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My Pick..Fan Bing Bing

Picked out from Vogue Magazine, these great 40’s/50’s rocker looks is modeled on Fan Bing Bing – Actress, TV star, Singer ( and I’ll bet she can dance too). Why is it so many Asian actors/actresses do it all!!!

Anyway, Fan Bing Bing, hailed from China and has steadily rose to the top of her field and has made a mark in Asia and has also attended the 64th Cannes Film Festival promoting her new movie – My Way.

I wish I could tell you who styled the hair but after searching high and low I couldn’t find anything altho I saw L’Oreal (Paris) mentioned somewhere. Anyway whoever you are, I love it! Bringing masculine and feminine together in one look.

 

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Hit or Miss.. Hats

Quite extraordinary talent I would say to be able to mold the hair or whatever medium was used to create these hats to look like hair. Hairstylist Olivier Chomienne was the talent behind these creations..

What do you think? Likey or No likey?

 

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Chen Man, Photographer

I first came across Chen Man when I read an article about her in Vogue this year, her own profile picture stood out with the whole cute look she had going on.

 

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Chen Man is a 23 year old photographer from China.  From her start in China she has now become a sought after photographer shooting projects  for China Vogue, Gucci, Marni, Mercedes Benz and one of her pictures was chosen to represent the Victoria and Albert Museum for an exhibition called ‘China Design Now’ in 2008. Wow – Impressive for such a young lady!

Chen Man works with make up artists a lot with her work and give directions to her shoots giving emphasis to the make up, because of the strength of the visions with the make up, M.A.C (the famous make up company) is now collaborating with the young photographer to have her own limited edition make up collection! Double Wow!

Here are some examples of Chen’s work:

 

I then accidently came across some more of Man’s work (the first picture) through a friend on FB, (Thnx to Scarlet for the info) I immediately spotted the similarity in the picture to her Vogue profile picture, so I did some more research. Man did some work for one of my favorite English magazine I-D Magazine. She shot a series of covers for a collection called Rise and Shine. The first few were for the magazines..

 

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And then there were other variations for online use which were just as spectacular:

 

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Anyway, I’m sure that we’ll be seeing a lot more of Chen Man along the way, such fabulous shots and visions : )

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My Pick ~ Prada Ad

I found this a while back but only just got round to showing you all. The hair is so cute and ‘Betty Boop-ish’, I love it!  I think I also found out the hair was done by someone I used to work with back in my London Sassoon Days – Art Director Sandy Hullett.

Hope I got that detail correct, if so Sandy, well done, it must’ve been so hard to get all the hair looking so perfect but you jolly well did.

Thanks for the inspiration..

 

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My Pick..Sui He

I know I know, its just long hair but I chose it because this look is ‘right up my alley’ You know how I just love messy hair that’s not brushed, combed or anything, this is it! Modeled on one of the newest Asian models to make her mark, Sui He so that helps doesn’t it?

 

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Hit or Miss.. Funny!

So here I was browsing online and I came across this picture from Refinery29 (a cool website for fashion) and they were showing a fashion show by Martine Rose at the London Fashion Week. The men had some hair wraps going on, which I found even more hilarious because a year ago I was messing around with my hair and did myself a hair wrap too…

Look how similar they are : ) Just goes to show that I am WAY ahead of fashion.. Hahaha!!

 

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Josh Wood ~ King of Color!

I first met Josh Wood back in the 80’s where we worked together in Vidal Sassoon’s in London. Josh was a newbie then but even then  I knew he was destined for greatness. He always seemed to know the right people, get the best opportunities and of course do the best work, all with that cocky, pompous attitude of his, and I mean that in a good way and with the fondest memories Josh.  At that young age getting to hang out with David Bowie and his wife Iman, it meant that  Josh was ‘in’!!

 

It comes as no surprise to me to hear now in 2011 he’s had the most impressive career. After 14 years in Sassoon’s, Josh worked as Wella Professional’s Global Creative Director since Jan 2008 and from his stint there I want to show you some of his work with them. Taken from Marie Claire (May 2011) Josh and Eugene Souleiman (celeb stylist) was inspired by vintage photos and Hitchcock heroines but added a punk twist to them.

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This is inspired by Daphne Guinness , asymmetrical and represents opulent, youthful glamour, says Souleiman, who bought the headband for a couple of dollars from Chinatown in Paris. The difference between this and grey is that the highlights are metallic says Wood.

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The shade of the ‘wine colored’ highlights is called ‘rosewood’. It’s a take on the purple streaks grunge girls used to do. With a softness that’s purposeful not weak.. says Wood.

And for your information Josh has just opened his Atelier (studio for artists and designers) in London’s Holland Park area, where all his socialite and celebrity clients can congregate and get fabulous color from Josh Wood.

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My Pick because I like the way the hair has been set, I can only guess that the style has been set using rollers or irons. Starting the curls further down from the head to give it a flatter look at the crown working into the definite curls at the middle length and ends. Love the bushiness of it, sorry I cant remember which ad campaign this was from but well done to the stylist.

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Odile Gilbert ~ top session stylist

Came across another lady stylist worth mentioning that is at the top of her field, the field of top fashion show working backstage amongst all the top male stylists. Odile was featured in Allure magazine recently and I was impressed with her being among the top catwalk stylists.
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In France, the government awarded her with the honor of  Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres  distinction, included with other visionaries such as Tim Burton, Phillip Glass and Rudolph Nureyev. Top fashion designers favor her to do their creations for the runway and as well as doing ads for top make up companies, she also created Kirsten Dunsts looks in the movie Marie Antoinette.

Here are two of her creations featured in Allure magazine:
Pic 1 – To create this colorful chignon, Odile pinned pieces of wool swatches and cut up hats into the hair.
Pic 2 – For this romantic style, Odile gathered the hair over one shoulder and held it in place with a tiny braid and and an oversize comb.

Odile’s work has been displayed in museums from New York to Dallas. Says Odile..
“ Whenever I work with designer, I enter their universe – and I’d never create the same look for 2 different houses, If your known for just one look, it get boring.”
Some work for some fashions houses:
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