Kelsy Osterman talks the Kate Middleton cut on NYC news

Minnesota native hairstylist Kelsy Osterman is making news while working for Cutler Salon in New York. In this video clip ABC-7 News in New York, she talks about the latest hot cut that everyone is asking for: the Kate Middleton.

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.

Calpurnia Peach calls it quits

Hot off the news that Calpurnia Peach co-designer Ashley Wokasch has been spending time in New York and collaborating with designer Rachel Antonoff comes the announcement that Calpurnia Peach is officially no longer.

[A look from Calpurnia Peach's F/W 2009 collection. Photo: Nic Marshall. Styling: Eclecticoiffeur]

Co-designer Luci Kandler sent out the following message today from Calpurnia Peach's Facebook page:

Hello,

As of 2011 Calpurnia Peach has closed its doors. We thank everyone for your support over the years and have enjoyed being a part of the MN fashion community. It’s been a pleasure meeting all of you and working with some amazing groups, foundations and people!

Sincerely,

CP

Sad news to be sure - I was a fan since they first popped up in Voltage 2007 and had the opportunity to work with them over the years. But I'm excited to see what's next for both of these talented designers.

Laura Boland styles Claire Danes

[Credit: Stephen Lovekin / Getty]

Former Minneapolis hairstylist Laura Boland got the chance to style hair for actress Claire Danes in New York last week for a red carpet screening of Biutiful. Boland, my former partner in Eclecticoiffeur styling collective and longtime Juut employee, is now working at Sam Brocato Salon in Manhatten. On the experience, she said, "She was very quiet and shy...very awkward, but very nice," and "It was definitely surreal and exciting..for i have always adored her."

Kelsy Osterman does New York Fashion Week, pt 3

Kelsy Osterman, my former co-hort in Eclecticoiffeur who's now working with Cutler Salon in New York, finishes up her New York Fashion Week shows with Odd Molly, Betsey Johnson, Graeme Armour, Daniel Vosovic, and Tory Burch. She sent me her full backstage report.

On Odd Molly: "Lead by Brent Lawler. Super fun. Glued in colored extensions and braided them in. We pulled some of the pieces out while braiding to create this amazing effect."




On Betsey Johnson: "What a crazy backstage. Think Candy, balloons, champagne, florecent everything, and free for all hair dos.. Omg amazing."



On Graeme Armour: "At this show, lead by Rudi Lewis, you had to know your stuff. He is a fabulous hairdresser with very high standards. In this hairstyle, we created three chignon's to create a square shape. Making something square on an already round shape can be very difficult. After getting through lack of power, litterally electricity, we had only about an hour to bust 17 looks out. Long story short.. It was hecktic!! But check it out. What a beautiful innovative shape."




On Daniel Vosovic: "Yay!! Daniel Vosovic!! He's so sweet! He did this amazing video before his show. His 'story' was about a girl running through the woods, who starts out proper but gets caught up in twigs and dirt."


Tory Burch:


Click HERE and HERE for her previous backstage updates, and the New York Fashion Week tag for more.

Kelsy Osterman at New York Fashion Week, part 2

Hairstylist Kelsy Osterman - a Minnesota native and former member of my styling collective Eclecticoiffeur - is at New York Fashion Week styling shows for Cutler Salon in NYC. She had another update and backstage pix for me from Spring 2011 New York Fashion Week shows for Rebecca Taylor, Gary Graham, Patrick Ervell, Rachael
Antonoff, and Tadashi.

On Rebecca Taylor: "Did that this morning at Lincoln Center. Super fun fuzzy buns."





On Gary Graham: "Awesome show. We put lots of product and texture onto the the hair and tied it into a super low ponytail. Then cut the shit out of lots and lots of wigs and placed them on the models heads creating a faux pixie look. Combined with the pony they looked like rouge hard ass girls with rockin' mullets."




The Cutler team did cute curls for the men at Patrick Ervell.


On Rachael Antonoff: "Rachael Antonoff is a young lady with fresh youthful but strong looks. Her presentation took place in an eccentric townhouse in the wonderful west village. The idea was to create a child's paradise with forts, trampolines, and dolls that the models were frozen ad if interacting with the set. Super sweet pastels were used as the color palette with stripes and solids. Sort of Annie Larson meets Calpurnia Peach. The hair was easy and fun. We started the style with adding lots of texture. Then we did a side french braid and finished it off with a bun in the back. We then disheveled the whole thing... Which I love!"




