Clean cuts; Life Style SASSOON Fancy a new haircut for the spring? Liz Lamb takes a look at the new Vidal Sassoon collection, which exudes understated elegance.REMINSCENT of the cosmopolitan chic of great American fashion, the new Blithe blithe adj. blith·er, blith·est 1. Carefree and lighthearted. 2. Lacking or showing a lack of due concern; casual: spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation. collection from Vidal Sassoon captures elegance and luxury. This season's new S/S S/S Signs & Sx S/S Staples & sutures 09 collection is inspired by the sophisticated luxury of fashion designer Claire McCardell and the evocative photography of Lillian Bassman, both American artists at the height of their powers in the 1940s and 1950s. Blending deluxe materials with simple, classic shapes, together they created a look that epitomised discreet elegance; casual in cashmere, slub satin and milky white pearls. This simplicity and clean cutting have become the hallmark of New York fashion. Their discreet colours and deceptively minimalist shapes are the creative touchstone for the new collection of versatile haircuts and colours by the Sassoon International creative team. Drawing on this world of understated luxury, Sassoon International creative director Mark Hayes has designed a collection that is feminine and contemporary. Today Calvin Klein and Donna Karan showcase designs in which shape, colour and texture work as one organic whole. Blithe brings this approach to modern hairdressing hairdressing, arranging of the hair for decorative, ceremonial, or symbolic reasons. Primitive men plastered their hair with clay and tied trophies and badges into it to represent their feats and qualities. , with iridescent colours that blend perfectly together to transform the cut. Old gold is mixed with oyster blonde, soft sable cashmere with ebony, amethyst amethyst (ăm`əthĭst) [Gr.,=non-drunkenness], variety of quartz, violet to purple in color, used as a gem. It is the most highly valued of the semiprecious quartzes. and smoky quartz. These combinations are subtly sliced into the hair using faille slicing; a complex colouring technique which produces the subtlest of blending. The softly layered haircuts are created using the slub cutting technique - a contemporary method of layering, inspired by the texture of slub silk. As Mark Hayes explains: "We have taken the look and feel of slub silk, a soft supple material with a subtle texture, and used it to create fresh modern haircuts that retain an iconic, classic feel." Vidal Sassson Earl Grey House, 77 Grey Street, Newcastle Grey Street is a street in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is renowned for its Georgian architecture by John Dobson, and was in 2002 voted 'Best street in the UK' by BBC Radio 4 listeners. NE1 6EF. Tel (0191) 232-3607. CREDITS Cut & Colour: Sassoon International Creative Director Mark Hayes & the Sassoon International Creative Team Photographer: Lachlan Bailey @ Streeters Clothes Stylist: Jonathan Kay @ Katy Barker Make-up: Petros Petrohilos Colour: Chromatology by Sassoon Professional Product: Cut/Care/Finish by Sassoon Professional |
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