New York Fashion Week

I had the opportunity to help on the Aveda hair team for two shows on Sunday at the Helen Mills Event Center.  The first show (with a 6 am call time) was a showcase featuring 7 emerging designers.  It was great to see the variety.  With such a large number of designers, there were an insane amount of models to prepare.  80, actually.  We divided the 40 stylists into teams, and we were each assigned to one designer for the morning.  I worked on the Natarsha Shearin team, and the look was the classic "Gibson Girl" loose bun.   We used control force and 1 1/2 inch irons to set the hair first, then we backcombed the hair except the hairline.  The hair was then gathered to the crown, leaving it loose and billowy on the hairline still.  The hair at the crown was secured into a small bun. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a good shot of the finished look, but I will post one later if I get one from someone else.

The master at work.  Jon Reyman was the lead stylist for both shows.

After we finished prepping the first show, we had enough time to recharge and refuel for an hour.  The next show, also at the Helen Mills Event Center, was Leeanne Marshall.  I was excited to be on this team, because I was a fan of Leeanne ever since she was on (and won) Project Runway a couple years ago.  We only had 10 models, so we all teamed up to execute the look quickly.  The hair had an extreme side part, and a slick low ponytail.  My model had short hair, so we adapted the look with the side part, and then used glossing straightener to slick the hair to the side and back.  After prep, we were lucky enough to actually get seats for the show!  I love NYFW!