"Hiro cuts my hair" T-shirt

Mary Quant once remarked that "Vidal Sassoon was the first hairdresser to cut hair as though it were a material."
She recognised that his cutting hair was something deeply creative, and his hairstyle was nothing but artwork in motion.
It's a very sharp observation befitting the founding father of modern haircutting.

Cutting fabrics is not my forte, but, I always wish I could design clothes that are very unique and original.

I have a client who runs a company called Twisted Printz. The link is here.
She told me that I can easily create T-shirts using my own drawings, photos or any images printed on them.

That really got me interested. I often joked about making the T-shirt with "Hiro cuts my hair" on it for my clients to wear. I thought, although I can't design it from scratch, I can still create something that is the one and only.

So, I decided to have a go.

And, here it is. Kate from Zucci Hairdressing in Ivanhoe, wearing T-shirt that has her portrait (painted by me) printed on it.

She's lovely.

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Kevin Murphy workshop at Melbourne Fashion Week

Here are some shots I took.
Makeup on a blonde model was beautiful, particularly shimmering silver stuff on her eyelids.

Her hairstyle was created by wrapping hair around fingers, just like 'Marcel Iron' technique.

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'Twiggy - The Face of '66' at ACMI

The way Twiggy became a fashion icon is legendary. It goes like this....

She was working at a hair salon, and at the same time, doing some modelling job.

Her agent sent her to The House of Leonard in Mayfair, who trained at Vidal Sassoon.
Her nickname was coined by her boyfriend, who was a stylist at Vidal Sassoon.
So, there was a Sassoon connection in her story.

Mr Leonard did the chop from her waist, and Daniel Galvin spent eight hours to colour her ginger hair blonde.
He's not a household name outside the UK, but, I have a huge admiration for Mr Galvin.
I had a great friend who was a colourist at Daniel Galvin colour salon in London. Probably one of the best colourists I've ever met.
Fantastically beautiful salon renowned for their superb colour work.

Anyway, the photo of her new style was displayed in the salon, and Daily Express journalist Deirdre McSharry, who was a client, spotted it.

And the rest is a history.

As part of Melbourne Fashion Week, this is the Australian premiere, featuring Baba founder Barbara Hulanicki, photographer Terry O'Neill and others. 

It describes her ascent to stardom and swinging London fashion scene in the 60s very well, using plenty of archival footage. 

However, I can't help but feel the ending was a bit abrupt, nothing further was mentioned after the 70s.

Obviously, that's not the focus of this film, so, I should shut up. 

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British Style Genius. Breaking the Rules - Fashion Rebel Look

This superb BBC documentary follows three British designers, Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano through to Alexander McQueen.

I was wondering if I should go to ACMI to see this film as part of Melbourne Fashion Week, then, found that it's on Internet.

Although these three were initially regarded as 'rebels' or 'outsiders', they soon established themselves as 'mainstreams', or rather, public soon started to recognise their highly creative and technical mastery.

In the film, we can have a glimpse of how these artists delve into not just a fashion but also a cultural history of the past, spending an enormous amount of time and energy.

We tend to use a term 'genius' to describe them, and surely they are, but, as we can see here in this film, it's all about their hard work that really make them immortal figures.

I remember when McQueen became an instant phenomenon in the mid 90s. I was working in London at the time. It was really sensational.
I also had some good friends studying art at St Martin's. They really were avant-garde, in other words, crazy. I mean, hugely creative.

As the film says, I felt London definitely was saturated with creative energy and I'm sure that is true now.

I'm still going to see another film "Twiggy; The face of '66" at ACMI next month.

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