Charlie Price and Beauty Underground do Hair at Jean Paul Ataker

Shear Genius season 2 finalist Charlie Price did hair at the Jean Paul Ataker show at NY Fashion Week in February. He and his team from Beauty Underground, graciously allowed me to hang around backstage and observe hair (and makeup).

When I asked him about his hair design, he said, "I wanted to make the hair chic and timeless, but modern and relaxed. Like Grace Kelly." The majority of girls had long hair that was styled into tight low buns that were slightly imperfect in form. The minimalist hair went well with the relatively minimalist (yet dramatic) pieces in the collection.

Styling products were provided by Arrojo.

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Maison Cyma, F/W 2016-2017

While in NY for Fall/Winter 2016-17 Fashion Week, I attended the show for Maison Cyma at the Affinia Manhattan on 7th Avenue. I found the collection to be romantic yet very urban, and the Montreal-based designers, Cynthia Girard and Mary-Jo Dorval, showed their skills at mixing textures. Most looks were black on black, with some browns and white, and many pieces incorporated fur. Fear not, PETA, it was all recycled, and detachable as well, so the garments could be worn without the fuzzy accents. They also did some interesting things with layered pockets, which of course works nicely on the typical rail-thin model, but maybe not so much on curvier figures.

Maison Cyma also uses fish leather (made from perch and salmon skins) in their designs.

Check out the video below to see all of their hard work.

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What are the Chances....?

Somehow I managed to spot these two models at two of the three shows I attended. What are the odds?  I'm sure the only reason I spotted them so easily is that they were both getting their hair done at Jean Paul Ataker while I was backstage, observing. Sadly, I didn't catch the names of either.

Left: Maison Cyma. Right: Jean Paul Ataker

Left: Jean Paul Ataker. Right: Leanne Marshall

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Leanne Marshall Fall 2016-17

After some years of neglecting this blog, I have decided to make a comeback. Yay, right?

But first...check out my turn as correspondent for Blogging Project Runway, something I've always wanted to do. I attended the first of two Leanne Marshall shows at NYFW just this past Saturday (Feb 13), and my commentary can be found here.

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