4 Beauty Lessons from the Paris Couture Shows
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**Karl Lagerfeld’**s troupe of inky-haired models delivered living proof that the impeccable chic of a blunt, angular bob has not lost its luster. Neither has brunette mania: “No blondes” was the directive the designer gave to backstage hairstylist Sam McKnight, who fit girls like Binx Walton and Kendall Jenner with cropped dark wigs for the occasion.
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Easy hair was alive and well at **Raf Simons****’**s triumphant Dior show—inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s sixteenth-century masterpiece, The Garden of Earthly Delights—with soft, ethereal waves lending an angelic quality to diaphanous chiffon gowns.
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Natural textures that ranged from frothy Afros to rumpled baby hairs—some of them dusted in powdery orange—offered a new study in proportions at Giambattista Valli, giving modern range to the designer’s shape-shifting silhouettes.
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Festival girls take note: Crafted by Alessandro Gaggio and featuring gilded wolves and griffins, Valentino’s Roman-inspired headpieces lent a dark new beauty to models’ maiden waves and low-slung plaits. Paired with the house’s extraordinary black couture capes and gowns, they offered a theatrical punch that promises to rule Burning Man next month.
