14 posts tagged "Karen Elson"
The Bob: It’s Baaaaack
The “short undercut” got some early love from us this season as the shaved underneath, longer-on-top style has been embraced by more than few models in New York. But the bob—that classic chin-grazing crop that can connote everything from a life change to a hair-trend sea change, just got two major endorsements. At last night’s well-attended, black-tie gala to fête Carine Roitfeld’s independent magazine venture, CR, a newly single Karen Elson and a newly married Margherita Missoni showed up sporting freshly shorn strands. Nothing like a transformative haircut to start a different chapter. Thoughts on their respective mane makeovers?
Instant Replay: Models Who Make Music Videos
Models and music videos have a long-standing symbiotic relationship. Almost as long as bands have been conjuring up visual accompaniments for their musical musings, they have been casting pretty faces to star in them—and by “star,” we mean gyrate around while looking desirable. Actresses have gotten in on the gig plenty of times, too, of course—who can forget Kim Basinger’s turn in Tom Petty’s “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” Gwyneth’s cameo in Melissa Etheridge’s “I Want to Come Over,” or Alicia Silverstone’s entire Aerosmith oeuvre? But this week, we’ve got models on the brain, thanks to George Michael’s latest release, “White Light,” in which he shares screen time with Kate Moss (and one very strong wind machine). This is not Moss’ first rodeo; the original waif has appeared in videos for Johnny Cash, the White Stripes, and Primal Scream—and her experience shows: Kate has the nonchalant, pouty sway down to an art, which we imagine is only slightly vexing to the members of Michael’s original model-filled video for his 1990 hit “Freedom.” That cinematic experience just so happens to top our greatest “models in music videos” hit list, which is just a click away.
Things We Learned From Bonnaroo
Bonnaroo 2011 is officially in the books and while the Eminem, Arcade Fire and Black Keys-fronted outdoor camping extravaganza didn’t bring out the kind of celebrity sightings we’ve come to expect from the annual music and arts festival (a face-painted, Indian headdress-wearing Drew Barrymore was sorely missed this year), we still managed to glean a few beauty tips from the talent onstage (and their backstage hangers-on). Here, three lessons learned form the Tennessee valley:
1. Flowers, Not Feathers
Karen Elson passed on plumage and embraced petals instead, sporting a gigantic, bejeweled ginger
bloom behind her ear.
2. Don’t Forget Your Statement Lip
The day of the strong pout, on the other hand, is far from over, as Amber Rose demonstrated with a bright pink mouth backstage during new beau, Wiz Khalifa’s set. Wiz is no Kanye, but we’re glad to see that Rose is keeping up her fashion savvy after splitting from the front-row fixture.
3. When In Doubt, Wear Waterproof
Musicians are are no strangers to the smoky eye, but Sleigh Bells front woman Alexis Krauss worked the sultry look with impressive ease even when swinging her head back and forth and working up an on-stage sweat. That, dear readers, is the power of a good waterproof shadow like Make Up For Ever
Aqua Cream, which stays put even when the hard rocking ensues.
Talking Fall Hair Color With Redken’s Tracey Cunningham
With November just a week away, Fall has hit its stride, which means a couple of things: First, you’re likely coming to the end of your seasonal-transition skin issues (rejoice!) and, two, you’re probably considering a hair color change now that those summer sun streaks seem incongruous with the cooler temperatures. “I warm my clients’ shades up in the fall,” Tracey Cunningham told us. As Redken’s creative consultant for color and one half of Beverly Hills’ celeb-friendly salon Byron + Tracey, Cunningham knows a thing or two about color changes (she tends to the tresses of Kate Bosworth, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Jessica Biel on the regular). Here, the coiffing star talks deep mahogany and brilliant copper-red hues and name-drops the Victoria’s Secret Angel who currently boasts the most requested hair color in L.A.
So, why warmer for winter?
It’s funny how clients embrace the winter. You’d think that we’ve trained them to think that they need to go darker! But people just really want to do that. They really want to cozy up.
Break it down for us; how are you instructing your clients—be they brunette, red, or blonde?
For my brunette clients, I plan to keep their base a dark chocolate truffle hue with thick golden highlights starting from the mid-section of their hair; for redheads, I lean towards a single-process tone with no highlights, just vibrant deep mahogany tones; and blond locks will be light and golden—a California blonde with the base a shade darker to give some dimension to the look. Think Kate Bosworth for this blond shade, it pops on her and looks great with a red lip. Sometimes just doing a gloss will work—it will warm up your highlights to a caramel tone—or with solid color, it would just make it more rich.
Whoa—Kate Bosworth has been really blonde recently. Will that really work on everyone?
Well, Kate is naturally really blonde. People always ask, “What’s the perfect blond?” and it’s really whatever looks good with your skin tone. Like…Cameron Diaz can tan.
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Red, Again
Tao Okamoto has been a little experimental in the hair department of late. Her signature black bowl cut was transformed into blond beach waves for an editorial spread a few months back, and for the latest issue of Vogue Nippon, she’s gone red. The ginger hue is a popular one these days; with Karen Elson’s flame-colored tresses inspiring magazine covers and slideshows alike in anticipation of her new album, everyone seems to have crimson on the brain—and Nars makeup artist Lena Koro is no exception. For a spread shot by one François Nars himself, Koro echoed the color of Okamoto’s hair by dragging a similarly colored glossy shadow up to her brows and out past her temples, a popular runway technique that is gaining steam in print and on the red carpet. Please also direct your attention due south of Okamoto’s visage for another trend ripped right off the Fall catwalks. Her textured gunmetal manicure is a perfect match for the Dashing Diva overlays we spotted backstage at Cushnie et Ochs in February, which we hope is a sign that the nail art that dominated from New York to London will be falling into popular favor in the very near future. (The Japanese manicurists who have been pioneering the art of sticking anything and everything onto the nail bed for decades are no doubt even more excited than we are.)