At The Lake and Stars

 

Renato Campora's hands move quickly; and in mere seconds a model walks away with a side ponytail of perfect barrel curls. We're backstage at the New York fashion week American Express presents CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Cardmember Only Show and Renato, lead stylist for Frederick Fekkai, is making the night's softly glamorous hairstyle look almost too easy to create.

The desired effect, Renato explains, is a look that's both young and effortless, but also sexy - with a deep side-part that frames the face, and the hair swept aside at the back showing off the nape of the neck, a sensual body part Renato reminds us.
Below you can find some how-to instructions of how to recreate this hairstyle for yourself, along with photos from backstage of the Frederick Fekkai team at work.

Louis Vuitton men's reborn

The aesthetics of Louis Vuitton's menswear past offerings have often sat uneasy with me. They've had their place, but that place seldom felt like it should have been under the moniker of a luxury fashion house with such pedigree. To be certain the quality was there, but the overall look could come off a little too rough-and-ready, a little too casual for my liking.
For spring 2012 Louis Vuitton promised something new, not the least because designer Kim Jones would taking the reigns as the house's menswear Style Director. Young and well travelled, Jones has a good background having previously been the Creative Director for Alfred Dunhill; a directorship that saw Dunhill reborn.
It would appear that he's done it again.