Minneapolis talent contribute to Aveda's Charcoal Suite Collection

Minneapolis-based beauty brand Aveda has released its latest editorial collection, the Charcoal Suite for Red Chocolate hair color training organization in Minneapolis, and a slew of local talent contributed to the shoot - including Red Chocolate co-founders and directors David Adams and Peter Gray, and the amazingly transformative Vision model Rachel Weiher.







From the press release:

“At a recent hair show, I created a segment that was based on imagining a world without color,” says David Adams, co-founder and president of Red Chocolate hair color education, “so I began with coloring a group of models in blacks and grays, and then in the second part of the presentation I did multicolored hair. But when I stepped back and really looked, I realized that the blacks and grays were just as beautiful as the colors. And that’s where the idea for Charcoal Suite came from.” Add in the brilliant collaboration of talent, including photographer Robert Lobetta, and the Charcoal Suite collection was born, showcasing the stunning results of an inspired fusion between London and New York, beauty and fashion, technique and art.

Photographer: Robert Lobetta
Hair: David Adams and Peter Gray
Makeup: Rudy Miles
Makeup Assistant: Julie Swenson
Model: Rachel Weiher/Vision Management Group

Preview: Aveda's Fall 2011 hair and makeup campaign

Minneapolis-based beauty brand Aveda has just released a preview image from its Fall 2011 campaign for its hair and makeup collection, "Jewels of the Earth," and it's stunning:


From the press release:

Awash in intense and tarnished shades of blue, green, gold and bronze, this collection perfectly mirrors many of the rich, gemstone inspired collections we have seen for A/W 2011.

The collection comprises of six limited edition Petal Essence Single Eye Colours, one limited-edition Nourish-Mint Sheer Mineral Lip Colour and two limited-edition Nourish-Mint Smoothing Lip Colours. Burnished monochromes in smoky and gleaming finishes induce interplay of light and dark alongside the sumptuous, jewel tones featured in the collection.

“Jewels of the Earth is a palette of rich, intense tones” says Global Educator for Aveda Makeup, Janell Geason. “Metallic velvety-dark colours reflect death and nocturnal elegance. The look suggests a somber, antique and artistic mood, and the notion of old becoming new.”

The Aveda Jewels of the Earth Collection is available from the 1st of September 2011 in Aveda salons, spas, stores and online at www.aveda.co.uk

Watch for the full lookbook, concepted by Aveda graphic designer (and former art director for MNfashion, Voltage and l'étoile magazine) Chris Larson, to come soon.

Locals do F/W 2011 New York Fashion Week, part two

Every season, locals head to New York Fashion Week to shoot it, write about it, model in it, and style it. (Click HERE for my recap from last weekend, HERE for photos by Stephanie Colgan, and HERE for a local designer who made a splash.)

[A F/W 2011 look by Rodarte via Couture et Cuisine]

Local stylist/blogger Jane Belfry went to Fashion Week, and offers her wonderfully edited picks for best in show at her blog, Couture et Cuisine. While she was there, she went reviewed eatery Savoy.

Though she didn't attend this February, METRO Magazine's Mary O'Regan also gives her Fashion Week favorites on her Art of Wore blog.

[A Rodarte hair look via Beautylish]

The Mulleavy sisters and lead stylist Odile Gilbert discuss the looks for the Aveda-styled Rodarte show on Tuesday in the behind-the-scenes video here. Gilbert also gives a step-by-step on the hair on the Beautylish blog.

Mary O'Regan of METRO Magazine covers Aveda's Fashion Week involvement in this month's issue of METRO.



Aveda styled Sophie Theallet on Tuesday.

A Girl's Gotta Spa blog does a Q&A with local stylist Pearson Knight on New York Fashion Week.

[Backstage at Tara St. James. Photos by Kelsy Osterman]

Minnesota-born hairstylist Kelsy Osterman led her first New York Fashion Week show for Tara St. James.

[Backstage at Betsey Johnson. Photo by Jen Hughes]

[Backstage at Badgley Mischka. Photo by Jen Hughes]

[Jen Hughes backstage at Betsey Johnson]

[Charlie Brackney. Photo by Jen Hughes]

Kelsy also did hair for Badgley Mischka and Betsey Johnson. Local hairstylists Jen Hughes of Juut and Charlie Brackney, owner of HAUS Salon, were also styling backstage. Jen did hair for Tara St. James, Betsey Johnson and Badgley Mischka, Click here for Jen's backstage photos.

