Di Medlock in Marie Claire magazine

Minnesota native Di Medlock is certainly making waves after her move to NYC to work for Exhale Mind Body Salon. After being named "Best Brow Guru" by New York Magazine last month, Marie Claire used Di (my former partner in local stylist collective Eclecticoiffeur) as an skincare expert source for an article in their forthcoming April issue on spring skincare tips. (Click the images to enlarge.)

Di Medlock named "Best Brow Guru" by New York Magazine

New York just learned with Minneapolis already knew: Di Medlock is the undisputed queen of the brow wax. The former Minneapolitan (and my one-time co-hort in stylist collective Eclecticoiffeur) was just named Best Brow Guru by New York Magazine in their best-of issue.

[Di Medlock photographed by Vanessa Meade]

They say: "Whatever your brows’ affliction (overplucked, underplucked, there’s only one of them), Exhale’s new guru Di Medlock is poised to doctor it right up. After diagnosing the arches, Medlock uses a combination of trimming, tweezing, threading, and/or waxing to nurse brows back to health. She also prescribes eyebrow conditioner and a take-home plan in order to break bad plucking habits between visits. On the issue of tails, for instance, Medlock shows clients where the outer ends of their arches should stop (premature tails are apparently an epidemic). And, at $35 a shaping session, there’s little temptation to take matters into your own hands."

In other local-stylists-making-waves-in-NYC news, Sam Brocato Salon, where former Minneapolitan (and one-time Eclecticoiffeur-ette) Laura Boland works, was also named the best salon for hair straightening in New York by New York Magazine.

Catching up with Eclecticoiffeur's Kelsy and Di

[Photo by Corey Melton]

I just ran across some lovely images that happened to be styled by my former business partners and collaborators in Eclecticoiffeur, hairstylist Kelsy Osterman and makeup artist Di Medlock, who have since both made the move to New York. Kelsy has been busy working at Cutler Salon, assisting on major editorial spreads, and working New York and Miami Fashion Weeks (not to mention the occasional visit to Courtney Love's hotel to do her hair.) Di has been working and traveling for Exhale Mind Body Spa, overseeing the waxing department across the U.S.

The lovely shoot features fashion and accessories by New York-based Gina Schiappacasse, also a fashion illustrator who is originally from Minneapolis herself. The shoot was done on NYU Mews Street back in July and was featured on Schiappacasse's blog.




Photos: Corey Melton
Designer (Dress and Headress): Gina Schiappacasse
Hair: Kelsy Osterman
Makeup: Di Medlock
Model: Yena Kim

Project Minnesota: Minnesotans Do New York Fashion Week

Originally posted at l'etoile magazine, 9/14/09

by Jahna Peloquin
Photos by Kelsy Osterman and Teri Anvid

l’étoile Fashion Editor, freelance writer and stylist Jahna Peloquin hit New York City this past weekend to style Project Runway contestant (and former Minneapolitan) Ra’mon-Lawrence Coleman’s New York Fashion Week show. We asked Jahna to give us a blow-by-blow experience in NYC from fittings to showtime, and give it to us she did!

[EC 3: Kelsy, me and Di backstage post-show]

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

I get off the plane at 11:30 a.m. and immediately head to the initial fittings for Ra’mon’s show, held at the sample maker’s studio. There, I meet up with Di Medlock (lead make-up artist for the show, co-founder of our stylist collective Eclecticoiffeur, and one of my BFFs) and Katherine Gerdes, Project Runway season three designer and one of Ra’mon’s closest confidants. To streamline the process of fittings, Ra’mon has asked one of the show’s models, Whitney Fransway, to come in to act as fit model. Whitney, a Minnesota native who’s now working out of L.A., was also featured in Ra’mon’s showing at l’étoile’s Project Runway premiere on August 20, and is in talks with Ra’mon to be the lone model in the designer’s Spring 2010 lookbook.

Read more at l'etoile magazine online.