Betsey Johnson expands her collection for fall
If you’re looking for a designer who refuses to play by the rules, her name is Betsey Johnson. She’s been a downtown NYC staple for decades, and a favorite of girly girls, punks, and fashionistas alike. This season the designer announced that she would be straying from her usual collection and making a more sexy, upscale line AND a more affordable line to make her clothing more accessible to her large fanbase. They both debuted at fashion week, and we’ll show you some of each. This purple look is from the pricier Black Tag label, which Johnson says will “take my designs to another level of creativity and quality.” And sure she did espically with hair and make up. I love her idea on hair and makeup…
Hair
Peter Gray for Redken said Betsey had Uma Thurman’s character in “Pulp Fiction” in mind for the look, hence the wigs. In the ’60s, stylists often used a white or silver spray paint to create a shine line on hair—here they used a gold spray paint called Kraylon, and misted it over pieces of lace leaving an awesome imprint on the wig. How creative is that?!
Makeup
Charlotte Willer of Maybelline used Betsey Johnson’s signature makeup look (blue shadow, red lip) as inspiration, but gave it a 1920s spin. We think the result, in conjunction with the wigs, is Cleopatra-esque.
I have never seen hair like that – I think it’s fantastic!
The makeup is too much for ‘real life’ – but I agree that she looks like (I imagine) Cleopatra.
[...] såg från ett inslag om en modevisning en gång. Betsey Johnsonns kläder hade presenterats med mycket fantasifulla frisyrer där håret färgats i guldfärg med airbrush. Eftersom de hade använt en spetsmall och lagt över [...]