Louboutin gets inspired by Fine Art Classics
We’re all used to seeing fashion playing with style elements from previous design eras. Take the glamorous Hollywood hairstyle inspiration from the forties for example, which we’ve recently seen a lot. Or playfully innocent fashion accents from the fifties, big hair-do and Hippie chic influences of the sixties… all within the Twentieth Century.
Well, Louboutin takes it a step further.
His new ad campaign who drew inspiration from the old Masters of fine art!
This Louboutin campaign piece was inspired by
the painting “Elizabeth of Austria” by Francois Clouet:
And this one…
drew inspiration from Jean-Marc Nattier and his “Marquise D’Antin”:
And take a look at this masterpiece:
which was artfully reinterpreted after this original
by Francisco De Zurbaran, “Saint Dorothy”:
Read more in about this campaign here, on MADEMOISELLE Magazine
CREDITS:
All the above images: via Mademoiselle Magazine
Photography Peter Lippmann, Concept Jerome Gonford, Styling Catherine Gorne, Prop Styling Annie Bodin, Hair/Make-Up Jean Pierre Canavate, Casting Olivier Duperrin, Art Direction Jeffrey Blunden, Models Trissan Polas, Sterenn Nogues, Karom Kelly lippmann, Lia Catreux, Francoise de Stael and Karen Assayag, Retouching Patrick Toulomond and Lillian Joy, Printers Fot Paris & Print Model)
Spotted on the catwalks: hair clips!
If you think hair clips are old fashioned, think again. Get this:
{from top left: Rodarte, Cynthia Rowley, Carolina Herrera, Prabal Gurung via Vogue.de}
I love how long hair is all in vogue again these days – it leaves us ladies so much room for creativity! What do think about hair clips, yes or no?
Fashion Week Berlin – Catwalk Glimpses
In our post last week, we followed the Room of Design Hair Stylists to Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Berlin. Guess what, I was able to secure some exclusive footage of the Michael Michalsky Style Nite! Can you spot the hair design that I blogged about last week?
The Finale of the Fashionshow at the Michalsky Style Nite, Fashion Week Berlin January 2011
And check out the Michalsky Style Nite event video! Groovy!
Michalsky Style Nite | Fashion Week Berlin January 2011
If you didn’t catch it yet, this is one of the models you saw backstage glimpses of in last week’s post:
Berlin Fashion Week 01-2011, Michalsky
The hair design is inspired by the Urban Nomad style (remember last year, when Giuliano earned first prize for a look inspired by the Nomad Couture trend, another current futuristic style direction?). This particular hair styling was created by Bjoern, for a show at the Berlin Fashion Week January 2011.
Making of!
Bjoern, beginning the futuristic Urban Nomad hair look…
… and up it goes!
At this very moment, hair designers of the Forchstrasse 70 Zurich are on their way to another fashion show… I wonder where they’ll go this time? … Stay tuned for news next week when I’ll share fresh catwalk glimpses!
CREDITS: {all photos and the video are courtesy of Michalsky}
Behind the Scenes at Fashionweek Berlin
The Room of Design is back – the Fashion show season has officially started! They just shared some backstage glimpses with me from last weekend’s Fashionweek in Berlin. By coincidence, one of Bjoern’s models happened to be the internationally successful Swiss model Nadine Strittmatter, who recently starred on Harper’s Bazaar:
The Swiss top model Nadine Strittmatter on Harper’s Bazaar
Bjoern von Rotz with Nadine Strittmatter backstage, Fashionweek Berlin 2011
I love the following hair design glimpse – how artistic and creative! I have to see if we can get catwalk glimpses that show how the hair, make-up and fashion looked on stage!
Backstage glimpse, hair styling by Bjoern von Rotz, Fashion week Berlin 2011
Bjoern explains his technique for this hair styling as follows:
With an x-technique the hair is pinned-up tightly, and at the back of the head it forms a graphic shape. Starting at the hairline, the top portion of the hair is pulled back over the top of the head, slightly backcombed, down to the neck. The men currently often fashion a similar styling: the top hair is extra long. Of course the neck and side areas aren’t pinned up, but cut very short.
Here is a link to a video from the Fashion Week – so… were you able to spot familiar faces from the Room of Design Team?
There’s a new show coming up this weekend – come back in a week to see more!
How MAD MEN inspires current Swiss hairstyle trends
After the hustle and bustle of the end of year, the Room of Design hair atelier Zurich has calmed down, and is getting ready for the upcoming fashion shows in Europe. Before I’ll have new sneak peeks for you from the catwalks, I was able to ask Bjoern about what’s currently hot at the Room of Design.
It’s MAD! MAD MEN! The writer of the show Mad Men had a great feeling for upcoming trends when he wrote the script. After the show has been wildly popular in the U.S.A., the stylists at the Zurich based Room of Design see a lot of inspiration from it in the current hair trends. For example in the character Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks):
Joan’s hairstyle (Christina Hendricks) in the tv series “Mad Men” (image via Kristen Obald)
Women don’t just copy Joan’s style, but like to make it their own. They like a modern interpretation of Joan’s up-do that works with a combination of a tightly fitted silhouette with higher volume. For example like this:
Actress Gemma Arterton in an ad for G-Star 2011, photographed by Anton Corbijn
The male clients at the Room of Design, on the other hand, draw inspiration from the style of Don Draper (Jon Hamm) (minus the smoking – that’s still out):
Jon Hamm aka Don Draper, in the tv hit "Mad Men"
In current street style, more and more men are seen wearing hats. This hairstyle is therefore currently not just popular for its vintage style influence, but especially so because hats can easily be worn with it without disturbing the hair.
Stay tuned, soon we’ll have lots of news from the runways to share with you!
How the current Vintage Trend influences Hair Styles
Today, everything around us seems to move faster and faster: jobs, technology, social media, even the sequence of images in movies… We fight a constant media overload! I’m not surprised that Vintage and the Retro trend we see in Europe play a big part in the current Zeitgeist. It’s always about balance, isn’t it? When we are overwhelmed, we crave peace. When we are inundated with innovation, we crave tradition.
At the room of design hair salon, on international runways as well as in the fashion press, we currently see a lot of references to the past. Here’s some inspiration for you!
Braided hair, combined with modern fashion, as seen on the Vanessa Jackman fashion blog:
Paris Fashion Week SS 2011 After Emanuel Ungaro
A Sixties inspired beehive, one of international hair stylist James White‘s vintage wedding hair styles:
Sixties Beehive Vintage Wedding Hair, by James White
Anne Hathaway in an homage to Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast At Tiffany’s, seen at stylelist:
Anne Hathaway in Audrey Hepburn look in the current U.S. VOGUE
Vintage waves and volume, seen in the Swiss magazine annabelle (see more here):
One of the Vintage hair styles seen in the magazine annabelle
A Fifties bombshell look, seen on fashionista.com
Cover of Love, seen on Fashionista.com
What is your current favorite hair look? And how do you like it that we see so much vintage these days? I’d love to see your comments!
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