Simbarashe Cha, usually on the street-style beat, captured the best in hair styling during International Fashion Month.
With all the attention paid to clothes seen at fashion weeks, it can be easy to overlook the handiwork of hairstylists and barbers. But as hair becomes as integral to personal style as
The styles at recent shows have been seen before, but some served as a barometer of how far this golden age for hair has come. Futuristic, sculpted looks, for instance, are no longer outliers but part of the tapestry of fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris. What set many styles apart was the precision seemingly given to cuts, colours and styling techniques.
Some people even managed to make long blonde hair – one of the most traditional (and basic) conventions of beauty – look fresh by adding volume, texture or both. And if long blonde hair can be made to look exciting, just imagine the lengths achieved by others with big curls, loose waves and closer crops.
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
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