Ellen in NYC

Redken Symposium kicked off January 2009, and we are fast tracking to NYC Fashion Week in February. Symposium was an awesome experience. As for Fashion Week, I will be there with my kit to do hair and with my camera to take pictures backstage.  I have been working in NYC during fashion week for 13 years and am glad to be there for another season.       

Here in New York our latest designs are focused on disconnection, deep point cutting, cutting the perimeter last, and asymmetry with balance.  Lets take fashion for instance. We can have a dress that has a symmetric top with an asymmetric  hemline or just the other way around.  Lets think of a hair cut that has the same principles we can have asymmetry as long as it balances the head and body.  Designing clothes and hair have the same principles balance is key and knowing the fabric your working with.

I am planning on keeping my site fresh with new looks, cuts and finishing, as well as the product reviews, tips for difficult hair, and other interesting information about hair fashions and trends here in New York as well as around the world. The hair cut I will start with is a bob shape with disconnection. The key factor that makes it client friendly is that the disconnection is soft and the lines are blurred. In addition, clients are more easily moved into a new style when they have hair to work with.

The two key parts of this cut are left for you to decide how long you want to keep the perimeter and  how long you want to keep the fringe area.  I have left the fringe long and cut the perimeter  as a suggestion only.  Its up to you and your client to decide how you want to custom fit these areas.  

Finally, I would love to invite you to please sign up and write me.  I would love to hear from you.  Let me know what your thinking about, what do you think is the next trend?  Let me know. If you sign in, you can leave comments on articles and and blog posts (like this one.) You are also invited to kick around in my Forum boards. My new MacBook Air has made it much easier for me to post to my website, so expect to see things happening a lot more often these days.