the art of undercutting

I love this haircut. i've had it now for a year as of July and I can't decide if i want to grow it out and try something different or make it my staple. I might just have to mull it over for another couple months and rock it further.
I love this cut because you can be long and soft, total punk, a little of both. its your secret you can show or hide it. These are a few examples of what you can do with your undercut. For more examples, visit http://fuckyeahundercuts.tumblr.com/.

                                          

XOXO

I am so inspired by the short architectural cuts. The colors and cuts work so well together to create a perfect frame for you face. Not to mention you have a cut like this all of a sudden crazy colors like pink and blue look normal and fashionable. You can create a palette of color that plays up your natural coloring, or just run away with your favorite color. I love the inspiration!

Karlie Kloss: Vogue China May 2011

How fun is this haircut? I assume it is probably an adorable wig cut into style for the shoot, but i would definitely cut my hair in this style. i love the dark too, gives it a very 20's inspired choppy bob. love love love

Bedazzled nails, just in time for easter

So i've decided to get into the holiday this year by putting decals on. i found these cute little things in a Yodobashi camera store in Tokyo. once i saw the bunny i knew we were going to have a good easter together. Because i am a hairstylist by day i need to keep my nails as trimmed as possible, so i don't come close to competing with some of the ladies i found who really go all out for their Kawaii  style. rock on ladies, just don't scratch me! 

inspiration from Japan

these girls (and guys) rock it. every year when we go to Japan, people never stop reminding me that fashion is something to have fun and play with. can't find something in your closet? wear one of everything then. if nothing matches, it all does right? coming from northern california, i have been raised with the layer method. you never know what the day will be like. could be cold in the morning, then when the fog rolls away its nice and sunny, and then by 430pm, the fog rolls in and it's cold again. or not. so these little adorable japanese women have it right. layer layer layer!

http://www.japanesestreets.com/photoblog/1275/romantic-standard-peek-a-boo-drmartens-in-harajuku-tokyo

http://www.japanesestreets.com/photoblog/1280/jane-marple-vivienne-westwood-meta-in-harakuku-tokyo

http://www.japanesestreets.com/photoblog/1255/uniqlo-hm-lowrys-farm-american-apparel-in-harajuku-tokyo

next up, hairstyles:

some of the haircuts i see on our adventures always makes me want to come home and chop my hair. adorable! 

short. 

Natural and feminine

A rounded bob-cut hairstyle. The longish bangs look good and feminine on nearly every face, and also make their faces look smaller.

Stylish and elegant

This is an asymmetrical bob hairstyle with clean silhouette behind the ears. Slightly permed side-hair offers soft and elegant addition to the sharp impression of bob-cut.

Natural and dainty

A cute bob hairstyle with a high regard for airiness and mosso. Some lose curls at the end are expressive of both airiness and casualness. Also delicacy is projected by bleaching hair translucent color.

medium

Elegant and vibrant

Shoulder-length layered bob hairstyle. A light perm from the top to the end allows the texture of elegant and vibrant. You can also wear a fringe as well as make a part in your bans.

Easy to style and lovely

A beloved hairstyle with medium length layered bangs which make the face look smaller. This hairstyle will look nice with any facial form and will be easy to style with benefit of using digital-perm.

Pop and brisk

A cute medium hairstyle with reflexed curls around the face. Overall slight perms make an appeal of pop and brisk texture.
It will be best for women who want to add a subtle touch to their everyday medium hairstyles.

long

Airy and trussing

This is the feminine hairstyle with some loose curls at both the top and the end. Thinning out provides the hair with airy and trussing tastes.

Richer and cute

One of the trendy styles with somewhat heavy low-layered long hair cut. With digital perming for richer and elegant atmosphere along with cuteness.

Art of the flow

This hairstyle looks pretty mosso with both the one-length and the low-layered cutting, and somewhat mushy with bangs too close to the eyes. The sides are air-wave permed along the head shape to enrich its elegant waviness. The backs are individually permed by sections of the layers to depict the art of random hair flow.

