One look at the glorified comb-overs Guido Palau fashioned backstage at Alexander Wang in February (and then again at Bottega Veneta in Milan), and it’s clear that he’s more than willing to push the envelope when it comes to coiffing. But still we weren’t prepared for what was waiting backstage at Pier 94 yesterday. That [...]

The glitz and glamour of last night’s star-studded CFDA Awards didn’t get under way until the early evening, but the prep work at Alice Tully Hall was going strong all afternoon long. Champagne flutes were getting unpacked, the red carpet was being rolled out, and name cards were being filed in alphabetical order by an [...]

It was the near-official style of spring, and given the way the side braid keeps showing up at events, we’re going to bet that it keeps on keepin’ on for summer, too. The latest spokesperson to rep the slung-over-the-shoulder plait is one Sessilee Lopez, who took a low-lying version of the look for a spin [...]

We knew it was going to take off when we first spied it backstage at Alexander Wang last September (and again at Miu Miu in October), but every time we see Spring 2010’s side-slung braid, we can’t say enough good things about it. Jessica Stam wore one last night at Giambattista Valli’s dinner for Moncler [...]

When we first spotted the deep parts and matted-down tresses that hairstylist Guido Palau called “a bit grunge” and “kind of tomboyish” backstage at Alexander Wang last month, we were skeptical but intrigued nonetheless; the concept was novel enough and seemed to work thematically with Wang’s early-nineties collection. But two countries and countless similarly inspired [...]

The matte nail trend that started at Alexander Wang’s Fall 2009 show and then ballooned into full line extensions and no-shine topcoats at the consumer level over the past year is apparently here to stay—at Wang and elsewhere. Butter London’s Nonie Creme christened the two coats of mauve Yummy Mummy followed by a mattifying layer [...]

Four days into NYFW and already certain inspirational phrases have become ubiquitous: Descriptive words like “early nineties,” “a bit grunge,” and “kind of tomboyish” have rung out backstage from RVCA x Erin Wasson and Rag & Bone to last night’s Alexander Wang show. To get this increasingly popular look, Wang’s makeup artist Diane Kendal kept [...]

“Gone is the day of the perfect updo,” Redken creative consultant Guido Palau recently declared over a preholiday lunch to discuss next season’s biggest hair trends. Palau has said goodbye to the pristine twists and turns of yesteryear and is advocating instead a new era that utilizes these same classic shapes with unexpected textures and [...]

We had a weird déjà vu yesterday while poring over images from the Miu Miu runway. Those long braids swung over one shoulder? Was this early September in New York? Had the Alexander Wang girl hopped a plane to Paris, forgone her Sunday football inclinations, and embraced a series of girly prints and sequined dresses? [...]

OK, OK. We know that we’ve been paying a lot of attention to the no-brow look that has dominated the Spring shows, but here’s a little something for those of you who are decidedly against bleaching, waxing, or glue-sticking your arches for a full-forehead effect. Makeup artist Diane Kendal has been single-handedly championing the full [...]