After trotted across Place Vendôme on Spanish thoroughbreds Django and Napo at , the horse girl theme continues at Couture Week. On day one of the , hairstylist took the reins at show, crafting a hair look inspired by Parisian dressage. “It’s Parisian dressage – an ode to the Olympics and the beautiful dressage of the horses and the riders.
.. the timeless elegance that it brings,” explained King.
The equestrian inspiration manifested in “perfectly neat buns with netting draped delicately across the models’ faces under perfect little hats. Or exaggerated super long ponytails tied neatly with multiple black velvet bows that swished gently down the catwalk.” King kept the models’ hair soft and shiny.
“I liked the idea of creating plump hair to look like a pony’s mane,” he said. King used to give hold and structure to the high ponytails, and then plumped and smoothed using pro hair dryer. He finished it off with the tool to smooth and straighten the ponytails, and kept buns neat and flyaway-free using his own .
Make-up artist gave models’ fresh-from-the-saddle skin: a bronzed, naturally sun-kissed flush across the bridge and blended out to the cheeks. He used Code 8 , “which gave the most beautiful glow – so sheer and illuminating”, before finishing with a “luxe velvet smoky winged eye”..