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How to get runway hairstyles like the Modern Geisha Updo

At New York Fashion Week, the Modern Geisha Updo was in order at Costello Tagliapietra for fall 10 but we think you can get the look right now! We always strive to be ahead of the curve and what's a better to get next season's look now than with a few simple runway hair styling tips and tricks? On the runway at Costello Tagliapietra Seen on the runway at the Costello Tagliapietra Fall / Winter 2010 fashion show just last week, the Modern Geisha Updo could be your super glam hair look this weekend! >> Read our Costello Tagliapietra Runway Review Nelson Vercher for The Rita Hazan Salon created modern big hair with a very edgy-- but by no means

Costello Tagliapietra Fashion Show Fall 2010 New York Fashion Week

Runway Review: Costello Tagliapietra gave their Barney's babes an assortment of polished looks that had a somewhat off-kilter, slightly relaxed and inventive zest that made for a strong outing For Fall 2010, design duo Costello Tagliapietra-- Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra-- known for their immaculate takes on classic Grecian draping cited Japan and the early work of it's most iconic designers, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo as influences, giving their Barney's babes an assortment of polished looks that had a somewhat off-kilter, slightly relaxed and inventive zest that made for a strong outing. Costello Tagliapietra Fall / Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week Love the hair? So do we! >> Read off the Runway Hairstyle Tips for the Modern Geisha

Burberry Prorsum Fashion Show Fall 2010 London Fashion Week

Runway Review: After the superb trench coats of last season, you would be forgiven for questioning how Bailey could possibly out-do the designs in Burberry Prorsum's Spring collection. But step up to the challenge, he did! As the rain came down outside for London Fashion Week and a soundtrack of stormy weather blasted inside, the mood was set for British heritage brand, Burberry Prorsum's Fall 2010 show. But, despite the weather, the message certainly not one of gloom and the reference was purely to emphasize the delights of wrapping up in spectacular outerwear… >> Burberry Prorsum Fall 2010 Fashion Show Photos

Frank Tell Fashion Show Fall 2010 NY Fashion Week

Runway Review: It's a wild and woolly ride on 3D knits that has a well-studied reserve and articulation Set amongst a Dan Flavin inspired assortment of neon lights, Frank Tell's recent presentation at Milk Studios was rife with a futuristic simplicity that was appropriately less urban warrior and definitively more wearable. Frank Tell Fall 2010 at New York Fashion Week >> More Fashion Shows & Runway Reviews What's remarkable about Tell is the fact that he can work with essentially trendier elements, voluminous yetti knits, sarouel pants, grommets and leather minis, without ever seeming like an over-zealous downtown crowd pleaser or trend chaser, everything has a well-studied reserve and articulation. Here icey blue patch worked yetti knits, grommet edged suiting

Mulberry bags a brilliant Fall 2010 collection at London Fashion Week

WHERE IT NOW | Runway Review: A-line skirts, slim-fit trousers and glamorous evening shift dresses in mini lengths, were wearable and wonderful but the show-stopping items definitely came in the form of stunning leather accessories. In the Fall 2010 show from the much-loved British brand, Mulberry showcased a range of dazzling leather accessories as well as an impressive collection of ready-to-wear garments. RUNWAY REMINDER | YOU SAW IT THEN | WHERE IT NOW Set in the beautiful location of The Orangery in Kensington Palace, Mulberry exhibited a diverse collection of 35 looks in a palette of cornflower blue, mauve, purple, orange and beige. >> Mulberry Fashion Show Photos Mulberry Fashion Show for Ready to Wear & Handbags Stand-out pieces included

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Kristen Stewart wearing Burberry at Burberry Autumn Winter 2010 Womenswear Show in London today.

Mark Fast has models of all sizes on his London Fashion Week fall 2010 runway

Runway Review: Fast's decision to cast ‘normal-sized' models in his shows is surrounded by controversy, but it is a comforting reminder that we don't have to be super thin to enjoy the creations by this talented London-based designer Moments before Mark Fast's Fall 2010 London fashion Week show commenced there was only one question on everyone's lips – were we about to see ‘normal' sized models strut down the runway in the style of last season? We quickly became aware that the answer to this was yes, as we witnessed none other than famed plus-size model Crystal Renn modeling one of Fast's tightly knitted, body-con creations. British plus-size model, Hayley Morley who starred in the designer's controversial Spring 2010 had

Stephen Burrows Fall 2010 New York Fashion Week Presentation

Runway Review: The hits of this collection stood true to Burrows own legacy since his rise to fame was centered around New York's forever-chic on-the-go party girl Attending Stephen Burrows intimate presentation on the last day of a tiring fashion week with each exit receiving a boisterous amount of cheers from the audience left one feeling merry just from the felicitous environs alone. >> More Fashion Shows Add that to the fact the Burrows is an icon himself, one of the few black designers out there to hold such a place in fashion history, pepper it with Pat Cleveland's daughter Anna (pictured above) and her dramatic posing and a collection that held it's own in trends, and you can see

David Elfin Fall 2010 Fashion Show

Runway Review: Collection's strength lie in the impeccable tailoring that felt fresh & different, not just for the sake of being avant-garde Veteran Spanish designer David Elfin opened his Fall 2010 show with Spanish model Eleonora Bose (of Tom Ford era Gucci fame) in an offset Crayola yellow pant suit, complete with hyper-andro cropped yellow coif, a strong visual indicator of what was set to come out. In a time when the industry is calling out for clean and serene, looking back at minimalism and what not, one would think Elfin, known for his strictness, would feel right at home in his elements. Instead he set off to create a collection that was yes, strict, but also appropriately inventive and

Rebecca Taylor Fall 2010 Fashion Show Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York

Runway Review: Loaded with layering separates, clean lines and chic faux furs that were right in step with the seasons emergent trends For her Fall 2010 Collection Rebecca Taylor traded out her favored florals, floaty, flirty shapes, dresses and candy floss colors for a slightly more modern, refined feeling line-up of animal prints, tailored tweeds, sweater knits and earth tones. The result was loaded with layering separates, clean lines and chic faux furs that were right in step with the seasons emergent trends. >> More Fashion Show Photos & Runway Reviews Rebecca Taylor fall 2010 One such look featured a bum grazing buttonless cardigan with a ruffled lapel over a button down “grandad shirt” in oyster and ecru respectively and

Marc Jacobs Fall 2010 Fashion Show New York Fashion Week

WEAR IT NOW | Runway Review: Marc Jacobs is back in full form for Fall 2010 making his collection one of the week's top highlights, if not the best collection of the week itself See It Then / Wear it Now: Relook at what we liked for fall After several hair-raising collections full of ostentatious complexities and unapologetic clutter, Marc Jacobs is back in full form for Fall 2010 making his collection one of the week's top highlights, if not the best collection of the week itself. Addressing fashion's call for cleaner garb, Jacob's was on the dot with a range that this time referenced his own quiet, well-studied girl of the past in a right-on-the money palette of sober

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