Runway in Real Life: Side Swept Hair
Fashion blogger Emma Gleason on catwalk-style side swept hair – with pictures to die for!
For the past few years, most of us ladies have been (quite literally) attached to silky straight locks for both day to day and evenings out.
However I am seriously crushing on the plethora of deep side-parted waved dos that have swept runways, editorials and red carpets lately. They manage to combine ladylike glamour and badass appeal at the same time. The deep side part also conveys a charmingly boyish quality.
For nighttime the look is mind blowing when executed with slick waves, but day-to-day I like the tousled version. I like to refer to this in particular as The Flip like you have casually tossed most of your mane to one side.
This is one of the hair trends that kicked off with a celebrity namely Alice Dellal who reigns supreme with a partly shaved version. That and her penchant for leather, zips and exposed midriffs are clearly evident in Proenza Schoulers Spring 09 collection (more on that later). Mary Kate Olsen has also sported both everyday and high glamour versions of the do. And Kate Bosworth rocked a killer Old Hollywood version at this year's Costume Institute Gala.
On the overseas runways, I think the look was best done by the Proenza Schouler boys who paired theirs with bright orange/red lips and deliciously weird glasses. It added the perfect feminine element to their leather and zip filled Spring '09 collection.
Source: Style.com
This look was all over the recent Rosemount Australian Fashion Week. It had a soft incarnation at Arnsdorf, but what I really went mad for was the amped up style at Ellery. It took the '80s Beauty Pageant-inspired collection to another level entirely.
Im crushing on this look so much at the moment that even though I recently had most my mane chopped off at Stephen Marr, Im going to work it anyway channelling the equally cropped Kim Noorda in the Proenza Schouler show. And I have a feeling that as the mercury rises and layers are shed this killer look will be the perfect finishing touch adding glamour to tees and sharpness to delicate lace. But thats not to say we shouldnt try this ASAP! I know Im going to.
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