last week, and then there’s the uptick in marcel waves with both Katherine Heigl and Keira Knightley sporting side parts and soft bends that segued into low chignons last night at the Paris premiere of One for the Money and the U.K. premiere of A Dangerous Method, respectively. You can chalk it up to awards season being in full swing, and we couldn’t be happier to see classic coiffure back in the spotlight. You too?
tags: Christian Dior Couture, Hair, Katherine Heigl, Keira Knightley
Bangs: They’re Back?
January 31, 2012 12:27 pm
The celebrity fringe movement that hit its peak about three years ago seems to be having a resurgence. First, Taylor Swift hit the cover of this month’s Vogue with long, face-framing layers, and now both Reese Witherspoon and Jessica Biel have made the cut. Witherspoon, who was spotted at the This Means War premiere last night in London, is revisiting the choppy “breakup bangs” that she debuted at the 2007 Golden Globes following her split from Ryan Phillippe (that was the yellow Nina Ricci dress year, for the red-carpet watchers among you), while the future Mrs. Timberlake has resurrected her side-swept fringe circa 2009 with a much heavier, darker iteration. Thoughts on the style’s second coming?
tags: Hair, Jessica Biel, Reese Witherspoon, Taylor Swift
Tilda Swinton’s Short Story
January 30, 2012 12:04 pm
Hands down, Tilda Swinton has the best short haircut in Hollywood—and we say that knowing full well how attached people are to Michelle Williams’ pixie. The We Need to Talk About Kevin star’s avant-garde fade could be just that—a shaved-on-bottom, long-on-top, nothing-more, nothing-less style—but Swinton has found a myriad of ways to keep things interesting. This month’s awards show circuit has seen her go sleek and smooth with a deep side part and then wild and wavy, a voluminous look that worked extremely well with the Haider Ackermann ensemble she wore to the Golden Globes. At last night’s SAG Awards, Swinton showed that her masculine quiff could get the old Hollywood glamour treatment, too, courtesy of sweeping bangs with a slight bend and a classic raspberry red lip. If you thought only long hair gave you options, think again. Which version of her crop do you like best?
tags: Hair, SAG Awards 2012, Tilda Swinton
Chloë Moretz Nails It
January 27, 2012 12:58 pm
Chloë Moretz may be refusing fashion campaign offers for now to give herself “room to spread [her] wings and grow up and become a young woman,” as she recently explained to New York magazine, but that hasn’t stopped her from becoming a fashion—and beauty—darling in the process. Over the past few months of premieres and awards shows, the Hugo star has doubled up on Proenza, sported a black Chanel frock, and slipped into a Suno wrap dress while working her hair into everything from a chin-grazing bob to a boy-meets-girl quiff. And then there was that Jalouse cover, which features the 14-year-old in a long, lavender-streaked wig with two barrettes placed just so along her hairline. It should be no surprise then that Moretz was first in line to flank Jason Wu at his Target collaboration launch party last night, an impressive coronet of knotted braids and a glossy black manicure in tow. We assume we’re not alone when we say that we can’t wait to see what she’s got planned for the Oscars. Thoughts on her look?
tags: Chloe Moretz, Hair, Jason Wu, Nails, Target
Kirsten Dunst Has A Laugh And A Lip Stain
January 24, 2012 11:45 am
After what was by all accounts one of her best performances to date in Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, Kirsten Dunst is showing her versatility at Sundance this week, with both her acting and beauty range. At the premiere of The Bachelorette, the Rodarte poster girl’s new gut-busting comedy that also stars Will Ferrell and Party Down’s Lizzie Kaplan, Dunst sported a subtle red lip stain and a hodgepodge of matte Heidi braids, which started on one side of her hairline and evolved into a loose twist on the other. It was cute, it was chic, and it was totally occasion-appropriate; this is Park City, after all, not Cannes. Thoughts on Kirsten’s red-carpet romp?
tags: Hair, Kirsten Dunst, The Bachelorette
Kate Bosworth, Lady In Red
January 23, 2012 12:51 pm
Despite Park City, Utah’s chilly temperatures and snow-lined walkways, some starlets will not be confined to Sundance’s traditional wardrobe protocol of boots, flannels, and fur-lined parkas—Kate Bosworth chief among them. Bosworth took to the red carpet in support of her new flick, Black Rock, in a pair of sky-high red stilettos, a matching sequined Antonio Berardi dress, and a perfectly painted crimson lip. The one-time Calvin Klein model’s particular scarlet mouth looked that much more striking thanks in large part to a sleek, pulled-back ponytail and Bosworth’s totally flawless ivory complexion. You can take the girl out of L.A…Thoughts on Bosworth’s glam salute to indie film?
tags: Black Rock, Kate Bosworth, Makeup, Sundance Film Festival 2012
