Fashion Week Paris

Spring Summer 2014 Ready-To-Wear season has come to its end in Paris. Our Managing Director, Jenny Karlsson, will soon be back at our salon after a month away working in the team assisting Guido Palau from New York City to Paris. Here are the last shows they worked at this season in Paris…

Akris

Alexander McQueen

Céline

Christian Dior

Jean Paul Gaultier

Lanvin

Louis Vuitton

Maison Martin Margiela

Miu Miu

Nina Ricci

Sacai

Valentino

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London Collections: Men - Alexander McQueen

Our Salon Manager, Jenny Karlsson, flew in to London yesterday to assist Guido Palau when Alexander McQueen showed their Spring 2014 collection for men - held under some disused railway arches in Kings Cross.

Center parting and tons of gel - you know what to look forward to when spring arrives next year...

 

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London Collections: Men, Alexander McQueen

London Collections: Men, the new:ish fashion week for men in London is on it's last shows for the season. Yesterday it was Alexander McQueens turn to show of their line for the autumn menswear 2013. In charge of the hair was Guido Palau - and as usual nowadays MIKAs Koivisto/Karlsson had two stylists represented as assistants, Jenny Karlsson and André Cueto-Saavedra...

In a few days time it's the menswear shows in Milan and Paris - we'll keep you posted...

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Fashion Week - Paris

Last Fashion Week of the season took place in Paris - as always - over the last week and ended today. Jenny Karlsson and André Cueto-Saavedra was in town to assist Guido Palau yet again and made a strong finish working at 14 shows over the last 7 days - Balenciaga, Nina Ricci, Lanvin, Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Loewe, Celine, Akris, Sacai, Chloé, Valentino, Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu...

Jean Paul Gaultier

Christian Dior

Backstage, Lanvin

Chloé

Louis Vuitton

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André Cueto-Saavedra, Paris Fashion Week S/S10

André Cueto-Saavedra, Guest Style Director at Mika's KOIVISTO/KARLSSON, working his magic at the Alexander McQueen S/S10 during Paris Fashion Week.

Amazing work!

McQueen vs. Gary Oldman's Dracula

... more thoughts on the show here at 10horses.

Hair by Guido Palau

(... below Style.com / Tina Isaac)

There are times when conceptual art, rather than actual wearability, can resonate backstage as much as on the runway. Yesterday was one such occasion, when Alexander McQueen presented his Plato’s Atlantis collection, enlightening his hair and makeup team on the wonders of alien movies, Art Nouveau, and Darwinism—all of which informed his Spring presentation. In response, Redken’s Guido Palau and makeup artist Peter Philips crafted looks that were more about a feast for the eyes than anything else. “Some things are like couture,” noted Palau of his intricate amphibious coifs. “It’s a fantasy that’s there to inspire people.” Setting any notions of at-home duplication aside for a moment, Palau’s winged ‘dos and interwoven braids were awe-inspiring for their theatrical nature, which could place them comfortably in a sci-fi super-production—less so in real life. The makeup story unfolded in a similar manner, progressing from a uniform beige base to full-on prosthetics for an homage to otherworldly (or, rather, underworldly) creatures. To capture a certain extraterrestrial allure, Peter Philips started with shiny foundations to even out skin tone and to blank out brows, as is popular practice these days. He followed that up with varying warm and cool shades of Chanel and MAC pigments to conjure “evolutionary” skin tones and shapes. Not necessarily everyday wear, per se, but definitely handy inspiration with All Hallows’ Eve just around the corner.
—Tina Isaac