Makeup Beat

A fascinating book edited by David Wills full of quotes by friends and admirers (including yours truly) with photos by Richard Avedon and Ara himself (see cover above). All beautifully woven together telling the story of one of the super star hair stylists of the fashion world. You can buy the book here.

“He was born Ira Gallantz in 1932 in the Bronx, but later changed his name to the more exotic-sounding Ara Gallant-and the life he led was indeed an exotic one. Gallant began his professional career in fashion as a hairdresser, working at Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York as one of the city’s top colorists. In the mid-1960s, he was approached by Vogue and began to work exclusively on photo assignments, the first hair stylist to be paid to fulfill such a role. Gallant went on to work with many of the great fashion photographers of the period, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and Bert Stern among them. Perhaps his most notable contribution as a stylist was the introduction of “flying hair,” an effect he first used on an Avedon shoot with iconic model Twiggy in 1966, and which is still widely employed today. By the early 1970s, Gallant had begun shooting his own pictures, his first assignment being a set of celebrity portraits for Interview magazine. His work often juxtaposed classic Horst-like compositions with contemporary scenarios. In the early 1980s, Gallant moved to Los Angeles to pursue a directing career, which never happened; in 1990, he committed suicide in a Las Vegas hotel room. This new book tracing Gallant’s life and career is edited by David Wills and features photographs by Richard Avedon plus a foreword by Anjelica Huston. ”

Model Sun Fei Fei in Vogue China Beauty ‘High Knots Classroom’.

Who: Tom Ford

What: His new Private Blend Lip Color Collection, which consists of 12 “perfect” shades that range from Vanilla Suede to Black Orchid, a naughty-looking deep plum.

Why: Sex in a stick best describes Ford’s lush, creamy and richly pigmented new lipsticks. Full of performance-enhancing ingredients like soja seed extract, Brazilian murumuru butter and chamomilla flower oil, these lipsticks smell and feel as good as they look. And because this is after all Tom Ford we’re talking about, the packaging is as sublime as the product. Public touch-ups suddenly seem mandatory, not gauche.

How much: $45.

Where: Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Model Aishaw Devyn wearing a hat and boa designed by Martin Snaric for the Tulips and Pansies Headdress Affair presented by Village Care. Dress by the House of Holland.
Photo by Andrew Werner.

Veruschka photographed by Richard Avedon.

Hair and makeup by Lorenzo.

Creative director David Frank Ray and Jaclyn Smith.

Designer Martin Snaric and model Aishaw Devyn are collaborating with The House of Holland to steal the show tonight for a good cause.

Vogue Italia

Vogue US

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