Women use compact mirrors in packed crowd to catch sight of the queen in London, June 1966.
Photograph by James P. Blair, National Geographic
We have so much Hanneli love and affection. That we left her out of our #MetGala roundup—a crime. She’s a total punk (in the nicest way) and basically our favorite girl. #WhittemoreIs
Marion Cotillard is Natalie Wood.
As if you need further proof than these pictures, non? The expressiveness in their features. Feeling, but guarded—bespeaking a kind of sensitivity each must protect, but cannot help but offer up to her public. And, yes, it’s in the hair. Warm, dark, glamorous, and begging to be photographed. This is elegance. Off the neck and drawn up, up, up. Oh, the height of it. Such great heights. Made slightly more delicate with (something like) bangs swept across the forehead.
It’s as if Marion were the only movie star at Cannes this year. #MarionCotillardIsNatalieWood #InstantClassic
Our favorite, Kiernan Shipka, in full on girly mode. Meaning: pink, feather, fizzy soda.
This has got to be a real Marilyn laugh, no? Bert Stern, Marilyn’s last photo. #NakedLaughter
It’s very much a go big or go home game at Cannes. And we’re responding to it. To the volume.
That was the plan for this post—hair that moves up, up, and away. That was the plan, at least, until Liu Wen showed up in an elegant blue number with her raven hair made sleek, parted straight down the middle, tucked behind the ears, and floating on her back. We were reminded of the reflexive gasp we emitted upon seeing Carey Mulligan’s nearly pin straight blonde at The Great Gatsby.
Is there anything so fresh and so clean-clean as this look?
On the other hand:
Holy shit, Solange. This is something beyond and including elegance. How does she do it? And do it better than anyone else? The way she continues to reimagine her natural hair, her natural volume. It is a revelation. And a lesson to anyone looking to totally reinvent themselves. Sometimes, just don’t.
On the other hand:
There are times when reinvention is just what the doctor ordered. Nicole Kidman’s ponytail at Cannes. Is. Spectacular. She’s not always so bold. So borderline strange. This hair, quite ladylike 50s from the front, almost makes us uncomfortable from the side angles. Almost. Would we have adored it as much had she not gone a bit alien? Perhaps. But we believe that her sweet, floral Dior required a little alien to balance out the sugar.
On the other hand:
A full-on classic, 60s beehive can have a similar effect with a more modern gown. For your enjoyment—Marion Cotillard’s beehive, everyone. We applaud her this classic volume.
On the other hand:
It may be Zhang Ziyi’s less than classic rendition that we appreciate most of all. We’re not claiming it is The Hair of the Fortnight. What we’re saying, instead, was that we were beyond impressed. Surprised. The hair the you see at the top right, the boyish pixie? The pompadour on a bottom left? The hair that looks to be pulled back into an elegant chignon? That is all short hair. And it’s also the most versatile styling of a pixie cut we ever did see. Almost impossible. In fact, it’s so well done that many bloggers assumed the top right had to be a wig. Because, well, how? How else could the rest of these looks exist? The softness of the chignon and the way it seems to float up and around the face—surely that’s impossible for a pixie.
On the other hand.
This is how we do. #WhittemoreIs at Louis Vuitton, fall 2013. Kate Moss and Cara Delevigne and wigs to boot.
