Modern Salon - March 2008 - (Page 74)

YOUR BUSINESS Spring Style In Full Bloom We all know bobs are back in vogue but in exploring the trends hopping the pond now, Victoria Wurdinger discovers that spring style is really about strength and contrast. rocky long fronts, disconnected bobs in form and dramatic gothic geometry will go hile Americans are Barbie-blonde and long-haired ethno-ladies side by side with elegance, mystery, flowing adapting A-line bobs and with extensions. Graphic precision, styled lines and rich waves. One word: contrast.” talking shorter for spring, the Europeans are Fashion and jewelry design spinning inform hair styles, and the biggest sophisticated ways to re-visit punk influence on those, says Minardi, is style or to bring sexy back without global-think. going over the top. “Everyone’s looking at what other What’s clear-cut overseas: The countries and ethnic groups are marriage between the ‘60s and the doing,” he explains. “Even textile ‘70s is showing up in eclectic bobs, makers are influenced by global in shades that shock. The shorter cultures, and all those cultures show lengths and the irregular bangs up in Paris, which is why it’s still the make all the difference in Euro-cuts, mecca of style-birth.” which are still clean and feminine, geometric and asymmetric. Cutting Edges America’s beach-y texture (from Despite trend-talk, there are no copy salt-water mist and fingerstyling) is cuts in your near future. Stateside, the still somewhat in play in Paris, but length of the bob is determined by the what’s more obvious in England and woman’s face; in Europe, the cut is other countries is curly, kinky and bravely shorter. even frizzy hair—big and out to “At the Mondial show, the sides of the bob were cut to the mid-ear or there. even to the top of the ear; sometimes Says Salvatore Minardi, who the fringe was barely off the hairline,” checked out the Mondial Coiffure Beauté show and the French street reports Minardi. scene recently, “In the States we are Big on bangs, Europeans are straightening curl, but in Europe cutting curves, squares and dramatithey’re encouraging it. Natural, cally irregular lengths that show off kinky texture is pulled out with the all those thick, lush eyelashes that are fingertips and misted with shine batting their way into the cosmetic spray or enhanced with extensions hall of fame. For instance, if one side for crimpy length.” of the bang is squared off from the tip Klaus Peter Ochs, president of of the nose to the temple, the opposite Intercoiffure Mondial and owner of will be snipped to expose the eye. 20 kpO salons in Germany and There’s little question that The Europeans are bagging the bob for spring and embracing texture. Photos from the Heterogeneous Collection—A study in texture, with hair by Angelo France, says trends for 2008 include geometric and asymmetric styles rule. Seminara at Trevor Sorbie Int., London. Photography by Trevor Leighton; make-up by continued on 76 “short cuts with sharp silhouettes and Cheryl Phelps-Gardiner; fashions by Desiree. 74 MARCH 2008 W www.modernsalon.com http://www.modernsalon.com

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Modern Salon - March 2008

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