Chrome hair clips were the accessory of choice
Take yourself back to the silver, shimmery wonder of the ’60s fencing section, where models had silver eyes—a bit like a superhero mask—while the hair was covered with dozens of clips. Backstage Souleiman told Vogue that he wanted to completely cover the model’s heads in chrome hair clips so that it felt like armor, in line with the fencing theme. The hairstylist used over 200 clips, along with 15 antenna-like headpieces, stitched into the hair to represent the bubble end of a fencing sword.
Naturally, there was plenty of product
A moment for the hair in numbers: it took 2,280 Bumble and Bumble styling products, over 60 Dyson hair tools, and 60 hair stylists to create all the different looks for the show.
Wigs completed the beauty looks
Forty wigs were used by Souleiman and his team for the show, to help create the different looks for each of the decades. For the 1920s, flapper bobs dominated, while for the ’30s track and field section, there were short, wavy wigs. Meanwhile, for the ’70s gymnastics theme, Souleiman used two extra-long wigs and six Diana Ross-inspired disco wigs to complete the looks.
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