The messy, wash-and-wear bedhead hair usually prominent on spring runways was replaced this season with subtly styled, softly textured, long and loose, healthy-looking locks. Models’ hair saw the heat of a blow-dryer, the better side of a Mason Pearson brush, the light touch of rollers (be they hot or Velcro) and the barrel of a curling iron. Most importantly, hair appeared to be moisture-infused and silky smooth to the touch with lots of healthy movement. “I wanted to bring sexiness and seduction to the looks. Not all of the models have healthy hair, so I used Bumble and Bumble Styling Lotion for a rough blow-dry, then a curling iron to gently create loose waves,” says Laurent Philippon, editorial stylist extraordinaire for Bumble and Bumble and architect of the free-falling hairstyles shown on the BCBG Max Azria and Moschino Cheap & Chic runways. With nary a split end in sight, the unfussy yet well-groomed coifs worn by models like Liu Wen, Kate Somers and Jourdan Dunn were the perfect complement to those über-luxe collections, while similar strands set off the soft silhouettes at Roberto Cavalli, Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti, Diesel, Ralph Lauren and Sportmax.
ROBERTO CAVALLI Spring 2009
Photography by Peter Stigter
By Adriana Ermter and Lesa Hannah
