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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Spring 2011 Beauty Trend #2: Braids are Back!

As we said "aurevoir" to Paris for spring 2011 RTW fashion shows, we recognized some prominent beauty trends leading the runways. Beauty Trend #2: Braids are Back! Amoung our favorites were the braids of Alexander McQueen, Emilio Ungaro, Alexander Wang, and Hermes. The runways were loaded with braids getting all sorts of styles and twists. At Alexander McQueen, the twisted tresses looked like fabulous baskets: models wearing messy yet intricately woven braids, parted into two pigtails, whereas at Mr. Ungaro, the look was a high-fashion milk-maid style, with a sexy, wet, high-shine braided headband created by hairstylist Guido Palau, inspired a German/Austrian girl who is "all grown up". On the opposite end of the spectrum, Alexander Wang kept it big, bold and full of body: nothing short of a sexual deity, and finally, Hermes carried us into the Wild Wild West with its intertwined braids: the ribbon from the scarves were interlaced with the braid at the base of the neck and secured with a clear rubber band. Giddy Up...


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