2024’s most lusted-after hairstyle may be the bob, but that was not the case back in the ’50s, when victory rolls and coiffed waves were . Such is the ever-changing nature of the wonderful world of hair. One expert – hairstylist Eugene Souleiman – took a trip through the ages at Sunday night’s spectacular.
“Hair over the decades,” he explained, when asked to outline his inspiration for the many looks on display, “but with a Eugene twist.” Working with (a pro favourite for a reason) and Dyson hair tools (the is their newest innovation, with a series of attachments that make all sorts of salon-worthy hair looks easy to achieve at home), Souleiman didn’t just create victory waves, but graphic bobs (of the original, Louise Brooks kind), equestrian-inspired ponytails and finger waves, too. “Louise Brooks’s sharp, blunt, round bob was a strong point of reference for this look – one of the models also had a Josephine Baker hairstyle too.
” “I took references for this look from a film Greta Garbo starred in in the ’30s. It’s an homage to her.” “We bound the ponytail in the colours of the French flag – the theme was “equestrian” for this era, so we parted hair in the centre.
” “Victory rolls were emblematic of the time – some models wore them with a headscarf.” “You know I like a hair clip – and I think I might have outdone myself here. I wanted to cover the head in silver grips, like it was an armour of protection.
Then we stitche.