Aveda at New York Fashion Week

Lucky us - we've got a ton of great local talent that headed out to show New York Fashion Week what the Twin Cities are made of. Much of it comes from the locally-based Aveda team, headed up by international hair icon and Aveda creative director Antoinette Beenders.

[Photo from Organic by John Patrick via www.temptalia.com]

Local Aveda stylist Pearson Knight styled actress Maggie Grace's hair for Christian Siriano's show.

Aveda has backstage pix at Christian Siriano with Aveda creative director Antoinette Beenders. For Siriano, Beenders reportedly created "Tribal Buns" featuring contrasting textures.

Lead Aveda stylists Jenn Chiminiello and Janell Geason did wilted waves and naturally luminous makeup at Organic by John Patrick Spring/Summer 2011 presentation. Aveda has more pix here. (Backstage video via Aveda on YouTube.)

Janell Geason has behind the scenes photos from the John Patrick Organic show.

Aveda has photos from backstage at Jason Wu.