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Who: Ixiah
When: 3 pm, April 10. The Theatre, Carriageworks.
Inspiration: "Timeless elegance, taking a classical shape and twisting it into a contemporary form."
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Hair: Clive Allwright for KMS California.
Hair style: "The line of clothes is beautiful, with such intricate detail. The basis of the collection was built on fantasy, and there is a lot of holographic stuff going on in the clothes. With every fantasy land the entrance is always hidden, which we have taken into account in the hair style. From the front it is plain and simple with a middle part, and when they walk down the runway that is all you are going to see. In the back there is an intricate fishtail braid with hair that goes over the top featuring holographic elements. The hair is like an enchanted forest. The KMS products are essential to get this look, and it is all about layering them. We have started off by using a big handful of the KMS ADD Volume Styling Foam Mousse. We have blow dried it at smoothed with a paddle brush, working a handful in along with sea salt spray to really give the hair a grittier texture. The back is sectioned off almost like two vertical panels, and that is where the fishtail internal braid is going to be. We have an amazing new product which is the Freeshape 2-in-1 which we can use for hot tools or as a hair spray. Obviously we have used Make-Over spray that acts as a dry shampoo but gives the hair a powdery feel. It's quite tricky, quite intricate, but at the same time really exciting," says Clive Allwright.
Make-up: Alfie Sadsad for
Make-up style: "The inspiration was all about copper, because Ixiah has a lot of copper and a lot of elements to her garments. We had to tone it back and make the make-up really simple by using an element of copper around the top of the lid, which we did with a copper strip. The skin is still nude on nude, and is flawless without necessarily packing on too much foundation. The hero product is the Skin Foundation Stick, which is the new foundation stick that is coming out. We used it sparingly around the nose area and wherever it was needed. We have used a lot more of the Cream Blush to add that dimension to the cheek and slight dewiness. And of course to get that element of copper we used LongWear Eye Cream Shadow in Copper," says Alfie Sadsad.
Click here for images from the Ixiah MBFWA show.