“Fashion, happiness, fantasy…is what helps people. After every night, there is a bright morning.”

“This moment reminds me of how my mother used to recount that during the war she would talk about movies and her favorite actors in the shelter,” United Arrows creative director (and Sartorialist regular) Hirofumi Kurino shared in a note to all employees. The company is keeping stores open. Kurino emphasizes the importance of continuing normal life, and fashion and beauty especially at a time like this.


In Japan, as earthquakes continue, fears of nuclear radiation grow, and snow falls in the troubled Tohoku region, many in Tokyo try to function somewhat normally.

At Garter and Spank!, two shops in the trendy neighborhood of Koenji, owners Koshiro Ebata and Tavuchi, respectively, tweeted and blogged that they are open for business. So is Xanadu in Harajuku, a hot spot for young Japanese fashion design. “If I don’t keep the store open, my designers can’t eat,” said owner Tatsuro Motohashi. “I have to support them.” Miharayasuhiro closed its Tokyo boutique, but part of the team, like PR manager Noe Okamoto, is at the office packing up their international deliveries to get them out by the end of the month. Street-style blogger Mamy, a fixture around Omote-sando, posted some photos today.


In two weeks i will be going to japan hopefully to not only support the culture and economy, but also to be there with friends who have had to go through this horrible disaster first hand. Hearing the news from outside sources sound terrible, however from the inside perspectives i am hearing, at least in Tokyo, people are banning together to try and get life back together and back to normal. 


it is amazing to see so many fashion houses coming to the Aid of this amazing country.  donations keep pouring in. Coach has pledged the equivalent of $4 million to the Japanese Red Cross, H&M has closed all Kanto area stores so employees can be with their families, but will continue to compensate all staff until stores reopen. The Tod’s Group announced today that it will make a donation of more than 100 million Yen to aid urgent
relief efforts in Japan. 

my heart goes out to all those who have been personally effected by all the tragedies.

punk lives in 2011

The march 2011 Vogue Germany shoot Elvis Lebt has all the predictions of punk become this seasons main trend in the fashion world, and that the rockabilly pompadour can work on women equally as well. 

Delfine Bafort stars alongside teddy boys Paul Boche, Jules Hamilton and Sasha Lysenko in this shoot by Miguel Reveriego. You can view the full pictorial below, or check it out in more detail by picking up a copy of Vogue Germany's March 2011 issue. check out the how to at the bottom.

How to create a Rockabilly hairstyle

Though high-maintenance, rockabilly hair is undeniably cool and evinces major style credentials. Some pointers:

• The classic rockabilly cut is long on top and very short on the sides and back.
• Firstly, shampoo and towel-dry your hair and then liberally apply pomade with your fingers. Choose if you want a parted greaser style, a slicked-back greaser style or a pompadour.
• Comb the hair straight back or part your hair and comb it back.
• Use your fingers to tease the front, turning any curls into defined curls. You may wish to use a little beeswax to piece out a few curls.
• If you wish to do the pompadour, you'll want to use less grease pomade and more beeswax.
• Use your hair dryer to dry your hair straight up, using a brush to lift the hair and applying beeswax at the roots to help it stand up. Use a comb and your fingers to guide the hair back, maintaining the required volume in front.
• For a true sky-high pompadour: straight out of the shower, put a small amount of gel in the hair and blow-dry. The trick to getting real height is to get some gel at the roots and blow dry it upside down, while bending over. Once it's standing high, use beeswax or another firm holding gel.

If you want to go all-out rockabilly, then pairing your new hair with appropriate clothing and accessories is essential. The look is 50s cool using predominantly black, red and white colours. Think leather jackets, gingham, vintage bowling shirts, slacks, crepe soled shoes and obviously, jeans (preferably vintage-look Levi 501s). The current model for the neo-rockabilly look is skinny black jeans, printed tees or baggy white wife beaters, button-up shirts, skinny ties, omnipresent wayfarer sunglasses and a fitted leather jacket.