Star Tribune's Sara Glassman was at Fashion Week, and covered Monique Lhuillier, Derek Lam and Badgley Mischka, the latter of which incorporated jewelry by Minnesota-based line Sequin.

Locals do F/W 2011 New York Fashion Week, Part One

Unfortunately, I am missing out on New York Fashion Week this spring. (But planning to go next fall!) Fortunately, I'm getting plenty of updates from folks on the front lines. Minnesota-based beauty brand Aveda is always there styling big shows backstage, including Christian Siriano and Jason Wu; models from local agency Vision will be walking the runways; and local photographer Stephanie Colgan has been shooting for the New York Times (including Tory Burch). Here's some of what's happened so far:

Stylist/blogger Jane Belfry hangs with pal Fred Holson at the StyleList party at Milk Studios.

Minnesota-bred, sunglasses-designing twins Coco & Breezy hit up Fashion Week shows with 8-year-old identical twins.

Aveda did hair and makeup at Organic by John Patrick on Wednesday. Here's a behind-the-scenes video with commentary by Aveda creative director Antoinette Beenders and Global Educator/local makeup artist Janell Geason. Sara Glassman covers the Organic by John Patrick show for the Star Tribune. Aveda has backstage photos here.

Star Tribune's Sara Glassman has also attended the following shows: Diane von Furstenberg, Calvin Klein, Derek Lam, Charlotte Ronson, Rachel Antonoff, ADAM by Adam Lippes, Cynthia Rowley, Rebecca Minkoff, Rebecca Taylor, Christian Siriano, Alexander Wang, Ralph Lauren, and Isaac Mizrahi. Monday she'll be at Monique Lhuillier. Follow her Twitter updates at @popfizzdaily.

Aveda also did hair and makeup for Project Runway star Christian Siriano on Thursday night. He gives commentary along with Antoinette Beenders. Check out runway highlights here. Local stylist Pearson Knight also has backstage pix, and Aveda has some on their Facebook page.

[Backstage at Christian Siriano. Photo via TalkingMakeup.com]

Get the hair step-by-step from Aveda's Antoinette Beenders and re-create the looks from Christian Siriano's runway via this blog by TalkingMakeup.com.

[Jason Wu hair/makeup style shots]

Jason Wu and lead stylist Odile Gilbert provide commentary on the hair and makeup for his NYFW show on Friday. View more backstage photos at models.com and Aveda's Facebook page.

On Wednesday, Aveda will be hosting a Livestream event on Facebook featuring the N.A. Aveda Artistic Team. Leave a comment on their Facebook page with a question for their stylists, and they'll answer them live.

[Backstage at Tadashi. Photo by Kelsy Osterman]

On Friday, Kelsy Osterman - my former business partner in Minneapolis styling collective Eclecticoiffeur - styled backstage for Tadashi at Lincoln Center for Cutler Salon. She says, "The hair was quite simple, but beautiful. Tadashi creates gorgeous black tie affair dresses. The hair helped ground the look and helped keep them looking young and fresh. Great start to my fashion week!"

[Backstage at Adam. Photos by Kelsy Osterman]

On Saturday, Kelsy styled backstage for the Adam show at Lincoln Center for Redken. She says, "It was like super sexy librarian. Most of the clothing covered their entire bodies, but lots of shears and not a lot of undergarments. Cute, big framed glasses too, but it didn't come off as hipster! The hair was again a play on texture. Two simple twists in the bag made a beautiful shape."

[Backstage at Binelli. Photos by Kelsy Osterman]

On Saturday morning, Kelsy styled for Binelli. She says, "This one was challenging, but fun. A multiple step hairdo with awesome results. We covered all the girls' heads with black scull caps, cut holes in then letting perfectly coiffed black synthetically attached twisted buns. Then came the black hanger hair ornaments and wrapped with textured black gauze. It was definitely a fun play on texture and
lines."

Hairstylist Charlie Brackney, who just opened his own salon HAUS, is also doing hair backstage for Cutler Salon. He uploaded this photo to Facebook yesterday, but I'm not sure which show it's from. Pretty, anyways.

Faatemah Ampey for Aveda in M.O.D. Magazine

I just ran across these gorgeous images from North American Hairstyling Award-winner (and local hairstylist) Faatemah Ampey in hair and beauty publication M.O.D. Magazine, styling for Aveda with photography by Buck Holzemer. (You may also remember Ampey from the most recent season of Shear Genius!) I'm not sure I dig the dude's anime hair (though I believe that's Hamilton from Vision models), or the newspaper clothing, but lovely to see this local talent get national exposure. Ampey is also interviewed in the magazine, viewable in online form here.

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.