Backstage at Ada Zanditon

What inspired the hair styling for the Ada Zandition show?

"We wanted to achieve was a very young and playful feel, creating quite a bit of texture, and then to keep it fresh we are swapped everything to one side and swept it in to a figure of eight twist. We created a very matted texture, but contrasted this with a beautiful sweeping wave at the front.

We didn’t want to overpower the clothes and swept hair aside a little to show the beautiful detailing on the shoulders of some of the garments."

What are the hair trends for Autumn/Winter 2010?

"The quick fix, ‘bad hair day’ plait is sticking around, it's quick, it's easy and always looks great so it is something the consumers will definitely wear. Also tampering with texture, a chemically over-processed, messy look… and colours definitely, pastel colours are coming in, blues, pinks and silvery tones that certainly reflect some of the forthcoming collections."

Words: Christine Pettman
Image: Eddie Blagbrough

Ada Zanditon backstage

What inspiration did you take from the Ada Zanditon collection when creating the make up look for the show?

"I kept it really simple, usually I have a story or theme but I went with the texture of the clothes this season. Ada wanted it really clean and beautiful, drawing on the fabrics in fuchsias and deep plums with a metallic sheen. There is a strong lip I created by mixing various lipsticks from Benefit, who are sponsors, and added a frosted eye shadow in it to create a reflective texture. It also appears to look like the opening of a flower, as there is a almost tye-dye, painted look to some of the clothes. The eyes are clean and icy to reflect the winter season."

What are the emerging make up trends for Autumn/Winter 2010?

"There is a really casual look, like unkempt bushy brows - think Brook Shields before an eyebrow wax! But with beautifully buffed, ethereal looking skin and similarly in New York as well they want it to look like the models have done it themselves, very rough, edgy, and almost a little Eighties in that way."

Words: Christine Pettman Image: Eddie Blagbrough, make up artist Rachel Wood from AOFM

Street style at Sado

Dressed in a rabbit fur hat and hand-warmer from Portobello, Fiona confessed to hearing Lady Gaga may make an appearance during the evening.
Drunk Bert, a fashion designer based in London was wearing a real rabbit fur hat and plans to attend The House of Blue Eyes after party at Punk. Bert had allegedly polished off the best part of a bottle of vodka at this point.

Lewis Duncan Wood, fashion designer, wearing all vintage and his grandmother’s purse, had gossip so good he wouldn’t tell.

Images: Marsy Hild Thorsdottir