On Tadashi: "They chose to do a presentation. They made a set of sorts and just placed the models in it so press can come and check out the whole line. Lots of design houses are choosing to go this route. It seems to save money."



All photos by Kelsy Osterman

Kelsy Osterman does New York Fashion Week

My former business partner in Eclecticoiffeur (and Minnesota native) Kelsy Osterman has been taking New York Fashion Week by storm for the past couple of years running, via Cutler Salon. So far this fall, she's worked backstage doing hair at shows for Nicholas K and Project Runway Season 6 winner Irina Shabayeva. She shared some exclusive photos and deets with me today.



On Nicholas K: "This was the official start of fashion week. Very cool. The New York Times were filming it because it kicked off Fashion Week at Lincoln Center.
Side fishtail braids.. Always cute. It was a military inspired line with tons of drappy layered muted greens, greys, and leather. Check out the collection photos. Really cool stuff. I wanted most of it."



On Irina: "She did a presentation.. Not a show. She actually did all gowns. Kind of unexpected coming from her. The venue was a beautiful bar in Chelsea. The models we up on pedistals . Really gorgeous with the big gowns billowing down to the floor.
Rodney Cutler (owner of Cutler Salon) was the lead."

Expect more to come from Kelsy before Fashion Week ends.

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

Saturday: Fashion Fight Night

For the fourth year running, I am doing fashion styling for photographer Nic Marshall at METRO Magazine's Fashion Fight Night. This year, hair will be by Catlin Weston of Mezzanine Salon and Romeny Chan will provide the makeup. Clothing will come courtesy of my friends at Blacklist Vintage. Our model, well - we're leaving that as a surprise.

I believe it is sold out, so I hope you already have your tickets.

Some of my favorite shots I styled with Eclecticoiffeur and Nic Marshall from previous years:

Fashion Fight Night 1 (2007)
Model: Monica Ulrich

Fashion Fight Night 2 (2008)
Model: Ashley Hawks


Fashion Fight Night 3 (2009)
Models: Coco & Breezy


Click here for more

All images by Nic Marshall and styling by Eclecticoiffeur.

Here's my recaps from last year's event: Bout 1; Bout 2; and my bout, Bout 3.
Here's City Pages' A-list spotlight on this year's event.
Here's l'etoile magazine's writeup and a video from last year's event:

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27TH

Metro's Fashion Fight Night 4

@ Uppercut Boxing Gym
1324 Quincy St. NE
Minneapolis

7:30 doors, 8pm show/ $50

Ok, so maybe you won't catch us DVRing the lastest Ultimate Fighting Championship or hanging up shirtless posters of Oscar De La Hoya on our bedroom walls – at least not that we'd admit – but it doesn't mean us fashionistas can't get behind a good fight. Hyped as the one of the most anticipated fashion events of the season and a Vegas/ANTM/Haute Couture mixture, Fashion Fight Night 4 has boasted a sold-out crowd for the past three years and strangely no one's ever even lost an ear. Metro Mag hosts this metaphor-ridden competition where six teams of photographers and models go head-to-head in a stylish fashion photography deathmatch/shootout. And to add that extra element of fight realism, the event is held in an actual boxing gym! Plus, $5 of every ticket purchased goes towards the fantastic non-profit, LEAD Project. Dress to impress. Mouthguards not included. As of this post, there are still a few tickets available, but we'd hurry up if we were you!

Click HERE for tickets and more info

Check out this video from last year's FFN by Capture Studios

Fashion Fight Night 3 from capture studios on Vimeo.

Kelsy Osterman styles at New York Fashion Week

Former Minneapolitan hair stylist Kelsy Osterman is sure keeping busy in NYC. Kelsy, who I worked closely with for years via Eclecticoiffeur and Voltage: Fashion Amplified, just posted images from behind-the-scenes at New York Fashion Week's Fall 2010 shows, which she styled for Cutler Salon. Shows she worked on included Mackage, Irina Shabayera (winner of Project Runway season six), Toni Maticevski, Mara Hoffman, Graeme Armour, and Vessel by Lois. So proud of this girl. Here's a sampling:

Toni Maticevski

Irina Shabayera

Irina Shabayera

Irina Shabayera

Graeme Armour

View more images on Kelsy's facebook page.

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.