We went backstage before the highly
anticipated presentation from Singapore born, London based designer
Eugene Lin. With the man himself being prepped for an interview with
Toni&Guy team, and The Body Shop head make up artist Lan
Nguyen-Grealis mid-demonstration; I managed to speak to the head hair
stylist; Richard Mannah on the concept for the show and how it was
being translated.
“Eugene wanted these girls to look
fierce, bold and strong. Female Amazonian warriors emerging out of
the water going to battle basically. So, the way we have done the
hair; is all off the face from the sides, through the top, you know a ponytail. So it gives that warrior feeling about the hair...With a
lot of hairspray through the sides so it look really glossy and a lot
of gel through the top to make as though they have emerged from the
water, so it gives that very wet finish through the top.
His clothes actually have the same
thing going on; there is a contrast with shine and matt together so
that's the type of direction I kind of moved into with the hair. The
best products we used for this show is the Label.m Volume Mousse as a
prepping agent, Hairspray and Holding Gloss through the sides and
Label.m gel through the top to give it that real shine and wet
finish”
Madeleine Ayers, contributor. Follow
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Images by Benjamin Turgel, @BenjaminTurgel
Images by Benjamin Turgel, @BenjaminTurgel