Posts Tagged ‘ombre hair trend’

What say thou? // Ombre hair

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

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The Ombré hair trend trend has been raging like an angry bull. Not too sure what Ombré hair is? Well, imagine a piece of tie dye/dip dye. You know, a fabric or garment that has been hand dyed (or in many cases, just printed to look like it has been hand dyed) to look like the colour fades in hue graduation.

Now, the hair powers that be, have deemed it such that hair can be dyed in the similar manner as it were. To make it look like it is fading in gradually colour, with the lightest area being at the tips and the darkest at the roots.

As the images in the collage above suggest, I like to refer to this hair trend as the the ‘ever so cleverly faded in over due dark roots look’.

I first spotted the trend in 2009 but then it was most grungey chic girls with a laid back downtown style.

This summer, the trend has been adopted everyone and it has a slicker, more glam, fifth avenue princess, polished finish to it. Case in point has to be Gossip Girl, Leighton Meester who has been spotted this summer with polished retro styled Ombré hair.

Everyone from Rihanna, model Lily Aldridge, Lady Gaga rocked it when she died her hair yellow, Carmen to Alexa Chung (who has employed it into her granny chic look and gave her short bob the Ombré fade) has been working the Ombré hair trend.

It has been spotted on many a catwalk in the last few seasons and one such show was the Moschino Cheap and Chic.

Hairstylists say it is the look everyone is asking for this summer. They claim that the pro’s are that it looks like an efforless, less noticeable dye job. They also say it takes years off one’s look with it’s seemingly beachy, sunstreaked effect.


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Fashion Mathematics // My little pony hair

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

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Giles Deacon spring summer 2010 catwalk show from Style.com / Karlie Kloss in orange hair in Vogue US editorial by Patrick Demarchelier / Abbey Lee Kershaw on cover of Vogue Australia / Cat on model head images from unknown / Green hair editorial from unknown.

What do you get when you blend a colour loving My Little Pony with some hair? Hair in all rainbow shades that is what! I talked about crushing on pastel hair some time back here.

It seems the love affair keeps burning stronger.

Model Abbey Lee Kershaw is as babydoll like as it gets already with her large doe eyes and chin cleft. With the pink hair tips on Vogue Australia’s March 2010 issue she looked even more so. I thought I had seen it all candy hair colour wise till I spotted Karlie Kloss with bright orange hair as photographed by Patrick Demarchelier in American Vogue.

Whether you call it My Little Pony hair, pastel hair, rainbow hair, icecream or bubblegum pop hair something tells me it is here to stay for a while. I wonder what the sugary hair strand trend will mutate into next.

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fashion mathematics // Candy floss with three scoops of ice cream on the side

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

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Photo credit: Cotton candy/candy floss images from Ebay and ice cream image from Getty images .Images in collage from Style.com

What do you get when you cross baby soft coloured ice cream, candy floss and candy?

Spring/Summer 2010′s pastel filled collections, that’s what!

From Christopher Bailey for Burberry Prorsum’s draped young sophisticate collection, Valentino’s elegance right through to Viktor & Rolf’s surreal line up.

I like that soft shades have been used in varying moods from the girly ingenue, glamorous to the strong.

For this look I will re-shopping my existing closet. We all have some soft hued garments hanging in our wardrobes somewhere.

The trick with this trend like all others is to make it work for you.

An unapologetic girly girl? Well make like a piece of candy and shimmy into head to toe pastels. Keep it interesting like Luella’s girl and pair different candy floss coloured garments together. Do not be afraid to throw your baby blues with those coral, soft yellows and so forth.

Wear a pastel hair or an ombre hair shade seen here.

Think pastels are for 6 year old girls and younger? A peek of baby soft wont hurt you. I promise! Join the party by rocking a small piece in your outfit or accessories.

A soft nail shade is also a great pared back nod to the trend. See here for great nail varnish options.

Be inspired by the looks from Burberry Prorsum, Versace, Charles Anastase, Valentino, Viktor & Rolf and Luella (as featured in collage) and dip into your inner pastel girl.

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