Hair Up by Davis Hair Creation
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The international hairstylist Davis Biton, who specializes in hair ups and is the creator of the successful "The Art of Dressing Hair" - the step by step books with DVDs - and the "Hair Creation Gallery" books, presents his latest collection with looks inspired by ballroom hairstyles from the 20s, 40s and 60s.
The collection showcases a wide range of techniques and styling elements used in traditional - and sometimes unique - ways. The looks are elegant, intricate and make a dramatic statement wherever you choose to wear them.
Woven Braids of Hair
In the earlier half of the last century, Hollywood glamour fashion included beaded bucket hats with feathered accents, and this hairstyle recreates that look by wrapping woven braids of hair with smooth strands and jeweled links.
The long fall of soft-bodied curls is a perfect plumage to accentuate the look. The finished product is fun, frivolous, and very glam.
Chignon Style
Epitomized by the smooth, sleek shaping of what could be called an exaggerated chignon style, this look once again features the hair as an accessory. The hair forms a thick, confining element around the globe that emerges from the crown of the skull.
This hairstyle is all about shape and silhouette. It offers beautifully clean lines and sleek styling to flatter any face and create a neck that appears lean and swan-like. Davis Biton's book will guide you through styling a chignon that looks this special.
Elegant Updo
The hairstyle shown here evokes memories of Venetian Masquerades and historical eras where women wore their hair confined within ornately jeweled nets to preserve the expensive styling for as long as possible.
This look utilizes hair to create the means of confining and dramatizing the style. It is striking, elegant, and achievable by any woman with longer hair, as well as those who have an affinity for hairpieces.
Up-Style with Woven Elements
In the 20s and 30s in New York Society, drama was the buzzword for the fashionable ladies of the social strata that encompassed the theater and performing artists. Hair was often adorned (and sometimes even surpassed) by intricate and ornate headdresses.
Offering a nod to those origins, this hairstyle features intricately woven elements of hair framing the face and supporting the high-volume styling of waves and curls in the updo. Certainly not a style for the meek, this look is perfect for those who want to make a dramatic impression and revel in being the center of attention.
Herringbone Braids
At first glance, this up-style appears simple: a topknot hairstyle with spiraling coils and rolls of hair draping from the crown. But no! It's not simple at all; instead, it showcases pure craftsmanship and precision in styling. While the topknot base is present, the falls of hair are meticulously crafted by weaving hair segments into herringbone braids and carefully draping them along the style.
Sophisticated Up-Style
Combining volume with sleek, smooth styling may seem like working at cross purposes when it comes to hair, but this up-style clearly shows that not only can it be done, but it can be done well. The hairstyle is smooth, elegant, and sophisticated, featuring sleek curves that intersect and interlock with one another.
It creates a look that is both high-volume and chic, framing the face and balancing the features with minor adjustments in the drape and line whenever necessary.
Casually Elegant Up-Style
Creating a transformative look without actually causing a permanent physical change in the shape and length of the hair is a sign of a skilled stylist. For those times when you need a shorter look to accommodate a particular fashion statement but don't want to cut the hair or resort to a full-on up-style, this hairstyle offers an accessible compromise.
By redirecting the length into a broad-based foundation at the crown, the ends are then allowed to fall into the desired lengths. The result is a casually elegant look that keeps the focus of the eye where you want it.
Princess Look
Almost every little girl dreams at some point of being a princess. As grown women, some hold on to that dream. Having their hair ornately coiffed and adorned is a main desire for many brides as it gives them the opportunity to live out the princess fantasy.
If you want your princess moment, you could do worse than adopting this hairstyle. It's partially up, partially swept, and accented by sausage curls.
Up-Style with Pin Curls
The essence of sophistication is simplicity combined with aesthetic virtue—a hairstyle that pleases the eye without fussiness or an overload of accessories. This up-style is reminiscent of the chignon or snood and is nothing more complex than an artful arrangement of draped lengths of hair and pin curls to frame the face.
The look obviously requires longer lengths of hair, but it can also be adapted to some mid-length looks as well.
Princess Bride Look
A couple of up-styles back, we talked about the desire of most little girls to be a princess, and the fact that this desire usually persists into adulthood, manifesting for many women when they become brides.
This look embodies the classic princess bride look. Smooth, sleek twists and wraps form a chic crown atop the head. This classically up-swept look is everything you could want in an up-style: tidy, elegant, not too fussy, and undeniably beautiful.
Clean and Sharp Up-Style
It's interesting to see how hairstyles evolve, and more importantly, how they "revolve" through the ages. The classic look of hair in an up-style that features a nest of carefully crafted curls is one that has been seen in virtually every era and stage of social development.
The incarnation of this classic ideal is shown here with thick, smooth locks of hair molded into swirls. Interestingly, the look is clean and sharp, yet still gives a feeling of softness and femininity. The defined multi-tonal streaks of color throughout the hair give the sweeps and coils extra definition and an almost metallic sheen.
Hair: Davis Biton
Photos: Ohad Romano
See also: Long hairstyles | Up styles