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u need to know to prepare our next look!
As the
fashion designers around the world recently presented us with
their thoughts for the next season so did the hairdressers, as
they came up with styles to complement the clothes. So what has
VirtualHairCare gleaned from the catwalks?
We can sum
it all up quite simply...movement, texture and volume. If it's
flat and straight it's out! Hair has a loose half done appeal,
nothing is too structured and large volumus curls are very popular.
We spoke to
Shane Henning the well known editorial stylist from NOK
Sydney, about his thoughts on what's next, "there is a strong
60's feeling happening in hair right now. Big fringes cut into
curved, rounded shapes with this theme following on throughout
the haircut. Definately lots of movement and loose curls. Colour
is strong and bold, not one solid colour, but as pieces randomly
scattered through the hair to enhance the cut. The most important
thing though is that the colour shines with a healthy glow".
Schwarkopf
professional were the sponsors for the annual Australian Hair
Fashion awards held at a very slick ceremony at the Sydney Town
Hall on the 1st of March. There were some excellent commercial
looks produced and these awards stand out from the point of view
that they really are predictors of the new looks in hair. If you
want to see what's in and who the best are,
take
a look at the winners and finalists by pressing this link.
Congratulations
to the new Australian Hairdresser of the year, Lee Cohen of Reds
Salon in Cairns. Here above is one of the award- winning shots
from the latest collection.
Hemisphere
for Hair in Mount Lawley also provided great inspiration with
these looks below:
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Image:
Courtesy of Hemisphere for Hair, Western Australia
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Image:
Courtesy of Hemisphere for Hair, Western Australia
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The AHF
Awards take place every February and provide us with some inspiring
new looks in hair fashion. Hairdressers are often criticized for
creating images that the average person really can't wear but
I think we have picked out some here that you can feel comfortable
with.
Check out
the best of the Australian
Hair Fashion Awards by clicking on the link.
We spoke to
Mick Luppino, the newly crowned AHFA Hairdresser of the
year, about his thoughts on hair for the up and coming season.
Mick
Luppino's predictions for summer 2003/2004
"There
is a vintage feel to hair, we are calling it 'Virtual Vintage'
because although it has its roots in the 50's and 60's it has
a very modern edge. The overall look is to have more volume and
movement in the hair but not a messy finish, but more styled and
sophisticated. Fringes are the hair accessory of the moment, shorter
and swept onto the face. Cuts are worn flatter at the sides with
height on top and there is lots of movement in the hair in the
form of twists and waves, but not curls as such.
An example
is the 50's pincurls that we are recreating is a blow-drying technique
where you work with a round brush in vertical sections of your
hair to give that kick away from the scalp, but not leaving you
feeling all "roller set". At Luppino's we feel that
it is very important to create styles that can ultimately be recreated
by our clients at home without too much time having to be spent
doing this. You are not going to find the time to pincurl your
hair even if you know pincurling is but it is a relatively easy
to learn a new blow-drying technique.
Mick
and his teams philosophy is to provide the best quality cut and
colour in the shortest possible time and if you want to pay them
a visit, they are located in the Fairfield
area of Sydney. For more info use about them just press the
image below.
Courtesy
Mick Luppino.
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Hair Machine
in Adelaide, South Australia are always coming up with great new
looks that have the advantage of being not only current but user-friendly
i.e. you can wear them to events other than fashion parades!
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